New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-17
CLEgELANDS ORIGINAL LETTER OF &c
CEPT4NCE


It's whispered among the faithful In Buffalo and
the rest OF Eie County that the original draft OF
Grover Cleyeland's letter of acceptance Rugged
the shore even closer than the revised copy which
was furnished for publication. This original draft
III our information be correct-read Substantially
as follows:
BUFFALO. Oct. 2, 1882
rhs Hon T. c. f. EcCLRsISE, CharasdH, eta.
DEAR SIR beg TO acknowledge the receipt or your
letter informing of my nomination for Governor by
Democratic state Convention. accept the nomlna-
psin blunt frank man. in my plain, blunt, frank way
10 speak with characteristic unreserye OF what
issues Of the hour | am well aware. no man better,
OF the deep interest that felt a. our states two gsa
tha lie between, IN the amendment to the eonsftnuoh
besn iO adoped Sy two
awaits the final action Of oa1 people 10 10 defeat
sdspuoa IN ,a NDvem n1nt fyanS man answer that
De witt Clinton, to whom we are chiefly maeDsTs
eonsidersbie of Statesman aud that yield TO no man
in my admiration fos that beautiful marine SOM thor
onghy alive TO the magnitude OF the STAKE lnVoseu IA
the canal amendment FEEL CONSTANCE nsx he a." mo
doubt IN any quarter as to where so pan am
blunt and FRANK man as msse et ne say that this
Subject affects diverse interests and tnet fea1h tn'
fsc helU remsrng let VINO %1 See Of
rghtaugied triangle IS IL my humble "
Another topic which the superb syracuse pae-
form calls attention is Civil Service reform
Ny party iriends who con rOsd tSe aPst rive
weeks OF the session to exhibiting In an uhmiss y
taxable and emphatic way the precise ha.q u with
O deadlock. DO approve of what they ana iOr
Slsr aers plain. blunt, frank man. and even
the risk OF alternating some of the more Jealous
am bold g. assert tnat have always held that every
government that Is not strictly military ought to have
civil service and that the whole OF anything Is III my
humble Judgment equal to the sum OF lbs parts whe
The platform also has something 10 say in re-
gard to the Overshadowing issue OF taxation. On
this point feel that cannot speak too forelbIy Oru
recy nay PARTY friends the last Legislature to whom
have already referred, much uue TO irultIes
attempt K parcel out all the Offices WITHIN the gt W
Senate and Assembly to satisfy all their respect
botomless appetes, that really they had no une eI 10
overhaul the assessment laws. Do believe that they
at the expense of the popular demand Tor a
more equitable adjustment Of the burdens
10 be addressed 10 d candidate for Governor, ana VIII
respond in pain blunt frank way as becomes pail
blunt, frank man Ike myself not stopping TO CONSIDER
whether what say s 70 prove agreeable 10 tne gre
OF voters or Is TO gain their ib-Wil mere anu low
sirm IN regard TO the course OF my parry
virtue is its own reward. that not st0ckhoder IN
the Keey moor, that III my Judgment straight ne
the shortest distance between any two points ana lha
Buffalo is the queen city Of the lakes The little space
that remains on this sheet admOnlshcs me that ~!
views regarding corporations must be put tersey II al
all A. ....
functions of corporations and what limitations W0uu
have already admitted, thai il the kind OF man your
candidate is, viii merely remark that securing W
pauder the anttmonOpOhsts on the one
hand or the railroads the other sOelnnly protest
that If be as how why NOT therefore IL 3hF re.
mains iGr me 70 o. Sad th na sbnnd eIi. be-
tween capital and labor, aud shat III case Oh my
would adopt and stand fast by poicy enDouy mig "ll
GROVER CLEVELAND.