The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-16
Clevelands Career

Grover Cleveland, Governor of New
York, is native OF New Jersey, and is
now in his forty-seventh year. He comes
from ministerial family, his father and
number of his relatives being Protestant
clergymen. Grover received an academ
ic education after which he went to New
York city as a clerk in some charitable
institution. He soon became infected
with the western fever, and on his route
to his intended destination ne stopped in
Buffalo, NY, to visit wealthy uncle re-
siding in that city, who persuaded his
nephew to remain and take position in
his store. Young Cleveland, however,
asplred to become a lawyer and his rel
alive encouraged him in this ambition by
securing him clerkship with a promi-
nent law firm in Buffalo. Mr.. Cleveland
was admitted to the bar in 1859, and sooD
after was appointed assistant district at
torney for the county of Erie. In 1870
he was elected sheriff of the county, and
in 1881 mayor of the city. HIS election
in 1882 as governor of New York was a
noted triumph Of his popularity with the
people, his majority over Judge Folger
being 10000, Upon this signal victory
of two years ago was based the beginning
of the strong and successful efforts his
friends have made to secure his nOmina-
ton. Within month from the time of
his election as governor Of New York his
name was mentioned as possible candi-
date for the presidency. His adm,n,stra-
ton of the state affairs of New York
has added to his fame, though it has
brought him some detractors. The high
minded impartiality, the cool executive
ability, the unremitting industry, the lack
of ostentation which have marked his
whole life were carried with him to AL
bany. So fully has his career as governor
been free from the shackles of political
bias that it has drawn upon him the OPP
position OF the New York Sun, the lead
ing democratic paper ofAmerica-the Sun
openly avowed but few days ago that
the basis of it's hostility was Cleveland's
seeming forgetfulness of his democratic
friends and the fact that he had neglected
to bow down to the god Tilden. As a
great lawyer, as sheriff of Erie county as
al mayor of Buffalo. as governor of New
York, Grover Cleveland has, by his evin-
ced ability as statesman, by his spotless
purity as a pubic man, by earnest support
and advocacy Of right, by open opposition
to all public wrongs and by his simple,
transformations mode oflife drawn to him
an increasing train of admirers and sup
porters. When Blaine and Logan were
nominated by faction ofthe republicans
the disappointed and disguised wing OF
the party, called the independents, turned
turned their eyes toward Cleveland as
their hope from the democrats. From
that source he will receive many votes
John Kelly, the Tammany chieftian. has
waged against Cleveland an uncompromi
sng fight up to this time. Whether he
will carry his opposition to the polls can
not be as yet known. It is undenia BILE
that it will be serious thing for Cleve-
land and the democratic party if he does
The democrats have nominated no brill.
ant orator, no political juggler, no profes'
sional agitator, no man of smirched repu.
tation; but man who has been tried and
proven to possess all the qualities that &C
to make up strong, dignified, able pres
ident they have nominated.