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CONTENTS.

The Cleveland Family.-Aaron Cleveland Settles in the Connecti-

cut Valley.-Franklin Writes his Obituary.-An Early Anti-

slavery Man.-Stories of Grover Cleveland's Great-Grandfa-

ther. Father Cleveland's Work in Boston.-Richard Falley

Cleveland Graduates at Yale College and Enters the Ministry.

-His Marriage and Settlement at Caldwell, New Jersey.

The Birth of Grover Cleveland.-His Brothers and Sisters.-How

He Got His Name.-The Congregational Parsonage at Cald-

well, New Jersey. - Removal to Fayetteville, New York.

A Journey by Boat and Canal.-Life at Fayetteville.-School

and College at Clinton. In a Country Store. - Removal to

Holland Patent.-Death of Grover Cleveland's Father.

A Change in Grover Cleveland's Life.-He Sets to Work.-The

New York Institution for the Blind.-Determines to be a Law-

yer.-Off for the West to seek his Fortune.-Farmer Town-

send's Timely Loan.-Cleveland, Ohio, his objective Point.—

A Visit at Buffalo.

Lewis F. Allen's House at Buffalo.-Grover Cleveland a Member

of the Family.-The American Herd-Book. - Reminiscences

of Grover's Boyhood.-Anecdotes and Adventures.

Works at Authorship.-Looking for a Place in a Lawyer's Office.

-Grover Takes a Desk with Rogers, Bowen and Rogers.-His

Adventure with Blackstone.-Picking Up a Legal Education.

-His Early Struggles with the World.-Settled at Last in

Eight Years of Study and Work.-A Faithful Student and an Effi-

cient Clerk.-Testimony of his Employers to the Character of

the Young Man.-He Is Admitted to the Bar.-Appointed As-

sistant District Attorney.-His Splendid Record in that Office.

-Is Nominated for District Attorney, and Defeated by the

Republican Candidate.—His Law Partnerships.

A Successful Lawyer.-Celebrated Cases in which Cleveland was

Counsel.-The Grape Sugar Case.-Largest Jury Verdict ever

Rendered in Erie County.-The Great Bennett Libel Case.-

Testimony of Political Opponents to Cleveland's High Standing

at the Bar. His Kindness to Young Lawyers.-Generosity to

Elected Sheriff of Erie County.-How it Came About.-Cleveland's

Popularity Carries a Republican District for the Democratic

Ticket.-An Honest Administration.-How Sheriff Cleveland

Awarded Contracts.-A Remarkably Organized Office.-Cleve-

land Gets His First Financial Start in Life.

Retirement from the Office of Sheriff.-Cleveland Resumes Law

Practice at Buffalo.-Partnership with Lyman K. Bass.-

His Industry and Self-Reliance.-Simple Habits of Life.-

His Law Office and Residence.-Is Nominated for May-

or.-Letter of Acceptance.

A Young Mayor over a Large City. - The "Queen City of the

Lakes."-Its Commercial Advantages. - The Grain Elevators

and the Work They Do. - The Manufacturing Industries of

Buffalo.-Public Departments.-The Schools.-The Parks.-

The Water Works and Niagara Tunnel.-Organization of the

City Government.-The City and County Hall.

Inauguration of Mayor Cleveland.-His Annual Message.-He

Meets an Opposing Council with Sound and Brave Words.-

He Proposes a Business Man's Administration.-The Govern-

ment the Trustee of the People's Money.-He Attacks Abuses

and Jobbery in the Departments.-The Official Printing.—A

Recommendation that the Auditor Should Audit.-A Fair

Day's Work for a Fair Day's Pay.

Buffalo Finds it Has a Strong Mayor.-He Teaches the Old Poli-

ticians a Lesson.- Some of His Earlier Vetoes.-A Job for

the Keeper of the Morgue. - Loose Legislation Rebuked.—

The Official Printing. The Mayor's Recommendations

Adopted. Progress of Reform Under Cleveland's Admin-

Business Principles Introduced in the City Government.-The

Great Sewer Contract.-The Health of the City Suffering.—

An Intercepting Sewer Proposed.-The Big Job that was

Contemplated.-Mayor Cleveland Advises a Commission.-

His Contest with the Council.-He Wins and Saves the City

Nearly a Million Dollars.

The Great Street-Cleaning Job.-Reform in the Manner of Award-

ing Contracts.-Wastefulness in Public Expenditure Checked.

-A Frightened Council.-Very Plain Language from Mayor

Cleveland. The Veto Message that made him Famous as a

Mayor Cleveland Introduces Business Principles in Other Depart-

ments.-Extra Payment for Regular Service Refused.-The

Question of Horse Hire.-A Rebuke to Illegal Appropriations.

