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TTTF, OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JUNE 25. 1008. SISTER OF MR, CLEVELAND Mn. Mary Hoyt is Shocked "by Newt of Brother'! Death. GETS WIRE FROM MRS. CLEVELAND II era I la Ilia Boyhood !) Inl y He Waa a tinod S and Brother and Ter Gtt Parent" Triable, Only th barn announcement of the death of her distinguished brother telegraphed by Mm. Cleveland, reached Mrs. Mary Clevolend Hoyt of G10 Tark avenue, Omaha, Wednesday morning. Her telegram came Inter than the prees announcements, but Mi. Hoyt had not heard of ex-President Cleveland's death until she received the telegram. Ovcrcnine by the new. which rums aa a thwk, Mra. Hoyt waa acarcely able to die- I i una her brothers life and she had not de rided whether It would bo possible for her to go east to the funeral and to Join other members of the family. "Only last week I had a lutter from Mrs. I'ltv1nnr1 tellfln me that Ornver waa im- .r.ivttitf " anM Mra Hnvf "Of rnliraa thla 1 did not entirely remove my fears, because f knew that he httd been suffering for a inng time with a dangerous trouble of the liexrl and kidneys. Put when I received Mr. Cleveland's litter I felt that there waa nu Immediate danger of my brother c'ylng and consequently the news this morn ing of Ms death came unexpectedly. "I can't remember anything now." fal tered Mrs. Hoyt In her struggle to keep up under the strain. "He was a dear brother and was always much loved by his aisters. 1 remember his boyhood days well. He wag Mwaye an even-tempered and good brother, and never worried ua nor his father and mother. He worked hard, aa he was left without a father when 14 yeara of age. "He visited me when out west to attenil , the unveiling of the Morton monument and has always written me letters, even when he was very busy aa president of his coun try. Since hla children have grown up they have written to me and Mrs. Cleveland haa written almost every week. I believe my ; brother wrote to all the members of the family aa often as he could and he wrote good letters too, never complaining of ad versity nor mentioning his Illness." Mrt. Hoyt la the mother of R. C. Hoyt of Omaha and haa made her home In this city for a number of years. She Is appar ently a strong woman and after consult ing other members of the family and com munloating with her sisters In the east may go to the funeral, leaving Omaha Thursday. R. Cleveland Hoyt, clerk of the United States district court for Nebraska Is Mra. Mary Hoyt's son. Mrs. Hoyt had completed arrangements for a trip to ftpokane, Wash., , to visit another son, Charles O. Hoyt. in the Indian service near Yakima, Intending to leave for Spokane this afternoon. The death of her brother. ex-President Grover Cleveland haa caused her to abandon the . trip to Spokane. RARE MAN I HISTORY OF NATIOX Dr. Miller Para Tribute to an Old Per sonal and Political Friend. "Well, I am not surprised, though deeply grieved." 'was the comment of Dr. George L. Miller, an old-time personal and po litical mend of Mr. Clevtland. when be wns told of hla death. "I laat saw him In May. 1IC. and he was wasting away like a girl with consumption phylsically. not mentally. Mentally he waa as vigorous as ever, but the muscular system and force were going and I am surprised he has sur vived the laat six mouths. "Mr. Cleveland waa a rare man In the history of nations. Gifts that he possessed re given to few men. He had a marvelous ability to perceive the right, coupled with an unnatural courage to do. the right after he perceived It. All he wanted qr sought was to know the right and that waa the thing he did. "It was one of the most prized privileges o? my life to be favored with Mr. Cleve land's friendship and entrusted with his confidence. While he waa president, during both of his terms, I had the pleasure of serving him .n thla state and aectlon more or less In suggesting appointments and by nia favor I decided some of them. "I first saw Mr. Cleveland when the notification of hla first nomlnatloln came to him in 1884. I found him a man of large and Imposing figure, with a great head and face surmounting a breastworks of broad shoulders. He waa oroad In form and