St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-24
CLEvELAND's INSIDE LIFE.
n Close Vie,U of The Old Fashioned Demo-
cratic Standard Bearer.
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cratic Standard Bearer.
Albany Special Telegram.
Gov. Cleveland shakes hands with good
many. people every day now. Formerly the
visitors to the great Copitol building asked to
be shown the Senate Cham Der, the Assembly
Hall and the pictures; now they ask to see
the big Governor. He treats them all alike.
Shaking hands may make his hands sore, but
1t win never throw him off his guard. One
would think presidential nomination would
agitate man somewhat, but the governor
simply said, s'Go over and tell sister. She
will be glad to hear it," He is a man of the
most perfect equanimity 1 should say he
would have made a good surgeon, for he
could cut a leg off and never finch. He
might sympathize very deeply with the I'M
fortunate victim, for he has warm heart,
but II he thought his leg ought to be cut off it
would have to come. What he thinks is right
to be done he does with all the earnestness
OF very strong nature. Of discrimination
he has none. / saw a workingman in his
shirt-sleeves rush in to shake hands with him
the other day, and a little later United
States senator arrived to offer his congratula-
tons, but could not see that the governor
s'shifted his position in the least He was
the embodiment Of simplicity towards BOTH
He is a man you will fad the same on Tues
day he was on Monday, and the same or
Wednesday he was on Tuesday. Easy enough
to approach at any time when he has not
something he thinks more important to do
than to talk to you, otherwise he shuts up
very close. In some important methods of
life he has not got very far away from the
primary simplicity of childhood. And here
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crier in one of the courts of Albany is blind
man, who lives in the same part of the city
as the governor. He is. somewhat aged and
has become so familiar with the road from
his home over to the Courthouse that he gen
orally goes alone. But one morning, some
months ago, he missed his way and the gov
ernor coming along took him by the arm and
brought him along with him as far as the
Capitol building. AS they were about to
separate, the old gentleman asked the name
of his considerate guide
''NIy name is Cleveland,'' said the gov
ernor.
''Are you in business in the city?''
Eyes. | have an Office up here in the
capitol.''
"Oh, you are not the governor
eyes. I am the GOVERNOR
The poor old fellow was almost beside him
self, and went on with story to tell as long
as he lived.
One morning. since the governors nomi-
nation for president, as he was walking over
from the executive residence to the capital;
he again found the old court crier astrav
from his familiar path and again took him
by the arm and helped him along as far as
they went the same way. As they walked
the old gentleman proceeded to tell of anotl-
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hearted man helped him out of his difficulty
and how that kind-hearted man turned out
to be Gov Cleveland. s'Well you have en-
countered the governor again. was the
quiet response And then the poor old crier
was beside himself. He had been escorted
by good Samaritan who might be the presi-
dent of the United States At least two
stories and a mansard roof had been added
to the good story he already had to tell, and
again he went on his way rejoicing.
The governor is full of the milk of human
kindness and his heart is big enough to take
in all mankind. Though bachelor he has
a most benignant face and can talk to you
like father. The pictures of him do not
give his face as it is generally seen. He
sometimes looks serious, but never cross or
even austere. AS soon as you see him you
feel that you need not have any trepidation
in speaking to him. Sometimes public men
have way of making everybody who at
tempt to come near them get down and crawl
in the dust of humiliation, as if it was one of
the Gods of Bundeclund about to be ap-
preached, but not so with our big Governor
of the big state of New York, and our big
presidential nominee of the big Democratic
party. If he ever gets to the White House
all the sisters will feel like he is their broth
er, all the cousins will feel like he is theix
cousin, and all the aunts will feel like he is
their nephew. When he sits down there is
not much room left between the arms of
pretty wide chair and he looks wonderfully
comfortable and homelike.
The other day when there were three or
four gentlemen callers sitting or walking
about in the Executive office, bunch of
country women dropped in on their sight
seeing tour. After gazing about in some
perplexity, as if they were looking for some
thing they could not find to their entire sat
isfaction, the eldest and the supposable head
by the party, ventured up to the Governor as
tue most approachable man she saw, and
ventured to ask, (which might be the Gov
ernorW Fright here" said he, as he
thumped himself on the bosom and went on
with the business in hand comp the la
day calculated, and retired amid her bushes
to the expectant group in the corner and
then they all looked over and said 'soh % in
chorus.
When the Governor gets well settled in
his chair, takes good long breath and adj
justs his glasses on the lower part of his
nose, he looks as wise, as mellow and as
sunshiny as Benjamin Franklin. He looks
as though it would take very considerable
shock to knock him off his balance. | asked
him the other day if he read the papers that
abused him.
Sometimes, !" said he, with a smile that
broke out all over his face
"Do you ever get disturbed over ANYTHING
they sayr'
''Not much. Every man has right to
enjoy his own mind. l remember an old
fellow who was neighbor of my father and
we would sometimes try to get him to come
over to our church. He was a strong Bap-
list, and he would always say: No; YOU
you folks are Presbyterians, and if / go over
to your church l couldn't enjoy my mind
OF course, that was the end of the argu-
ment.''
"What is the most annoying SANDER they
have ever published about you, Goyernor!,
swell, l have been more surprised
land then he did twist just little in his
chair) at the way have been represented as
to the laboring men than anything else |
don't see how the idea ever got out In the
first that have been opposed to the interests
OF laboring men. / cannot remember one
single act in my life that could be reasona-
bly, construed into anything Inimical to
their best interests. Ithas been Just the
other way with me. i have slways taken
particular pains, whenever it was in nv
power, to see their interests well guarded
But have no fear as to the outcome I have
observed that laboring men have minds of
their own as well as political principles, and
when there has been full investigation of