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majorities, were as follow "D" signifying 

 Democrat, and "R" Republican: 



In the local contest in New York city the 

 citizens' ticket was defeated, and that of the 

 united Democracy was successful. The vote 

 was: For Mayor Edson, 97,802; Campbell, 

 76,385. For Sheriff Davidson, 97,376 ; Clarke, 

 77,158. For County Clerk Keenan, 84,180; 

 Butler, 50,898; O'Brien, 38,930. The Demo- 

 cratic majority for Mayor was therefore 21,- 

 417; for Sheriff, 20,218 ; and, for County Clerk, 

 Keenan's plurality over Butler was 33,282. 

 The city vote for Governor was: Cleveland, 

 124,914; Folger, 47,785; Howe, 1,537; Hop- 

 kins, 584. 



In the Legislature of 1883 the Senate re- 

 mained unchanged, as its members are chosen 

 for two years. It consisted of 18 Democrats 

 and 14 Republicans. The Assembly consisted 

 of 84 Democrats, 42 Republicans, 1 Republican 

 and Working-man, and 1 Independent. 



GEOVER CLEVELAND, the new Governor, was 

 born in the town of Caldwell, Essex County. N. 

 J., March 18, 1837, but his family was of New 

 England origin, his father, Rev. Richard Cleve- 

 land, having been a Presbyterian clergyman at 

 Norwich, Conn., whence he removed to New 

 Jersey some time before the son's birth. Hav- 

 ing obtained what education the public schools 

 of his native town afforded, young Cleveland at- 

 tended an academy at Clinton, N. Y., for a time. 

 At the age of seventeen he set out for the West 

 to seek the wide opportunities afforded in that 

 section. His first intention was to go to Cleve- 

 land, but, stopping with an uncle in Buffalo for 

 a time, he concluded to make his home there. 

 He studied law, and was admitted to practice 

 in 1859. In 1862 he was appointed Assistant 

 District Attorney of Erie County, and acquitted 



himself with marked ability in that position. 

 Two years later he was the Democratic candi- 

 date for the office of District Attorney, but was 

 defeated by a small majority by Lyman K. 

 Bass. Mr. Cleveland pursued his professional 

 practice with success until 1870, when he was 

 chosen Sheriff of Erie County, holding that 

 office three years. He then returned to active 

 practice, and not long after became the head of 

 the firm of Cleveland, Bissel & Sicord, which 

 has won a leading position at the Buffalo bar. 



GROVER CLEVELAND. 



In the fall of 1881 popular dissatisfaction with 

 the administration of municipal affairs in Buf- 

 falo led to a warm local contest. The Demo- 

 crats nominated Mr. Cleveland for Mayor, 

 knowing that his independence, uprightness, 

 and ability would win much support from the 

 opposite party. The result justified their cal- 

 culations, and he was elected by a majority of 

 more than 5,000, though the Republican ma- 

 jority in the city was ordinarily between 2,000 

 and 3,000. The vigorous, independent, and 

 popular character of his administration there, 

 as well as his success in the canvass which 

 preceded it, attracted attention throughout the 

 State, led to his nomination for Governor, and 

 contributed to the overwhelming success of his 

 candidacy. 



The funded debt of the State on the 30th of 

 September, the close of the fiscal year,_ deduct- 

 ing an unapplied balance in the sinking fund 

 of the canal debt, was $6,385,356.30. Of this 

 sum, $122,694.87 was the amount necessary 

 to yield, at 6 per cent interest, the sum re- 

 quired to pay the annuities to Indians ; $3,000 

 was unclaimed bounty debt ; and the remainder, 

 $6,259,661.43, represented the canal debt. The 

 only change in the funded indebtedness of the 

 State during the last fiscal year was a contribu- 

 tion of $309,717 to the sinking fund. The ag- 

 gregate receipts of the State Treasury during 

 the fiscal year, including a balance from the 

 previous year amounting to $5,531, 858.71, were 

 $17,735,761.59 ; the payments during the same 