strong In face. He was governor of New Tork at that tlm. "I heard hla flrat public speech as president-elect and his reply to Senator Vilas of Wisconsin, which wag characteristic of the roan. "Ha asserted hla strength of character In hla first public Ufa as mayor of Buffalo, giving that cltjr the beat government It had ever known. .That made him governor. Hla dominant force and wisdom, hla firm ness and hla singular policies of right and Justice aa the ohlef executive of the fore moat state of the union, made him presi dent How he filled that great office, with what elevation of purpose he made good his declaration that 'a public office Is a public iruei, .an ine world knows. A long interval elapsed after his elec tion to me presidency before I had the opportunity to meet him In a personal way, itnougn l had hern In correspondence witn mm at an times. "Hla visit to Arbor lodge In Nebraak City at the time of the unveiling of the Morton monument accompanied by Mrs Cleveland, ex-Vice Piealdent Stevenaon and ex-members of the cabinet, gave me an op portunity to renew my personal association with him. Jt was most delightful. Ha was the same Cleveland I had always known, the simple atronx giant, plain In manner, simple In speech, more, typical of a farmer going about hla business than of a nun, wno had been twice prosident of the Cnited State and by common consent the first private cltlsen of the republic. "I visited him again in May, 1907. In New Tork City. I met him In the great offices if the association of the presidents of the great Insurance companies of the country of which he was the official head. Ha had been made chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Equitable company and held that position until hla death. But my visit was in the office of the larger organi sation. "I found him not in a condition of physi cal health that could be called good. Since I had aeen him at the Morton monument Hverv mother dreads the period of her life. Becoming a mother should be a source of joy, but the suffering Incident to the ordeal makes its anticipation one of dread. Mother's Friend is the only remedy which relieves women of much of the pain of maternity; this hour, dreaded as woman's severest trial, is not only made less painful, but danger is avoided by its use, Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent or gloomy; nervous . ness, nausea and other distressing conditions are overcome, and the system is prepared for the coming event by the use of Mother' Friend. "It is worth its weight n T gold," 6ays many who have .., it li.M pt solus at 4 rag stone. uaivi it. fxwfe eeaulaiag tarurauuua ef latarertte ail weaaa, tree epoa appli cation i mHAonno miii rmm eo. unveiling a marked change had come. Hla stout form was teduced. Stronger and deeper lines had appeared on the fare. A shrinkage, so to say, was appnrent, mean ing a gradual emaciation. Iut his mind was clour aa a bell and In animation aa In repose hla eye ahowed the same expression as always In the presence of friends. "He talke.l ' freely of the pnlltlrnl situation and I drew from hlin a full ex pression of the Vlewa he then held on men and affairs. Receiving himself on some points suggested by rre, he waa quite frank on others. I have no warrant for repeating anything he said, but 1 my say I never saw him when he was more calm or fcolld In his Judgment' of men and things. He deplored the condition of his pry ni1 seemed at a loss to account for what had happened and wns happening, but wns evi dently hopeful that the Anierlcnn people and especially the den. o ratio party would return to whe.t he would probably have called 'sanity and safety' though lie did not use those words. "Mr. Cleveland was a democrat; h wss always a democrat and he knew why he was a democrat. Those great principles of the party, which he always advocated were dear to him to the tlmu of his death. He loved his country with a lofty patriotism that was simply passionate and nothing could swerve him from the course of his convictions. "For public clamor arising from the i designs of partylsm and the ignorance of the misled multitude he hud simply con tempt and pity which In the concrete amounts to sorrow. "It