Grover Cleveland actually said...

"it becomes my mournful duty to announce the distressing fact to his fellow-countrymen."

"it is ordered that the national flag be displayed at half-mast upon all the public buildings of the United States;"

"the Executive Mansion and the several Executive Departments in the city of Washington be closed on the day of the funeral and be draped in mourning for the period of thirty days;"

"the usual emblems of mourning be adopted for thirty days."