, 1884-07-12

l in thu state. The yogc wa, licht. COM
parativciy, showing that thousands OF Re
publicans remained away from the poll,
1t is probable that many Dem ,crats. feel
ing confident Of the election Of their can
didatc, also failed TO vote.
HIS INVCLNERABLE RECORD.
That the character and record Of Gro
yer Cleveland had something 10 do witt
the collapse Of the party in the state Their,
can be no doubt. His manly bearing, thf
failure of his cnenica to find a single
vulnerable point in his record, and the fact
that many staunch Republican newspapers
were enthusiastic in his support, gave him
increased strength daily. His partisan
ship was not of the brutal, unthinking
kind, and that made him more acceptable
to fair men driven temporarily from their
own party.
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIS oPPoRIU-
MITES.
Mr.. Cleveland has found large opportu-
mites for man ofhis mold in the guber-
Material Office. His thorough legal train
ing has served him well in the executive
chair. It is some years since a thorough
lawyer-Mr. TiIden-last held the Office.
The practice of Governor Cleveland is to
thoroughly scan all the bills sent to him.
and not to seek the advice of outside law
yers, as some Governors have done. He
makes thorough work Of this inspection.
and his vetoes carry conviction with them,
There could be no other outcome after his
application Of a strictly legal analysis TO
the mass Of crude legislation that reaches
him. In spite Of the amendment to the
state constitution forbiddipg special legis-
lation many bills Of that sor, have entercl
that chamber only to be xii e.. The anne
care and painstaking have been ob3erv-
able when more general intor1s.s we e at
stake. Last year he vetoed the five cent
elevated railway fare bin in justice to tn,
contract between the corporation and the
state, although lie knew
IT WAS An UNPOPULAR THING TO DO.
Then he vetoed a general street railroad
bill because the rights of the people were
too loosely guarded, but 4 simillr bill
more carefully drawn has received his
signature. His veto Of the Buffalo fire
department bill was against the interests
Of certain party managers in his home city.
but he vetoed it for that very reason, and
also because it was not in the interest Of
the people nj large. The same care of the
public led him 70 veto q bill which re.
moved many of the present restrictions
and allowed the trustees of savings banks
to invest in wildcat securities. The hold
cr5 Of such securities, Of course, were the
advocates of the measure. His veto of the
prison commission bill was because he
thought the commission ought 10 repor
its results earlier than the lst Of January.
1885.
HE HAS STEADILY PIT Ills FOOT
on all measures to exempt from taxation
any particular towns, corporations, or in
dividuals. His ~disapproyal OF "A large
number of bills that were sent 10 him
by Legislature that adjourned in haste was
for reasons that he set forth at length.
His disapproval Of three of the New York
City reform bills was on the ground that
they were SO loosely drawn. The remain
der of these bills he had already signed.
A large part Of the Governor record has
thus been made in Directing to bills that
have come 10 him when both Democrats
and o,,,ltt,,,,a 1n,., y.n.u-n-1 IL -
stature. While it is the side of negation,
the most conspicuous side always, there is
yet the most positive assertion Of the doc
trines approved by the Legislature. The
very vetoes of Governor Cleveland, there
fore, form ! most pronounced and posi-
tive part Of his record. The list Of bills
that he has approved number less for Ire
two years Of his Office than for any two
years of recent times. The members Of
the Legislature have
LEARNED 10 KNOW AMI FEAR
his disapproval, and they do not chance
it, on passing bills with the assurance
that the Governor will help Them through.
Nor do We hear the old excuse Of Lcgisla-
tors for voting for d bill: Il think it is au
unconstitutional measure, but then the
Governor will veto it, 1t is not ncces-
sary to make that remark now that Gov
eruor Cleveland is in the chair. Among
the measures that have become laws by
the approval Of the present executive may
be mentioned the bill abolishing the Statc
paper, which took q large amount Of pros
pective patronage away from Tie Albany
Argus, the organ of the Democracy; the
bill prohibiting the Manufacture or sale Of
oleomargarine, and creating a dairy com
missioner to protect the dairy interests OF
the state the bill centering responsibility
in the hands Of the Mayor Of New York
City; the bill requiring telegraph and
other wires to be placed under ground in
New York and Brooklyn.
TREMENDOUS WORKER.
Governor Cleveland is "A uemcndou.
worker. Very few men have devoted as
many hours 70 work within the past ycal
and a half as he has. Certainly no Gov.
ernor OF New York State, of recent times.
has been at his desk rs early0and has kept
at it as late, HaIfpa.; 8 in the morning
finds him there, in the busy days, mid
night also finds him thcrc. l. is no uul
sual thing to come across that portIy fgur,
at l or . o'clock in the morning on hi.
way from the office 10 the executive man