The sun. (Fayetteville, N.C.) 1883-188?, 1884-07-29
THE YOUNG LAWYER.

y knowledge and experience to be
;ome managing clerk at the end Oh
hat time. And so four years NOR
,ass. It is interesting to know ex
lcuy what kind of character he hac
low made for Himself and how he
Vas regarded by his associates. Il
5 not difficult to ascertain this with
reasonable accuracy, seeing that most
If those associates are alive and ac-
:essible and speak with noticeable
can&er and unanimity.
Sud one Of them to the writer:
"Groyer won our admiration by his
thrs>ttraits of indomitable industry,
unE4entious courage and unswev-
eng honesty. | never saw a more
thorough man at anything he under
took. What ever the subject was,
he was reticent until he had master
ed all it's bearings and made up his
own mind-and then nothing could
swerve him from his conviction. 1t
1t wa this quality Of intellectual
integrity more than anything else
perhaps that made him afterwards
listened to and respected when more
| brilliant men who were opposed to
him were applauded and forgotten
Hinfrst step into public life took
plat&in 1868. He was appointed
over many able competitors, Assist
ant District Attorney for the county
of Erie, and from that moment his
public record began. During the
three years that he was in the Dis
trict-Attorney's office the great bulk
of it's duties fell upon his shoulders,
and then it was that his enormous
vital strength and t%ireless industry
made themselves felt. One may say
now that it is we'll perhaps that the
District Attorney himself was rather
disposed to let youth and vigor
shoulder the great part OF the re-
sponsibility. It was just the train
ing that young Cleveland needed and
he went into it with his coat off.
So we'll and faithfully had he con
Quoted the affairs Of the county that
at the end of three years he was
nominated by the Democrats for the
!; District-Attorneyship. Here, AGAIN
it is an indisputable fact that he dld
not solicit the nomination, kesitated
-, to accept it, and did not turn HI:
= hand over to secure his election. Ii
l it is said in Buffalo that on the day
=, of election he was trying case II
S court while his friends were election
n eering for him on the street, and th'
: Judge on the Bench, who was pre-
sumably an admirer Of his, peremp
o torilv adjourned the ase and tol'
: Cleveland to go and attend to his III
d terest.
The next political Office filled b.
Mr.. Cleveland was that OF Sheriff o
Erie County to which he was GALE
by the popular voice IN 1869. A
the close of his term he again Ell
% gagged in the practice Of law associat
'e ing. himself with LYMAN X. Bos
J and Wilson S. Bissell. Mr.. Bos:
: Yealth being bad he shortly after
wards withdrew and Mr.. George &,
Sicard was admitted to partnershl
in 1881. Under the firm name O
Il Cleveland, Bissell & Co., he continue
= to practice law until elected reforl
- Mayor of Buffalo which occurre
:, shortly after Mr.. Sicards admlsslo
-, to the firm. The Incidents OF tina
= election and subsequent admlnistra
- ton are familiar throughout tn
8 country. The election itself was a
- almost unparalleled triumph, seem
=, ~ that it was secured by the larges
~ majority ever known, thus demon
strating the unbounded contidenc
y which the people had in the speci;
: fitness of their candidate to carr
- out the reform and in his unassal
=, able integrity.
h 1t is strictly true that Mayor Clevt
It land was swept into office on one
= those tidal a of popular proteS
Il against ring rule that are as resist
# less as they are sudden. :.
IS There was no uncertain sound
d his inaugural message. 1t ran
n clear and simple.
"We hold,' said he, 1.-THE none
d of the people in onr hands, to /
n used for their purposes and to turtht
their interests as members OF tt
le municipality, and it is quite apparel
i. that, when any part Of the funt
is which the taxpayers have thus Ell
h trusted us are diverted to other pu
poses, or when, by design or neglec
d. we allow a greater sum to be apple
lie to any municipal purpose than
necessary, we have, to that exten
RS violated our duty. There surely
X no difference in his duties and obi
lie cations, whether a person IS entrus
Of ed with money Of one man or man.
is And vet it sometimes appears
es though the ofice-holder assum
* that a different rule Of fidelity pr
walls between him and the tax-paye
than that which should regulate h
err conduct when, as an individual,
I'd holds the money of his neighbor
10 1t is quite plain that the official co
ed duet of Mayor Cleveland, his tidell
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