should go without saying that I have the most profound respect and admiration for Grover Cleveland. In weight of char acter and power. In honesty of purpose and In his peculiar grasp of all questions as If by intuition and his ur.falling ability to reach the right and righteous result he was without an equal in the country. When he jpoke upon any question of serious con cern, he commanded the confidence of more men of Intelligence and character and more respect from the masses of citizens of this country than any other man in thla genera tion of publlo men except Abraham Lin coln." On the platform at the unveiling of the Mortom mounment, John Stelnart, president of the monument association, who pre sided had Mr. Cleveland and Dr. Miller seated to the left and apart from tho other distinguished guests. In the Intervals of the program they conversed together and at one time Dr. Miller said to Mr. Cleve land: "This great throng Is gathered here to do honor to the memory of Mr. Mortoni, but the people have come also with the desire In their hearts to see you and their presence here Is to a considerable degree a mark of respect and homage to yourself." Mr. Cleveland's eyes filled and, leaning over to Dr. Miller, lie said In a voice full of emotion: "I only trust that I may deserve it." After the monument exercises were over, Mr. Cleveland stepped to Dr. Miller's side and was overheard to remark: "Miller, your speech waa the best of all." "Oh, you are kind to me and want to make me feel good," replied the doctor whose emotion on the occasion was so apparent, he and Mr. Morton having been most intimate of friends, that he waa not satisfied with hla address. "No, what you aald had more In It than what all the rest of us said, put together," rejoined the ex-presldent. FOl.SOM PROPERTY IN OMAHA Wife of Ex-President Once Owned Considerable Realty Here). Mrs. Cleveland owned three pieces of property In Omaha, but all of these have been sold. One of these was lot 3, block 111, which Is the next lot west of the old Edward Rosewater home on Dougla street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth atreeta. This was sold by Mra. Cleveland In 1906 for 325,000. The lot on the northwest corner of Twen ty-second and Cuming streets she sold In March, 1007, to D. C, McDowell for H,X. A half lot located on Cuming street "be tween Fifteenth and Blxteenth atreeta she sold to A. Alpirn In October, 1907, for 2,W0. Mrs. Cleveland acquired her property holdings In Omaha through her grand father, John B. Folsom, and hla brother, Benjamin R. Folsom- They came here in and brought a large amount of prop. erly. After their death the property waa left In their estates and In 1891 It waa divided among the heirs, the three lots above named falling to the share of Mra. Cleveland. The Byron Reed company waa her local agent. The Be of October 12, ml, on the oooa- slon of the visit of President and Mrg, Cleveland, Mid: "Over thirty yeara ago John B. Folsom the grandfather of the present Mrs. Cleve land, together with his brother, believing in Bishop Berkely'a prophecy expressed In poetry, 'Westward the oourae of em' plre takea Its way,' Invested hia savings In western lands. Among others selected were several ranges In Nebrasku, some of which are now comprised within Omaha's limits. John B. Folsom died in the latter part of the year 1886, and after providing by hla last will and testament for the sup port and maintenance during Ufe of hi friend, Cyrus Humphrey, and his burial after death, devised all the rest and resldu of his estate to his daughters-in-law and grandchildren, namely: Alice R. Folsom (widow of tils son Benjamin F.,) Emma C. Folaom (widow of hia son Oscar), Fran cla C. Folsom (daughter of Oscar and Emma C. Folsom), Emma A. Folsom, Ben Jamln F. Folsom, Alice Bophronla and Wil Ham R. Folsom (children of Benjamin F. and Alice R. Folsom), and Mary August Martin (daughter of William N. and Mary Augusta Martin, deceased). "In addition to her Interests under th will of her grandfather, Mrs. ClaveUn also inherits from her granduncle certain eatate In Omaha. As near as can be gath ered from Byron Reed, her agent In Omaha, the value of her estate here In round fig- ureais over 