Grover Cleveland actually said...

"The painful duty devolves upon the President to announce the death, at an early hour this morning, at his residence in this city, of Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice of the United States."

"The national flag be displayed at half-mast on the public buildings and on all national vessels on the day of the funeral."

"The sole purpose of the provision is to benefit the public service."

"to preserve the public domain for settlers and to frustrate unlawful attempts to appropriate the same may not be neglected"