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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 18d4.—TWELVE PAGES.
A Sketch of the Life of the Democ
racy's Nominee.
wuhlng. The walk to and (mm hta uncla'a waa a
long and at that time a rugged one. The Unit win
ter waa a memorably severe one, and hi* shoe*
were broken and be had no overcoat, But he nev
er intermitted a day. It began to be noticed that
be was the most punctual and regular of the lada
in the office. Often at night he wm compelled to
stand by the warm chimney in the loft where he
slept and dry hla feet after tramping the two milca
through the snow. Hla senior^ employer had
taken a copy of Biackutone on the brat day of
the boy*a oflloe experience f^id, planting it before
him with a bang that made the dust fly, said:
"That's where they all begin." There was a titter
ran round the little circle of clerk*, for It waa a
for boding thing to begin with to the average lad.
It appears, nowever, that he stuck to the Black'
atone so well that lie mastered it. and so absorbed
waa he in it one night that they locked him in and
all went off. He spent that night with the book
and never forgot It.
the Msctrujrg or hardship.
This uneventful period of Governor Cleveland'!
life, so devoid of adventure and barren of ro
mance. waa the period at which all the force* of
WHERE IHIS REFORM RECORD BEGAN J hla latter life were gcetatlng. The privation! and
I miseries of n penniless novitiate gave way alowly
I bdforc hla determined assiduity and pluck. He
I tells, in his own way, with a heafning, reinniaccnt
And How He Ha* Shown Himself Worthy to I hum "r. the first honor that came to him, whon
REARED IN THE PATHS OF RECTITUDE.
And Living Still the Ideal of Hon
esty and True Manhood.
Wear Tilden's Mantle.
felt in the new champion. There is only oneway title to respect hla rcccut appointment to the capl
in which to explain this. Mr. Cleveland had not tol commission, which from nil account*, fa
yet attracted attention outside of hla metropoli- ceedingly honorable to him, not only as regards
tan field, But there was one issue that in a sense the mutt he did appoint, but the man he did not
waa the issue of the hour everywhere, appoint, and. also, since writing the above, h
and that was whether it waa any longer appointment to the insurance department,
possible secure by a popular election | A. 1>. IV.”
that kind of integrity and sagacity that would ad*
AN UNDRAMATIC RECOUP.
I hfs uncle, in getting out the second volume of his
"Breed Book,” announced to him that he intend*
I ed to acknowledge in it his valuable assistance.
1 But these privations and miseries, it niuy readily
I lie seen by the temperament of the man, were on-
I !y so many stimuli. Ills was not the hypersensi
I tlve nature that winced and wore under physical
I discomforts. . ,
'Bee here." said hla unde to him one bitter I mc*»ogo. rang clear and simple.
December night when the lad had walked out to I “"c hold, * said he, "the money of the people
. lllai k Kook through the .loot imd mow. "IM. f, " our h.nrt., to bo u»cd (or their purpo**, xnd to
pretty cold weather (or you to be traveling with-1 ' ,,r,l ' OT thclr Intereate aa membera o( the rnunlcl
I out an overcoat." • I polity, and It la riulto apparent that, when any
"Ob," aaya the young man, "I’m going to buy | p°ri u [ lunda which thu^ taxpaycra havetbua
me when I e arn tlio money.
“Why, look ut your feet; they muat he aopplng,
minister the pcoplc’i* affairs with the honcaty and ! Poking about quietly In Bullalo (or a day or two
discretion that were neeeasary to good govern- »“'«• * *>a<l an opportunity to converse with sev-
meut. The Buffalo eanvaaa (or the mayoralty de* oral peraona who had known their mayor long and
fined that laaue In the aharpeat manner. The well, I found a alerting regard (or the man every,
nomination ol Grover Cleveland waa avowedly where, and It waa a regard uninfluenced by pollt-
and defiantly the gage of battle thrown down by, icalhiaa. Among those beat able to form lnde-
reform. There were only two polnta to be de- (wndent opinions thla regard waa obvloualy
tennlncd-dld the people want reform? that !a, founded on character. Among the people them-
did they wlah their bnalneaa conducted boncatly. « elra ‘here waa a well defined conviction that he
and would the man they hail aclectcd for the ex* wrt ' H man to depend upon. Aa one rough fellow
pertinent ao conduct It? So vitally Important **M 10 l<> the hotel aaloon: "rt ell, I don'tkoow
were these two questions that vaster and Intense. ; * ,wul l ' 1 ' lam,,n ' or how ho .lands on a lot of
themeswere for the moment forgotten by the questions,hatwedon'tundcrst*nd,«nddon't«r»nt
country, ami it turned aside momcatarily to j *°» ^ ut a r ^ n n
watch the contest In Buffalo. The people an 1 ‘ h “ n * tA n “ nH # n
swered ono question and Grover Cleveland an- j n * 1
swered the other. The reply in one case was with 1
votes, In the other with acta.
THE FintlT WITH DISH ON EXT Y.
it would appear that the Diogenes of American
politics, worn nut with his long hunt, was dis-
loosed to lay aside his lantern after the Buffalo
election. Whatever else inay have been searched
for, It Is pretty well settled that he had found an
honest man, and what Is of more consequence, the
honest man was brave enough to carry his private
ligfons into his public duties, with no regard
to partisanship on the one hand, or the influence
and threats of political scoundrels on the other.
