Show lam I 1 L grenci CleN Cl celand elandis is dead and the I 1 grand old aran of the democh icy is online coming into hib own at one time he was nas the best tilled min in the united states the st stalwart alart democrats of the country clui g to him as the greatest stateman of 01 his time it v was as almost as much as a mans malls peace N was as worth in utah to say a ord in hiba hial J fa faaoi oi democrats on the stump lime hae been afraid to mention the name of cleeland ce eland and yet his statesmanship has been of the order no novi that he is dead his political opponents are willing to concede that his acts as president were nere greater than the people understood his administration will ill stand as one of oc the most remarkable of the history of our nation it will take y ears 3 et to prove that his acts were those of the statesman and the patriot he is receiving ing tributes from men high in the political councils of the nation and that he deserves all the praise he is 13 getting none will deny here is the tribute of mr roosevelt in issuing a proclamation on the death of the distinguished citizen to the people of the united states grover cleveland president of the united states from 1885 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897 died at this morning at his home bome in Prince princetown town N J in his death the nation has been deprived of one of its greatest citizens by profession a lawyer awer his chief se sen rices ices to his courtry coultry were rendered during a long abed and honorable career in public life As mayor maor of his city as governor of his state and t tv ice as president he showed signal power as an administrator coupled with entire devotion to the count rys good and a courage that quailed before no hostility when only he was convinced where his duty lay since his rethie ment from the presidency he has continued nell el and faithfully to serve sere his countrymen by the simplicity dignity and uprightness of his private life in testimony of the in which his memory is held by the government and the tha people of the united states I 1 do hereby direct that the flags on tho the white house and the sevat seval departmental buildings be displayed at halt half matt mast for a period of thirty days and that suitable military mill tAry and naval honors under the ardeis of the s of way war and navy he be rendered on the day of the funeral done this day of june in ill the year of our lord me line thousand nine hundred and eight and of the independence of the united states of america the one hundred and thirty leond feind signed THEODORE ROOSEVELT governor hughes of new york also had the following to say regarding the illustrious dead 1 I announce with deep regret the death of grover cleveland mayoros mayor of buffalo goner goer nor of this state twice president of the united states he personified civic virtue and exalted the ideal of a public office na as a public trust resolute incorruptible by flattery and unshaken by fear just and tenacious of conviction he be enriched the nation with a noble example of strength and fidelity all the ills which followed the panic of 1893 were attributed to him and deep and loud and long were ere the anathemas ana themas heaped on him in the face of the recent panic men are willing to say that the president pies ident of this great country is not always ble for financial depression the press dispatches on thursday and friday were filled with tributes to cleveland and prominent republicans of the nation extolled him as one of the greatest stat statesmen men of the age lowell the poet di bribed him as the pilot aho held hi his rudder true |