A Secret Life_ The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland - Charles Lachman [182]
318. “Poor girl,” Cleveland would remark some time later. Nevins, 303.
320. “I don’t see why the papers keep marrying me to old ladies,” Robert McNutt McElroy, Grover Cleveland, the Man and the Statesman: An Authorized Biography (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923), 184.
320. “This is the man who went to war for me,” GC to John E. Hale, 13 September 1887, Nevins Collection, Columbia University, Box no. 102. Cleveland spelled Benisky’s name Benninsky.
321. “Boiling seething lava of Vesuvius,” Severn in Gould, 248.
322. “Well, then,” she said, “will you answer this question,” Washington Post, 7 June 1886.
322. “I should have begged you wildly never, never,” Katherine Willard to Frances Folsom, 13 March 1886, GC Papers, LOC.
323. In a state of complete “misery,” Robar, 19.
323. “I wish all you dear girls could have such,” Utica Herald, quoted in Washington Post, 18 May 1886.
324. “There was not the slightest doubt but that it was genuine,” Washington Post, 18 April 1886.
324. “I expect to be married pretty early in June.” GC to Mary Cleveland Hoyt, 21 March 1886, Nevins, Letters, 103–104.
324. “It looks as if Frank would reach New York,” ibid., 14 April 1886, 106.
325. Frances had found a father figure. Brodsky, 162.
325. “To him she was nothing but a child,” Washington Post, 30 May 1886.
325. Frances had to be “admonished,” ibid., 18 May 1886.
326. “I am very indignant at the way Frank,” GC to Mary Cleveland Hoyt, 19 April 1886, Nevins, Letters, 106–107. See also GC letter to Mrs. Hoyt, 26 April 1886.
326. “I have no reason to believe that Mr. Cleveland is about to be married,” Washington Post, 19 April 1886.
326. Cleveland’s “acquaintance with the lady began when she was hardly knee high,” ibid., 27 April 1886.
327. “Miss Folsom is considerably more than a schoolgirl,” ibid., 18 May 1886.
327. “Rubbish and nonsense,” ibid., 4 May 1886.
329. “She possesses no airs; she is remarkably humble,” New York Times, 29 May 1886. A reporter from the Times happened to be a passenger on board the Noordland and wrote his account when he reached shore.
329. Colonel John Folsom was dead. Buffalo Evening News, 20 May 1886.
331. “Offensive partisanship,” Washington Post, 14 June 1886.
331. “Arrived safe. All in good hands,” Brodsky, 172.
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333. His cousin wasn’t “quite herself yet,” Washington Post, 30 May 1886.
335. Frances acknowledged him with a coquettish little wave. New York Times, 1 June 1886. Author’s note: Decoration Day became Memorial Day after World War I.
336. “Radiant vision of young springtime,” William H. Crook, Memories of the White House: The Home Life of Our Presidents from Lincoln to Roosevelt (Boston: Little Brown and Co., 1911), 170.
336. Dolly Madison’s mirror. Robar, 27.
337. Augustus Hill Garland, who detested all social functions. Washington Post, 26 June 1908.
338–339. Sunderland pronounced them husband and wife. The account of Cleveland’s wedding comes primarily from an excellent article in the Washington Post, 3 June 1886.
340. Maria Halpin also got married. Chicago Tribune, 2 July 1887.
341. “Gentlemen,” Ed Butler said, “I have purchased the Telegraph: Buffalo Express,” 18 August 1885; Smith, 46.
342. “Simply because her heart was not there,” Washington Post, 29 June 1886.
342. A romance titled The Long Run. Ibid., 19 July 1886.
342. She smelled a whiff of smoke. New York Times, 22 September 1886.
343. “Your reception in Chicago would be the greatest literary,” Washington Post, 16 January 1887.
343. A “callow youth,” ibid., 7 October 1886.
344. “The difference between us is this,” ibid., 16 January 1887.
345. “The Weeds it will remain,” Ibid, 25 July 1886.
344. He found her offer to be disgraceful and a “humiliation,” ibid., 23 September 1886.
345. “Miss Cleveland has been in poor health,” ibid., 19 October 1886.
345. “The worst of lies,” Rose Cleveland, letter to Washington Post, ibid.
345. Mail fraud charges. New York Times, 5 September 1891.
345. When Cleveland saw him at the station he called out, “Hello!