The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-09-27
THE KIND OF MAN HE is,
A NORTH CAROiINIAN CALLS On
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND
Description OF His Appearance--His
Manner and His Office.-Note> About
the Campaign.
Special to The CHRONICLE.

DELANAN HOUSE, ALBANY, sept. IL
Tar heel in Albany on business nom
political goes to see Governor Cleveland.
The Governor pleases him SO that he
wants to tell all the rest Of the Tar heels
what good fellow. after their own hearts
they are going to have for a President
Amidst the magnificence Of the new New
York capitol building, the richest speci-
men Of modern architecture we have: in
his official apartments which are the most
gorgeous of them all, panellcd with rose
wood, curtained with damask and carpeted
with velvet, Governor Cleveland is as
"plain as an old shoe"
As unaffected and direct as Judge Ruf-
fin and as robust and earnest as Judge
MerrlmOn, he is so much like our home
folks, that I think your readers will like
to hear the impressions | received.
At certain hours every day Governor
Cleveland sees his fellow-c citizens who
want to see him. And there is no tom
foolery about it, no vestibule, no ushers,
and no cards are required. You walk
straight in, the Governor moves forward,
his hand extended. You tell him your
name and where you are from. and he in
PRODUCES YOU to the nearest gentleman.
| went up the hill this morning to take
a good look at the capitol before | called
on the Governor. [ did my sightseeing
and walked into the Governors office
few minutes before he came in. \ young
man in the room pointed out his desk and
asked me to try his chair On his port
folio lay pile Of papers to be signed. [
looked over his books of reference at his
right hand. There were the New York
Legislature proceedings, the American
Almanac, volume Of New York Civil
Service Laws and the like, and on the top
of all thin volume of United States
Civil Service Laws. bound in morocco and
stamped with his name, presented by
some admirer.
The Governor came in directly, and then
a succession of visitors. Governor Cleve
land is like his pictures. He is a great,
massive man, big in every part, somewhat
more bald than he appears in his photo
graphs and his body is 50 bulky that he
made the impression upon me of not be
ing as tall III proportion as he is usually
represented. He makes q fine figure.
without q suggestion of being handsome.
He was dressed in a dark gray suit and
Wore no jeWelry except q little plain gold
stud in his shirt front In his manner
there is perfect repose and dignity with
out stiffness. In personal appearance he
is just the man for rs Tar-heels and all
other single honest folks. No yellow vest
and striped breecheS. atfectati0nS of
British styles: no coats Of arms or liyeries
Will be patrOnized ny President Cleveland
at Washington But we viii have plain,
honest old-fastioned .et1ers0niar Aneri-
can iii the White House after next 18th OF
March. Iiveried servants and yellow
bodied coaches viii 90 out with Dorsey
Star Route thiyes and Blaine railroad
iobberS. and pinple home-spun Demo-
cratic American manuers and morals Will
come in and stay with Cleveland.
vaS glad to see that the Governor
coult; make fun and enjoy it. IL Gid net
talk politics. though he narrated with
much -U>Co SoTne Of the humorous sides OF
it, He SAYS he has had 10 open museum
and a nlenagerie, and be showed Us some
Of his collections. He mas any number Of
canes ink stands and paper weights. SeN--
eral puppies. a pnE-eyed rabbit and a
horned toad from Texas. lie read a letter
from man i'll Indiana announcing that
he had named his triplets Grover Cleve
land Tom Hendricks and Mrs. Hendricks
because they fit exactly.
Friends III Albany told me that the
Governors immediate circle are very san
guine OF success, though they prefer to
keen very quiet about it. The fight is ali
mapped out and the Cleveland managers
are prepared to give Nr. Blaine q regular
series of explosions, growing louder and
stronger to the close Of the canvass. /
was assured a little mySteriously that
there would be a succession Of very start
ling disclosures beginning soon: that Mr.
Conkling and ether prominent old Repub-
licans would be glad to furnish their aid
and that by the end Of the campaign Mr..
Blaine would be tripped of every disguise
exhibited in all of his tattOOingS.
Ny business takes me through Ohio and
Indiana next. and if get time l may send
YOU some notes from these other doubtful
States. Xxx