The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-01
The Candidates.

Grover Cleveland is now - years of
age, having been born in Caldwell, y. j.,
March Is, 1887. He was the fifth OF
the nine children of the Rev. Richard
+. Cleveland, clergyman of the Pres
byterian church and a graduate Of Yale
College. Mr.. Cleveland's mother was
Annie Neal, the daughter of an Irish
merchant in Baltimore. His great
grandfather was DIR. AaronCIeveiand, a
graduate OF Harvard and an Episcopal
minister in Philadelphia, where he was
a close friend of Benjamin Franklin, III
whose house he died in 1907.
His education was obtained IN the
common schools and academy at Fay
ettville, y. Y, serving part OF the time
as clerk in a country store at 500 per
year. After the death of his father at
Holland Patent he went to New York
City, and for two years was an under
teacher in "A blind asylum. At the end
of that time he concluded to quit teach
ing, and, leaving New York, went TO
Buffalo, where he secured position as
office boy and chance to study law IN
the law office of Rogers, Brown II Rogers.
He was paid about $3.50 a week for hls
services until he was admitted to the
bar in 1859 After his admission to the
bar he continued with his preceptors for
four wears, which, with the previous
four years served as a student, gave him
eighl years of the best kind of legal eX-
perience. He was then appointed assis-
tant district attorney for the county Of
Erie, which position he filled with ability
for a period of three years. He was
nominated by the Democratic county
convention in 1860 for district attorney
and was defeated. He was chosen
sheriff of Erie county in 1870.
In November 1881, Mr.. Cleveland was
nominated and elected mayor of Buffalo
on a reform platform and carried on his
administration on reform lines, obtain
ing such prominence as to commend him
to the notice of Daniel Manning and
other party leaders who had come into
powcr under Tilden. In 1882 he was
nominated for governor and was elected
by majority of 162, $40 over Charles J.
Folger, Republican nominee. During
his administration he had frequent con-
tests with Tammany and vetoed a num-
of its measures. In 1854 he was present
ed by the party organization of his state
as candidate for president. The dele
CATION to Chicago was instructed for him,
although he had the opposition of Tam
many Hall. The Tammany delegates
made a vigorous contest against the unit
rule but an amendment to the rules
providing that the votes of the delegates
in case of a difference should be recorded
in accordance to their individual prefer
ences was voted down, 332 to 462. He
was nominated on the second ballot, his
chief competitor being Bayard.
The presidential election occurred on
the 4th of November, resulting in the
casting of 2l9 electoral votes for Cleve-
land and Hendricks and 1S2 for Blaine
and Logan-majority for Cleveland, 81.
The popular vote was 4,S4S, ,334 for
James c. Blaine, 4,914, ,O17, for Grovor
Cleveland, 133, S25 for Gen. b. +. Butler
Peoples party) and Isl, 500 forJ. p. St.
John Prohibition)- IA Democratic plural
ity of 90, 6S3.
On June 2nd, 1856, he married Miss
Frances Folsom.
He was renominated for the presidency
in 1883, on a tariff reform platform, but
was defeated by the Republican candi-
date, Gen. Benjamin Harrison, who car
ried New York and Indiana against him
and won.
\. f. Stevenson who is the nominee
for Vice President on the Democratic
ticket, was born in Kentucky in 1885,
but has been resident of Bloomington,
H.. since 1852, where he began practic-
ing law in 1858. The law firm of Stevenson
| x Ewing is one of leading repute in the
state. Mr.. Stevenson has held various po-
litical offices, and in 1874 was elected to
! Congress by a majority of l 200 in a dis
trict which had 5000 Republican ma
jority.
He was appointed first assistant post
master-general under President Cleve-
| land, which office he filled with ability.
During his term he was strongly in favor
of removing Republican postmasters and
| appointing Democrats in their stead
| wherever it could be done consistently
with good service. He was a delegate
| at-large to the convention which nomi-
mated him, and up until the time his
name was presented he acted at chair
man of the Illinois delegation.