Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-10-02
Schurz's "Honest Man."

trOln tne DttIOlI TOSt.
Mr. Schurz, in his Detroit speech, de-
clared that Mr.. Cleveland is "an honest
man," and no enlOgiZed his honesty as a
model and the chiaf reason why he
shsuld be voted for. This is challenge
which makes Ii proper to show facts
from MIR. Cleveland's official record.
These facts show that Mr.. SchurZ has pc
culiar ideas OF the sort Of honesty which
constitutes In his opinion moral model.
When Mr.. Cleveland was sheriff at
Erie county the nswsbOys of Buffalo
brought him the annual carriers ad-
dresses of their papers, He gave them a
garter each: and the following entry ap-
pears among his accounts against the
county: "Jan. l, 1872. Paid carrier
boys of the Courier, Commercial and Post
% cents sach-75 cents" He wanted
the county to pay him back for his gen.
crosby to the newsboys! Nothing quite
80 small as this'was ever before disclosed
in the history Of a presidential candidate,
particularly in one held up rs all exam
Die of IAN honest mar"
Again, the New York law allows shsr-
ifs So per day for attendance on court.
Mr.. Cleveland brought in IA bill against
Erie county for 1868 days attendance on
court in one year, at $3 per day. for
which he demanded ~ $50 out of the
taxpayers. In order to make out such a
bill he had to charge an average Of ever
2S1 days apiece for each of the three
courts, which would include all their
legal days whether they were in actual
session or not.
The records show that, while he was
sheriff, the supervisors OF Ellie county
had to cut down many Of the charges of
this honest man." because they were
found to be excessive and extravaganza,
and frequently unlawful. In the first
year of his term the records show, instead
of turning the fines he collected into the
treasury promptly, as required ny law,
this "hOnest man" retained them in his
own pocket.
Sheriff Davidson and Commissioner
Thompson, of New Yerk city, were pre-
scented and their removal demanded by
the Legislature for being guilty of NAL
feasance In office, zone for misapprOpria-
ting fees, the other for violating the law
relative to contracts, by both of which
methods the city was Systematically
swindled. Coy. Cleveland has kept both
these rascals in office. Davidson was a
Cleveland delegate to Chicago, and
Thompson is one of the Cleveland cam
paign managers. Mr.. Schurzs "hOnest
man,, has peculiar ways.
While Cleveland was sheriff of Erie
county he hanged two men with his own
hand. The records show that the super
visors found that the "honest man" over
charged the county $l6OlfOr these reyol-
ting personal services,
AS governor he approved bill put in
by Democratic contractors on the state
capitol building, for work they had never
performed; and this honest man approx
ed this cheating bill after it had been
rejected by his two predecessors in the
Office of governor on the aground of its
dishonesty.
His vetOes against the rights and in
terests Of the wOrkingmen and in favor
of mOnOpOlies, and his signing of the
bill to give 1.-THE railroad ring" q chance
to steal the fuse of Broadway, are well
known parts of the public record of Mr..
Schurz's honest man." AS to his private
record and its great scandal it is need
less to speak. 1t is certainlya very Pc
culiar one for can honest man."