CLEVELAND, Grover. Autograph letter signed ("Grover Cleveland") as President, to L. Chandler Davis of the Philadelphia Ledger , [Washington], 22 January 1895. 2 pages, 8vo (6 15/16 x 4½ in.), Executive Mansion stationery, envelope, very small repair to integral blank , otherwise in fine condition. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND ADMITS "THERE NEVER WAS A MAN SO PERPLEXED AND TROUBLED" Even before Grover Cleveland's inauguration as the 24th President of the United States, the nation was on the precipice of a rapid financial decline which would cause the new President significant anguish. In February 1893, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad collapsed, causing a financial panic fed by dwindling gold reserves, industrial overexpansion and poor harvests. President Cleveland, who had entered the White House in opposition to the free coinage of silver, was blamed for the nation's deepening woes. So much anger was directed at the President that he took special cares for his protection: "Mr. Cleveland not only keeps off the sidewalks; he seldom goes driving--and when he does he is under the protection of two detectives who follow the White House carriage in another vehicle" (Jeffers, An Honest President , p. 280). Shortly after learning that the gold reserve had fallen to a new low, Cleveland writes a frustrated letter to Davis: "I shall be perfectly frank with you. Your letter of to-day and Mr. Bartlett's exposition of his views puts me fully in possession of all the facts involved in the Harris case. I will look at it when most people are in bed and asleep. I am probably very wrong indeed but I am in no condition just now to profitably hear about the Steel and Townsend matter." Cleveland admits: "There never was a man so perplexed and troubled. I'll do the best I can but won't you please postpone the personal interview?" Cleveland's unpopularity removed him from consideration for another term and in 1896, the Democrats chose William Jennings Bryan to oppose Republican William McKinley Cleveland remained active in poltics despite a trying second term that left him "burnt out" (Jeffers, p. 319).
CLEVELAND, Grover. Autograph letter signed ("Grover Cleveland") as President, to L. Chandler Davis of the Philadelphia Ledger , [Washington], 22 January 1895. 2 pages, 8vo (6 15/16 x 4½ in.), Executive Mansion stationery, envelope, very small repair to integral blank , otherwise in fine condition. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND ADMITS "THERE NEVER WAS A MAN SO PERPLEXED AND TROUBLED" Even before Grover Cleveland's inauguration as the 24th President of the United States, the nation was on the precipice of a rapid financial decline which would cause the new President significant anguish. In February 1893, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad collapsed, causing a financial panic fed by dwindling gold reserves, industrial overexpansion and poor harvests. President Cleveland, who had entered the White House in opposition to the free coinage of silver, was blamed for the nation's deepening woes. So much anger was directed at the President that he took special cares for his protection: "Mr. Cleveland not only keeps off the sidewalks; he seldom goes driving--and when he does he is under the protection of two detectives who follow the White House carriage in another vehicle" (Jeffers, An Honest President , p. 280). Shortly after learning that the gold reserve had fallen to a new low, Cleveland writes a frustrated letter to Davis: "I shall be perfectly frank with you. Your letter of to-day and Mr. Bartlett's exposition of his views puts me fully in possession of all the facts involved in the Harris case. I will look at it when most people are in bed and asleep. I am probably very wrong indeed but I am in no condition just now to profitably hear about the Steel and Townsend matter." Cleveland admits: "There never was a man so perplexed and troubled. I'll do the best I can but won't you please postpone the personal interview?" Cleveland's unpopularity removed him from consideration for another term and in 1896, the Democrats chose William Jennings Bryan to oppose Republican William McKinley Cleveland remained active in poltics despite a trying second term that left him "burnt out" (Jeffers, p. 319).
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