Evening journal., 1913-01-22
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The Man Who Was First in
Grover CIeVeland'S
Confidence
BY HOLLAND.

q suppose said the late Daniel s.
Lamont 70 me one afternoon while
the Presidential campaign of 1904
was pending, that If to any one man
the great success Of Grover Cleye-
land Is TO be attributed that man was
Ed Apgar. Mr.. Cleveland always re-
cognized his indebtdness to Apgar
but presume that ninety-nine out
Of every hundred who voted FOR
Cleveland either for Governor or for
President never heard of Apgar.
"ln my opinion Apgar was the
shrewdest politician OF his age. Gov
ernor Samuel j. Tilden, ! think, dis
covered him I know Tilden trained
him and his political methods were
those Of Governor Tilden. Through
Tilden, Daniel 5. Manning, who, al
most everybody thinks. was the man
who made Grover Cleveland Cover
nor OF New York and who was IN
Cleveland's first Presidential admin
istration Secretary Of the Treasury
became intimately acquainted with
Apgar. He learned to have the ut
most confidence in Apgar's political
common sense as we'll as in the
shrowdness and accuracy of his judg'
ment. He once told me that he
thought Apgar's Judgment of political
opinions was almost intuitive.
"Apgar was a young man about my
age and he was appointed by Tilden
think, TO some comparatively unim-
portant official post at>Albany. There
he had opportunity to put himself ~
touch with political sentiment al
over New York state.
HTn f1,n enrfpo of IkSr when l0fl
parties were beginning to prepare
for the State conventions which were
to nominate candidates for Governor
in the fall, Apgar took a brief vaca.
ton and travelled up and down
through New York state When he
got back TO Albany he saw Mr. Man.
ming. He said to Mr.. Manning that
from what he had learned he was
satisfied that the man for the Dcmoc.
racy TO nominate for Governor was
Grover Cleveland, then mayor Of Buff
falo.
Manning said in reply that he had
heard of Cleveland, but didn't know
much about him, and he asked Apgal
to make further Investigations Apga,
cid He went TO Buffalo. He studied
as. second hand. and unbeknown &c
Cleveland. at first hand, Cleyeiand's
personality and his intellectual and
moral qualities.
1T is my impression that Cleveland
did not know until after he became
Governor that Apgar had. both fol
himself and for Mr. Manning, beer
conducting a most thorough investi
CATION that would tend to show
whether Grover Cleveland would size
ND to the Governorship Of New lorl
and whether his career and person
ality were such as TO make him Z
very available candidate for the nom
ination.
"Apgar returned to Albany anC
spoke to Mr. Manning with the great
est enthusiasm of Grover Cleveland
the mayor of Buffalo. II was wha
Apgar said, supplemented, as il was
by other information, which decided
Mr. Manning TO give his support L
the nomination OF Cleveland for Gov
ernor. And you know that supper
was sufficient
After Cleveland became Goyerno
7 think Apgar had his confidence q
n higher degree than any other per
sons and that is true even though
was Cleveland's private secretar
during his term as Governor. Thi
! Is bit of the inside history of tn
/ career of Grover Cleveland of whicl
the public has had only he vagues
/ knowledge
/ Copyright, 1913, by r. J. Edwards
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