Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-13
PAY TRIBUTE
TO CLEVELAND
Thousands of Democrats
Gather at Birthplace of
Former President.
WOODROW WILSON TALKS

Caldwell, Oct. 13:-Three thou
sand persons heard Woodrow Wilson,
democratic candidate for governor,
make a brief address yesterday after
noo from the steps of the little
house where Grover Cleveland was
born in Caldwell, March 1s, 1897.
The pilgrimage to the birthplace
of the former President was not con-
fined to men of the democratic faith.
There were hundreds of republicans
In the throng that spread over the
lawn in front Of the house and into
Bloomfield venue
Many women, too, visited the old
homestead, which Ia now the Cald-
we'll Presbyterian parsonage, occu-
pied by the Rev. Nelson B. Chester
and family.
The pilgrimage was planned by
the Democratic Union of New Jersey.
1t was concluded in the evening with
a banquet at the Monmouth Inn,
Caldwell, where Mr.. Wilson made an
address.
AS was natural in such a place, Mr..
Wilson's address in the afternoon
was non-political in character. 1t
was a tribute to the memory of
Cleveland.
81 do not and cannot think of my
self in this place." he said. Il think
of that great democrat who was born
In this house and who gave to this
nation such an admirable example of
eminence. character and moral force.
He left his mark.
1T has been sometimes said that
Grover Cleveland had no touch of
originality or brilliancy. He had that
originality which comes from the
slowly accommodating power of moral
purpose. Watch that mar who has
character behind him, whose life is
marked by adherence to principle.
HE was original, like the big wind
that clears the atmosphere. 1t seems
to have made a revelation when it
o~nlyblows the mists away
Professor Edmund Ferris Wright,
of Ocean Grove, who stumped for
Abraham Lincoln, brought greet
ings from a man who was a republic
can in the days when rep%ublicanism
was respectable" He extolled the
career of Cleveland and hoped the
democratic party was ready to re-
establish the great principles that
inspired our forefathers."
Standing in the parlor of the old
fashioned parsonage, Mr.. Wilson
shook hands with a great crowd of
people who filed past. For forty-fve
minutes they kept coming in one
door and out another. Many of them
visited the little room where hangs
the bronze tablet with the inscrip-
ton: I'm this room Grover Cleve-
land was born, March IS, 1897" The
tablet was draped with the Stars and
Stripes. The national colors with the
orange and black of Princeton made
the outside decorations. A band dis
coursed on the open lawn while the
crowd was awaiting the coming of
Mr.. Wilson.
From the old Cleveland home, Mr..
Wilson visited the Kingsley school.
where he spoke a few minutes to the
pupils.
The Kingsley football team had
suffered a defeat by an IS to 0 score
yesterday afternoon in a game with
the Montclair high school eleven. Mr..
Wilson told the boys that he was
sorry that he couldn't congratulate
them on a victory.
But you needn't lose any sleep
over it," he went on; ''it is a matter
OF small consequence, provided you
played the best that was in you"
He called the attention of the boys
to the fact that a great football play
er was a national character, temper
arfly at least, yet, he pointed out, he
was not so famous as a professional
baseball player, and he did not sup
pose it was the height of n mans
ambition to be a professional ball
player.
When you quit college" he said,
you will have to ask yourself what
else you can do besides play football?
Athletic sports are a great thing, but
the boy who can distinguish himself
only by football will suffer a painful
and permanent submergence.
1t Is a great thing to be a young-
ster; it is better to be an old man
who has achieved something"
Jokingly he told the students, after
some practical advice, that he hoped
his words would lessen the labors of
Head Master Campbell and his assist
ants. Head Master James r. Camp
bell sat by while Mr.. Wilson was
speaking.
Finally he urged them to appreci-
ate the distinction of work.
81 would WISH he concluded.
that ! had enabled some boy or
some group of boys to set their faces
to a goal-to serve not only them
selves but a generation"
They gave him the Princeton loco
motive yell at the end of his speech.