Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-19


York city reform bills was on the
ground that they were so loosely
drawn. The remainder of these
bills he has already signed. n large
part of the Governors record has
thus been made in obiecting to bills
that have come 10 him when both |
Democrats and Republicans have |
controlled the Legislature. While |
il is the side of ucgation, the most
conspicuous side always, there IS |
yet the most positive assertion OF
the doctrines approved by Tho Leg
| islature. The very vetOes of Gov. |
Cleveland, therefore, form a pro-
/ nounced and positive part of his |
record. The list of bills that he has
| approved number less for the two1
| years of his Office than for any two |
| years Of recent times. The MEM
bers of the Legislature have learned
to know and fear his disapproval,
and they do not "chance it" on pass
| ing bills with the assurance that the
Governor will help them through.
Nor do we hear the old excuse OF
Legislators for voting for bill: 81
think it ia an unconstitutional meas
ures but then the Governor will
veto it," 1t Is not necessary to
make that remark now that Gov.
| Cleveland is in the chair. Among
| the measures that have become
laws by the approval of the present
Executive may be mentioned thee
bill abolishing the State paper,
which took o large amount of pro-
spective patronage away from tho
Albany Argus, the organ of the De-
mocracy; the bill prohibiting the
manufacture or sale of oleomargar-
inc, and creating Dairy Commiss-
ioner to protect tho dairy interests
| of the State; the bill centering re-
sponsi bility in tho hands of the
Mayor of Now York city; the bill
requiring telegraph and other wires
to be placed under ground in New
York and Brooklyn.
Gov. Cleveland Is tremendous
worker. Very few mon have devo-
ted as many hours to work within
| the past year ami q half AS he has.
Certainly no Governor of New York
State, of recent times, has been at
his desk as early and has kept at it |
as late. Ualf-past in the morning |
finds him there, and, in the busy |
days, midnight also finds him there. /
| 1t is no unusual thing to come across
that portly figure at orr O'Clock in
| the. morning on his way from the |
Office to the Executive Mansion, |
half mile away. The only hours !
Of absence are those devoted to /
lunch and dinner. With the assi5- |
lance of Col. Daniel S. LarnOnt, his |
private Secretary, the Governor |
carefully reviews all bills, and if
doubt or an unwiso provision APP |
pears he sends for the iniroducer oi
the bin ami points out the defect.
Many previous governors did not
take this trouble, and thereby give
the maker of the bill a chance.
They vetoed without any warning I
Whatever. This work, that has been
voluntarily assumed by Gov. Glove
land was done in the time OF GnV.
Cornell by three paid assistants Of
high legal ability. When the warm
weather comes Gov. Cleveland is
not ashamed to strip for his work
and TO sit at his desk coatleS9, while
u thrOng of visitors file in and out
of the immense chamber and cast
sly chances at "the great COM
moner."
There is a softer side 10 Gov. I
CleVeland's nature which causes
him TO temper justice with mercy.
The greatest test of an Executives ,
fitness for his place is the contest /
that must come between what is I
right on the one side and the proper !
use of the pardOning power on the '
other. Testimony regarding the i,
cases of criminals is often sent him
in huge volumes, and yet it receives {
his careful attention at spare mo-
ments, which are, of course, infre-
quent during tho session of the Leg
islature. BY means of this thorough
examination the Governor often
learns moro of the case than even
the District Attorney who had it
in charge. His sympathy for the !
uniustly accused and convicted has Q
led to many aIInOyances. He listens i
to the prayers and tears OF friends t
who present but one side of the case, l
and who almost invaribly demand
that he shall give some assurance .
that he will grant their request. He
always has kind words for the petit
TONERS, but he will make no move
Inent till after tho most thorough
examination. He sends to the War
ASAE wa tIIS IAACOti W 1CttA II VA tlIC ri
conduct of the prisoner who is un- e
der discussion. A good report has Q
its effect upon his decision. In y
whichever way that decision turns, s.
tho reasons therefor are given to the !,
public. They are not withheld, as
has been The custom of almost every Y
one Of his predecessors. ,a n
The Executive Mansion was G
IL n
ago. IT stands on the brow of q .
hill on the south of the Capitol, and j
it has been occupied successfully by :,
Gov. Tilden, Robinson, Cornell and q
Cleveland. The State provides the
residence and the 'furniture-all else :,
is paid out of the Governors salary
of $4,000. Tho hOt-hOuse is not ]
paid by the State, neither are the +,
numerous receptions which prom
inent official must give. Gov. .,
Cleveland often sends flowers to The
several hospitals, and his hand is L
always open to deserving charities. ~
He keeps no horses, not only on ac- o
count of tho expense, but chiefly Cd
because he does not like them. Al j
though he is heavy man, yet he M
always walks to his Office and to "
his church Forth Presbyterian r.
is about mile away.
His actual working weight is put ri
Town at 220 pounds. lie is vigor- OF
our, robust, of nervous Temporal G.
nent, lightcomplectiOn, thin brown A
lair, rapidly tending to badness, %
md is q prepossessing looking bach x
,Ior. Though he has held Office fire. eli
luently, bis worldly possessions are to
isted for taxation in Buffalo at the A.
modest sum of $4,000. aS a
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We might as well permit our "
enemies to direct the movements of
,ur armies in time of war, as to H.
permit them 70 direct or control our 'iI
and nLher industTio5 | W