Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-08-28

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We are well aware that considerable.
class Of politicians think that il does not
weaken a candidate for the Presidency to h,.
known IS a gross and iceutious man: but
Mr. Cleveland occupies position very differ
ent from that OF ordinary candidates, He
is running on the supposed purity and re
Walton of hi, personal character. and what
might be of comparatively little effect when
alleged bv influential Christian journals.
against an lrreiisiou> man Of the world. j,
probably fata! when alleged a.ains, him.
And in this case. it must be remembered.
the main facts are admitted and full, estah-
iishel.
Must democrats fight % /, the end in th,.
face Of the absolute certainty Of defeat
Placed on the defensive Us their candidate.
they stand shivering a, the approach Of Gen.
Batter. while Mr.. Cleveland retires 10 the
wood, 10 faniIlarze himself with the duh
contents Of his letter Of acceptance. Ana
this is an aggressive campaign.
Below We give "a list Of Gov. C.ere-
lands more prominent executive ,etoes =
Vetoed the Bal aholishins contract child
labor in the charitable and reformatury in
situations Of the State.
Signed the bill reducing piotage fees 20
per cent.
Vetoed the Five Cent Fare Bill. measure
calculated to enable workingmen and their
families to reach The suburbs. away from
the tenement districts. at all hours, hy
reducing the fare on the elevated rail
roads
Vetoed the bill limiting car-driyers' hours
of labor TO twelve hours per day.
Vetoed the Mechanic Lien Law. bill
designed to give labor the FIRST lien ON Il
building in course of erection.
Vetoed the Tenure of Office Bill, whicl,
provided that appointments made BY the
present Mayor of New York should not hold
good beyond his term Of ofiice-a measure
aimed at ii. o. Thompson, Commissioner Of
Public Works, New York, and his crooked
1899 contracts.
Signed bill compelling every engineer
10 pay - for his certificate of examination
the proceeds TO 90 to the Police Pension
Fund.
Vetoed bill providing for the relief OF =
one-armed Union veteran, James Young,
who was made an almost helpless cripple,
By an accident, while he was performing his
duties as employe in the Capitol at Al
bany.
Vetoed bill flor which every 6. A. X.
Post in the State petitioned) making 1t a
msdemeanor for any one not an hoDorably
discharged soldier or sailor to wear a &. \.
X. badge.
Vetoed a bill providing that every honor
ably discharged soldier or sailor shall be
furnished by the State with an engraved
certificate Of discharge.
The particulars of Gov. Cleveland's visit
to Mr.. Tilden are just beginning to see the
light here. When Governor Cleveland sub
mitted his letter of acceptance to Mr.. TiideD,
the latter is said to have broken forth in a
storm Of abuse. overwhelming the would-be
statesman under an avalanche of sarcasm
and fine scorn.
The letter was u long one, and dealt with
issues of the day in manner that inspired
sentiments of profound disgust in the mind
of the sage. 1t was stilted effort and
showed in every paragraph the writer's
ignorance of national affairs. If published
it would have made the writer an object of
ridicule throughout the land. He would
have been laughed out of the campaign.
Mr.. Tilden's friends have it that be tore
up the manuscript and threw it upon the
floor, stamping upon the document in an
ecstasy Of rage. The Inundated ex-mayor
swallowed his modification as well as pos
sible, and when he departed it was with
the promise that he would refrain from
sophomore dissertation upon subjects with
which he had no acquaintance, and concern
ing which he was in no manner qualified to
give instruction to intelligent people. Mr..
Tilden's ignominious treatment Of Governor
Cleveland is an open secret, and it is also
an open secret that the old man will con-
tribute neither advice nor money to the sue
cess of the national ticket this year.
A Catholic priest writes to the Ne~
York Sun as follows: From politics, pure
and simple, the Catholic priesthood has,
very properly, always kept aloof; but when
it is boldly and brazenly asserted that the
morals of man have. nothing to do with
determining his fitness for the highest posi-
ton in the gift Of the people. think it be-
comes the duty of the accredited teachers
of morality throughout the land to at least
enter an earnest protest against the scandal
Gus proposition"