The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-06-21
PROBABLY CLEVELAND
THE DEMOCRATIC NOM
NiI%EE FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
utotcb of his Political Career-.-
something About his Personal Habits
,I character.

and Character.
4 rIe Increasing probability Of the nomi
n Of Governor CLEVELAND, Of New
y l.r, 0y The National Democratic Con
r,..r. viii make interesting the follow
I.ffrf sketch of his life, which is
..,.l.d from two or three New York
,..,-u4per-sketches In the main The
,rr.u.IcLE Of its own knowledge knows
ft+u Itc correct:
.-l.. General public knows very little Of
,h.ETc of Governor Cleveland prior to
I'LL election as Reform Governor Of New
york in 1882, by the unprecedented plu-
rIlty of 10000.
H. wa, born in Caldwell, N. j., of New
ru.rtad stock, his father having been a
n,-l.tterian clergyman. He was educated
Y, -nl pubic schools and an academy at
r5nt.f y. Y. At the age of seventeen he
.It for the Vest but stopping with an
urct, I'm Buffalo for time, he concluded
tomakc his home there. He studied law,
and was admitted to practice in 1859. In
+.ro he was appointed Assistant District
>trornay Of Erie county. Two years later
~ vas The Democratic candidate for the
,,firr of District Attorney, but was de
fattrd. In 1870 he was chosen Sheriff of
Ericcounty. holding that office three years.
Ur then returned to active practice of his
nr,fc~sion. and not long after became the
head of the firm of Cleveland, Bissel &
sicord, which has won a leading position
AZ the Buffalo bar.
In the fall of 1881 the Democrats nom
mated Mr.. Cleveland for Mayor, knowing
that his independence, uprightness and
ability would win much support from the
oppoSi,e party. The result justified their
calculations, and he was elected by ma
ority of more than 5000, though the Re
publican majority in the city was ordi
nariIv between 1000 and 1000. The Wig
orous. independent and popular character
of his administration there, as well as his
success III the canvass which preceded 1T,
attracted attention throughout the State,
Iad to his nomination for Governor, and
contributed to the overwhelming success
Vt his candidacy.
Mr.. Cleveiand's rank at the bar is high
one lie is Il hard worker, and a large,
reliable and commanding practice is his
reward.
MIR Cleveland is a large man, somewhat
above the medium height, with a strong
though not a particularly striking face.
He has dark eyes and heavy eyebrows.
His movements are deliberate and digni-
lied He is not a rich man, in spite OF his
frugal bachelor habits. He does much
free legal work for poor clients, and has a
way of assisting them which, most credl-
table to his conscience, does not put money
in his purse. He is also liberal benefac-
tor Of all the charities of Buffalo, a city
peculiarly active in this work.
Mr. CleveIand'S strength as a candidate
~ due To his strong conservatism, his un
sullied character, his sympathy with
raiehtforward, business methods in pol
i itics, his exceptional standing with the
independents reform element the country
over and in his ability to inspire people
with the belief that he may be trusted to
do nothing for purely partisan purposes.
& Few men unite in themselves so many
considerations Of fitness and expediency
Y If nominated and elected he may be trust
q ed TO expose Jobs, turn out and keep out
thieves. and give the country manly,
conservative administration.
Since Gov Cleveland came into his Of
3 fee sixteen months ago he has not been
i absent from his desk more than five weeks
! From this must be deducted the three
q weeks he was in the Adirondacks last
u summer.
a The Governors residence occupies a
Il pretty knoll half mile from the Capitol
q Looking at it. one would naturally feel
! Ike spending more time there than in the
busy Office of the Capitol. The State
bought the building some years ago, and
i has been occupied by Tilden Robinson,
Cornell and Cleveland. Governor Cieve
land on Easter sent flowers from his hot
house to the hospitals of Albany and thus
giaddened the eyes of the patients. In
summer delicious fruit finds its way from
his orchard to the hospitals, and some
times into poor and deserving households.
Inquiry proved that these things were
true Such shows the observing side of
his warm sympathetic nature, and, com
bined with all the facts here stated, the
people have reason to be proud of their
carcful, painstaking and hardworking
2G0lcrnOr.