The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-08
III.

We now turn to that part Of this volume
which contains President Cleveland's mes
sages. which il prefaced by a short biograplli-
cal notice that we shall endeavor to sub
iect to still further compression. Grover
Cleveland was born In Caldwell. Essex county.
n. j., March IL. 1897, He Ia a descendant Of
Moses Cleveland. who emigrated from Ipswich.
county OF Suffolk. England. In 1895. and set
tied at Woturn. Mass. The father OF the fu-
ture President was Richard Faiiey Cleveland.
who was graduated at Yale In 1924. was or
dained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1929,
and in the same year married Ann Neal. the
daughter OF a Baltimore merchant OF Irish
birth. The Presbyterian parsonage at Cald-
well, where the future President was
born. had been first occupied by the
Rev. Stephen Grover. in whose honor the
child was named. but the first name was early
dropped, and he ha- been since known as
Grover Cleveland. When he was four years
old. his father accepted a call to Fayetteville,
near Syracuse. n. Y. where the son obtained
80 much education as could be gained at a
common school. He was afterward a clerk In n
country store. The removal Of the family to
Clinton. Oneida county. gave him the opportu-
nifty Of attending the academy there. In his
seventeenth wear. he became a clerk and an
assistant teacher in the New York Institution
for the Blind in New York City. A year or two
later ne left Holland Patent. in Oneida county,
where his mother at that time resided. to go to
the West in search Of employment. On his
way he stopped at Black Rock. now a part Of
Buffalo. and was induced by an uncle 10 remain
there and aid him in a compilation OF a
vo'ume OF the American Herd Book. In August.
800 he secured a place as clerk and copyist
for a law firm In Buffalo. and. in the autumn OF
that year. succeeded in earning 81 per week.
FDur vaa re- lotar ha uas admitted 10 tho hos
but for three years longer remained with tho
firm that had first employed him. acting as
managing clerk at a salary OF $500. On Jan. l,
1868. he was appointed an Assistant District
Attorney Of Erie county. and held the office for
thrCi years. During the civil war he was
drairrd. but borrowed the money with which
to send a substitute. In 1885. at the age OF %,
he was the Democratic candidate for District
Attorney, but was defeated. -Four years after |
ward he became a m"mher Of the firm of Man
ming. Cleveland 4 Folsom. and in 1870 was
elected Sheriff OF Erie county. In 1881 he
was made the Democratic candidate for Mayor
of Buffalo and was elected by a majority OF
$3.50, the largest ever given to n nominee In
that city. 1t should here be noted that, at the
election. the Republican State candidates
carried Buffa'o by an average majority of over
] 500. Mr.. Cleveland entered upon the office
Jan. |. 1882. and soon became known as the
- Veto Mayor, using his prerogative frequently
to check cNtravagant expenditures. He is said
TO have saved the city nearly 81 .O0O.0 600 In tho
first half year ofhis administration 1t was this
fact that brought about his nomination for Gov
ernor by the Democratic State Convention.
held at Syracuse on Sept. %, 1882. At the
in the ensuing November. he
received a plurality over Judge Fo'ger, the Re-
nominee, OF l92.S54. Imagining that
this plurality was n trustworthy index OF popu-
iarity, the Democratic National Convention.
which met at Chicago July 4. 1884. nominated
Grover Cleveland tor President. but at the
in the following November he carried
he State Of New York nv less than l,2O0.
His success In that State. nevertheless, by
however narrow a margin it was gained.
raised the total of his electoral votes to 2l9,
against 1872 east for Mr.. Blaine. BY the Ma
ional Democratic Convention which assem-
at st. Louis on June II. 1884. Mr.. Cleve-
ami was unanimously renominated for the
Presidency, but at the succeeding election
10 secured only 1913 electoral votes. whereas
!33 were cast for Benjamin Harrison,
he Republican candidate. At the close
II his Administration on March 4. 1885.
Ia retired To New York city. where he
esumed the practice of his profession. He
yas recalled to public life, however, on June
Il. 1892, when the Democratic National Con-
ention at Chicago gave him two-thir ds Of its
ote on the first ballot. At the election In No
e-nber OF the same year he received Az OF the 4