, 1892-12-17
THE NEW PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT.
Times, 18th. Nor.l

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The career of Grover Cleveland, who will
become President of the United States next
spring, is too we'll Known to be related here IN
detail. 1t will be sufficient to recall that he
was born on March Is, 1887. his father being
a Presbyterian minister at Caldwell, New
Jersey that he began life at 4 in a grocery
at Fayetteville, NY, but afterwards was sen
to an academy that the death Of his father
prevented him from going to college;and that,
after a period Of bookkeeping. he was assisted
by an uncle to study law 1T Buffalo, mean
while helpingthe uncle to bring out an annual
"Sherthorn Herd Book At the Bar and in
politics he early earned success. In $50 he
was elected sheriff If Erie County in 1851
Mayor Of Buffalo in 1888 Governor of New
York State and in 1885 President Of the Re-
public. Little has been heard in this country,
however, Of Adldi Ewing Stevenson, the Vice
President Elect, who for four years will occupy
the chair Of the Senate, and who, in the event
of Mr.. Cleyeland's death, would himself
become chief magistrate of the Republic,
This failure flame may he the effect, or, on
the other hand, it may be the cause, Of the
alleged fact that "he has no enemies. Of Mr.
Cleveland it WAS once said by a Democratic
orator. I'VE love him for the enemies he HIS
made, and the phrase has done heavy duty
in the past campaign. Adlai Ewing Steven
son comes of a very migratory family. In the
Photographic past his ancestors left Scotland
and settled in the north Of Ireland, whel CO
his great grandfather emigrated to North
Carolina about l20 years ago, and Adlti
Stevenson was born in Kentucky an Ortober
%, 1885. Forsaking his aneestri occupation
Of farming, be spent SOME time az a Prgsayte-
ran college in Danviile, and then sta3ied
-. D1zA-s4. V1Tc,--. vl.-, II,
parents had settled. He was a limited to the
Yar in the year 1889, like Grover Cleve and,
and put up his ~slingle' at Mettmora, Illinois.
Even as a poor country lawyer his abilities
obtained recognition, and he was made q
Master in Chancery for a term of four years
while from 1864 to 1868 he was District Attor-
ney. He was ali ardent Democrat, but never
became a Seoessionist. On the contrary, he
took an active part in raising troops for the
Federal side in the war; but be did not himself
enter the army. From 1874 to 1875, and
again from 1878 to 1880, he was@ momber Of
Congress. and, on the success of his party IN
1885, he was made First Observation-Disclosures
ter-Grneral. In this capacity lie had the con
troll of nearly $4,000 post offices, and official
leadS were soon falling thick and fast-the
reason or excuse given being that the Repub-
hcan postmasters had hagrantly abused tfelr
positions for party purposes. In 1889. Of
course, he was himself decapitated. Presideift
Cleveland, after his defeat at the polls, but
before the expiry Of his ter IN, nominated Mr.
Stevenson to the Bench Of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia but the Senate
failed to ratify the appointment. HIS nomi-
nation for the Vice-PreSidency was extremely
we'll received in Illinois, where he is very
popular with Republicans as well as with his
political friends. and the personal element
doubtless contributed towards the striking
reversal Of Judgment brought about in that
State. The new Vice-PreSident is not rich,
but WELT do, and he ha. been for some time
past president OF a local colliery company. Mr..
Stevenson married a daughter of the Rev.
Lewis w. Green, ID. president of the Kel-
lucky College where he was par ly educated,
aud they have one son and three daughters.
1t may also be mentioned that he has been
for about 40 years a member of a Presbyte-
rian church.