The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1884-08-13
rur sTANDARD BEARERS.
, pr;et Sketch of Grover Cleve-
land and rhos. A. Hen
drieks.
u.,or.ble and Clean Lives IN botn
p,b,tc and Private-Good SerV-
ice to the Country IN
Critical Times.
GROWER CLEVELAND.


Grover Cleveland's political career
loves the old assumption that
Wv, Wv men have no chance in politics.
ssh Ill., the last Presidential election
~.s " held this man was PLAIN citi-
Wa Va II Il Buffalo, quite unknown either
ssa nol,,ic;an or a professional man
inside of his county. But a rapid
. ..n,s, Of events brought him to the
s s."rt and each advancement showed
l ~, he had the ability and character
o .dapt himself to all the require IRE
y S.o,s Of h,s new surroundings. HIS
meer, like that of T'lden, proves
hat men of strong sense who have
,lv.vs L maintained An intelligent and
,rt;,e interest in politics, may safely
/. entrusted with great responsiolii-
lies without previous experience IN
solding Office, if they are thoroughly
grounded in honesty.
The obvious result of making poll
,;cs and public Office purely business
Enterprises is that the public gets the
advantages of all the business expert
snce and common sense of the COM
mpnitv. Thus something OF surprise
), EXPRESSED when such men spring
up with apparent spontaneity ana
core a success in politics. They
| ,e taken up without effort on their
,w, oart. Mauy times they are
forced to the front by events over
which they have slight control. Pub
be or party exigencies, the oppor-
un,ty to make a striking record, the
nan,festation of a strong reserve
power enables them to selze ana
Iase the occasion for their own ana
line public benefit. This is the Sc
Icret of Grover Cleveland's rapid
Irise over the heads of men grown
Iray in party and public service.
Ims ORIGIN AND EARLY TRAINING.
| His family was of New England
Iorigin, from the neighborhood OF
IHaddam, Connecticut, and for man,
Generations have not failed, after the
Iold-tlme New England style, te
produce a Congregational minister
The Governor father was a grad
uuate from Yale College in 1914, re
knowing soon after to Baltimore
Iwhere he married and entered int
the Presbyterian ministry. he re-
moved soon after to Caldwell, ESse,
county, New Jersey, where he la
bored for several years. Here tn
son, Grover Cleveland, was born
March IS, 1897.
With the peregrinating qualltie
Of his class, the minister, IN the dis
charge of his duties, removed
Fayetteville, Oneida county, Ne'
York, when his son, the future 60,
ernor was about three years ole
Like most country ministers in th'
day, the father was not bun dene
with undue wealth, though he w:
able to indulge in the large fami
common to the times and his pr
lesson.
Hence the boys early opportun
ties tor securing an education we
not of the best. He was anxious
secure the advantages OF an acader
lcal training, but the narrow Ct
amstances of his family forba'
this. He accordingly entered
country store, where he faithful
discharged the various and arduo
duties incident to his position to t
satisfaction of his employer and
his own advantage in the matter
discipline. Upon his fathers 7
moval to a large and more imports
charge at Clinton, the long soue
Iopportunitv TO attend an acader
presented itself. 1t was duly i
proved and the foundation of
future success laid so far as scht
Tainrng could supply the materi
But he went no further than
academy. his fathers death torcl
laim out into the world to do son
Ehing for his family and hlrns'
his first venture was a teacher 1T
bind asylum IN New York city.
continued in this work two yea
when he turned his face TO the WE
with the intention of locating
Cleveland. Ohio. On his way
Stopped to see an uncle ut Buffs
which, as it turned out, became
limit of his western travels He
manned there and entered upon
study of the law, He began at
owest round of the legal ladder
othce boy. He worked hard. HI
ever. and when admitted to- the
prs progress was so rapid that
Eoo3 he became assistant to the