Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-07-18
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES
Grover Cleveland and Thns. \ Heidi
ricks-SketChes Of Their Careers.

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Grover Cleveland. was t-prn At caldwell. F.,>..S
county. y. J. an the liih "t March l~T-. Hl
father. Richard Falling Cleveland graduated nj
al" t'lirs". in Ia aud subsequently Taught q
priyai. school ut high r-putr la RAlt& lie
rial theology with ih'' krS- pr. N-vin. II tbs
First PT,-~hN terrain JAuT-'l. subsequently ~usn,
Snnc time at Princeton aud beam "a prs,>lSvt.
RAN clergy man. III" nITTEcsg Ms. Anu Neal
daughter ~ ia" Rsy. Aparr MAJ. y lo,al mEnss,
ter of the Methodist Episcopal Church AMI uns
81 TN" ptpne"r Booksellers AMI publishers % Hal
tiHpr''. After preaching a while AZ Portsmouth
Va. Il" removed To Caldwell. y. J.. WHORE, hi-
~nn. Grover was born. AMI subsequently lo Fay.
ettVti!". eight miles east of ~vraru~r \. In
I>s7 he WAS NAH, secretary II tn Home Mission
AIRY society and in l>ii Installed at Holland
Patent. II miles north ~ jt!ea wh"r,. hr died
few week, later Mr. Cleveland ii.~ AZ the S4,In.
place. July ipth. iS>1, aged =.
Rev X. +. Cleveland gT4.uifathcr aah t;rnV~i
Cleveland gr"a,-grand father, A1rrI Cleveland
was "A native of East Ha,iiam. Conn. aud Con
grrgaitnuai minister. tie was man al decided
+ literary talent His SIN Charles wa> rity ms.
>iunary of Bs~ton. Dne 1t Charles t'tsy,.!nr,I
daughters b,.camt the mother uf Arthur cIrV..
land Coke. Well known Ia Ba!Iinlpr,' ~ The r,.t.,i
( at one time ot Grace T.. T. Church. All nnsy tap
Cleveland younger brother. William. was the
father of Richard Failing aud tn. grArIn.ths.r ai
Grover. lie was siIVrr>mith hN Irgsir and liX.
+ ed on tn" outskirts OF Norwich. Conn.
Grover Cleveland anc,.~;r ~ therefor. pr.>r,t
blending Of New England Rnd southern, stock
his father being descendant III tn. Purit..nS
aud his mother a native at Maryland. He wa,
named Ste piI,n tirsver after friend II 10 father
in the ministry but tlrupp.l th., rrst nam, i..
cause he WAS always called bv thu. second Al
the age of fourteen he entered country store a,
Fayetteville. y. Y, where he remained ; vrar~
when his fathers rem wal t. F.iutpr y. " en-.
abieti him In attend "A high school Their. After
his fathers death he assisted his brother whu
was n teacher in the New York Biiui A .yIuIn
In 1876 he S't out for the West with e I'M ninu
but his friends in Buffalo p.r>ua t.I him nnt T.
continue his Journey any further u the wet
ward.
SETTLING i'm Butf,io ynuney t'i.x,,.ja,,,I ,,,, . ,
law student In the office III X pgrr- Bowen AMI
Rogers, and was admitted Ia practice III 1871. tie
at ohc'' entered into the active practice. al his
roies,i4n and was in short tim appointed ~
si>tant district attorney for tn. crurIty of Erie
which position he filled with ark "A ability Tor
period Of three wears. Mr.. Cleveland t.mnnra-
riy abandon d the practic. of his profession in
100 to aSSunr the duties of sheriff III Erie county,
Ia which Office he was elected in y ,vemb.r al
that year At the expiration OF his ON .iai term
as sheriff, he became u mem brr al tn. II known
law irn OF Bass, Cleveland, aud bt~~ell of wilat,
he remained member until his election ~ GOV,
ernor Oi New York He soon ba.pul- promTprn,
as one OF the leading lawyer, Of Western New
York.
As an advocate before n court Or Jury his ,tyl.
was marked by "a clear, iuri>ivr logic aud n
thorough mastery Of all tn let ais 81 his a.;
One of his early associates said ri him recently
| 'Trover won our Animation by his three trait,
of indomitable industry, unprrtentiotIS COURAGE
and answering hon hSty. | ny r saw "A m m,
thorough man at anything hr uuierto pk. What.
ever the subject WAS, he US rrtirent until he
had m lSterei all its bearings and mat. ~ his
own mlnd-and then nothing cpull ~wrivs him
from his conviction. II wa, this quality of intel.
lectual integrity more than ANYTHING elk, u r..
hapS that IN ID him aftHrwar l. listened to aud
respected when IN Jre brila II IN ~ who W .rl On
posed to him Were applau,led AMI forg ,tt.n.''
In November, 1881. Mr.. Cievria nj was thu Il, M
ocratc candid ate for the Off - of MAYOR # Ruff
falo, and was elected by the largest ljorty ever
known having received the votes of man : of The
opposing party under the belief that he would
give the city a reform administration. Clrye-
lana administration was such as t. iu Stify the
expectations that Were created by his we'll
known character and previous public record as
well, and the people felt. without distinction OF
party, that they had in Mayor Cleveland an altI.
fearless, upright chief magi>tratA. H ha oroa-
sion several tim As to interpDse his veto b tween
the city treasury and the >cham - of u un,l,,ruy
politicians. and he always did it fcarle>Sly
In q word. his record was such that tn ewes of
all the democrats in the state W u turn n to-
ward him a the coming candilat. for Inv .rn ,r
lie was elected to that OH e in Npvemh r. lSS2
by majority Of 1881. over Charles j. Foiuar
the republican nominee, am he took ppS,SSion of
the executive chamber on the lst IF January
1893
Mr.. Clevelands administration as Governor inf
New York has been marked by unScrupuous ii
deity in the discharge of his duties conspicuous
honesty and great courage in opposing oh.c-
tionabe schemes of legislation and official nbu
SEES. He has naturally incurred the bitter ho iii
ity OF men who could not use him. AMI the ,,bu,a
which has been shOwered on him by his oono.
nents will doubtless prove the best certitialt OF
character that could be given him in the ewes of
independent voters as Well rs the great m * sns
of the democracy.
Gov: Cleveland's thorough leg,l training has
served nm Well IN the executive chair II Is some
years since n thorough lawyer MR. Tilden) last
held the Office His practice has been to sean ALI
OF the bills sent to him. and not 10 depend i'm
pcitly upon the advice of other lawyers as )me
Governors have done. He makes thorough work