This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...the realization that the whole nation mourned their leaders, --"leaders of Democracy, but also the people's well-loved and trusted servants, one of whom, by his wise forbearance under circumstances of singular injustice, proving his love of country by patient endurance of personal wrong, demonstrating that the serenity ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...the realization that the whole nation mourned their leaders, --"leaders of Democracy, but also the people's well-loved and trusted servants, one of whom, by his wise forbearance under circumstances of singular injustice, proving his love of country by patient endurance of personal wrong, demonstrating that the serenity of his judgment could not be disturbed by personal ambition, emotion, or interest" CHAPTER THE TENTH The Stewart House--Money Troubles--Truax, O'Sullivan, and Rodie--"Uncle Tom" Miller--His Tragic End--Factions of 1896--Colonel "Bill" Brown--His famous Cleveland-Hill Dinner--His Resignation in a "Huff"--The Reception to Dewey--The Admiral's good Memory. HE era of the Stewart house found the Club again in financial difficulties. These were at times more burdensome and apparently less extricable than those from which it had recently emerged. Truth to say, the Stewart house was never very popular with a large section--especially the older section--of the Club. It was much too splendid for comfort. Some in derision called it the "Marble Mausoleum," and others the "Whited Sepulchre." Comyns, the head waiter, already quoted, tells us in his interview with Mr. Lyons on the subject of the Club, justly and truly, that "in every survey of the many-sided characters entering into the history of the Manhattan Club, care should be taken not to forget to pay tribute to the men whose well-trained minds, business abilities, and personal attention lifted it out of terrible financial entanglements and replaced it on a sound, safe basis." During the last years of its occupancy of the Thirty-fourth Street house it certainly encountered many discouragements; it lost a number of its members, reduc...
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