Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-01
A Speech by Governor Cleveland.

AT Buffalo on the night of the late
election, when il had become GER ain
that Grover Cleveland had been elected
by an unprecedented majority. the citi-
Zens gathered at the club-rooms an 1
presented the Governor-elect with n
magnificent chair. In accepting the
gilt Mr.. Cleveland said
My brother. senator Titus said that nc bod
unexpectedly been called upon To make n
speech u me upon This occasion. | can say, /
prcsunC with much more truth. that am urI-
cNpcCt dly Called upon to- saw "A few word ,
upon this OcCas on and, in 10 mt of fact
nave almost forgotten how - SPEAK IL ever
man has been in leading strings the most
tedious and the IN 1T unyiOlding. [ have been
tor the lust five or six wceks NV manager
Mr. Goodyear, has hardly allowed me To- ask
Tor what want9i To- eat anu drink. I could
hot take my pen in hand hut that hc WIS
nirald my chances were To te ruined. My let
Ter OF ace pnnco even he thought would cor.
minln Destroy all my chances. did not sub
hlt ~ 10 MN before ! signed IL. | made a
speech In this ncighb lrhOOd once at tho be-
ginning OF the campaign. which afford ri a
nss Tor my Rcpul can friends Co scare
themselves out OF their proprety. II was with
the utmost CndcdvOr that we di inducc nboui
l1OOW majority OF our voters TO believe thut
tncrc was mo- very great calamity involved i'm
w election which mas t1kCn place to- Law and
its results. Now something has bcIn snii
about NV g 1urSe rs Mayor. which gives mo nm
opportunity tO say something which have d.
w y anu ~ - tniSs that there has bp IN
nptnnt N my course except Hn adherence To
thc principi's OF honesty AMI dcccncy and n ID
commentary upon the times which should
rlhN deeply IN our hearts, AMI which should b.
an admOniu IN to us that a man should ac miro
caine near saying the reputation I will sly
tnc opportunities, which I have acouir d.
simply by dting his honest duty. M doing
Iuty has singled me out, why think OF the con.
luton OF lhtngs which makes 10 sin KlIIar for n
insn morely To do his duty and make m an
OBJECT OF notice. IL everybody did their dur 4
nero would bc mo- such sngularity NJ tn = and
n> std before, 10 Is sOmetninR for serious re-
n.Vuon. = lccl most solcmnly tho rcsponSib I.
hy which the event Of the day has nut upon
my shoulders. | sometimes have ft.nrc mai
may not be able To meet those rpsnonsibIli'
t.cs IN the way 1 should ,mctimes 4 have
a aTt a. .n ~. may not meet your expectations
s e the expectations Of the people OF the
state were u not for the fact i believe
most implicitly in the ppwer OF human
natur, In the power VII Oh will follow
rei. uircSted and honest efforts To do duty.
rnouh shlrk aud shrink from the DUTIES IN
which the people have called me to-day bur
bcicNe, " IN an honest and sincere desire 10
60 duty, with an eye single To- tho good Of the
pe915ple over whom ! am called, that my path
VII 10 made plain, and that IN 4 aihcre 10 fhe
honest cndeavor that I shall succeed i'm rny
uu.y ana perhapS answer your expect9tion
anu nope doing something the Statc
1es 're you sull 10 regard me your fellow -citi.
zen. nope you will allow me still To 10 .
member OF this club. which first uurturcd ,ho
movement which has resulted I'm my prone
ton today. n pc yet to be your fcllew-cit-
IN agmh; Inc present Is beautiful, but sus-
plc'ous hope the horns are not To remind
me that ] am a. lie upon the horns ~ snv
ulletnmH but hope may sit comfortable M,
tween and not on those horns. hone tina, A.
c, "rCli career NAV avoid such Unpleasant
tnaL Whatever may happen I'm the future
SNAIL rcmomher my associations with the mon,
Ut OF this club and all that they have done