Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-03-13
CLEVELAND IN BUFFALO.
~ Come TO be Elected Mayor.

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washington to-day Hon. Grover
o,',.,Iond. of Buffalo, was duly inaugu-
! I,,5 President OF the United States lie
i', w 4u,antv-ffth President, and the sec
j. w ;tivcn Of Buffalo who has attained
' Cila rreat office, the first one being the
, ,.i-, 5IiIIard Fillmore, who became Presl-
a'' - =, The death of President Taylor in
1859. ,,,o nan, President
,,,or Of Buffalo, and on March T.
, ",, he would have said 'impoSsloiei
1917 .mn;Gd;culous" to any one who WouIo
anu Ir,-radicted to him the event OF to-day
have .',,,, stances of his public career
Inc S en- wonderful political fortune are
and MS w. hut little "reminiscences
accidentally bearing on MS '''' '''iN
i ,lpoT not be out OF place. - tho fou
MAY Ti Is wel-known fact that IN 'l, t l ra,
= y 1881 81 the local Democracy were '' A. NJ
o! OF Io9r to a candidate for mayor, h,'
IN u, reE innd was busy in his law pracuECe,
CleTg ,,.,s REGARDED as out Of politics so lar
ana wac ! VeeSndidate for any office was
as beng ! ''i IN the Hancock presidential
col cgl;iT he took very little part anu anu
mode only one or two sPeecI ,',,o,tion
ftarnoon. lust before the CITY cQnr on bnsy
T Ti,1- Cleveland, who hau pe1m go ~
oc,rt al dav entered the resI'ui 's'i ~ VI
N N c [r;nnd Michael Doll. At one OF the
m Sl lil' sat 4 group of Democratic pohu-
taoe' s ;Ss the mayorality question.
cal S, u'I cleveland entered one OF them
M M I.;r,a6 There's the man we want,
eAJ az 10 r2s invited to join the circle. On
a al;, ~ down it was suggested to him that
~ S,' become the Democratic candidate Tor
, mo Mr.. Cleveland laughed the idea
10 :corn. "What do l want to be mayor
foro" he said. ''I've got all | can attend
70 and, besides, if l wanted an Office
= would not be that OF mayor
- Ruff3lo" The conference broke
m satisfied that Mr.. Cleve-
land could not be induced to run. Then
came the celebrated star-chamber "
citv convention, at Tvoli hall, engineered
bv the late James q. Muldoon, who was
chairman of the city committee. Admls-
sion could only be had by ticket, and
tbe Commercial that afternoon headed its
ranort of the convention Muldoon's
Picnic" name which always stuck to
Il Mr.. Cleveland was unanimously
nominated for mayor, and a committee
Of three was appointed to see If he would
accent. II not, they were instructed to
offer the nomination to Aid. George W.
Partridge. In order to facilitate Mr..
Cleveland's acceptance, John c. Sheehan,
who had been renominated by acclama-
ton for comptroller, was withdrawn,
and Timothy J. Mahoney substituted.
II was about ) o'clock in the afternoon
when Mr.. Cleveland appeared in the
convention and made a short speech, in
which he said that he accepted the nomi-
nation with reluctance, but would do so
because he was a democrat, and as such
could not fail to respond to the call of
his party.
The famous veto of the STRENGTHENING
contract swindle." as it was called, Mon
day, June %, 1882, did more than any
thing else to make Mr. Cleveland's repu-
tation as mayor, but as matter OF fact
its effect was entirely discounted by the
aldermen, who-as was said at the time
nearly tumbled over one another in
their haste to rescind their action in the
matter before the mayors veto came in.
This they succeeded in doing, but the
veto Was afterward read and ordered re-
ceiyed and fled. It's effect, OF course,
had been entirely forestalled. On the
morning of the day it was sent in re-
porter Of The Commercial called on Mayor
to ask for an advance copy OF
he expected veto, to print in the third
sftion. "Well," said the mayor, '1ve
.ot a veto prepared, and / think it a
retty stiff one, but | don't want to give
/ to YOU because l am afraid they won't
receive it. 1t makes a man sick" he
continued, "to think of their action, and
! have used some plain language. The
reporter suggested that the council was
bound to receive an official cOmmunica-
ton from the mayor, and after some per-
NaSon His Honor's scruples about allow
in. an advance copy to be taken were
gerome, on the pledge, however, that if
GedOcUment was not read it should not
eWnted.
@mav say that Mr.. Cleveland was
aFays very clever to the newspaper men
ngying ont his public documents, all of
which he wrote himself, after consulta-
ton with his clerk, Hon. Harmon s. Cut
ting We notice a dispatch from Wash
inston says that he intends to declaim his
inaugural address from memory. This is
characteristic, and it is an old habit with
Inn to write out and memorize what he
mas to say. He did SO at the meeting OF
The bar called to take action on the death
Oh ms friend, Oscar Folsom, when he
made touching and beautiful speech.
II was thought to be impromptu, but the
IIeporte: knew otherwise, as they already
IdG the manuscript word for word rs he
uClVered 1t. When as Mayor he was
called upon to deliver the address at the
IIa!yIhg OF the cornerstone of the new
.ioung Mems Christian Association build
Iiig on Mohawk street, a reporter for the
C,o%Imercioi approached him to obtain a
BleuEe OF the manuscript after the adj
uIe'S was delivered. "Oh, here it is you
v@l take 1t now" said the Mayor. 81
wrote 1t out, but l know it by heart 1t
was the same way with his speech at the
SSeI1Ii-Gentennial anniversary of the CITY
neId July Sd, 1882, and also his speech If
lne dedication Of the Fitch institute
Buffalo Commercial.
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