WASHINGTON Tho Interest
In the personality of Grovor
Cleveland linn nnturnlly re
called many Incidents of
the days wIipii his wns tho
most forceful flguro in
American nubile life. Nothing wliloli
lie over did whllo president atlrnotod
moro nttentlon (hnn tho famous mos
sago ha sent la congress In December,
1S9G, on tho subject of Groat Hrltnln's
controversy with VonozunJn ovor tho
boundary between (ho latter country
and British Guiana. In an Interview
with n New York Times correspond
ent Hilary A. Herbert, then Mr. Clove
land's neerotnry of tho navy, now for
tho first time tells tho tmo Inwardness
of that historic episode
"The foundation for Mr. Clovolnnd's
celebrated Venezuelan message," said
Mr. Herbert, "wns tho nolo of Secre
tary of Stato Olney to Lord Salis
bury, the British minister for foreign
affairs. That note was written during
tho congressional recess, three months
before confess convenod, and before
Mr. Cleveland's mossnKo was prepared.
Tho Olney nolo was drafted after n
consultation between the seerelary of
stntc and Mr. Cleveland during tho
summer at Great Gables on nuzznrd's
bay. Mr. Olnoy went there, an I havo
nlwnyB understood, to confor with tho
president about tho Venezuelan quos
tlon. The note was submitted to ovory
member of tho cabinet. I remember
distinctly I was in Washington that
summer and a copy of the unto came
to mo and Mr, Carlisle, tho secretary
of tho treasury, and Mr. Lumont, tho
secretnry of war, and wo considered
tho policy togothor.
"I remember that as tho nolo devel
oped It almost took my breath nwny,
and I was Inclined to opposn Its presen
tation, but before tho reading was fin
ished I realized Its force and value and
I heartily approved It. Uetweon 1m r
Carllsle, Mr. Lament and myself some
First Photograph of Ex-President Clo voland and
From stereograph, coyprliilit, 1!07, by t uilorwood and I'mlf rwood, N. Y.
suggestions woro mndo as to amend
inents, porhaps Blight, and my under
standing 1b that theso umcndmentn
wore BUbsequently adopted. All tho
cabinet know for three or four months
before congross convened that this
bombsholl hnd been proparod. Never
theless, It was kopt absolutely necrot.
Nobody know anything about It. Aa
Air. Cloveland himself said, he did not
bollovo in doing public business on tho
sidewalk. Tho meusago that Mr. Clove
land af tor wards wrote wnB proparod by
himself Just after ho had roturucd from
un outing. Ho hnd gone down tho
river un n Ashing excursion, and when
ho got back tho message waB written,
occupying him for two days, Tho mes
sage wnu read to tho cabinet before it
was Bout In. I do not remember wheth
er any BuggostloiiH wero UBkod or of
forod, tho mossago bolng a condensa
tion of tho very powerful Olney note."
"Did you anticipate that war -would
result from tho fessage?"
"No, I did not think so, hecnuso 1
did not think there was enough In tho
controversy to cause a war botweon
tho two countries which woro so cIobo
ly allied in blood and bUBlnesB. Of
course, such measures as could bo
taken with tho moans in hnnd to be
prepared in caso of troublo wero taken
?jy tho navy department, but there
was nolthor tlmo nor money nor oppor
tunity to make any oxtenslvo prepara
tions." A REGULAR CHURCHGOER.
CLEVELAND'S father was a Prosby
torlun minister. Whoa tho son was
elected president tho Hov. Dr. Sun
derland or tho First Presbyterian
fshurch iu Washington determined to
(MR QEVELAND
make every effort to Induce Mr. Cleve
land to attend his church. Immediate,
ly after tho Inauguration Mr. Sunder
land called upon tho president, and tho
latter agreed to bo enrolled among his
parishioners. Cleveland wns very reg
ular In attendance. Alwnys a largo
crowd assomblod In front of tho
church to see him entering and leav
ing Tho crowd was nniazod to find
thut when tho carrlago stoppod Clove
land would leave tho vehicle and otnrt
for the door, whllo some ono olso
would hnvo to assist Mrs. Cloveland to
alight. Then she would hasten after
her husband and, catching up with'
him, the two would walk up tho nlsle
together to their pew.
A DAD CAMPAIGNER.