33UO.OOO. The property in whlc she. haa a one-slxteentrj interest is, located aa follows: "Lot 8, block C northwest corner Seven' teenih and Davenport. "Lot 1. block U. southwest corner Four teenth and Chicago. ."Lot 1, block 68, next west of southwts corner Fourteenth and Chicago. Lt , block bs, .northwest corner Fif tetnth and Dveniort. "Lot I block 61, northwest corner Twelfth and uavenpori. "Lot 1, block 73, southwest corner Twelfth and Chicago. "Lot 8. block 74, .northwest corner Thir teenth and Capitol avenue. "Lot L block 76, southwest corner Four teenth and Davenport, exposition annex. oain attendant uoon the most critical TTATVn H rTrj TXsT rrr ttttk ven i Ixil f. block M. Csrltol avenue between Ixteenth and seventeenth : Club stable". Lot 7, block Iodae ueet bet sen 61- eenth and heventeeniii. Planter house. Lots 7 and . block 107. northwest corner f Hixteenth and Douglaa streets. 132 feet Tie re. L.01 I, niocK US. uougias neiwecn prven- onth mid F.lahteenih. smith sloe. "Ixit , block 16ft, Jackson between Elev- nth and Twelfth, north side. North HI feet lot 4, block 24.i. coiner Ixth and Paclfio streets, southeast corner. Iot . block S4.1. Hurt between TwentV- secund ami Twenty-third, north side. 'Lot 8. block 214, northwest corner Mne- teenth and Cuming. I-ots 6. 7 and 8. block 191. east Has aunders street, orposlte engine house. 'Lot e, block 201U. Cuming between Hix teenth and Heventeentli. north side. Ixit 6. block 20Z1. northeast corner Cum ing and Klehteentn. 'Mils 7 and 8. block ITCH, norinwesi cor ner Cuming and Seventeenth, 13Z reel square. 'I,ota 3 and 4, block 204H. southeast cr- er Twentieth and Izard, VS feet square. Lot 1, hlook southwest corner wentleth and Izard. Lot 6. block iOfiW, northwest corner wenty-flrst and Cuming. Lot 7. block autP4. Cuming between rwen- ty-flrst and Twenty-second, north side. "Lots 7 and 8. block vr,. nortnwest cor er Twenty-second and Cuming, 132 feet quare. "Lot 1. block 210W, southwest corner Tw lt- y-Cirst and Cuming. i,or , mock ZUH. soutneasi corner wenty-flrst and Cuming. It l, block 21.T. southwest corner Eighteenth and Cuming. "Lot 4. Mock 213V4, southwest corner iNir.. eenth and Cuming.. "Lots 1 ami 3. hloek 214W. Cumin ba- ween Seventeenth and Eighteenth, 132 f -et ouare. T.r.t 1 9 hl..b innthWARt rnr. er Sixteenth and Cuming,' 132 feet square. 'West half of lot i. blocK 218, turning between Fifteenth and Sixteenth, south Ide. Lot 3, block 249H. northwest corner Nineteenth and Harney. 'Lots 4. 5, 6 and 7. block 34V. nortnwest corner Twentieth and Harney, opposite cable line power house. 'In the following real estate she has a one-eighth Interest: Lot E. block 1OT. northesst corner Seven teenth and Douglaa. Boutn i reel 101 a, diock eo, - ieei ir.nn on the northwest corner Blxteentn ana Dodge." VISITHD OMAHA TWO DKCADF.S AGO President and Yonng Wife Greeted by Many Thousands. President and Mrs. Cleveland visited Omaha October 12, 1887, during the presi dent's first term. The party came from St. Paul and Minneapolis, having made an extensive trip since leaving Washington. n. the party were the president and wife, Postmaster General and Mrs. Vilas, Daniel 8. Laniont, then private secretary to the president and later secretary of war Colonel Blssell, Mr. Cleveland's old law partner at Buffalo and later postmaster general In his cabinet. They were met at he depot by a multitude of people from owa and Nebraska and The Bee of that date said: "No greater throng haa ever been seen upon the streets of Omaha than on thla occasion." 8peclal car 03 of the Union Paclfio waa placed at the disposal of the reception committee, consisting of J. M. Woolworth Senator Charles F. Manderson, Dr. George L. Miller, George W. Holdrege, W. A. Paxton, General V. B. Dandy, Max Meyer, James E. Boyd, Charles H. Brown. W. A. Deuel, then assistant superintendent of the Nebraska division of the Union Pacific, had charge of the car. At the atatlon of the Chicago & North western In Council Bluffs 3,000 people had assembled. The excitement became intense as the train was aeen rounding the curve two miles up the track. When the train finally stopped the platform of the laal car hung over the middle of Broadway. Upon It stood