The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-29
GROVER CLRYELANp.
lie Can Discount Anybody In Making
the Most Out or Nothing.

lie Can Discount Anybody In Making
the Most Out or Nothing.
New York Press; Night before last
me. my old friend Burns, Of Buffalo,
looking as much like the President as
ever. Tue resemblance between the
two is often remarked, Burns has 4
cast in his LETT eye aud less ioWl than
Mr. Cleveland. lilo has always been
tho StRnchesI Of Republicans, and for
many years was chief OF police as
Buffalo, Ask Burns about Mr.. Glove
land,
"Do know him 2" no will say, lifting
his eyebrows away up to the roots al
hiI hair. i've been out with MIN
many and many y night. Know him?
l should say do"
"What sort Of fellow waa Grover
whom he was knocking around ButlsIo?"
"Well, ho would do his part OF tho
treating. lie neyor held out on tho
boys. lle was one Of them. lie never
sought au office. II was always showed
at him, t,ll no has come to believe in
hid destiny.
Growers frat political fight was
made in 1866, whom he ran for distric.
attorney on tho Democratic ticket
against his warmest personal friend,
Bass. Bass was elected bH an over
wholming majority. In 1860 Grover
became a member vi the law firm Of
Lanning, Cleveland & Folsom. He
had had very little OF ANYTHING up TO
that time, aud not much was coming to
him then. The shrievaty was going
begging, There was noEa good man to
take 1t. Lots OF them declined. \
sheriff generally goes out Of Office with
fewer friends than no had when he
went 10. lie has to worry people, lilo
must do disagreeable things IN the line
Of duty that lnjure him. Sometimes he
has TO hAngA man. Cleveland hanged
tWo-I saw 'em both. VOL, he was
finally induced to run for sheriff. 1t
was SHOWN to him that there was good
deal of money In the office. lie was
elected in walk, aud served several
yeArs, saving up, 10 his erm-ot office.
about $4,000. He was very peculiar
politician even then. No sooner did be
get to be sheriff than he turned his
back on all Of us. lie cared Tor nobody.
lie was too good for anybody lie
would have nothing to do with pOopla
under him in any way.
"His nomination for mayor Of Buffalo
was an accident and joke" continued
tiuued Burns. zone might there were
four OF the boys drinking together.
There were Miller aud Folsom aud
tanning, and-well. can't think who
tho other was Just now. At any rate
there were four Of 'em. Thew were
talking about the nomination for mayor.
They had not decided on a man yet
Suddenly the door opened aud in
walked Cleveland.
"'Boys, I've got it,, cried Miller,
draining his glass to Grover. Lets
nominate Cleveland for mayor What
do you say2
"They all laughed. and Grover sat
down aud ordered drinks
"'what do you say, Grover asked
Folsom. why not try ii just for fun.
It'll be a splendid joke Il you arc
elected.
"Woil, they sat there till 8 or o'clock
drinking apd laughing over il. Things
took a serious turn, however, and
Grover was actually nominated and
elected.
"Cluvelaud is tho nbleSt poser in tho
United States" continued Burns. "lls
can mako tho most out oil nothing Of
any man you ever sow. never saw a
man who could play deuCss a. hs eau.
There was contract to DO lot for clean
ing tho streets Of Buffalo, aud tho alder.
mon gave 1t TO bidder whose bid was
Sl00,OOJ higher than tho lowest ruspon.
siblo bid. Cleveland vetoed the meas
ure, aud used some mighty hard words
dong IL. llO used tho words thieves
aud robbers Ills veto made a aensa.
ton. and there was nothing too good
for him after that. IL was that veto
that made him governor Tho people
got tho idea that Folcor was put IN by
| ArlLnr In tho interest Of tho admins
trallon, and whom Cleveland was nomi'
mated tho fight was practically settled.
Ito didn't want to bG governor, lilo was
driven to 1t by his friends.
"Clovoand IL tho most pig.heAdod
man ever knew. Whom ho gets his
head set In one direction you can't turn
him. Ito won't bulge an inch. HO IL
a hard worker. Ito never made an ex.
nporanOous speech ~ his lie. Every
speech lie has madO was written weeks
In advance, and rewritten and studded
and revised ill he know IL By heart"