The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-07-19

to adaIlthmself to an the 9equi1ps
mentS Vuf va Ills new surroundings.
His career, like that of Tilden proves
that men Of Strong Sense who have AL
ways maintained an intelligent and
active interest in politics, may safely
be.entrustcd with great responsible
ties without previous SexpeHenee in
suu holding otlieesif tlieyate8 thoroughly
grounded in honesty.
n {iiIe obvious result ut7nlaking gpNli-
~ tics and-lrtblic Office purely business
enterprises ~ that the public -gets~the
,rsA advantage Of all the business cxpqi
81 Hlee backgammon sense OF the com
y z% munity THUS something Of nri "ise
is expressed when such men spring
up with apparent -spentanciHl and
score success in politics. They are
taken upswithout efforton their oWlg
nmmpaf,5 Many tilles,they pre forced. to-
Ythefrontby eyeiitSloveIt which they,
AN hayesligh coiltaqhs Public or party,
eXigencics, the 0ppoftunItyTo make a
striking record, the manifestation of
strong reserve power enable them to
sieze and use Che occasion for their
own and the public ubeneft. This is
the secret of Grover Cleyeland's rapid
rise over the heads Of men grown gray
in party and public service.
HIS ORIGIN, AND EARLY TRAINING.
His family was of New England or
igin, from the neighborhood of Had
dam, Connecticut and for many gen
erations have not failed, after the
old-time New England style to pro-
duce q Congregational minister The
Governors father was, graduated from
Yale College in 1924, removing soon
after to Baltimore, where he married
and entered the Presbyterian minis
try. He removed soon after to Cald-
well, Essex county, New Jersey, where
he labored for several years Here the
son, Grover Cleveland, was born,
March IS, 1897. tqqi- 'udr 14t
With the peregrinatng qualities of
his class, the minister, in the discharge
.Etli Of hisdutios, removed toNFaye8ille,
Oneida county New York, when his
son, the future Governor was about
three years old..~ Like most country
ministers insthat day, the faher MAS
not burdened with undue@ wealth
though he was able to indulge ip the
large family common to the times, and
4 Hence the Boys early Opportunities
for securing an education were not
OF the best. lie was anxious to Sc
cure the advantages of an academical
training, nut the narrow circumstan-
ces of his family forbade this. He ac-
cordingly entered country store
wher he faithfully discharged the "a
rioussand arduans duties incident tC
Ift3 his position Hgtle satisfaction of his
employer and to his own advantage
in the matter OF discipline. Upon
his fathers lemove 70 Aa Iarger and
more important ehaSge &c Clinton
the bng- seught opportunity to At
tend an academy presented itself. Il
was duly improved and the foihdai
ton Of his future success laid so far AZ
Interchangeable supply the ma
Bnfhe yebt hs. hrtherl thm tn,
"a Aacisdenivshis fa0lers deathA f0fcing
him outinto The world to az Some
thing for his family and himself. His
first venture was a teacher in q, blind
asylum in New York city. He con
tinued in this work two years, Wher
lThe d.his face TO the West, witt
the intention OF locating at Cleveland
Ohio. On his way he stopped to SET
= an uncle ut Buffalo, which, as it turn
I'D ed out, 'beeame the limit ofhis Vest
ern travels.s, He remained there ahC
entered upon the study of the aIaAs
i'. He began at the lowest round of thu
.l the ngQnificent wages of $3i aof "a
week. He worked hard however, ant
whenadmtted "a, the bar his progress
WAS SO rapid that hi 1863 Tie becam,
assistant to the District Attorney b
Erie county where he soon shove,
an that he had all Inequalities ll9cessirl
to success as Il lawyer. His first an
pearance in politics on his own nc
count was made in 1865, when he wa
nomieltoGbftr District Attorney, bu
was defeated at the election Hi
M next yenturewils in 1869, when Ii
made successful race for Sheriff
the duties of which office he dis
charged with customary flithfu
ness. ....,l.... r.,s Iii
HIS CAREER AS A REFORM MAYOR.
When his term of Office ended h
ta turned his attention to the practic
of his profession. He took an inter
Westhutno part iHpolires Until 1881
Wien his ncighbo}S, casting about fo
stp9 ~ a snS gae 9sa e mon" S%
Buffalo lwas1notla lIeatlcity, but i
the municipal corruption and comb
nations it couldshave given points t
others with many times its number
people. II was mng-ridden. III Its rev,
nues were stolen or wasted and N
gMayerh aflsbeen found f0rmany yeaI
who had atonce tile ability and tn
boldness necessary to attacks thes
abuses, 81 bes vs' II ssssesi
But Grover Cleveland, elevated
disposition hNaa majority of 500
entered oheerfully and earnestly upo
his work. He had not sought then
ton He badenethesn an active p,
liticl worker IN the accepted sense
that word. HekNew nothing abol
tile manipulation Of -caueusses an
conventions. lie was connected Wit