Show CARING BARING AF riG FOR F C d In the Youths Youtha Companion for Jan 2 Grover Cleveland has an article on Our and Their ex Presidents Mr Cleveland has for tor tormore I more than fourteen years ears though not I continuously been an During the greater part of that time he has been the only one And he Is now our only living No man manis manIs manIs is better qualified he t tp to discuss the subject he be has chosen Mr Cleve Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland land believes that a suitable pension should be granted to One of his arguments Is There is a sort of ot vague but none the less lesa imperative feeling abroad In Inthe Inthe inthe the land that one who has bas occupied the great office of president holds in trust for his fellow tellow citizens a certain dignity which In his conduct and man manner manner manner ner of ot life he is bound to protect against loss or deterioration i Obedience to this obligation which can hardly be avoided limits the ex cx president in his choice of an occupation occupation occupation tion and means of or livelihood and pre prescribes prescribes prescribes scribes for him him only such work as in popular judgment is not undignified and It also enforces a scale of living on his part frequently less in keeping with his financial ability than th n with popular conceptions of propriety Mr Cleveland cites the fact that Thomas Jefferson was so o poor after he retired from the presidency that al although although although though he said he would accept noth nothing nothing nothing ing from the public treasury he did accept pecuniary assistance raised by private subscription While he was still president of the United States John Quincy Adams wrote that his private private private vate Income was less lees than a year and that ho was paying of that sum as interest on his debts He looked forward to a life of poverty after his retirement Lest he be accused of ot in his argument for a pension for lor ex presidents Mr 11 Cleveland Clevel nd after ac acknowledging acknowledging acknowledging that he would be the only man who could be benefited by the Im Ira Immediate immediate mediate adoption of his plan plarl goes on onI onI onI I hope my m sincerity will not be questioned when I say that I have dealt with the subject without the least thought of personal Interest or desire for personal advantage I am not in need of ot aid from the public treasury I hope and believe that I have pro provided provided provided vided myself m self and those dependent upon me a comfortable maintenance within the limits of ot accustomed prudence and economy and that those to whom I owe the highest earthly duty dut will not want Tant when I am gone These conditions have permitted me meto meto meto to treat with the utmost freedom fredo a topic which involves no personal con considerations and only has to do in my mind with conditions that may arise Inthe in inthe Inthe the future but are not attached to the of today toda and I am sure that I am actuated only by an ever present desire that the fairness and azid sense of justice characteristic of ot Amer Americanism Americanism shall neither fail fall nor be ob obscured obscured obscured Most of our have had incomes sufficient to guarantee them themselves themselves themselves selves and their families against ac actual actual actual want Some of them indeed have been comparatively rich men But the drain on their th lr ir resources the difficulties difficulties difficulties ties that hedge them about on the mat matter matter matter ter of profitable employment are as asIr Mr Ir Cleveland points out very serious handicaps It is not fair to compare them with everyday people The Her Herald Herald ald aid believes it would be both just and generous for congress to make provis provision ion for tor pensions for And the amount should not be niggardly for the country can well afford atford to pay pa any reasonable sum |