Prealdent Cleveland dressed In a suit of black broadoloth, hla head un covered and the fingers of hla right hand Inserted beneath the lapel of hla close buttoned coat. He waa easily distinguished from the resemblance he bore to the beat o( the pictures which had been sent In ad vance. At thla moment Postmaster General Vilas recognised General Manderson and orders were given Immediately to admit him and hla party. They entered the car where the prealdent waa, where they were pre' aented one by one to htm. The train started for Omaha In a few mlnutea and Juat then a tall, alight figure wrapped In a gray mantle with a fall tur ban upon her head glided Into the vestibule saying in a sweet almost girlish voice, "Let me see them, too." Way waa made for her. for It was Mrs. Cleveland. The president smiled and with her returned to the plat form. This was the signal for another loud cheer. In recognition of which the president doffed his ailk hat and hla queenly wife smiled in heartiest apprecia tion. Mayor Gronewtg of Council Bluffs greeted the president and Mra. Cleveland on the platform and shortly afterward the train rolled away toward Omaha. 'As the train ' crossed the Missouri river, the Omaha delegation with Mr. Cleveland retired to a drawing room where Congress man John A. McShano standing at the head of a center table on which stood floral of ferlngs, welcomed the president on behalf of the people of Omaha and Nebraska. By the time Mr. Cleveland had responded tha train was In Omaha and the first gun of the presidential aalute waa heard followed by the cheers of thousanda who thronged the yarda and followed the train to the station. The president, with Mrs. Cleveland and John A. McShane, Senator Manderson, J. E. Boyd, Max Meyer and othera stood on th platform. When the train stopped Acting Mayor Bechel waa presented. He was fol lowed by Governor Thayer and Senator Paddock. Aa the guests were leaving. Dr. Miller speaking from within the car said to Mr. Boyd, "Ask him to make a five mln ute speech." But time was so short that thia speech waa omitted at request of the president The party alighted from the train and took their carriages. The presidant'a carrlag was a massive barouche, a marvel of dec orativa art and ornamentation. It waa 1U erally a mass of cut flowera. With the president were Mrs. Cleveland, Governor Thayer and Congressman Mc8hane. The carriage waa drawn by four black horses gaily caparisoned In gold mounted harness and plumea while entwined with tne har ntse and depending gracefully on the sides were flowers. Aa the carriage took ita place, the Young Men'a Democratic club formed a hollo square around It. The other carriage followed on. On Tenth atreet the Second regiment United Btatea army waa draw up In line and saluted. Up Farnara atreet the proceasion passed amid one eontinuous uproar. There were many pictures of M Cleveland, but one of the best waa huge oil painting In front of th Boyd opera bouse. At the corner of Sixteenth and Farnam atreeta stood great arch elaborately decorated with bunting and flaga, while standing guard about the dome were four living knlghta in armor. Th proceasion passed around the High school where the demonstration waa parti cularly Impreaalve. . The line of march con tinued down Douglaa street and thence to the .station, where Mr. and Mr. Cleveland boarded their car and. although there waa g persistent demand for speech, the president maintained silence. The train pulled out amid cheers from the assembled crowd. Th Knlghta of Pythias also , held a parade which was on of th grandest slghta aeen In Omaha. At Tenth and Har ney atreeta. Major General Camahan and hla -entire ataff mouated on- handsome chargers, saluted the distinguished preal dentlal party with drawn aworda. On Nlath street to Farnara and west to Thirteenth street, the different divisions were stationed Ingle file ai.d front face and through this andsnme guard the presidential procession oved. OI.F.MX E.H tF III" DUTY etter hr Mr. Cleveland Heprndnred by II. B. Chamberlain Significant. "Grover Cleveland Man." Is the title of an Interesting character aketch once penned by Henry Barrett Chamberlain. It la as followa: I have Just voted and I sit here In he office t lone. If n i-ther were alive 1 hould be writing to her, and I feel aa If It were a time for me to write to eotne one who will believe what I write. I ave for some time been In the atmos phere of certain success, so that I have been aure that I should assume the da les of the high office for which I have been named. I have tried hard In the face of this fact to properly appreciate he responsibilities that will rest upon me. and they are much too much un derestimated. But the thouKht that has troubled me Is: Can I perform my du ties, and In such a manner as to do some good to the people of the state? 