CLEVELAND was known nlways as
a bad campaigner. It wan nn ex
tremely dINIcult thing to get him
to take an active part In politics, oven
when he was running for olllco him
self. When he was nominated for may
or of Huffnlo, a quartor of a century
ago, his political managers were In
despnlr because of his Indifference.
The future president woidd promise to
speak, but when tho time enmo ho
would fall to apponr, and then it was
necessary to send carriages for him
and drag him to tho mooting. Hut his
popularity wan so great that ho experi
enced little difficulty lu polling a largo
vote for mayor. This campaign oc
curred during n tlmo of political up
heaval, when lluffalo was ono of tho
doubtful clllea of tho Btato. Prom tho
closo of tho war up to tho '00s no ono
could foretell Just how tho municipal
olectlons In Huffnlo would turn. out.
Clovoland was made candidate for gov
ernor particularly bocauso of hts vig
orous administration of tho mayor's
olllco. Ills most conspicuous act was
the veto of an ordinance of tho council
granting a contract for cleaning tho
city to personal frlonds. Cleveland
regarded this contract as against pub
lic policy, nud, notwithstanding tho
pressure exorcised by his closest ad
visers, ho disapproved tho mdnsuro.and
by this act attracted tho i.ttontton of
the state. There Is not tho slightest
doubt that what Mr. Clovoland did on
that occasion had a greator bearing
on Ills future political career than nny.
thing ho had done.
A FRIEND OF THE PEN.
MIL CLEVELAND took a great In
terest In pension lobulation, ob
serving a discriminating attitude,
which was most important, both for
tho public treasury and from the point
of vlow of thoso veterans of nnblom
lahod recorda, It wns his custom to ox
amino each net and nil tho facts con
nected with tho claim of tho bonollol
ary with tho grentoat euro. If ho found
a Haw In tho record ho would put a
veto on tho back of tho nit In hla own
handwriting. Clovoland raroly dic
tated. He found lilo IdeaB (lowed bet-
mm
BU5Y LIFE
tor when his pen touched tho pnpor.
His handwriting wns small, but clear.
It was like copper-plate, Probably no
president of recent tlmcB used a pen
with as much frequency as Clovoland.
Tho palnslnklng character of Mr.
Cleveland's work will be realized when
It in known that he made a porsonal
examination of ovory paper that came
before him. This particularly was
true of tho records of courts-mnrtlal of
officers of the army and navy.
Whether tho dofenilant wns an ensign
or an admiral, a lieutenant or n gen
oral, bo could dopond on Mr. Clovoland
to glvo fair consldorntlon to the re
port of his trial. It frequently hap
pound that Mr. Clovoland detected
(laws In the proceedings of tho court,
In which enso tho officer bonolltod
olthor In tho way of modlllcntlon of
his sentence or a now trlnl.
EMBARRASSING FRIENDSHIPS.
ONE of tho romarkable trnlfs of Mr.
Cleveland's charnctor lay In his
ability to shake himself looso from
embnrrasslng friendships upon reach
ing a position where ho wns charged
with the responsibility of lining fed
eral olllcos. Probably this was most
HIc Family Taken at Their Princeton
strongly Illustrated during tho months
following his Inauguration aa meal-
dont. when Wnshlngton wns crowded
v.'itn hungry placo huntora. Two days
before tho Ith of March, 188G,- nbout
300 Btirfnlonlnns camo to tho capital,
marched from tho freight depot on Vir
ginia avenue to Odd Fellows' hall on
Seventh street, nnd took un their
quarters In tho lnttor building. This
contingent lustily carried out tho os'-
tenslble purpose of its visit to "Whoop
It up for Grovo." Tho main objoct of
every mini, howover, was to Bocuro n
Job under tho foderal government.
Their ambitions ranged from collector
of Internal rovonuo down to driver of
the mall wagons. The candidates re
malned In Washington seven dnys mid
thou departod without a slnglo plum
In their possession. Of that noble
baud of 300 none secured an appoint
ment from Mr. Cleveland during either
of hlit administrations.
