The Washington times., 1913-02-22
PLAN PURCHASE Of
CLEVELAND'S PLACE
Democrats Interested in Idea Of
Buying Of Home Where For
mer President Was Born.

The Democrats OF Washington-par-
ticularly the elder guard OF the Tilden-
Mills days-are deeply interested In the
plan to purchase Grover Cleveland's s
birthplace at Caldwell, n j., which
will be realized March IS with the for
NAL transfer of the property to the
Grover Cleveland Birthplace Memorial
Association. A fund OF $4,000 has been
raised for the purchase.
President-elect Woodrow Wilson is
expected to take part in the dedication.
which will open with a Sunday evening
service March 16, and continue for two
days. DR.. John H. Finley, president of
the College of the City Of New York.
will preside, and Invitations for the
event have been extended to Gov. David
r. Francis of Missouri. President Cleve-
lands Secretary Of the Interior: Hilary
A.. Herbert. Of this city. his Secretary
of the Navy. and Charles s. Fairchild.
Crosby, the hymn writer. who was q
close personal friend Of Cleveland In his
youth. will be present.
Association Plans.
Plans for the memorial association
were Termed by Thomas A. Buckner.
vice president Of the New York Life
Insurance Company: Judge w. A. Day.
president Of the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society; DR.. J. H. Finley, Cleve-
land H. Dodge, and others.
Grover Cleveland was born in the
house to be purchased, which Is the old
manse or parsonage OF the Caldwell
Presbyterian Church, on March Is. 1881.
Shortly before the church trustees
agreed to sell they accepted proposal
n q M
public library on q portion of the old
parsonage property. For the purpose OF
properly caring for and maintaining the
memorial, the association has made a
public appeal for $4,000,
Society Incorporators.
Those named as incorporates, of the
memorial association are DR.. Finley. Os-
car s. Straus, Robert L. Lowry, banker,
Atlanta. Ga; F. H. shipman, Morris
town. N. j.; Thomas II. Buckner, John
Espy, Mayor of Caldwell: Henry ".
Condict. George NJ. Garfield, and VIII
fam III. Van wart, Caldwell, N. J.;
Robert Lynn Cox, who succeeded
Grover Cleveland as counsel to the
Association of Life Insurance Presi-
holder under Mr.. Cleveland. .
There are thirty nine trustees for the
association. one-third to be retired al
the end of the first year one-third to be
retired at the end of the second and
future elections to be for terms OF three
years.
Trustees Named.
The trustees named in the articles OF
incorporation are W. /. Lincoln Adams
Robert Lynn Cox. Abraham Brittin,
Thomas A. Buckner. Leon A. Carley
George NJ. Canfield, Henry ". Condict
Thomas De Witt Cuyler, William A
Day. w. H. 8. Deslarest. Cleveland HI
Dodge, John Espy. Charles s. Fairchild
John H. Finley. ]. Franklin Fort.
James B. Forgan. David r. Francis
Henry c. Frick. William C. Heppen.
heimer. William B. Hornblower, Phil
ender e. Knox. Edmund r. Leaning
Andrew F. West. Robert ]. Lowry, WILL
liam Fellowes Morgan, Franklin Muir
ply. Edmund B. Osborne. George w.
Perkins. Anton A. Raven. }. G. Schmid-
lspp, Mortimer I. Schiff, F. II. Shipman
Thomas Spratt. William II. Speer. Os-
car s. Straus. Thomas W. Stephens,
William H. Van Wart. Edmund Wilson,
and Henry D. Winston.