The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-10-28
CLEVELAND
At BUFFALO,
Crowds Flock to See Him.
His Presence EleCtri6eS the City Of
His Youth.
He ReCOuntS Macy Of His Early Expert.
enCeS and Adventures.


cal gathering ever held in the city Of
Buffalo was addressed tonight 10y en-
President Cleveland. His old friends
and co-worlIers were fairly beside them
selves with admiration and enthusiasm.
The cy president spoke IN brief as
follows:
| hope it IS not necessary for me
to tell you how much enjoy be
ing with you tonight and how ey-
ccedingly gratifying is every reflection
suggested by this occasion. Its best
and most pleasant feature is, Of course,
the presence here of many old Buiiaio
friends which recalls to my mind in
cdcnts and associations which have been
and will always continue to be the
thing most carefully kept by memory for
my delight. You have among you one.
at least, who thirtytwo years ago be-
lOngcd with me to a democratic club
which had in hand the task of clccting
Stephen \. Douglas To the presidency.
Many night we marched side by side
in yellow caps and bearing torches. !
do not believe either of us supposed for
a moment that our candidate could be
defeated, provided we marched far
enough and made noise enough and had
enough kerosene oil running from our
torches down our backs. | am thus re
minded of time when my participation
in the activities of politics meant cnthus-
iasm for a man or a cause, great deal
Of excitement and noise. plenty of hope
and confidence and generally followed
by bitter disappointment soon for
gotten. Others do the march
ing and shouting now, but | believe
they, too, are enjoying the campaign
more than | am. Somehow the thing
looks more serious now and cant helr
| thinking ! am rather more closely re
lated to the present campaign than
was when Douglass ran for president
| Another of your members was student
| in my Buffalo law office. This reminds
me of the days when in the city of
| Buffalo ! attempted by the practice of
| law to obtain as honest Ii ing as posi-
! bile in that business. Those were pleas
ant days and do not mind confessinG
/ that they were badly exchanged. so far
/ as my personal comfort and enjoyment
are concerned. for the perpleXities and
/ troubles of public life. | must not neg
( lcct to mention further the gratifying
circumstance that the appearance of the
name of this member upon your
rolls .. indicating that his politics
| have improved as well as his knowledg,
/ Of law since he was associntcd with M
/ in Buffalo. | knew another young man
when ! lived in Buffalo who was a jolly
pleasant fellow. but who, from a demo
cratic standpoint, and especially from th'
standpoint Of democratic defeat, was on,
of the most goodnatured but natural.
aggravatng republicans in the city.
want to emphasize the dominance oi hi
I good nature and good-heartcdness owe
his former partsanship by mentioning
! the fact that | have lately received from
/ him, as your secretary. AN invitation t.
| imn this organization. which, | under
stand, is pledged to the support OF tn
democratic candidate for the presl
dency. At the head Of you
club lind Il cOmparatlvel
new acquaintance, whose gcnerosit
AS friend, and whose success in busi
ness was fully explained to me when
| found that he had formerly resided il
Buffalo and had been educated in he
public schools. ] will not refer to tn
other members Of your organization
whose presence bring to mind pleasing
incidents of former days. but will do my
self the justice to say that my sensation
are such this moment and the atmos
phere of personal friendship that per
Yates this occasion. that nearly forge
that this organization has political plan
and purposes. ] am glad, however, tina
whcn these plans and purposes occur t
my mind they merely add to my grateful
| appreciation Of your personal KIND
ness. You encourage me to bc!icv
that though you have associate,
together in the support of certain poll
teal principles. the fact that an ole
Buffalo friend is III trouble on accoun
Of his political opinions and needs you
help, has something to do with your or
ganizing for political activity. There
fore. while my heart is full of grat'tud
to the friends see about me, ! canno
rorbcar the suggestion Of my belief tina
YOUR organization not only demonstrates
ynur rersonal friendship for an oil
t,wnsman, but it also indicates that yol
nrr fully alive to your duty as GOO
" ';tilrns, You know how devoted an
f. thr principles Of the dem cratic part
ami ynur knowledge Of me will, an
'nr, nrauit ne of insncerlty whel
ryprrss the opinion that tn
r,snlt or the pending political struggl
'''' e., ,nr ,.pnptry and our DpC