-The Council Attempts to Wear the Mayor Out.-The Street

Commissioner's Horse and Buggy.-Who Paid for Them.-

A Rattling Veto Message.
144

Minor Reforms which Mayor Cleveland Effected.-Wooden Build-

ings within the Fire Limits.-Jobs for the Newspapers.-Pub-

lishing Tax Sales.-Acts of the Legislature.-The Street-Clean-

ing Contract.-Jobs in Sidewalks and Paving.-A Running

Contest with the Ring.-The Mayor Successful.
156

Mayor Cleveland's Miscellaneous Messages.-A Plea for the Street

Arabs.-Care of the Homeless Little Ones.-The Firemen's

Benevolent Association and the Grand Army.-A Difficult

Veto.-Principle Triumphs Over Sentiment.-The Watson

Street Pump.-"Wholesome and Pure Water for the Poor

Cleveland as an Orator.-His Strength Found in Honest Common

Sense Rather Than in Rhetoric.- Bright Points in His Mes-

sages. Addresses on Various Occasions. Buffalo's Semi-

Centennial. Citizenship and Its Duties.-The Young Men's

Christian Association. Good Government the Foundation of

the Community's Wealth and Progress.-Address at the Na-

tional Sængerfest.

What Mayor Cleveland Did for Buffalo. — A Wonderful Genius

for Administration.-His Sterling Honesty.-Force of Charac-

ter.-Defeat of the Ring.-A Review of His Administration.

-Republican Estimate of His Services.- -A Reform Revolu-

The State Campaign.-Reform the Issue of the Day.-Grover

Cleveland Nominated by the Democrats for Governor.-The

Republican Blunder.-The Party Breaks up on Folger's Nom-

ination.-Loud Denunciations of the Act.-Cleveland's Letter

of Acceptance.-A Proclamation of Reform.

A Strong Popular Nomination.-Grover Cleveland as a Candi-

date. The Voice of the Independent Republican Press.-

"The Right Man for the Right Place."-Speech of D. A.

Ogden. "He has Never Failed."-Rev. Dr. Cuyler's Opin-

ion. “An Exceptionally Able and Upright Man."-Rev. Dr.

Frazer's Indorsement.-"Just as Square a Man as You Can

Meet."-Comments upon His Letter of Acceptance. 199

Grover Cleveland Elected Governor of the State of New York.—

His Phenomenal Majority.-A Surprise even to his Friends.-

Rejoicing Over the Result.-Governor Cleveland Goes to

Albany. His Quiet Entrance.-An Unpretentious Inaugura-

tion.-His First Message to the Legislature.

Governor Cleveland in the Executive Chamber.-He Throws Wide

Open the Doors.-A Simple and Democratic Style Adopted.—

The Governor's Life at Albany.-The Executive Mansion.-

Personal and Official Habits.-Mastery of the Details of Ad-

ministration.-His Official Appointments.

Governor Cleveland's State Papers.-Business Principles Intro-

duced in the State Administration.-Some of his Early Vetoes.

-A Defense of Local Self-Government and Home Rule.-

Illegal Appropriation of Public Money Rebuked.-Fayette-

ville's Steam-Fire Engine.

The Five Cent Fare Bill.-The Public Faith Must be Kept.-Text

of the Famous Veto Message.-How it Affected the People.-

The Veto Upheld.-A Brave and Just Act.- Honorable Men

Thank the Governor for Upholding the Honor of the State. 248

The People and the Corporations.-The Rights of the Former to be

Protected. The Aggressions of the Latter to be Restrained.-

Governor Cleveland's Position Defined.-Several Notable Veto

The Buffalo Fire Bill. A Political Measure Vetoed. - Business

Principles Must Override Partisanship.-Governor Cleveland's

Prompt Action. - Non-Partisanship in Appointments. — The

Commissioner of Emigration. A Special Message. Other

Appointments.-Governor Cleveland a Staunch Democrat. 265

CHAPTER XXVIII.

A Humane Execution.-The Treatment of Convicts.-Letter to

the Superintendent of Prisons.-Commutation for Good Con-

duct.-Governor Cleveland's Exercise of the Pardoning Power.

-A Wise Clemency.-Statement of Reasons.

End of Governor Cleveland's First Year of Administration.-Pro-

tecting the Ballot.-His Second Annual Message.-A Remark-

ably Strong Document.-Taxes and Taxation.-Supervision of

Banks and Insurance Companies.-The Charitable Institutions.

-Civil Service Reform:-The Railroad Commission.-Review

of the Reform Acts of the Year.

The Labor Question.-Governor Cleveland's Strict Equity.-His

Pledge to the Working Men.-The Bureau of Labor Statistics.

-The Tenement-House Cigar Bill.-The Conductors' and

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