New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-29

. Two weeks before erection said Congressman
hooI sbo we'd Il. that wo shond give Mr. Blaine A, 900
majority IA Erie County" 'bch The Democratic lcad-
ers discovered tine situation and SGT to work To retrieve
the day Cleveland. The Dc.nocraho Legion
ra,sed So 700 10y subsci ton Small Sums Tor tho
campaign obtn mol from hundreds oi DEMOCRATS
The entire Democrat population OF The c'tv Was mus
personally interested IN the results Of the campaign
Tine rich men of the party contributed lIborav. Tx
Mayor solomon .Scbeu and his sons gave III Ol
40 800 Ex-Congressinan ScOvilie gave $4,000 and
nd sanced money 10 paw the -nbscriptlons o. oulcrs
Indeed he is rpnted TO have advanced to the Demo
cratic cam pai committee the entire sum subscribed,
$50 900 and not ~ have been repaid Tor many OF the
subscriptions Mr. ScOyiiis is "a rich man ana h1s
not desired Office but naturally he has Thought that nc
ought to have the power to help his friends WIN le
President uoxever he has no more influence than IL
he had never worked moment or expended a penny
to elect Mr.. CLEVELAND. &. c. Curtis, hnatstor oi
this city, went to New-York and there by hard WORK
obtained $4,000 from the natsteis 10 sd CleVeiahu
The ano Mt Of money thus poured oV the pemociats
into Buffalo had It's eacct. AS a Buffalo democrat
expressed it There hardly a poor Democrat III
Buffalo who did II go hungry for DAYS IN order 10
give money to the campaign fund-but tho effort pah
We could see the Republican majority lesscnng day
after day Finally in order fully to impress tho yo,ors
of Buffalo the Democrats organized monster po'itlca
procc, SION rney ought Democratic Pohica CUPS
here from all the terror cities aud villages oi me
State Clubs came from Albany distances OF ooo
miles. The expense was enormous, oo' 'nc nunaV t
Democrats willingly bore it. They had the most
gigantic procession that traversed the streets OF
Buffalo Ii two and one half times as large
as Blaine procession, said Congressman Weber To-
DAY describing it, and 1t made sick 10 look at it,
I3y these Efforts and sacrifice of money the Buffalo
Democrats cut down the usua Republican majority
M Presidential elections onehalf. In 1870 Eric
Comfy gave Garfield 1851 majority; the same
county in 1884 gave Blaine only l.49O majority.
CIsveiand's plurality in the State was only io4I so
that but for the extraordinary labor oil the Eric county
democrats he would have lost The PRESIDENCY
What has been their reward President CieVeiahu
has apparently thought thal in order to prove himself
an deal President IN the Mugwump miad he must
show that he is above being swayed ny ordinary
human feelings. If the people Of Buffalo were KIND 70
him for many years when he lived among them, they
laborcd hard to elevate him to the Governorship anu
then to the Presidency, ii they sacrificed money AMI
time TO give him great honor-then they above all
people should not be contenptuously treated, their
wishes dsregsrded, their leaders neglected. One
instance Of his mstreatcnt Of the citizens Of Buffalo
ts an example Of all For many years the business
OF Buffalo have planned that the internal Revenue
Office for this district Ia Rochester seventy miles
distant. This s a city of 300 900 population while
Rookeefer has only 100000 population. Moreover.
the business interests of Bahao much larger than
those of Rochester Cleveland himself recognized the
fact year ago and said TO prominent Democrat OF
Rochester:
have one request to make Of you and that y that
you win not suggest any Rochester man for Collector
Il Internal Revenue The business OF the district all
b Bu9slo and intend to appoint Buffalo man"
k6e Buffalo Democrats presented tor the Presidents