The most conspicuous oxaniplo, per
hapa, of Mr. Cleveland's unwillingness
to consider friends for public office
wns that lurnlshod by tho caso of tho
lato Daniel M. Lockwood. l.ockwood
placed tho name of Cleveland before
Doniocratlo conventions for mayor,
governor and president. As his re
ward ho sought appolutniont as United
States mitiUtor at Madrid. Ho secured
enough Indorsements to qualify him
Belt for n cabinet olllco. Mr. Cleve
land had other views, however, with
tho result that tho closo friendship bo
tweon tho two men was ruptured, and
Mr. Lockwood did not rotiomliinto
Clovoland In tho convention of 1SSS.
Tho breach whb apparently unclonble,
but ut last Mr. Clovoland tendered
Lockwood the position of district at-
tnrnry fur the northern district of
New York. This wns Indlgnnntly de
clined at first, but subsequently nc
ropted for the benoflt of Lock wood's
joung associate, William B. Iloyt.
CLEVELAND'S HOME LIFE.
N ONI5 occasion n Now York paper
which was especially virulent In
Its treatment of Mr. Cloveland
printed a story to the effect that on
the previous night ho had gotten beast
ly drunk and had kicked his wifo down
stairs, bruising her torrlbly and black
ing both her eyes.
Thoso who know tho charming rela
tions which existed uetwoon tho prosl
dont and his wifo were indignant at
tho publication. That It was abso
lutoly false I quickly discovered for
myself. Crossing tho White House
grounds, I saw Mrs. Cleveland bonding
over n bed of pnnslcs In which sho
took special Interest, Sho was a beau
tiful picture that morning. Her oyos
were aa clear as crystal, Bhowlng that
sho had slept well, and, her Bkln with
out n blemish. Tho alleged brutality
of Mr. Clovoland towards Ills wifo wns
frequently described by tho paper re
ferred to, but never did I boo nny Justi
fication or foundation for the state
ments It published, Because the presi
dent and Mrs. Clovoland refused to ex
hibit their children to tho gaping
crowd reports wero pnbllshod that
they wero Idiots and that ono of them
was blind. These reports wero not
only false, but so cruel ns to nrouso
tho hearty Indignation of the friends
of the president and his wifo.
It Iuib been often said, and with Jus
tice, that Mrs. Cleveland made an Ideal
"First Lady of tho Land." Probably
Mrs. Cleveland did what no othor wifo
of n president nttompted. At recep
tions bIio would lake a step forward
and shako hands with tho caller, re
turning to hor position before saluting
Home.
the next in line. This wns n task
which only n woman of tremendous
physical endurance could carry out
buccessfully. At tho New Year'B ro-
ceptlons, for oxample, 9,000 persons
greeted tho president and his wire. So
that Mrs. Cleveland took 9,000 steps
nnd shook hnnds 9,000 times on each
or these occasions.
AS FRIEND AND LAWYER.
CLEVELAND wnB moro ot n socio
bio man thnn n social ono. Ho en
joyed lew socinl relations in Bur
ralo, rarely visiting tho houses of
friends. At tho same tlmo ho was
most convivial with his male acquaint
ances. Ho was fond of playing cards
lu bin youth nnd spent most of his tlmo
with the boys, As a lawyer ho seldom
practised In court, nnd, whllo never ro.
gnrded as a closo student, ho hnd tho
facility of grasplntt a legal problom,
which made lilm Invaluable as counsel.
His practice wan confined almost nlto
gother to his office, his nssoclntos
making the arguments lu court'.
PRESIDENTIAL LOVEMAK1NG.
ACCORDING to a story In circula
tion at tho tlmo, Danlol S. Lamont
wns tho John Alden of Orovor
Cloveland In connection with tho lnt
tor'B marriage. Lamont wns sent by
tho president to Huffnlo to nsk Miss
Folsom to marry hs chief. Thoro was
no "Speak for yourself, John," aa Miss
Folsom ttecoptod tho offer. Miss Fol
som, of course, know her futuro bus
bpnd very well, ns alio had boon his
vjurd and had como Into frequout and
litlmate contact with him.
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HER HUSB
By MABEL HERBERT URNER
(Copyrlirlit.)
"Of course, dear, suit yourself about
it. If you think you would llko tho
Hotel bottor, why, wo will go
there. Hut I imagine you will find
thoso largo hotols very much tho
Banio."
"Yes, I Bupposo so," oho nnBworcd
listlessly.
Tho waiter came up now, filled their
glasses and placed the menu before
him. Ho looked at It a moment, then
handed It ovor to hor.
"Perhaps you hnd bettor order "
his volco wub strained.
