A Secret Life_ The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland - Charles Lachman [177]
143. “It was almost beyond my understanding what to do,” George F. Parker, Recollections of Grover Cleveland (New York: The Century Company, 1911), 52.
144. A “chance to look me over,” ibid.
144. “His features are regular and full of intelligent expression,” New York Times, 21 September 1882.
146. “He had achieved that rare result in a political convention,” Nevins, 103.
146. Still confident of victory, Congressman Flower buttonholed. Armitage, 156.
148. Grinning like a “conqueror,” New York Times, 24 September 1882.
148. “My friends . . . I cannot but remember,” Ibid, 22 September 1882. Some reports say the speech took place in front of Democratic Party headquarters. Dranger’s saloon is sometimes spelled Drainger’s.
7. THE GODDESS
150. Indisputable glamour: Isabel F. Harmon, Glamour Girl, paper presented 14 December 1949 before the Buffalo chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, courtesy, Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society.
152. “Advanced standing,” Robar, 6.
152. Her roommate, Ms. Katherine “Pussy” Willard: Frances Elizabeth Willard and Mary A. Livermore, eds., A Woman of the Century (Buffalo: Charles Wells Moulton, 1893), 781.
154. “Do you know that if Mother were alive,” GC to William Cleveland, 7 November 1882, Nevins, Letters, 17–18.
155. Cleveland said he was “unable to understand it,” Parker, 244–245.
157. “I propose the health of Governor Grover Cleveland,” New York Times, 6 December 1882.
158. “We come to you as the king,” Nevins, 92.
159. Governor Cleveland’s inaugural address impressed everyone: New York Times, 2 January 1883.
160. “The governor might just as well place his desk on the grass,” Hudson, 138.
161. “Blunder of great dimensions,” Hudson, 141–142.
165. “When I marry it must be someone more than a year older than I am,” Robar, 12.
167. “Specifically for the White House,” Ibid, 13.
8. STIRRINGS OF A SCANDAL
169. “My boy, don’t you see it is impossible?” Nevins, 146.
169. “Cleveland is not yet a candidate.” Hudson, 151.
170. “What makes me puff so?” New York Times, 5 August 1886.
170. “I ought not to assume a task which I have not the physical: John Bigelow, The Life of Samuel J. Tilden (New York: Harper & Bros., 1895), 280–282.
172. “I wish I might not hear my name mentioned.” GC to Mary Cleveland Hoyt, 23 March 1884, Nevins, Letters, 32.
172. “Good heavens, Governor, how can you potter,” Hudson, 152–154.
173. Dr. George W. Lewis could still remember the day: Buffalo Evening News, 5 February 1890. The anecdote is based on Lewis’s testimony at the trial of Ball vs. New York Evening Post Corporation. Lewis claimed on the stand that he could not recall whether Cleveland’s name was brought up when Maria Halpin came to see him, but it seems unlikely that Halpin would have told Lewis her story without referencing Cleveland.
173. Ball was sixty-five years old. Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 22 February 1907; Buffalo Express, 10 March 1904.
175. Ball went to see William Flint and Henry Kent: Buffalo Evening Telegraph, 21 July 1884.
176. Had a notorious reputation, second only to Canal Street: Buffalo Courier, 7 March 1926; Buffalo Times, 26 May 1929; Buffalo Express, 29 July 1902.
177. “Grossest licentiousness,” Boston Journal, 6 September 1884.
178. “I’m enlisted for the war, Mr. Manning,” Hudson, 162–163.
179. He found the city in the grip of anti-Cleveland. Ibid., 180.
180. “You can print this as coming from me,” New York Times, 8 July 1884.
181. Every now and then a rebel yell could. Nevins, 151.
182. “For revenue only,” a “national disgrace,” a “tumor,” New York Times, 8 July 1884; 9 July 1884.
183. “Not a particle of ambition to be president,” GC to Daniel Manning, 30 June 1884, Nevins, Letters, 149.
184. “Ideal size for a cavalryman,” Lynch, 198.
185. “Holler for Hendricks.” Ibid., 203.
185. Kelly and Butler were up until four in the morning. Nevins, 153–154.
186. “How long shall we holler?” New York Times, 12 July 1884.
187. “Making the great blunder of his life.” Ibid., 13 July 1884.
188. “Congratulate you and the cause of good government.