There was no uncertain sound in bis inaugural
demand them better than we do, and he’ll do the
right thing.”
suppose that this kind of faith ill character is
one of the most Inestimable discoveries that a
man can make, and I was interested to find that
the element of popularity did not grow out of the
subject of good-fellowship, or mere manners. I
fallal to bear anyone say that Grover Cleveland
crowded but there was to be no military parade,
no procession. The governor-elect walked from
the executive mansion in company with his friend
to the capitol, which is a mile distant, joining the
throngs that were going that way. He entered
the building unrecognized, but quite at his case,
sauntered up to the executive chamber, and was
there met by Governor Cornell. The moment the
inaugural ceremony was over he passed into the
spacious executive chamber which is set upart for
his use, ordered that the doors should be opened
to admit anybody, and went immediately to work,
Never was any important public event so com
pletely stripped of its fuss and feathers. Never
was a more radical change effected in the official
routine of tke executive department. Hitherto
there were all sorts of delays and impedi
ments in the path to the governor. Cards
had to be sent in, ushers conducted citizens
into ante rooms, ami left them to cool their heels
oh the state’s tessellated floor. But the moment
Graver Cleveland took possession he issued
order to admit anybody at once who wished to see*
him. And up to the*present time he has been
quite able himself to prevent this return to repub
lican simplicity from being ubused. His habits are
indicative of his dislike ol ostentation and official
parade, and of his methodical and industrious
training. He walks from the executive mansion
every morning at 9 o’clock to the capitol and goes
had any magnetism, or that he fascinated a crowd. straight to work. Atl:30he walks hack to his
or that he draw people after him with a personal Iunchf wh|ch takes an hour „ c then returos on
glamour. On the contrary, I formal a very dis* I f^t to wor ]j „g U | n an( i remains until C, when he
tlnct notion that there was a class of men that he goC8 to dlnner . He la l>&ck at g im ,» generally stays
repelled, and that disliked him os easily, as nut- I untI j jj or j* jj e keeps no horses or extra aer-
unilly, and as sincerely as a hates a magis-1 vants Hl|c j htu , not !*><,„ to ride since he has
I la Albany except for an ocoaalon.l picture
intrusted us are diverted toother purposes, or
when, by design or neglect, wo allow a greater
| t>Jl | sum to ho applied to any municipal purpose than
“Oh, that’s nothing. I’m getting some copying I * # accessary, we have, to that extent, violated our
to do now, and I'll have a pair of boot* by ami
I by.'
in those days hoys had to demonstrate wliat
I ill them iMjfore they received many favors.
duty. There surely is uo difference in his duties
I and obligations, whether a person Is intrusted
with the money of one man or many. And yet it
I sometimes appears as though the ofllco holder
the obscure town of Caldwell, Essex I
Vo,i juat no right over there to the tailor', ami I "» me » lhllt »•H"' ar «nt rule of fidelity prevails bo-
I get tlio Mooted overcoat ha'a got. D’yohear?" I tween him and the taxpayer, than that which
Very likely Uret er had begun to demon.trate regulate hi. condnet wheat, aa an Individ-
what waa In him. hut whether to the mind of the I "»'• 1,0 ,lo,,l * " ,c n, ' ,nc ) r ol hl * "elghtar."
uncle it wa. a eaiaiclty for compllllug herd hooka | Thl. waa going back to tint principles—and
r the capacity to contain Hlnckatone cannot now I w * le n It came to vetoing an Iniquitous street-
I lie learned. I cleaning contract It was with a vengeance.
the young lawyer. I “This,” said the veto, “Is a time for plain
Four years in the office of Rogers, Bowen it I speech, and my objection to your action shall be
county. N. J.,there stands yet a little two-story and I Rogers as a student equipp'd him with sufficient I plainly stnted. I regard it as the culmination of a
a half white home w ith wooden shutter*, and I elementary knowledge and experience to become I scheme to betray the interests of the people and to
therein the year 1837 wan horn Stephen Grover I managing clerk at the end of that time. And so I worse than squander the public money. Wo are
Cleveland, now governor of the great state of Jfcw I four years more passed. It is Interesting to know I fast gaining positions in the grades of public
York. Ho has only the most shadowy recoilw- I exactly what kind of character he had now made I stewardship. There is no middle ground.' Those
Hons of It. for when he was three years of age Ills I for himself and how he was regarded by his iisso- I who arc not for the people, cither Inoroutobyour
father, who was a Presbyterian mlnbter, with a I elates. It is not difficult to uscertuiu this witii | honorable body, arc nguinst them and should be
i sinnll salary, moved by way | reasonable accuracy, seeing that most ol those ns-1 treated accordingly.”
Erie I soclates arc alive and accessible, ami speak with I H would take a good many columns to repro
of | noticeable candor and unanimity. I dime here all these simple and straightforward
Bald one of them to the writer: “Grover won otir I messages of Ids which, aiming from Buffalo and
of work. Fayetteville was then the most straggling I admiration by his three traits of Indomitable In-1 dealing only with local matters, have nevertheless
of country villages—about live mllea from Fompey I diistry, uiipretentloiis courage and unswerving I l»ecii reproduced nil over the country by the press
Hill,^ w here Governor Beymour was Inwii. Here the I homMy. I never saw a more thorough limn at I and made the political tpxt and the new hope of
*. « 4 * —»- • •- au | ^ undertook< Whateverthe subject was, I the party of reform.
. * reticent until ho had mastered all its bear- I It Is quite plain at this time that the official
guUhcd himself after the* manner of nil village boys I fugs and made up his own mind—and then noth-1 conduct of Mayor Cleveland—that is to say, his
In doing all the thing* Hint ho ought not to do. I j n g cmkj swerve him from hi* conviction. It was I fidelity to the pledge* made, his uncompromising
One thing appear* to be indisputable. He, at the thls quality of Intellectual integrity more than I warfare on municipal dishonesty, and his sagacity
age of fourteen, had outgrown the capac 1 1 - - -
fly of the viliago school and expressed a I tutened to and respected when more hriiliant .. . . - —
most emphatic desire to tie sent to au academy. I vrho were opposed to him were applauded and I a candidate for governor. It is impossible to find
To this his father as emphatically objected, I forgotten. 1
TIIK FIRST Rtr.l* INTO FURblU I.IKK.
jaunt. The amount of wo k thus accomplished*
as his private secretary, Mr. Dauiel 8. Lamond,
testifies--is something enormous.
•When Mr. Cleveland entered upon the office of
mayor the common council had determined to
THE NEW CAPITOL.
