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pfssldeit TAFT Chief Orator At hs
Memorial Exercises.
REMAINS DECIDEDLY euloeIsT|c
Comments Upon Relations Between
Executive and Legislative eranches
Of. eovsrnmsnt-App,auds cIsvs.
iand's Victory Over the Senate.
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fBy Associated Press.)
/. NEW YORK, March lS-Triputes
IN poem. song and speech were rem
dered today at the birthday anhlFer'
sary Of the late Grover Cleveland, al
memorial exercises In which Presi-
dent Taft Governor Hughes. Ch'ei
Jnst!ce Fuller and Mayor Mcclellan
made addresses and several hundred
CT New York's mos. prominent citi'
gems attended.
Mrs. Cleveland. with a party OF
friends. occupied a bcx In Carnegie
Hail where the memorial was held.
A second memorial was held tonight
At the College Of the City Of New
York, at which speeches were made
by Governor Hughes. Senator ROOT.
Mayor Mcclellan. Judge Gray OF
Delaware, william Hornblower ana
Edward NJ. Sheppard.
President Taft was introduced by
Mayor Mcclellan.
The President spoke With unusual
ferver in his eulogies Of MIR. Cieve-
land and frequently the course OF MIS-
address was broken by applause.
Taft Eu,oeizes Cleveland.
President Taft said In part:
"Grover Cleveland was rs compile
tely American In his character as
Lincoln. Without a college educa-
ton. he prepared himself for the par
His life was confined to Western New
York. His vision Of government and
society vas net widened by foreign
sravei. He was a pure product or
the village and town life Of the mid
die states, affected by New England
ancestry and the atmosphere OF
clerRymans home. His chief charac'
teristics were simplicity and direct
ness of thought. sturdy honesty.
courage OF his convictions and plain
ness Of speech with a sense Of public
duty that has been exceeded by no
statesman within my knowledge.
=. His Career Remarkable.
His career was mcst remarkable
one. BY his administration OF the
affairs Of his city as its mayor. he
showed his power OF resistance TO-
and OF overcoming the influences that
made for corruption and negligence In
city government, both In his own
party and in the party Of his oppon-
ents. His reputation In this regard
spread oyer his native State OF New
York at a time when such An atti-
tude as his seemed exceptional. and
his standing before the community
became a political asset for the
Democratic party. that even those
who had but little sympathy with
his principles were glad to seize upon
a. means OF getting into power. Ac'
cordingly he was nominated for tae
goyernorship and was elected by the
votes, not only Of his own party. but
Of hundreds of thousands Of the Re-
publican party.
A. to Legislative usurpation.
I'VE hear much in these days Of the
usurpation OF the legislative jurisdic-
ton by the executive branch. As
long As the legislative branch has the
power CT the purse. the danger Of
executive usurpaticu h imaginative.
The real danger arises from the dis
position Of the legislative branch to
assume that It has the omnipotencc
Of parliament, and may completely
ccatrol the discretion conferred upon
the executive by the constitution. The
country IL under obligation to Mr..
Cleveland for having pointed out in
HIS ooatroversy with the Republican
Senate some Of the limitations that
there are In the constitution upon
attempted legislative action to re-
strict executive discretion In the
end Mr.. Cleveland won in his cortro-
very with the Senate. Whether nc
might have Gone 20 had both the
House and Senate been against him
10 q matte, OF debate. We owe to
Mr.. Cleveland and his courage IN
dealing with the Senate Of the United
States the establishment Of some use.
fuf precedents.
Federal Courts and TROOPS
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