on by his independence and
business-like methods--qualities which distinguished his entire
career. After his election as governor in the following year, the
Democratic party chose him as their candidate against James G.
Blaine. He was the first Democrat to be elected president for 24
years. His administration was marked by firmness and justice; he
stood staunchly by the new civil service law, and during his
first term vetoed 413 bills, more than two-thirds of which were
private pension bills. He vigorously attacked the high tariff
laws then in effect, but the administration tariff bill was
blocked by his Republican opponents. In 1888 Cleveland was
defeated for re-election by Benjamin Harrison, but in 1892 he was
again nominated and defeated President Harrison by a large
majority. The most important event of his second administration
was the repeal of the silver legislation which had been a growing
menace for 15 years. The panic of 1893 was accompanied by an
outbreak of labor troubles, the most serious of which was the
Pullman strike at Chicago (1894). When Gov. Altgeld of Illinois
failed to act, President Cleveland sent troops to Chicago to
clear the way for mail trains, and the strike was settled within
a week. He also acted decisively in the Venezuela affair, with
the result that Great Britain agreed to arbitrate on terms which
safeguarded the national dignity on both sides. At the end of his
term, Cleveland retired to Princeton, N.J.

The Pan-American Exposition in celebration of the progress of the
Western Hemisphere in the 19th century, was held here May 1-Nov. 2,
1901. It was during a reception in the Temple of Music on the Exposition
grounds that President McKinley was assassinated on Sept. 6. He died at
the home of John A. Milburn, the president of the exposition.

President McKinley's assassin was Leon Czolgosz, a young man of
Polish parentage, who shot the president with a revolver at close
range. For a while it was thought that the president would
recover, but he collapsed and died on Sept. 14, 1901. Czolgosz
professed to belong to the school of anarchists who believe in
violence. He was executed in October, 1901.

Buffalo today has broad and spacious streets and a park system (1,229
acres) of unusual beauty. The largest park is Delaware Park (362 acres),
on the north side of the city. This p