THE BIDS OPENED BY THE COM
MISSION TUESDAY.
Tha Commissioners Meat and Open the Bids for
the Work Whst They Found- Only Two
Bids for the Work All In a Lump The
Figures Above the Appropriation.
The capitol commission met at noon Tuesday
in the senate chamber. There were present only
four of the commissioners, Messrs. Cook, Alexan
der, Crane ami Miller. Mr. Kdbrooke, the architect,
was present, as was also the secretary, Mr. Harrison.
Governor McDaniel is in Athens, and could not be
with the hoard. The senate chamber presented
a very unusual appearance aa the hands of the
clock drew nigh to the hour of twelve. Every scat
in the room was occupied and almost every face
was that of a stranger. They were all faces mark
ed by intelligence, decision of character and deep
interest in the proceedings. All were contractors
who had figured on bids for the erection of tke
new state capitol, and a flue looking body of men
they were.
In a large willow basket which sat near the
president 1 * desk were a numlier ol packages done
up ns if for transportation in the mails. Some
wereordinary looking letters, while others were
of imposing size.
Mr. Tip Harrison arose when the clock struck
twelve and read the advertisement and the in
struction* which had gone out with the request
for bids. He then made a dive for the basket of
bids, preceded to tear open one. As he did so he
announced the bid. Thus he continued for au
hour and a-half, until all the bids were opened
and examined. The examination of the bids*
showed them to be as follows:
u.Stone Mountain Granite company,sign
ed by J. A. Alexander, president. For-
excavation and stone work. .5128,IG2
Entire cut stone work (except certain ar
ticles left blank) 610,056
Total .8730,118
John Davis & Co., for boilers amj steam heat
,n f"h™"w"» I » 217.17
impossible to discover either in the man'
record or in the reputation that had grown up
about him anything dramatic. The resultant
heroism of his life is that coinman heroism of the
"common’* work-a-day world which docs its duty,
not for effect hut for a principle and
a purpose, and which, If It does not
easily catch tlio eye and the ear, is after all I jor proposals. The lowest bid for the work was I " CrescetU U Mar^
the enduring force that the people come to III,-W,000. Mr. Cleveland thought the sewercould I For the marble rcmtlrcd delivered .1250,UUO
look for and rely upon when there is great work I ho built cheaper If a committee of citizens had I '
to be done. I looked into his law offices on Main I charge of Its construction. Through his efforts, I o. A. Sraltn. Atlanta. Geo^a For aiphait
street—this later laboratory where were evolved | though opjiosed in the council, a law wus passed I work.... 88,719 92
the legal functions that came into the public ser-1 allowing a commission to be appointed. Thla I Chicago. For plastering and
vice of bis own community. They were curiously I commission, composed of representative citizens, * ,
build an Intercepting sewer, and had advertised I Jo 1 h , n ' v * Murphy, for excavation and concrete
mr nmtuHuitN. Thn L.* i oi r„, „ l"S2* including material therefor.. ,.,812.040 40
solid and unpretentious, and upstairs
the I conferred with the most eminent sewer engineers I terials..
Hall Safe company, vault work Including n
.85,816
large family and i
of the Hudson river
eaiml to Fayetteville, li
an increased income mid
mid
boy Grover Cleveland first went tu* school lb the |
good old fashioned way, mid presumably dlstln*
Academics In those doys cost money. Besides, the
elder Cleveland wanted the lad to become self
supporting by the quickest possible road. The, ,, ... . ... .
qulrtnl i""»ltili' roml la K.yiqtcvfltf wm the “IW""OWHcf .MontV far II,e county afKrio,
I anything clso porha|Mithat made him nfterwnnl I In the management of his official trait—brought
| him prominently before the people of the statens
a candidate for governor. It is impossible to find
any other motive nt this time for his nomination
than that his courageous and intelligent reform
lit 1W1 the question ol who nhould bo »p|K,lnted I h “' 1 m " , ° ll ' m ,or 11,0 raom • , ' , tl10 m0! '* l‘°I' ul " r
.. ... .. ... . _ ' ... . I until III thostated
was warmly discussed by the young lawyers In
Messrs. Rogers A Rowell's offices. There were sev
man in the state. 1
From one cud of the land to the other praiscaof
his conduct were relented, and the press of both
country store, where tlio pastor with a large fam
llyliad considerable personal Influence. Fifty
dolloi* WM to bo twill tho boy tlio firm your, otul If. , „.o...,«» «...»o* .no...,.... ...» , ....
h^imotworthyhow...,»rt«.v. in. tb. tottZEmtiSE *!“"«
I rnottor hod boon protty woll wnvMwd they oil | A “ 011 *^“ u, « r w,d ' ««‘ or l» |, y:
1 1 "Governor Cleveland, now mayor ot Buffalo,
rnHhM woro both ollxlblo «n.l ituxlou., but lb PolUlritlj-trUo. twotnondM him ■» a fit oxccu-
1 tlve of tha state. Among them, the New York
IN A COUNTRY STORE.
second year.
One can easily enough picture the employment I «wced that he waa tho person that ought to have L fnrt , nvnwnnrn{
Ifonoknowi who,«thriving country «Mio io,ta | jh *ml they urged lh....tnp..
