The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-05-28
CLEVELAND
Correspondence.

The city is putting on her beautiful
summer dress, and busy hands are
fashioning countless Improvements
which are the witnesses of rapid de-
velopment and substantial growth
upon all sides.
Spectators, however, say it is dull,
and for speculation purposes money
certainly is tight-although there
seems to be monev enough for most
kinds of legitimate business. Some
kinds of manufactures also are de-
pressed, and the number of men out
of employment and out of money,and
travelling from city to city IS unprece-
dented for this season of the year.
Several thousand men received free
lodgings at the police station here
during the past three months. Some
of them are regular" tramps by pro-
fession, but a large proportion are me-
ehanics of respectable appearance, ex
cept being totally destitute of money
and employment. They meet at the
police station every night. obtain free
lodging, talk together over the pros
poets of business, and in the morning,
put out again in their wearisome
search for the employment they pro-
fess to seek. These men come swarm
ing from all quarters least, west north
and south, and they go in all direc-
tions to all. points in the States, and
some go to and some come from Cam
ada. Many of them say they meyer
were destitute before. Their present
condition proves that in the country
at large there must still be considera-
Bile stagnation in manufactures.
A most singular incident recently
happened. One weary wanderer, of
the above named class, aged forty
nine years, came to the police station
here, and handing over valuable gold
watch desired to be arrested for grand
larceny, stating where he had taken it
at point in the city. He was known
to the officers in charge of the institu-
ton, having once before been sent up
for several months as a Vagrant, and
he was offered the samo disposition
again. He, however, firmly refused,
saying he wanted TO go to the peniten-
tiaryr where he would have a steady
home and mployment-thati lie was
no thiei but could not get work, and
could not live without it. So his re-
quest was granted and hewas charged
with grand larceny, This man was
neither insane or of apparent Ensound-
mind-nor was he drunken hummer
but was one of the weary toilers of,
this world who has g lost his grip, Sc
to speak. The possibility of. such
cases in our land is a startling fact, and
one well worthy of thought. While
politically our country seems fall of
corruption, although there is seeming
prosperity, yet the amount of poverty
and suffering seems to be on the in
crease, and the hopeless criminals and
desperate classes in the large cities is
rapidly augmenting. Statesmanship
is needed. Where are the Statesmen ?
A safe guidance of our national af-
fairs for the future is to be no ehild's
play. Candor and earnest integrity
from all sides ought to unite to insure
the elevation of the best class of men
to high. public positions. This nation
will moi survive any proposed eternal
rule of rottsnness. There must be
general reform or general ruin will
o On be imminent.
Probably your readers are aware
that our S@ngerfest building is going
up on Euclid avenue "a short walk
west of Euclid street station on the
C. & P. Railway This structure is
120 $50 feet, covering, therefore, an
area of nearly three-fourths of an
acre, and having, with its lofty gaIler-
les, capacity to seat about twelve
thousand persons,i or. perhaps nearly
four times as many as all the churches
in Rayehna combined. This building
is alone worth seeing, and in its vicin-
ity are some such grassy lawns and
general residence adornments as will
compare favoEably with anything of
the kind to be seen in this country.
Let me mention before closing these
words, that Euclid Avenue
fs reet,p sc. No CleYelander
omits the statement of his ptroposi-
tion on any occasion. "True! True
as the Colonel says. IS A. w. b.
Cleveland, May %, l874.6lra assosI