South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-26

pose of having 1t repeal the Silver
net of the Harrison administration.
The next day ne submitted himself
10 the surgeon knife for the re-
moval Of a CRncerous ulcer which
had appeared IN the roof OF his
mouth His grave physical cOndi-
tjon was concealed from the pan
icky mind of the public. and the
opera tion was performed in the
closest secrecy aboard "a yacht as il
steamed slowly up the East River
Ell New York. Not until many years
had passed was II known that when
congress assembled he faced il with
q rubber jaw
Under the pressure Of the presi-
dent. the Silver act was repealed.
hut only after a bitter struggle
which left the democratic party
hopciessIy split. The passage Of a
tariff bill divided the party still
more IL was such lobby made.
lag-rOlling measure that Cleveland
refused 10 sign il. out let 1t become
INV without his signature. After
that the democrats went down I'm
defeat in the congressional. elections
Of 1924
In the depth or our domestic
troubles the president sent his ia
gress In IL he announced that the
British government had rejected ali
our appeals for the arbitration OF a
land dispute which it was pressing
i'm South America and ne boldly
proposed that We ourselves should
decide the question and then pro-
coed 20 enforce our decision.
Stocks ,umbled headlong i'm Lon
don and New York. and there was
much wild talk on both sides OF the
Atlantic But the president conf
IDENTITY treasured his troubled pri-
Nate secretary. "Thurber. this does
tiou" And that was the outcome Of
all the hubbub Cleveland's out
hurst OF plain speaking had the eff
feet OF awakening the English peo-
pie. as never before. 20 the value OF
American friendship and % opened
q new era IN the relations Of the
two governments.
Cleveland's hardest. lonCes- battle
i1 his second admins was for
5he gold standard. Almost alone he
upheld IL through four years. aban-
doned by most OF the democrats
and unaided by the gold republicans
In congress. who were afraid of
hurting the party" with the silver
people.
A the democrats had lost power
under a bachelor president. James
buchanan they regained 10 after a
quarter OF a century under another
bachelor president. That strange
coincidence was brought 10 an end
ly Cleveland marriage i'm the sec
und year OF HIS administration
From the day Cleveland entered
The executive mansion at Albany.
gossip Fusily made matches for him
with one after another OF the eligible
women who appeared az his re-
ceptions : special favcrite OF those
persistent rumOrs was the pretty
widow or one Of his old law part
rers. Oscar Folsom. whose home was
one OF the few homes I'm Buffalo
where this unsoCial person had been
in the habit of visiting. II was not
suspected that all along his own
choice had been the daughter rath-
cr than the mother.
Mrs Folsom and her daughter
we're guests OF the president and
Miss Cleveland In their first month
at the White House. Even the wise
acres OF Washington did not guess
that the beautiful young girl who
vas present at "a reception-all IN
vhits-would in another year be the
bride OF her host.
Mis- Folsom had graduated and
.was travelling IN Europe when the