I fldence. No one can study the record of his career
moiasses Um-lilting off cotton print enough for the I ««d from that moment his public record began.
bachelor rooms where for years Grover Cleveland I ot the country, and on their advice have I / a ‘ n 'na l /t'eajiHicaUn’g... l c ’ nK< ’’ Iur boller *'Ptg l E^
had slept and worked. I examined them minute* I adopted a plan that will meet all requirements at I Charles Pierce A C'o.,"iiidiaaapolii,'for entire
ly, for one often obtains a glimpse of character I nn estimated cost of $761,370. The plan has l»ccn I building...
by such entourage. And they were instantly in-1 accepted by the council, and the sewer will be I WO rk.
dicntlve of the simple tastes, methodical habits, I constructed accordingly. The saving to the city I Thomas C. Botihoe dT co!
and studious life of the occupant. Two or three I ««»this Item alone, Is 8803,690. On June 19 the I boilers, ’pumps, fans, etc., entire
81,198,202 27
M. E. Maher, Atlanta excavation, and concrete
812,961
Baltimore drainage
pictures, evidently selected not for decoration but I council voted to award the street-cleaning
Hiingh
ms, etc., entire plumbing
! gus lighting 857,651
.. IndlHimpoIls. total cost
because the owner prized the subject and admired I tract, for five years, to George Talbot at his bid of I of wrought Iran work and prismatic 'lights, in-
the treutinciit, hung on the wall*. But there was I 9422,300. There werescveral lower bids, by thor- I eluding material and work............. 8169,807 11
clstwhero not a superfluous article In the room. I oughlf responsible men. Mayor Cleveland vetoed I engn're and^nnwtionTforVwo
Elegance had been forgotten in the sueecssful at* I the award, severely condemning tho Attempted
tempt to secure comfort and convenience and se
clusion.
If asked wlmt it was in Governor Cleveland's
Individuality that struek me most, 1 should say |
concreteness.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
waste of the people’s money. The contract was
subsequently awarded to the lowest bidder—Cap
tain Thomas Mnythniu at three hundred and thir
teen thousand five hundred dollars.
The saving to the city
by this veto wus 8109,000. The amount
For four fans .84,202 00
If. P. Blair, for Cook company, boilers, pumps
and Atcnm heating 431,638
Bake well A Mullen, Salem Ohio, metal work,
entiiatora and skylignt 833,662 20
GillisA Gcoghcgan, lioilers, pumps, fans and
steam heating 831,990
Kelly A Jones company, boilers, pumps, fnus.
His face, no less than his figure and action lndl- 1 these two items during the first six months of I «whiwh, muvuhu. yiwnvuug, uniomenp
f»t°* ilrenuotu rlul force and that adinlrablo I Mayor Cleveland's administration was nearly »l,- { * Ph^nlxlroii Works* Treiitonfx. 1 " S'., cast and
co-ordination of fueultles which Is best expressed I ooo.uoo. In many other cases Mayor Cleveland | wrought iron work, prismatic lights $213,402 44
in the phrase, "a cool head.” Those traits which hft(l i nt0 rposed the veto power to prevent misuses 1 j0Wph Mar » hfl,, t£J«b-
aro In part the result of early and constant self- of the pub „ c funds. He has refused to permit ex- JIalM
training have given him the air of conscdous and I penditurcs for livery for the street commissioner I go—whole building. $1,163,624 17
quiet power which belongs only to the triumph- anilother clty „ffl c lals, and has brought about or-1 WroU * ht ttlld a Sil t Si
ant antagonist in the world’s fight. His figure be- | ,| er AIH i economy in all departments of tho city I Salem stone and Mine compniiyj’ Louisvl'lle,
tokens herculean strength—mnsslvenesa is Ihe I government. Many thousauds of dollars have I Ky*» FAX),000; limestone 25 cents per cubic foot nt
best word for It—and there Is In tho smoothly-1 been saved in this wav I Salem, Ind., in promiscuous blocks, 209.000cubic
•haven lace the Mine token of equal .olldltyof I „ I noeded for the .entire
eharactcr, with tho suggestion of physical vigor
in the soft brown mustache that strongly con
trasted with the scantiness of hair on his head.
There Is a slight tendency to corpulency—as is
usually tho case in vital temperaments—and a
double chin Is bcifiiilng to hang down over tho
"Nym Crinkle" i.v New York World. I work, in blocks quarried to the required dimen-
MR. HARRIS’S “MINGO,” ETC.
fire-proof construction 811,127 81
Sneed A Co. Iron Works, Louisville, Ky., cast
and wrought iron arch and prismatic
8265,000
A Just nnd Scholarly Opinion from a North-
Critic.
From tho New York Tribune.
....... ... . ... ., . ■ Tho sketches und stories which Mr. Harris has I work, ----- „ .....™., Trw
simple white neektle. There » nothin* phleg co||cctc<1 volulpfl m , lstratcl( tho ll(0i chHr . | .Oman *_8tewiirt >to,ne„eompnny !i NMhvllle.
matlc in tho man’s manr —
with a sympathetic smile,
manner. His face lights np ^ ,n 1 I UiUil cut itone Y ork ’ deluding inaterial...8375,778
„ n . i i ‘ , I Hctcrfll >d manners ot n i-lns* which ha, never be-I Uconrhi marble oompnuy. entire mnrblo mite-
imllo, nnd without becoming I foru 1)ccll au , c , |llate |y represented In liternture. In | f 1 * 1 delivered In Atlanta nUl.Wi per cublo font.