1 now there Is room for It and I know l av 1 am sincere and honest In my de- Ire to do well, but the question Is whether I know enough to accomplish what 1 desire. In point of fnct, I will tell you, first of all others, the policy I Intend to adopt, and that is to make the matter n business engagement be tween the people and myself. In which the obligation on my side Is to perform tho duties assigned me with an eye single to the Interests rf my employers. I hall have no Idea of re-election or of ny high political preferment In my head, but be very thankful and happy If serve one term as the people's gov ernor. Do you know that IT mother were alive I should feel so much safer. bave always thought her rrayers had much to do with my successes. I shall expect you to help me In that way.' Two years after this letter was writ ten by the democratic candidate for gov ernor of New York, the man who wrote It to his brother was called to the high est office In the gift of the people In any and. He who solemnly reallxed tho deep responsibilities resting on the heart and mind of the prospective governor has alnce twice filled the presidential chair. He now lies dangerously ill. No matter how the Illness may terminate. It Is well that the phase of Grover Cleve land's character set forth In this letter to his brother may he not entirely over looked or forgotten. An essentially hon est man, arriving at convictions by slow and laborious processes, doggedly per sistent and courageous In maintaining those convictions even when his firm ness savored of stubbornesa and spelled Dartv defeat, the one quality which Grover Cleveland has manifested through out his career, more perhap than any other save Integrity, haa been a self-contained, Imperturbable self-reliance. Ap parently Indifferent to the denunciations of friends and foes, he more than once sacri ficed party expediency to what he consld ered th right course. In the face of bitter condemnation, he presented an unruffled demeanor which Impressed many as the Indifference of a thick-skinned egotist ao wrapped In self that he could not feel the atlnrs which would drlv a more sensitive man to deeds of reckleea Impulse. "But man who, on the eve of political preferment disclaimed all desire for any hhrher honor than that to be won In following the right aa hn conceived It and who. in the loneliness which Is a much a part of success as it la of failure turned yearningly toward hla brother In the hope that he would underatand, and still more yearningly toward th dead mother whos prayers he longed for, waa not the pachydermoua, aelf-aufflclent dic tator that for a time in hia career he seemed to t. Life haa been good to Grover Cleveland, The yeara have vindicated him. In the decade .which haa passed since he stepped from the office of chief executive Into the privacy of hla home, no man haa been given a higher meed of honor and respect by hla countrymen than he. Ana thla high, deep meed of reverential esteem which haa glorified hla later yeara has grown from the belief held by th people that while in office he did exactly what ha told hla brother he would do. He kept hia business engagement with the p0' pie regardless of all lesser claims. Bellevera In heredity find little in the character of Stephen Grover Cleveland ao manifested throughout his life of 71 years, to jaffl or puaile. He aervea aa an ad mlrabl example by which to demonstrate their theory. Hla father, Richard Falley Cleveland, who died just a th aon was growing into manhood, was a Yale grad uate and a Presbyterian minister. He named hia aon, the fifth