St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-07-19
OUR STANDARD-EEARERS

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OUR STANDARD BEARERS.
FOR Observation-Disclosures CLEVELAND
Stephen Grover Cleveland wa.
born i'll 1887, in the obscure littl,
town of Caldwell, Essex county, n
j., immediately opposite New York
his father was Presbyterian min
lister. with u large family and {
small salary. He finally moved to
Fayetteville, where young Grove,
Cleveland first went to school at the
village academy, and where he fl.
nally obtained employment in a
thriving country store. He left
work to go back to school, and was
III attendance there when bis father
died. This broke up the family.
Grover went to Buffalo, where his
uncle, Lewis L. Allen. was promi-
nent stock breeder, and acted as
his clerk for some yeals. His de.
sire, however, had always been to
become Il lawyer, and as soon as he
was able he entered the office of q
legal linn in Bntfalo-Rosers, Bow
Ell X Roa ers-where he remained
four years studying law, finally
rising to the position of their man
aging clerk.
In 1863, when twenty-six years
of age, he began his public life as
assistant district attorney of Erie
county. He held this office for
three years, during which period
nearly all the official duties fell on
his shou ders. SO faithfully did he
administer the office that i'm 1865
he was Nominated by the Demo-
Gratis for district attorney, but it
was bad year for Democrats, dur
ing the heat and excitement of the
war, and young Cleveland was de-
featcd for the office by his Repub-
lican opponent, who, by the by, uf-
terw nd be came his law partner.
La 1866 he formed law partner
ship with j. X. Vanderpooi, which
lasted for two Years. He afterward !
associated himself with A. p. Ian |
sing, and again with Oscar Folsom. |
The last partnership was broken .
1p by the election of Cleveland as !
Sheriff of Erie county, in 1869.
He returned to the law again
When his term as Sheriff expired,
md soon obtained distinction as
me OF the first lawyers of western
New York.
Grover Cleveland's election as
Mayor of Buffalo, on Democratic
'nd Reform ticket, 1881, suddenly
ifted him from local into national
prominence. The Incidents Of that
election and subsequent admins
ration are familiar throughout the
ountry. The election Itself was
n almost unparalleled triumph.
eelng that it was secured by the
argest majority ever known. thus
demonstrating tue unbounded con-
dence which the people had in the s
pecial fitness of their candidate to |
AIRY out the reform, and in his I'M |
integrity, d
His administration of the office |
Mayor was a complete success, t
nd when the New York Demo- v
ratio State Convention met in 1881 t
was the most prominent candi-
ate for Governor. He was nomin-
ed, and elected by the largest ma i,
rty (la6,0OO) ever given any h
Indfdate i'll any st tie in the Union. a
Gov. Cleveland's administration y
the Gosernorship has been SIM +,
lIarly successful. He saved the 81
ate millions of dollars in the eyec- ~
IN of the Capitol; he reformed o.
e insurance bureau, which had \,
come a mere political dispe nsary; q,
fact, he reformed every branch n,
the government. He was very q
'efai III Ills vetoes, vetoing num- IA
+ OF bills passed 10y the Lesisla- II
re. and he kept up a constant ia
rfare against extravaganza and N
Of every kind. n,
Gov. Cleveland entered the Cap =,
unrecosnized, but quite ut his dc
sc, sauntered up to the Executive =,
amber, and was there met by hr
". Cornell. The moment the ~
uSural ceremony was over he dr
'sed into the spacious chamber So
lch Is Set apart for his use. az. al
ed that the doors should be "
'ned TO admit anybody, and went Co
to work. Never was sw
important event so completely nm
ppet of its fuss and feathers tra
FER was a more radical change a,
cted In the official routine of an,
executive department. Hith- ;ne
there We're all sorts of DELAYS od,
lmpediments in the path to be,
Gov, Tnor. Cards had to be M,
IN. ushers conducted citizens nla