animated or brilliant ho I. «l once Intcre.tlii*, nt- tho whiten" ol Oeorgln he hn» lound m.terl-
affected, and intensely real. 1
Tho moment he found that I did not want to
duties ranging with scarcely time for Inlonncdlate I Incident apeak* volumes for the already developed
aoapsud water, from dealing out mackerel and I Rharacfer ol tho younf man. Ho was ap|Mdiited ]
molasses to cutting off cotton print enough for the I ««d from that moment his public record begat
Ylllafe Ih'IIo's new dram. There is a tradition I During the three yenni that he was in the dl
since he has held ofllco in Buffalo without being
convinced that he ponscsmcs those highest quail-
Tillage Ih'IIo’s new dross. There Isa tradition I During tne tnree yearn that no was in the di»* I^
film*, from Fnyottevillo. tint nt nil lll-deflned, I trlvt nttnrnoy'n ofllco, the grout' hulk ol Itn duties I ,lc * ol * p " bl ‘® ™*"'
thnl young CtevMnnd In twoycnm proved him-1 (ell upon hlnihouldcra. nml then It wm Hint hl» I rtuty. luminous li.tcUlKon'no. «n«»
melf mi trustworthy Ihnt hi. emplnyen. u.ed nil their I etinrmmin vllml itrength nnd tlnlen. Indu.tr> I'• whnt I. right n° mailer who mny bo pleMed
Syenite granite company, St. Louis, Mo., cut
. , . . . Lt . atone work to top main water tabic $73,279.99
al on fresh and picturesque ns anything In the de* I Angus A Ginglc, Chicago, oxcavations, grading,
. .. . . . . . , lightful experiences of Uncle Remus, and he has I «***»» In entire mason work for_ founda-
Mkhlm nbont thn lutnre nnd «. qnlto oonHmt h „ ld|od „ wlUl , hocn<(> , m „ tcry , ,„d grwe of a
thiumnlothe I«.t,he talked freoly and fnmillnr-1 „ rt| , t . To Mr _ prc<l . ,, ' ore
ceessors the “poor white” was little I y.'t; 8287,917.32
nmm thnii Mil nmiwuii.t,n..t I ^rtlctt, Hcyword A Co., Rrtltimore, total east
jnoro than an embodiment of I work Rll ,f prismatic lights $212,207 35
Ignorance, squalor, nnd all tho various sin* against I Jackson Iron works. New York, cast and
•oor Pichard’s cwlcof morals; and tho pages in I w n n i? ht J, ro ? , wo 5 k P^mntltf lights 8195,1*3
wtiich ti.nv Mf.rn.Mit.wi him nithn, F. V. GIndelo for \ oung a Farrell, Diamond
which they represented him were cither merely I gt on e Sawing coinimny Chicago, entire cut stono
ly. There was nothing in hi* humble orlgn and
struggling career that hu was ashnmctl of. I fan
cied he was rather proud of his early struggles.
And it was not impossible In mi hour’s conversa
tion to make some kind of measurement of the
man’s mind and character.
Is tho executive, not tho refleetiv
•eloquence to get him to stay on indefinitely. The I made them*elves felt. One may say now that It I
«xact significance at this time of the Fayette* I If well, perhaps, that the district attorney himself 1 r
Title record may I* Judged when the writer after I was rather disposed to let youth and vigor shoiil* I n **|* ur * ” „
ilisplcnsi'd thereby.”
(Hero follow extracts irom Mayor Cleveland's
taking some trouble to unearth it, finds it to In*
record of simple, unswerving Integrity and untir
ing loj dty to the luteresta of the boy’s employers.
The most painstaking search among two gviicra
der the great lmrt of the rf*i»oii*lhUlty. It wa*
Just the training that young Cleveland needed,
I and he went Into it with hi* coat off.
It was during the t>erfnriiiA!icc of the duties of
said the Hun, "that the utterances
Hons fails to discover any flashes of genius In that I this office, and at a time when a large number ol
country store or any memorials of eccentric talent I important cases with which he alone was thor
In that country village, llut there la unimpeachable I • Highly familiar were demanding hla attention,
testimony that whatever the boy'ahand was given I that he
lode he did with all his heart, and that he left be-1 of what his duty waa. He promptly supplied
hind him the reputatiou for bravery, fidelity and | substitute. Ho well and faithfully had he con-
candor that has outlived all these ycm*.
rtoua how aomo simple traits defy time. In truth | of three years he was Humiliated by the democrat*
they aecm to thrivo and grow with It.
ipioted might Ik? read and pondered by ev
ery cltlxon of the state. No matter what political
faith a man may have been educated in, uo mat-
whut party name he may now prefer to be
called, no one can consider such principles and
sentiments as these declared by Mr. Cleveland
dMfiT ThowWMnoqunilon'.Tan I »“«''• *"«">•
1 of the conflilenee and supiiort of the whole peo
_ ~ ' ^ ^ ' pie, and that the Interest* of the empire state will
■lllotni the •flhln »(the vmtiitjr that .1 tho taid I ,H> '“‘Irclr Mfv In hi. lundi.”
...» J, .1 I niKivxa cl.xvm.AXD *•
aovxxxox.
Tl»e election ol Grover t levelnnd as governor is
| felt in a reform candidate.
The governor's official acta since his election
I have been widely discussed. But no one has im-
hut no one has Intimated that he was not govern-
J iM by a triet sense of Justice to all the interests
I tuvolveil.
The following letter from President White, of
I Cornell university, Is one of several that speak of
I that veto with commendation:
"Ithaca, N. Y., April 20, lwtt.—Returning to Ith-
I aca after an absence of ten days I find your kind
1 letter and Incloaure. I will say to you frankly
for the district attorneyship. Here, again, It is
The removal of the elder Cleveland to Cllutou I an undisputed fact that he did not solicit the 11091* I partol the recent political history of the state
gave Grover the long-w ished for opportunity to I Ination, hesitated to accept it, and did not turn I The enormous vote east and the overwhelming
attend a high school, and he pimticd his studies I his hand over to secure Ids elivtlon. It Is said 111 | majority received were indicative of the Interest
the j Buffalo that on tho day of election he w an trying
ease in court while his friends were electioneering
land Patent-a village of five or six hundred I for him on the street, and the Judge on tho hotuii,
iwople—fifteen mllea north of Utica. The cider | w ho was presumably an admirer of hi*, peromp-1 pugnod hi*honesty and sincerity. His veto ol the
Cleveland preached but three Bumlays In tfifk I rurially adjoiirneil the case and told Cleveland to | 5-eent fare bill has been widely eomplalneil of,
place, when be suddenly ditnl. Grower first bean) I go and attend to his Interests,
of his father’s death while walking with his sister I In thecaiivn** that followed he was l>eaten
In the streets of Utica. This event prodiicet! the I by the repuMiean candidate, Lyman K. Ram.
