The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-08-13
A sketch OF Grover Cleveland.

Above i's mouth, He WAS man OF great lit
crary talents, aud his nciinaliOus led him in
to the ministry. Ills cha gcs were in Yer
mont aud Connect cut where h. died in lsl5.
owe OF his sons was Father oleve aud, the
ci'y missionary OF boston, " bo ed IN ls12 al
tnr Hgr OF one hundred years A daughter
mir ed DR.. samuel II. toNe, whose son, DR..
!. G lONe, i he hp scopal h shop of Western
Ne" YORK !, t. second so !. W II am. was the
Hutla her OF Grover Cleveland. y son of
W tlliau aHcd Richard. was the fathe OF
the present Governor of New York. kIChutd
Cleveland was born ut Norwich tonncc icut
in i~lt aud grad Iated at ! ale College in l-2t
Mary OF his classmates sin survive After
teach rig school and studying th'oiOs, ut
Prince on he was ordained Presbyterian
mn st"r in 49,. His hr,t chatgc was 1T
VIA mann, Connecticut. In ls2a he married
daughter OF Ahner Neal, of baltimore. Thea
he mai charge Of churches m Portsmouth,
Nlrg MA and u dwell. New ork nj ter which
York Tue g. he went to Holland Patent.
near TEA, Now York who o hc died in iA3.
II VII" n'ci Al the sam ph'e in ls'!. ngcd
N"niy-right, few mon, ss before the dis
'lu-uI-t ed triumph of hcr son Grover at the
20 : iu November of the same year. She had
nm ch,iircn. tho fifth ot wuom-S,ephcu
Gruver-was bovn Gt Caldwell, y y, March
'sth, lSi,. lie WIS name Tor hi Ia hers
Pre- iec's,"r in the astoraic, bat droppcl the
c'tphrH became e'erNhody called MIN
When his father dico Grover was hf,een
years old In the course Of IA fcv months no
Ire anne the a~~i~tan; ct his brother who had
charge ot Il b ind sylum Then. in lNn5. he
st ou- for the Vest In company With one OF
ms y.uug friends who "a 60 wished to grow
up with tue country. Both Of the Young men
were attracted by the city OF Cleveland ON
account ot the name. l'ut friends IN huTalo
persuaded tho yOuug men to stop IN that city
aud t'uNcr' lcNoland eut. red the iaw ofhce
OF Rogers Bowen Rogers AS n student. y
hhcrHi salary was soon allowed him because
ne earned lt-and in l>H, Re was admitted to
tn" hur II" stil remained with the nrTu
winch mad acted as his pr'c"pt"rs. For three
years he hcd the position pt Assistant Dis
+ frlnt- NJ ulupN of Erie county ttiu o. \. \.
. lie was then u minated 10y tine Democrats. in
ISIS TO bis ri.t-Attornry hut ne WAS defeat
. Ell. HIS first Hw partnership Win the
/ late !. \, Nan1crpuOL Ihi- coutnu,d till
Au-us l-hu. : nee that date he mas belonged
the following trims all IN the ltN OF But
filn, l-nuing. Cleveland fusom; Bass.
Cc.c'aud n Bissc!l. Cleveland Ii>>e and
continued 10 the Il ne OF MS election rs Gov,
cruur OF New orlt. In lNlG Nr. tleNeand
was c,cctcd Shcrin OF tra County 10y itrgo
maiorty. Eleven ears later he was me Dem
osritt.c candidate for Mayor OF the city OF
IutiH o ami WAS elcctrd by decisive majori
~ His administration was SO satisfactory
and his course far Hud bipartisan that
better th.ngs We @ expected tor nun In re
io when the Democ atic state Convention
met AT syracuse in september. lNS2, all eyes
were turned toward him AS one OF the eadny
candidates for Governor lie WAS elected by
t.f3, 81 votes over harics J. folger, the Re
publtc3n nominee and took posse sston OF the
9th T. January /. Is 3.