of nine children for the mlnlater, Stephen Grover, who preceded him In the pastorate in Caldwell, Essex county, New Jeraey, where th fu ture president was born. William Cleve land, the minister father, waa a Connect! cut watchmaker, a thrifty, hard-working, self-respecting Yankee. The mother, whose prayera strengthened the auccesstul poll tlclan long after aha had passed out from hla everyday life, waa Ann Neal, daughter of an Irish bookseller and a German Quakeress. At an early day the boy ex hlblted many of the traits which have dla tlngulshed the man, He waa always mas culln and virile, always fond of outdoor sports, always self-reliant. The family had little morjey ministers' families are proverbially lacking In worldly wealth. Th son attended the village school, clerked in the village store and taught In an Institu tion for the blind. At 18 he borrowed J and, attracted, perhaps by the name, atarted for Cleveland. He stopped on his way to visit an urjele in Buffalo. This uncle put him into a law office. At 20, Grover Cleveland was admitted to the New York bar. At 4 he waa made assistant district attorney of Erie county. Later he received the nomination for district attorney,- but waa defeated,' and though always Interested in politics, held no other important office until elected sheriff In "In Buffalo he waa the aama hardwork ing,' plodding, conscientious worker that he was later in Washington. He amused himself hunting' and fishing. Hla friends and Interest were of the masculine sphere, his social life, ' that of men'a clubs. He liked good living and companionship. But for neither waa his work neglected. "It waa in these auccessful yeara of hia law practice that he formed the habit of working late at night. This practice he followed throughout hla Incumbency of the presidential office, aeldom retiring before t o'clock, accomplishing an - Immense amount of of'ictal work in the early morn ing boura. "In 1SS1 he was elected mayor of Buffalo. For the first time he held a position which could bring him Into the public eye. Hla veto of extravagant appropriations made him an object of attention. A few months later he waa nominated and elected gover nor by a phenomenal majority. "December 2. 1882, Mr. Cleveland became governor. Two yeara later he waa nomi nated for the presidency. At that time he bad never even visited the national capital. He had no experience In national affairs, waa UMcqualnted with leading statesmen, and waa ao vehemently opposed to Tam many that General Bragg of Wisconsin said In the convention, 'We love hira for the enemies he has made.' "Hla attitude toward private pension bills, towaid the tariff, In regard to appoint ment and toward the aoclallstlc-popullstlc tendencies of the democrats, as displayed In the silver question, alienated many of him own party. Yet In 1892, after suffering one defeat in 188, he was for the third time he choice of the democrats of the coun ry In the face of unanimous protest from the New York delegates. Ills election fol lowed. The rest Is recent history. The only truly popular official work of his sec ond term was the message on the Veneiue- an boundary question. Yet. In the yeara that have passed, the former preslder.it has grown steadily In the esteem and confidence of hla countrymen until In a sense he has come to be regarded a the first cltlsen. "His marriage to his ward, Francis Fol som. In 18S6, brought to him In the year which are ordinarily the declining ones the Joys of fatherhood and the home. Love, tho life of life, has warmed and brightened the days which In the course of nature are often chill and lonely. Life has Indeed been kind to Grover Cleveland. TII.1K AMD FAMOUS LETTER Dr. Miller Kent to Old Leader to. Se cure Kxjdoreement of Cleveland. A most Interesting bit of political hWtory concerning thj attitude of Samuel J. Til den toward Grover Cleveland Is recalled by the death of Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Tllden'a public endorsement of the young nominee for the presidency was a matter very much desired by the party leaders and which Mr. Tllden was loth to give. And It waa Dr. George L. Miller of Omaha who waa finally selected to bring about thla endorsement. Dr. Miller