Sho flushed, a deep, painful flush, as
sho took tho card ami gavo tho order.
When tho waiter had gone, she leaned
back, her oyos wandering ovor tho bril
liantly lighted cafe.
It was becoming intolerable this
thing between them, this conscious
ness that ho know that for weeks ho
had known. Sho felt now that from
tho first, even before bIio had admitted
It to herself, with the quick intuition
of bin lovo ho hud known that she
was ashamed ot lilm! Ashamed or his
awkwardness, his ignorance, his in
ability to act and dross and look like
the men around thorn!
No word had passed between thorn;
In no direct way had cither or them
referred to it, yet alio know it was
never quite out of thlr minds.
It bogan with tholr first week In
New York. She had chosen to live nt
the most qulot, tho moat oxcluslvo
hotol In the city, a placo rarely In
vaded by tho western millionaire; and
It had come like n blow tho contrast
between tho men there nnd hor hus
band. Sho fought against tho feeling that
was aroused in her; sho told herself
of his sterling worth and manliness;
nnd yet sho was constantly comparing
him with thoso men of tho world,
theso clubmen with their nir of caso
and nonchalance; with tho wny they
"Perhaps You Had Better Order." ,
walked nnd stood nnd lounged nbout,
tho way they woro their clothes tho
countless things that made up their
bearing.
It was an Infinite relief when tho
dinner was over.
In tholr own room, still with avert
ed eyes, sho drew a chair to tho light
and picked up a mngazlno. Hut her
glnnoo remained fixed on ono short
paragraph.
Ho made no pretense or reading,
but stood at the window looking down
nt tho street below. For a long tlmo
ho stood thero. Then he entered his
own room, closing tho door nrter lilm.
The light burned lu his room until
long nftor midnight. In her own
darkened room sho tried in vnin to
sleep. Tossing restlessly, hor thoughts
went back ovor tho 14 months of tholr
mnrrlage.
Tho first year had been spent on his
Montnna ranch, nnd then somo min
ing Interests had called him to Now
York, for only n fow days, ns ho
thought. Hut the dnys had lengthened
into weeks, nnd still ho wns detained.
With n marvelously quick adapta
bility sho had acquired tho stylo nnd
nlr or tho Now York women.
nut with him It had b'eon different,
perhnps becauso ho had never felt tho
need to bo anything but himself, and
perhaps becauso ho had boon too busy
nud indifferent to think or It. Hut
gradually ho had come to feel hor un
spoken criticisms nnd his self-consciousness
bocamo infinitely worse
than his provious caroless Indlfforonco.
Now ho was constantly trying to
please hor, and only succeeded In be
ing moro consciously awkward than
ever.
As sho lay there in tho dark, watch
Ing tho light from his room, thoro
camo to her a great longing to blot
out those two months In Now York.
They hnd been so happy In that year
on his ranch. She had gloried lu his
strength and mnnhood; his very crude
ness and simplicity she had loved
then.
Tears of contrition nnd tendornenu
camo to her oyos. Sho would go in
to lilm now, creep Into his arms nnd
toll him that sho loved him; thnt noth
ing elso mnttercd.
Sho slipped out of bed, throw ti
looso robe nround her nnd knocked
softly nt his door. Ho wns still dressed,
lying on tho couch, Blinding his oyos
from tho light. Ho had heard neither
hor knock nor her quiet entrance
For a full momont bIio stood thoro be
roro ho saw hor. Thon ho rose quick
ly. "Why, Ellznboth, I thought you woro
nsloep."
"No I" Sho started toward him,
but ho made no movement to meet
V
AND
her; hla faco reflected none of tho
tenderness thnt sho felt was in her
own. And in thnt second sho realized
what tho past two months had done
tho extent of the nllcnatlon It had
brought.
"I thought porhaps you had somo
of thoso bromide tablets; my head has
been aching."
"Why, yos, I think I hnvo some."
IIo got them for her. "Is thnt all? t
thoro anything elso I can do?"
Sho shook her head. "No, this will
probably put mo to slcop."
In her own room again, sho crept
Into bed with a miserable senso of
failure and n vaguo feeling of dread.
Whero wns this enstrnngoment lead
ing them? How would it end? It was
nearly dawn when nt last sho slept.