Usual break up of the family, and we next hear of I Mr. Cleveland was nominated and elected in 1869
Grover Cleveland setting out for New York city to I to t*e
•crept at a small salary* the position of under | WIUUFF o? EWE county.
teacher in aii asylum for the blind, whereat the I In that Important poalMon he earned anaddl-
time since the well kuowu Una Schell was exeeu* I of P“ bUc »»P®ct for hU couragemn
tlve officer. I dlsregaM of partisan Interewt* and his conation
I1KKAKS AWAY FROM Tt TORMiip. I tious regard for the public welfare. At the close I that 1 am coming to have a very great respect and
Heitayed here two year*, and It has been found I of hi* term he formed a partnership w ith his for I admiration for our new governor. His course on
possible to discover the same Indelible record ol I mer antagonist. Lyman K. lla.** and Wilson s. Bis- I the elevate*! railroad bill tint commended him to
hard work, faithfully |*crfurmcd and w ell remem* I sell. Mr. Bast's health n«»t long afterward proving I me. Personally, 1 should have been glad to have
bervd by tluwc who wereeognlMiit of It, aud who I prenwrious he went to Colorado and the firm be* I seen that company receive a slap. Buttliemcttaul
are still alive. From tending country store to I came Cleveland A Biasell, to which imrtiienliip I of aflimiiiUtering It seemed to me very insidious,
teaching the blind is a long way on the road of | Mr. George J. Nlcard w as admitted iu InM. I and even dangerous, and glad I was to see that
aelf-discipiine. But to tearh he did not believe I 1 xual distinction. I the governor rose aImivc all the noise and ciap*
was lit* mission, and consequently at the expire* I It was w hile thus as«)ciatisl that Grover Clove* | trap which was raised about the question, went to
tiouof two yearn he alittn!one«l it ami literally I land aehieve<l his distinction as a lawyer second I the fundamental point of the matter, and vetoed
started out to seek his fortune, only reversing the I to few In the western part of the state for legal I the bill. 1 think his course at that time gained
usual order, and instead of coining to the great I acumen and intellectual honesty. Hla Jury and I the respect of every thluklng man in the state,
city he left it. 1IU first idea was to go to Cleve-1 bench trials were distinguished by clear view*. I As to his veto of the Buffalo fire department bill,
land. As he has since said, the name seemed a I direct, simple logic and a thorough mastery of all I that. I think, begins to lift him into national
good omen. But his ttnrle, * UwU P. Allan, a I the iutrirocics of the cases, and his invariable I prominence, and when you add such a significant
noted stock brevier, liveil at Buffalo, and he | avoidance of extrinsic Utuea and purely technical I sign as hi* reporte«l dealing with the Puunyra
device* secured for him the respect of hi* own I statesman, he really begins to "loom up." It Is
pndiv-ion and the admiration ol the public. I refreshing to find that a spatk of the old Jeffeno-
The uncle did not speak enthusiastically. I These qnAlitlra. combined with the fidelity and I nlan statesmanship is really; alive among us. Par*
hat b it you want to do, my boy?" he asked. I independence of his official action while in office, I ty •lU'giaiuv In this state amt elsewhere among
•Well str. I waut to study law." I brought him prominently before the public of I thinking mi'll U, I think, growing decided
'Goad gracious,” retuarkeil the old gentleman, I Buffalo when that city, unable to extricate itself I ly loose. Great numbers of men are quietly on
Do you, indeed? What ever put that into your I from a municipal octopus, was casting about for a | the lookout for men w ho can grapple, not with
much money have you got?" [ *taunch reform leader. I the old abolition questiou of the civil war ques
Msvoa or bi ffalo. | tion. but with the question of a real reform In
Grover Cleveland's election on a democratic am! | our civil service—the question or the present and
reform ticket in 1*1 suddenly lifted him from lo* I future. No man and no party can be built up or
col Into national prominence. The incident* of I kept up on rlap-trap. but on real determination
that ete«'tion and »ut»eqticnt admiui*tration are I and power to move in this new line parties and
familiar throughout the country. The election I men can alone he brought to supremacy.
Itseit was an a!mo»t unparallcle«l triumph, seeing
I Raid to tnvm!If this I 9 »v*,x.vnv.. w . ...... nt « viwivr merely ■ .stone Sawing company Chicago, entire cut
* 77 > ' 1 ’ u, t 7 I grotesqua or specimen* of one of the lowest kinds I worx, of Salem, Indinna, or Ohio blue stono
. , , ctlvo man. 1 don t I a f gowned American liqmor. But Mr. Harris treats I —■ y.r/ ^*21.731 49
suppose ho is ever perplexed with questions of I t hn tbamo in « much hhdu.rtmiHt iininnira 11 " l>fhtHre proofing company, Chicago, ail hoi-
ethic* Such men have a stea.lv notae of lnd<r. I l ? e lhcmc 1,1 tt m ' * ,,lBhcr,plrlt * ,Ic t Iook " < loc P* r I low tile fire proof conitructlon 359,116 36
euna. such men nave •steady J* 01 * 0 ^, B I than the others; he sees more accurately; and there I Pioneer Fire-Proof Construction company.
Meat that Mrt»x worlil of word.. The; right I UnqualUTtn hi* writing whtch iqu tt far xputt I f-hlcW, hollow tire-proof tile eotutruo-
puthway ii never otneured or It thlen. With them I ,h„ I t : DVJ.W6 at
the ilnetplimiro hli fl hunt time of I, t„r In.tee.l I ' “ ‘ "° ,ltn,!r " •“•««, Homely, tltO I T. J. JMltCf, AtUllM, CXCUVtttillg Ud CODCrCtO In
the doctrinaire Iim a h«M time ot It, for liuitutit I pn-.enec of true tint! strong feeling. IIU lyinpa-1 trenchra 812,”52
of chiulng n principle through the miixett of potwl- I ,ux 0 w m, tn c luflicrott. and the teithctle, are I Otto Broi. * Co., New York, pttMengerelo-
bUltlea for the Hike of tho hunt they hold the tlogl I l i n ~, tlr , v neither in .erloti. tmr tn I v,l i or y <XX>
eiHi.ieette. in tee.i. .„.i ..in, I "“‘goinriy t|Uich. nun itciincr in ncnou.i nor in I A. will bo »ccn there were only two bid, for the
of dialect ns in leash and, with unirriiigl) tlear I humorous passage* docs he ever strike a false note I entire work, and they were several hundred thou-
sight ami constant go<*l nature, whip them all I whether it I* owing to poetical perception or to I sand dollars beyond tho estimates of tho commit*
merary uu work Riwas -‘ hM ,hc "> :h '
single sentence in the Hccoud volume of Cail> Ic * I r | n g. This by itself would fascinate the render; I a inilllon for all cx|Mtn*vs of every sort, nud it waa
h reni'll Revolution," which, after tliono two vol- whcll we rcmcmb e r th „ t h |, sincere and re- ! wt '">«"?«> »1«‘ Ib«i contract go Iteyond eight
e C no™«o; , ?h„ n T„.eI ""‘n ’* u " d ,n l "° - 1 " 1 •«* thc^mmlXn'idJoumid’HS
Napoleon. The purport of tho xenttnu, a* I now I ,. ur |,„ w topic, the portraiture of a population so I meet at half past four.