was regarded as one of the most Intimate friends of Tilden, and a to h's attitude toward Cleveland,' It la said that pirhaps no man knew Mr. Tllden aa well as did Dr. Miller. Daniel Manning, afterward secretary of the treasury ,'n President Cleveland cab inet, waa chairman of the national demo cratic committee. He and the other mem bers of th committee wanted Mr. Tlldn to write a public letter backing Mr. Cleve land. "It was regardd as Imperatively neces sary to unite the Tllden forces In New York and other states on Cleveland." re marked Dr. Miller, when asked about th incident. "I am reluctant to speak of this matter," added .the doctor, "for fear of having It misunderstood. It would not bs right to say that Mr. Tllden waa opposed to Mr. Cleveland, but, you ee, Mr. Tll den was an old man and Mr. Ctevelond a young man and Mr. Tllden regarded him aa rather Inexperienced for a presidential nominee. Well, I waa going to New York and x- pecteo while there to see the publication of this letter which was expected, though not then promised. It did not appear. Mr. Manning asked me to go to sea Mr. Tllden on the matter. I did, of course. Mr. Tllden finally wrote the letter, but after all It was perfunctory letter; It did not say much It might have aald. But I suppoee It had a good effect. Th result of the election might Indicate aa much. 'Mr. Tllden, of course, came to realise his apprehensions of Mr. Cleveland' youth ful Inexperience were not well founded and I think It not too much to say that h waa as heartily glad of It as anybody. H accorded th new president hla support when he found hie Judgment not correct." SPIES OUT EDWARD ROSEWATKR Ex-Preeldent Cordially Greet Editor at Morton Home. On the ocoaslon of Mr. Cleveland's vlalt to Nebraska City for the dedication of the J. Sterling Morton monument at Arbor Lodge, October 23, 1906, many Intereatlng Incidents transpired In which th termor president waa a figure. Th tlm cam to repair from th Morton, mansion to tn. seen of th unveiling and the ex-prealdent waa missing. Mr. Cleveland, Paul Morton, ex-Vice Prealdent Stevenson, 'hi wife. former cabinet members and -Other notables were In th mansion, getting ready to ride or walk, as the caae waa, to th monument. "Where la th president?" Inquired some one. "Why, I don't know; guea he'a in the house somewhere," sweetly replied Mra. Cleveland. And then aa If a thought had dawned upon her, ah added quickly, "Oh, I know where he la. He'a upstair taking hia midday nap." And with th word she tripped up th large, winding stairs, aa If' she were a 18-year-old schoolgirl. Directly ahe came down with the ex-president at her aid. No need now to ask If he had been taking his "midday nap." Many In th company had not yet greeted the ex-president. Im mediately at th foot of th atalra stood th lata Edward Rosewater. Mr. Cleveland, before he reached the bottom step, spied Mr. Rosewater. "Wall, well. If there Isn't Res water. Hello. Rosewater, how are you?" he aald The S, 7 or S .gars for a quarter can b: bought by those who seek quantity not quality. Such cigars are made to sell that way. CONTRACT Cigar h entirely different "its quality is carefully gauged to justify a price of 5 cents straight. 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"But for you and your tribe of picture taker I'll Juat poae." - And he walked out under the wide ve randa and with David R. Francta, Adlai E. Stevenson, Hilary A. Herbert he stood for a ahot or two, remarking aa he aasumed the correct attitude for th photographer, "Well, boys, I guess we are now up against th gun." Mra. Cleveland had gracloualy allowed the photographer to snap her In several posi tion, on standing beside Paul Morton, and when she and the ex-presldent started to get into their carriage one of the photog raphers stationed hla camera for another ahot. "Now, now," warnlngly said th beautiful woman, raising her hand a bit. "Can't we have Juat thla one?" pleaded on of the photographers most yearningly, hla hut In hla hand. "Not another one, you have had enough," said Mra. Cleveland. MAN WHO WOULD NOT POSE Sincerity Outstanding Characteristic, Bay W. D. MeHuarat. 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