Governor Cieyc ands thorough lcgal train
inc has served him wei in the Executive
chai. 1t is some years since u thorou- h law
yer Mr. rllI"n-aSt held tho Office. Hi
practice ha> been to scan all the bills seat to
hun and tot tp seek the advice of lawyers. "a
~om Governors have done. He makes thor
nugh work ul this inspection. and his retncs
carry conviction with thcm, There could be
uu other putrom" after his appl cation OF
strictly lceai auaINs to the mass OF mscci-
unpOu~ IcgiS alton t1at reaches him In spite
ui tho amendment tu the state constitution
tortld ling sprc al lc station, many h!!ls OF
that rurt have entered his chamber only to b"
kind. The same ,ur. and pain>takin. were
t,f h,au Nor
a stake. Last year he VETOED the Five cent
f. uNHtAd Hulway Fare bill in justice 10 tse
colpo. .utuus y though h" knew IL was an uu-
pnpunr thing to do Then hr vetoed gen.
ort street Hti road bill beca So the rights OF
tn poop" we're SO loosely guarde !. His veto
OF the Buffalo Fire Dcpartmtn Mt hlI was
AGAINST the interests OF certain party mun-
q e.s IN his home city; but he vetoed i ior
thai very reason and because II was not in the
l. interest ot the people at large. The same
care ct the public led him to veto blii which
reno ed many of the present restrictions and
allowed the trustees OF savings banks TO IN
. vest n Wild cat securities. Hts veto "t the
/ Pr Ion commission bill WAS because NJ
thnuuht II on ut to report sooner than next
JauuarY. Hr has steadily put ms 10 ! on al
measures to exempt from tnNatiun. His dis
approval ot two or three of the New York r.
form bids was because they were so oosey
| drawn The cmandcr of these oils had been
! hlrealy signed.
4 lev specimens OF Grover Clcvelands We
toes viii show now terscly and Yet how fairly
h" di,ro-es OF the various matters that come
I before him.
AuthorUing New York CITY TO contribute
81 pll Tor Inc Bartholdi statue fund. Uncon-
stitutionaL
10 amend the charter of the City of Albany.
The present charter uf III" Ciy Of AlbAnN
brownies tor the designation by the Comm u
& u'r. OF three Official papers, which shall
pu rish al ordinances and other matters re
tlulrei by law to Toe published. Tue amend,
lucnt opposed by TINS hill provides thai "
among he official papers thus ie-iRtlated. one
of The political parties shall not be represent.
cd ne Common Council may designate n
tgtTth official pAleT. in order fnht sucn parry
may toe represented. should Ike 10 approve
bii! providing for one othca Gapnr ion I'm .ns
larv il should perhaps, lie proVlued Nha' the!
shall be papers representing the views OF
each OF the great parties; but any MI per
rnit,ing the designation Of tour Official paper
in tine Citv Of Albany appears to me 10 be en-
trey unnecessary ana useless espendi
Relative to the Cohoes water surpIy. AT
teraNcrs fun hearing iittle more thah
4 year I-u approved chapter ~ OF the law
OF l~Sl Due # the prime pa arguments use
for it, passage WAS that the water Furnished
hy the Cuhoes Water Company va impure
That law contemplated the furnishing OF {
. new supply of wafer, etc, Nothing has beer
dome under that law, and II Is now prop set
10 repeal ali Of II that permits new works u
hi. erected and authorizes putting down ne"
pines which will enforce the CONTINUATION o
the p e-cut supply, This purports 10 be hi
to amend hc law of lisa but there a'e t~'
secti Ms OF it which am nj that law IL
terms The rest il an independent act. am
, confusion l. sure 10 arise, think, bctweti
s"n.rn,. ~ tho ,rt Of IS-.i is to be ahandone,
4, si,Dul,i bc r.poulc1 and another Jaw sub
" u,'t S"vai' ~ ,bn sertinns al the Old n,f shoul
sl"i,r,., "a ~ nv i -, a 80 I'm, thn ,,istin,
uc "lhfhiu IN Sun" way ''' >
sM M"t.l u1 u1c q, ~ ,.,.,s ,, -. ..or,,or ,lov.
No'"ny un ''' 49," "' , itto,oJ ~ IA
/ hni >h"" tN"' 'ucl "Intv ,rii. " ,i,,,, a,
sonn' tnhh1l o'n''UU' ,i nuu = ~" - al
hls poSiuNc "Vl> WI eu"H eu",t ,"v " VI :
btrN "l N'IN NJ ~" I",' ,iJ - ia ,,nIa
stood that To veto hiS is merely a ncgatN
% service for It is usually service OF the mo-
po,u.t t'na when , "rV,mo ,e ,cnn s,o,S r,s., ~.
, ,h vi ,iira p AM that have come to htr
t for approval. Amona me ehiat mrasHrrs t IN, IA
mnNt uyJ ros ibsi H., changed the order {