recall it, is that "a man having now come upon I „ u j e known that its appearance in serious litem-1 .wi 1 l SK 1 £ M »J our ft®'" -B0 2, blod i n
th. r n..venu b^,,, to MraWkM thenijelv™ , ure „ Ilk. nn .nntziug dUcIowre, we need no. ,‘Sj.ubtSin « full lA of .11,he ?e?
out. Anti I suppose thnt wheiavcr events o^* I woi>«lvr that Mr. llarrl-a Ivtut nudileiily become one I tails of the bids, which will occupy several days,
come chaotic and life gets into confusion I C f the conspicuous fliures of our time I The commission worked faithfully until dark but
it is ahsolutelv ticccsmrv to have a manat the I m 1 ^ , . I were unable at that hour to determine anything
uu ADsoiuiei} neceswr) to nave n man at int i All the papers In thla volume are compounded I definite. They will meet again this morning to
helm. And history show* thnt it is the executive I „f laughter and sentiment, the latter element IP**" ihelr Investigation.
man, equipped with convlctiou and endowed with | somewhat pretlomiuating "Minco” isuncv.inU. I A CoNWTUTtox man talkcil with the several
counge, who Mnutne, the ehleftnln.hlp In^jno ,h J * , ",lr U wh n |,“?^
r«..Ktr n ,i„.,h, I „„d the faithful old negro ore finely eon-1 <he bidding. General Alexander, n thoroughly
trasted: nnd in this occurs one of Mr. Harris’s i—* *— **•
incut* of public doubt. Distracted on everything
else, tho people are willing to re*t their issues on
* most I practical member of the commiNsioti. said.
"I conic** to surprise nt the size of the bid*. I
indubitable strength of character, capable of both I * wc 9™ I
repn-.cn,lug nnd of kwdlng. He m.y no, bring
any new truth with him, or a more brilliant I ari*t(N>ratic Mrs. Woruum over the death of the I
method, hut tho trust to that ho will with n clear ; , »' 1 '? h,cr whom ,ho lut oir ( ‘ ,r Fcratia'. I .
We must and w
eye pure heart, nml Wrong liuud keep the column I ..\y|,cn I «.-en her a-kneclin’ thar, with 'er year-
in clone order along the approved path of safety I ring* n-daugling’ an’ 'er fine feathers u*to*sin’ nn's
n( i v -ncc I Irlmbllu’, leetle more an' ray thoughts would ’a’
au i a ivaiue. ^ TRVE KMKUlrAN> I sot me afire. I rlz an’ I stood over her, au' l says,
Grover Cleveland, both in hb record and in his I "V** Emily Woruum, whar you er huntin' the | ot the workTtlnd that nome of them are even
person. Impressed tne aa peculiarly the outcome I dead you ouchter hunted the livin’. What’s be-
and result of what to bc«t«nd m«l enduring In I *^^^33wn > <raraE?S25St*Utak'thSS’txS«itS
American life. A* we have already seen, he I Dcdy Hlvius walketl on. still you won’t be humble
Will the commission wait and apply to the leg-
be- I lower tiian our estimates, and I believe we can
that will bring it within the appropriation. We
, *rw, .......... - can, I think, by dividing the different parts of the •
.Urted like tho typlesl Amerlran boy to hew hto I enough for tore whet*.hc'igono.nor good enough I *“ l ‘he work
own way. The .Into., fn.upen.blo d.«,eu.U«of -g**; d 7KSOhJte"B."ffl.W‘:S. ta £n..
hi* youth, the hardships of poverty, the pangs of I holln ycr quality tdees These arm* hell *er,’ saj 1
hunger, the frost* of winter never deterred him. 11, ’an' cf hit hadn’t but a-btn for her, Emily Woi
true I nun,' says I, Td V struiigk*! the life out f n yo
.. . .... -.-I General Cook. Mr. Mill er and Major Crane, all I
•r,’ says I s^med to be of the same mind. A full lovcstfga-
ImWor- I tiun will however Ik* made ijefore the board will
l you I know definitely what action to take,
To tell the truth he hadn't gut auj.
"Bee here.' Mid the unde, after a long nnuulta
tion. "I want somelMMly to get up my heni-book
this year, ton come and stay with me and help
me and 1'U give you f o for the year's work, and
you can look round.'
