The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-07
GOV. HILL INTERVIEWED.
HE DISCUSSES GENERALLY THE
NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
And Believes Democrats Will Hold
Most OF the Offices at the End
Of CleVelaBd's Term.

New YoBK, October 6.-The World,
this morning. prints a long interview
with Gov. Hill. During the interview
Gov. Hill di,cusses generally the ma
toDal administration without enter
ipg into personalities. He felt that 10
oDe man was necesI airy to the success
OF any party. The party was the BEST
guarantee for the carrying out of its
principles. The great masses OF the
Iarty after the election did not desire
Office; all they had sought to secure
was a change OF administration in the
interests of good government.
The Governor was asked what he
thought would be the principal issue
in the coming Presidential campaign
He replied: 81 think that the ques-
ton OF good government will be the
issue. II will be simply the question
OF whether the Democratic party,
having redeemed It's pledge for good
government, shall be maintained in
power"
"Ihen you do no: think the tariff
vii be the is ue2"
"No, do rot. The tariff question
ia complicated. one. am more in
sympathy with the expression OF the
Ohio State platform of 1883 upon this
subject than l am with the plank in
the Chicago platform of 1884"
10 speaking Of the opposi ion Of the
mugwump3 to him, he said: Perhaps
come Of this antagon SIN to me grew
out OF the situation following the in
auguration OF President Cleveland,
The mess of the party, as | raid be-
fore, did not desire office, but | 90 not
think that the veterans Of the party
rslished the new recruits coming to
the front and loudly proclaiming their
services in their anxiety to act as q
self constituted advisory board to the
Pre- iden'. L. would be unnatural to
expect veteran Dame Gratis, whether
they wanted Office or not, to witness
Independents constantly shouting in
the ear of the administrative power
"You must not advise with o. favor
this or that Democ at, and the result
was a certain amount of irritation.
The Governor ga d, in speaking CT
the changes which were taking place
in tie Federal offices of the country,
that he believed that by the time the
Presidents term had come to a c'ose
Democrats would be found in ma
jority Of the offices. IL was well to be
conservative at the start. The Demo
cratic p lrty Cane into power new to
public admins ration, and it was,
without doubt, a wise way to go more
deliberately at first.
He spoke pleasantly OF the Presi-
dent and his associates. While he
cobfiued his discussion on national
affairs more to general matters than to
personalities, yet there was nothing in
hi manner or line of conversation 10
indicate sny but the pleasanttst feel
ings toward the President.
ii Gov. Hill hes anything to say
upon the subject, it will be doubtless
expressed in 1883 and not at the pres
ent time. The Governor possibly may
make one or two speeches this year
in the campaign. He hes been in
vted to @ to Pennsylvania to aid in
Gov. Blacks canvass, and make q
speech at Philadelphia a few days
preceding the election. He has als1
been invited to take part in the Ohio
campsiUD. He will not be able ia
accept this latter invitation. Gov
Hill leaves here to review the militia
in New York today.