That morning ho went to his office
early. He did not como Into hor room
until ho was leaving; ho was carry
ing hts hat and coat. IIo camo up to
the bed nnd kissed her quietly good
by. Tho day dragged painfully. Sho felt
strangely alone nud desolate. Even tho
shops failed to interest hor. Once sho
started to telephone her husband, and
thon In quick fear hnd hung up tho
lecelver. What was thero to say?
When ho enme homo that evening
later than usual, she felt It was pur
posely to avoid their accustomed chat
before dinner. He wont Immediately
Into his room to dress.
In hnir nn hour they woro seated
at tholr tablo In the care. They hnd
reauhed tho entree when tho woman
whoso dresB had been torn last night
swept In nnd was seated by tho hea
waiter at n tabic next to theirs. Sho
saw tho color In hor -husband's race
deepen.
And then conrused nnd embar
rassed by tho sudden nppenranco or
this woniaiif his hnnd hit against a
slender dish or tartar sauce near tho
edgo of tho table and sent It splashing
to tho lloor.
In ono ngonized glnnco sho saw tho
bespattered, ruined gown of tho wom
an nnd tho rurious nngor In her faco.
Then sho bowed her head that sho
might not see tho wretched mortifica
tion of her husband. She heard his
pitiful nttomptB at an apology and felt
tho rrozen sllenco or tho woman. Tho
waiter camo up hurriedly, romoved tho
broken dish and wiped up tho floor.
A scream shrill,' piercing rang
through the room! Another nud still
nnothor screams or agony and torror.
People started to tholr foot. Through
tho swinging doors used by tho wait
ers rushed n figure enveloped lu
flames.
Somo ono screamed "Fire!" Thero
was a rush for tho doors. Then nbovo
tho din and confusion roso her hus
band's voice, clear and stern.
"Stop! Thoro la no fire! If thero ia.
you nro perfectly safe on tho first
lloor. Help me. with tills girl! Quick!
Hugs coats something!"
Thoro, In n far corner whero ho had
caught tho girl, was hor husband
nlono, rolling her on tho floor, his coat
around hor.
With something llko shnmo In their
faces for their Instlnctlvo cowardice,
two or three men now rushed to him
with their coats. Thero wero no rugs
and tho strips of carpet botween tho
tablea woro rastoned to tho polished
floor.
Hut It was her husband, unheeding
their useless efforts, who wns still'
beating tho flnmos thnt clung to tho
girl. At last he hnd them smothered.
And thon, atill unmindful of his
hands that wero cruolly burned, her
husband cnrofully unwrapped tho coats
from tho poor, blackened creature that
lay thoro. Tho peoplo stood back,
watching lilm breathlessly. Tlei;
seemed Incapablo of action or speech.
Somo' ono whlspored that It wns a
pantry girl who had overturned nn al
cohol lamp aa sho was placing it un
der n coffoo urn.
A few moments Intor a doctor mndo
his way through tho crowd and thon
two white-coated ambulauco attend
ants lifted tho still unconscious girl
on a stretcher nnd carried hor out.
Tho peoplo wero now crowding
nround her husband, praising his cour
ago and bravery nnd presence of mind.
They pressed forward to Bhako his
hand, nnd wero horrified to find that
his hands, hla wrists, oven his arms,,
woro burned.
Somo ono touched Ellznboth on the
shoulder. Sho turned. It was the
woman who hnd sat opposite tham.
I lor eyes wero rull or tears.
"I haven't tho courage to speak to
your husband, but I want to toll you
how sorry 1 am for my rudeness In
In Ignoring his apologies. I I am very
sorry. I wisli you would tell him
that."
Sho was gono boforo Elizabeth, in
her ombnrrnssmont and agitation,
could find any words for n reply.
Lator, in their own rooms, nfter.tho
doctor hnd loft, and ho lay on tho
couch with helpless, bandaged hands
Elizabeth enmo ovor and knolt bo'
sido him. For n whllo nolthor spoko
thon ho ronllzed that sho was sobblmr
quietly. b
"Elizabeth, whnt Is It, dear?"
Sho mndo no nii3wer, only crent
closer to hint.
Clumsily ho tried to smooth her
hnir, but sho took tho poor hand In
both or hers, covoring it with kisses
and tears. Porhaps ho understood roc
ho only said, tendorly; '
JEllzabeth-dear little Elizabeth!"