Here It U that we dud the American boy anno
tating shorthorn* out at Black Bock, quite two
mile* from Buffalo. But he kept hi* eye out for a
chance to cuter a law office while .V wa* editing
the stoc k book, and one day he walked boldly into
the rooms ofMessre. Kogere. Bowen A Rogers,
and told the Hi what ne wanted. There were a
number ot young men to the place already. But
WttingCleveland's persistency won. and hews*
dually permitted to come a* an office boy and
have the use of the law library. For thl*
be received the nominal sum of ft and 8t a
weak oat of which be had to pay hu board and
micumii. uni » , I the weltht er your little finger on ’er.’ says f, I after the best thingno be done,
men being all American. Obviously there are | tJ|n , jqi^at, you by the goozleaD’ far your luulet I . ** ha* been suggested that by leaving off the
■oine American things which a man had better be I OU f • Mya j. I dome for the present, a hundred thousand dollars
without. notPta-MtoconterapUtc.nran «■ "o, “^“'X'fto^n^I.W^tifoS
whose character reflects the heterogeneous and I dmniatic effect of the very first order. We have I disturbing the hambome appearance of the build-
difeordaut elements of our complex life. Nor Is I read it again and again ami always with fresh I iu B* . .. .. . ,, .....
s^e U» trust with heavy responsibilities that mtiVl riffiS!***’ bUl
man whose chief element of Americanism Is im* I . the^ hole sketch. I Several Atlanta bidders were left tiecause they
patience of restraint, dUrespect for the past, and I Mr. Harris’s feeling for the negro character. I neglected to comply with the regulations a* to the
«n uu.WL-rviug tlratre to bo .ra.rt rathor thra. I lw.ntlfnlly l» I m,n ' u ' f ot
right. Tho best ctemonu ot our Anrerlran Ufo | ‘|^*^ h S , m J!!lSrtren?flnta£Jf li St. mb I " To DoGood * ad OUMOnto-Fomot Not P-
have always come up f
stratum that was nearc
way dependent on
country has been in i
felling#nco*tor.; bojr* wno n.a orguiMO ln I .-."'t'^'lSrhUdiVStVo^w th.lTOUM gSileman'J tieLoutston.ButeLoltelr. "fhc"Wb«r^wbKtod
them by a race of humble but devout pioneers I p ..\ve?/!sirl feVone thing you look*so much like I around and scattered over half ■ million of dol-
the patience and industry to achieve and the rev* I my young manter w’at aie»l in Fetginay. En den 11*™ ^^t and left. »»Ithout particularizing too
1 . .. .. .. .1 J.. .1.» wi-.N .!.» •H.o,k.,Uto, rent ntA nn nn eld I Til SUV Ol tilp Will lit 1 PS IO uft'ODlP tfbl Inill trn report
* prize
tritutf re* and its workers of statecraft bock to the I
that it wa* secured by the largest majority ever I and kept it for any length of time has represented
"Thusfar ever? party wbleh luuArrived.! power Ito Mhteremenu «nd tb«t«r. oftenMt found •«». »«}•
Ob. I remember. 1 m»de quite . fool ol rnywlf I hunrame to be n.cd. Ticket No 53,770 drew the
miMim •».» —— 7 I .lay." I Second Capital of ftf.OOO, oue half of which was
elemental, vital, honest forces that uuderlle all | ••yasser: en den Wen de man say •ump'n' Baasy | beldj*^ H. ^M. Rothschild, ^merchant of No.
i, thu* dcmoiutrating the unbounded ronfi*
deuce which the people bad in the apcelal tltnw
of the candidate to carry o^t the rrtortn and tn his I liody of voters, even though that body be small.
some real principle, something which commendad
Itself if not to a majority at least is an
ft you went, you sparred depoay at I Cbunmatteet, New lork city. Ticket No. 27470
im you’d slap 'im in de Jaw.” (drew the Third Capital of 829.000: It was sold in
^ly serhms response, "yosser,” by the I tenths, on» to Mr. 1). tieorge llcnkcl*. swell-
unasaatlable integrity.
It is strictly true that Mayor Cleveland was I
The present time Is uo exception to the rule.
‘Congratulating yon on the record of the govern-
wept Into office on one of those tidal waves of I or thus far. and. la common with vast numbers of
popular protests against ring rule that are a* re-1 our lellow-eittzena. longing that ha mayba tha
sUticM as they are sudden. But tt waa after all a I man wa have all been looking for, I remain, very
local contest, and one has yat to account for the I truly yours. And. D. White.
national importance which tha Buflhlo election I
um*-t and tha wide-spread interest that was |
"Henry A. Richmond, Bn Ado, N. Y.
"P.S.—1 ought to have included in the governor's 1
the sturdy, modest. Indomitable workers who
avc not sought the political race. „„„ — ... t -=~x —t——. — w
personal celt li a a rn o. I tion of hla civil assent, toInimitable. Yoncannot I Gtarka Clarke of the-same city: another
All th* trails of M»tduoui ,ndn.tr>. unn . tenu . lurgj.lb U W m. u. tighten u„ the -ho.e eon- «*;'iM’S
tious dignity, thoroughness and simplicity noted I -At Teague Poteet’s” is a more elaborate etonr, I Phil G. Gruber. Milwaukee. Wla. No*. 11,1*] and
In Grorer Ctoevtond*. enrljrcreer .re otwenrabl. I dMlInx with the mooruhlnera of th. I “ ch :
.. ... .. I moonulM.Mtilembrartn*«t Intenatlng dtotoct I »M to (notion., one-fifth to ttllltom Boyd. Xa.
In bis present life at Albany. On the day before I (tU(br M u t gtriking picture of character. 1821 Bchool street. St. Louf*> Mo.: Nos. 17,252, «,U4
his inauguration as governor he came down (rom I Thehnwtor ta more abundant and of a tullcct tU I Bt>». drew each, and so it went on.
Buflhlo quietly with hit tew partner, Mr. BIsmII, | vorthon in the other pteres. batthenoteof trax-1 Thentxt<lnniot (1 p*t)wm occur on Tuesday.
I edy is sounded also, and a pretty vein of senil-1 August 12, of which full information can be had
went u> the executive mansion and spent *“* I meat tinges the tale with an alluring color. “A I JojisM. A. Dauphin. New Orleans. La.
nULL On tha morrow the city waa excited with I piece ofLand" Is lees succemfal than the other I wiU be scattered to holders of tickets costing 83
the xpjtroxrhlng cxneaoolM. The strccto were * ikxlcbM, thorigb tt certainly rxpnys ntlxwloo. rw, nn. a.i.. ^