The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-18

.rov~r Cleveland. Democrats >"miar~.
Grover Cleveland. ncfnn-ratlc capi lta-
or PrcsiIcn; and present Governor Z ~
Yo,k. was born at Caldwell, E~SrV t.aat,
\. J.. March Is is35. His father was >
| n~inistrr. and Mr.. Cleveland has liVsus -r.
aves prominent among 81. lruG~11;
.Nrsv. not Ia speak ot his uumcrss Glen
al ancestors After rcrivjny su~h a
,trlc;ion - WAS pus1i0Sc f-uu
n. NM school In var,,c.
place. of the parental r-iA-ncc. 1Ours
Cleveland was sent to the Ard~-ny Ne
! ton. oneiis County. y. \. tp"a HAVING
dis sea; Of lcaTniug. h- went GO Nes lotA
City, here he'alls-i for some ii-gr H. -
sitspn of clerk In All inSstutios ~ charity.
lie subsequently, s,artrd West bu; 't-itns
while ON his way. an upc<e fgra,lsg N
Buffalo. he was indnc,si {" remain
In that city, a. clerk tn be- ~trv
Of his relative. III" was ciE- tsru
yrars of aye No the tnr, All ambRiOu- y"grs
fellow possessed ~ tn earnest d,~oT~ o.
bs~rufn. a successful lawyer. Ills ufr le
favored this aspiration. and scruFrt him a
place a. clsk In the Office 81 q pru'ni'sut
Law finn and nj the same Gnac N e~u'"y~i
the counforts uf a good home at his fr.p
tive's house lie wa adu,lti.si u the bar "a
1859. His first political ofsne was ASs,.
,snt District Attorney for The COUNTY of
Eric. He held the poSiiisn hr~.
Years, until the end Of hts SuI.rss =
term of Office. WHEN he Was nominated Tor
DistrNc, Attorney IN the democratic ticket
but defeated. In 1870. fSr war afr Us
failure, he was el.cted Sheriff 81 Erpr
County, and In November. 1881, wa rsvtcl
Nayor Of Buffalo by q decisive majority
In iss3 the Democratic STATE Convention ~
New Iok nominated him for Gov,Tuur
~ he defeated the Republican candidate.
Mr.. Folgcr. the present Secretary 0f uhr
Treasury, by nearly two hundr-l ,housairt
majority. This brought him prominently
forward as a candidate for the ITv,idsncy.
Mr.. Cleveland II a bachelor.
The Nominee Tor S,ce-rr~.ti~nt
Thomas A. Hendricks, the nomfn~. Or
Vice President. was horn In Mu.klngum
County. Ohio. September :. 1912. .fhrrc
years later hts father mos,,i viii, h.- family
Ia Indiana Mr.. Hendricks rra.,s,,r-f At
South Hanover College In issl and innlc-
diately commenced iis st.siy % law. he
was admitted to ia. bar In k~sS. In i~4s
he was elected W the INDIANA Legislature
and In 1850 was a member ~ the stat,
constitutional Conycniioa. lie rprc
.ent-i the indianapolis district In
,h. Legislature from asst "a
is35. when he WAS sp.nintsi Commissioners
of the General Land Office ny President
Pierre. which office he held until 1863. In
is6s he ran for Governor of indiana, but
beaten by Henry :. Lane. lie VAS
electesi United STATE Senator in irs3. AMI
upon seyera! Important committees
ability. AMI h.s-sme recognized a. |.
party leader. la 1865 he again ran for
I'uNer1lor, and was also u prominent candi-
late for lrs-steni in the sam.
year and cane NEAR renewing the
Democratic nomination. lie va again
before The National Convention tn is5s, and
defeated only by the fusion Incident "a tie
times, but he was chosen Governor of IT,
Ia 1876 his friends confidently
hrs nomination for the fr.sidsncy.
but NJ. T1ldrn had succeeded i'm carving
New York, was very popular and surrss.ie,l
"a securing the Domination. with Mr..
for rr-ptv-ident. The events
'"iseciei will that memorable campaign
mi the results of t.~ Electoral Commission.
ne still fresh In the minds 81 the people.
Since then Mr.. Hendricks has given his az
1nuon to the practice of his profession.