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Document 5123

GROVER CLEVELAND
The President sends his praises to the President of the Buffalo, New York YMCA.
ALS: "Grover Cleveland" as 22nd U.S. President, 2¼p, 5x8. Executive Mansion, Washington, 1888 September 29. To William H. Gratwick, President of the YMCA. In full: "I gladly comply with your request and tender the expression of my appreciation of the beneficent mission of the Young Mens Christian Associations, so rapidly multiplying throughout out Land. We are a busy Nation. The impetuous rush and enterprise of our people, to a casual observer, would seem to yield no place to the consideration and fostering of the influences which radiate from these institutions. But to those of us who know how well our daily life is grounded upon Christian principle, it is a matter of no surprise that Young Mens Christian Associations challenge our attention and care. It seems to me that nothing is more essential to our continued welfare and prosperity as a people than the preservation of our faith in the usefulness of such organizations." In addition to being President of the Buffalo, New York Y.M.C.A. from 1887-1889, WILLIAM H. GRATWICK was the founder and owner of Buffalo's Gratwick, Smith & Fryer Lumber Co. Cleveland had served as Mayor of Buffalo in 1882 before serving as Governor of New York (1883-1885). The fifth child of nine children born to Anne Neal Cleveland and Richard Falley Cleveland, minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell, New Jersey, the future President was named after a previous minister of that church, Stephen Grover. Religion played a critical part in the 1884 presidential election. Six days before the election, his Republican opponent, former Maine Senator James G. Blaine, met in New York City with a delegation of Protestant ministers, one of whom referred to the Democrats as the party of "rum, Romanism and rebellion". When Blaine spoke, he said nothing about this slur against Roman Catholics, costing him votes. Cleveland won New York's 36 electoral votes with a plurality of under 1200, winning the election 219-182 electoral votes. Fine condition. Framed in the Gallery of History style: 38¾x20¼.

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