The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-06-29
sts,oh OF Grover o.svsiand.

GROVER CLEVELAND was born Mnrch18, 1897
In Caldwell, Essex County, n. j. He. was
the son Of Presbyterian minister and was
cbristened Stephen Grover, but always pre-
ferred being called by the second name: In
1910 his father moved to Fayetteville, N, Y,
afterward to Clinton, then to village
known as Holland Patent, short distance
above Utica. There his fathcr died sudden.
y snd hs sn nsn cy Tn and fpfGa foi
two years was an undertcacher In blind
asylum. At the end of that time he con-
clnded to quit teaching, and leaving New
York went to Buffalo, where he secured
position as Office boy and chance TO study
law in the law Office of Roge 3, Bowen "
Rogers. He was paid about u. week for
his services until he was admitted to the
bar in 1882. After his admission to the bar
he continued with his preceptors for four
yeara,. which, with the previous four years
served as n student, gave bin eight years Of
the best kind of legal experience. He was
then appointed Assistant District Attorney
for the county OF Erie which position he
filed with ability for u period OF three
years.
nominated and elected Mayor OF Buffalo on
n reform platform and carried on his nd
| minstration on reform lines, obtaining
| such prominence rs to commend him to the
notice of Daniel Manning and other party
leaders who had come into power under
| Governor and was elected by majority OF
| 1872, s5i over Charles j. Folger, the Republic
can nominee. During his administration
| he had frequent contests with Tammany
| and vetoed number of its measures. In
| 1854 he was presented by the party organiza-
| tion of his State rs a candidate for Presi-
| dent. The delegation to Chicago was in
structed for him, although he had the oppo-
sition of Tammany Hall. The Tammauy
delegates made vigorous contest against
| unit rule, but an amendment to the rules
providing that the votes of delegates in case
of difference should be recorded in accor-
dance with their individual preferences was
voted down, 332 TO 402.
He was nominated on the second ballot,
his chief competitor being Bayard. The
Presidential election occurred on the 4th OF
| November, resulting in casting OF 2l0 cleo
toral votes for Cleveland and Hendricks and
| 49, for Blaine and Lofan-majority for
| Cleveland, 81. The popular vote was 4,A-,-
33l for Blaine 4,9ll OH for Cleveland, 1885,
s25 for Gen. Il. +. Butler( Peoples party"(,
and l5l, $50 for J. ?. St joint 'Prohibition'D
a Democratic plurality Of 62,6S3.
The leading events of his term were the
death of Vice President Hendricks, the
| Presidents serious vetoes, especially the
| disapproval of the Dependent Pension bill,
his refusal TO attend .be Grand Army en-
| campment at st. Louis, the attitude OF the
Administration toward civil service reform,
and the various important appointments
made by the executive to all branches of
the Government services. The Pan Electric
stock transactions, in which some members
| Of his Cabinet were engaged, were the sub
| iect of Congressional investigation and the
real estate speculations about Washington
| in which Cabinet officials took part we're
also the subject of much animadytrsion.
On June 2, 1856, he married Miss Frances
| Folsom
He was renominated for the Presidency
in lsss. on tariff reform platform, but was
defeated by the Republican candidate, Gen.
Benjamin Harrison, who carried both New
York and Indiana against him, and won the
prize,