...body, now under consideration, shall be plainly stated. I withhold my assent from the same because I regard it as the culmination of a most barefaced,...scheme to betray the interests of the people, and worse than to squander the public money. " I will not be misunderstood in this matter. There are those...

...than one made by Mr. Talbot within a very few weeks. ... .1 withhold my assent from the same because I regard it as the culmination of a most barefaced,...shameless scheme to betray the interests of the people to vorse 15 than squander the nubile money. ' During this year as mayor of Buffalo Mr. Cleveland made...

...thousand dollars and attracted national attention by a veto message describing the intended deal as "a most barefaced, impudent, and shameless scheme to betray the interests of the people." When, therefore, he resubmitted the names for his commission with the comment that "their rejection...

...And then, dropping sarcasm, the mayor told the aldermen his veto power had been exercised "because I regard it as the culmination of a most barefaced, impudent and shameless scheme to betray the interest of the people and to worse than squander their money." There is more of it, but these samples...

...granting of a contract to a man whose bid was $100,000 above all others constituted nothing less than "a most barefaced, impudent, and shameless scheme to betray the interests of the people."6 When words like these were read by Tilden men in Albany, who were looking despairingly for...

...for plain speech," and then "plainly stated" his objection to the proposed contract, which he defined as "the culmination of a most bare-faced, impudent,...and shameless scheme to betray the interests of the people."5 "Rarely," the Buffalo Courier editorialized, "have we heard such a universal and unanimous...