The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-11-23
a Speech by Governor Cleveland.

At Buffalo on the night of the late
election, when it had become GER; ain
that Grover Cleveland had been elected
Dy an unprecedented majority, the citi-
zens gathered at the club-rooms an
presented the Governor-elect with a
magnificent, chair. In accepting the
gilt Mr., Cleveland said:
Ny brother, Senator Titus, said that he had
UNEXPECTEDLY been called upon to make a
speech to me upon this occasion. can say; i
presume with much more truth, that L am un-
expectediy called upon to say, a few words
upon this occasion: and, in point of fact, l
have almost forgotten how to speak. If ever
aDan has been in lead ng strings the most
for the last FIVE OF Six Weeks. My man manager, ger
MI Goodyear. has hardly allowed me to ask
ZOE wnat 4 wanted to eat and drink. l could
not take my pen in hand but that he was
Mraid my chnnces were TO be runcd. My let
ter of ace psance even he thought would Ger
tainly destroy all my chances. did not sub
91Eh la 5aiss sssIshb hbsrpeeeds once at the be,
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e tseises out of their proprfety. il was witt
the utmost tndeayor that we did induce aboul
$4,000 m tjority of our voters to believe that
the election which has hast t,keii plade tS.das and ID
its results. Now something has been said
abeut my course as Mayor, which gives me an
sired to say, and it is this: that there has beer
nofh ng in my course except an adherence tC
the principles of honesty and decency, and it Il
documentary upon the times which should
sink deeply in our hearts, and which should b;
an admonId; IN to us that man should ac 1uire
came near saying the reputation, 1 will say
the opportunities, which l have acquired
simply by dCfng his honest duty. If doing
duty has singled me out, why think of the con
dition of things which makes it singular for /
NAH merely to do his duty and maks HIM at
object of notice. If everybody did their duty
there would be no such sngularity as this, and
as lsaid before, it is sometnlng for serious re
Election. feel most solemnly the responsible
fty which the event of the day has put upor
my shoulders. l sometime, have feared tina
may not be able to meet those responsible
tiesfn the way 1 should. S1metimes | have
feared that may not meet your expectation!
and the expectations of the people of the
Stafe were it not for the fact l believe
most implicitly in the power of human
well directed and honest efforts t5 do duty.
should shirk and shrink from the duties II
which the people have called me to-day, but
do duty, with an eye single to the good of tn.
people over whom | am called, that my pati
will be made plain. and that If L adhere to tn,
honest endeavCr that shall succeed in m,
and hops doing something for the State.
desire you still to regard me your fellow cit
zen. / hope you will allow me still TO be
member OF this club, which first nurtured tn,
ton to-day. / h pc yet to be your fellow-citi
zen again. The present is beaut full, but sus
piciou5 hope the horns are not to remin,
me that am to be upon the hofns of an.
dilemma, but hope may sit comfortably be
tween and not On those horns. hope that il
my official career may avoid such unpleasan
reflections rs they may suggest. ear in min
that, whatever may happen in the future,
bers of this club and all that they have don
for me-"