Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-08-29
CLEVELAND AND REFORM.


New York legislature, received Il letter re
Gently from Theodore Roosevelt of New
York in regard to the reform measures in
troduccd in the last legislature and GOV
ornor Cleveand's attitude toward them.
The letter is as follows
have just seen your letter, dated July
26, in the New York Tribuuc, and wish
to corroborate, with all possible mphasis,
what you wrote in relation to the work of
last years Republican legislature Every
reform measure was put through only by
receiving the cordial support of the great
bulk of the Republicans and in spite of
the most determined opposition ON the
part of the Democrats. The aldermanic
bill, for example, was absolutely nOn-p par
tisan in character. Indeed if anything,
It bore most heavily against the Repub-
lican party, whose stronghold in
board of aldermen, through which alone
for the most part have Republicans in the
past been able to obtain local office. Yet
in spite of this. fifty eight Republicans and
but twelve Democrats were recorded in
the affirmative on the final passage of the
bill. So with the bills reported by the
special investigating committee in rcla-
ton to the county offices. Too much
praise cannot he given To MeSSrS Nelson
and Wclch. the two Democratic members
of that committee. for their conduct while
upon it but when the bills were brought
into the house their fellow Democrats al
i'.oH, w a." man ol'poNc,' t'le measures unu
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exceptions. did what they could to assist
i'll their passage. Governor Cleveland
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Of me opportunity ol 'la, scsslon "ot t u
4 louhu III tne "Orh ol IiuhiIlpai REFORM
IL sage also called attention to the subject n
e e being one of immediate and pressing in
~ portance. Nevertheless the Democrat