Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-07
HILL INTERVIEWED.
THE GOVERNOR DISCUSSES THE NATIONAL
ADMINISTRATION.
BE Lets Personalities Alone But His Fssling for the
7, ? President is Kindly-Ths Issue in 1857 not
bs the Tariff, But Good GOvernmsnt-Ths
DenOcraey's Pledges.

NEW YORK, October 6.-The World this
morning prints long interview with Gov.
Hill. During the interview Gov. Hill dis
cussed generally the national administra-
tiOn without entering into personalities
He felt that no one man was necessary to
the success of the party. The party itself
was the best guarantee for the carrying out
Of its principles. The great masses of the
party after the election did not desire Of
flee. 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 PERSONAL ISSUE
in the coming Presidential campaign. He
replied: 81 think that the question OF
good government will be the issue II
will be simply the question of whether the
Democratic party, having redeemed its
pledges for good government, shall be
maintained in power"
Then you do not think the tariff will
be the issue?"
''No, do not The tariff question is q
complicated one. / am more in sympathy
with the expressions of the Ohio State
platform Of 1888 upon this subject than
am with the plank in the Chicago platform
of 1884,"
In speaking of the
OPPOSITION OF THE ''MUGwUMPS,
to him he said:
Perhaps some of this antagonism to me
grew out of the situation following the
Inauguration of President Cleveland. The
mass of the party, as | said before, did
desire Office, but don't think that the
Veterans of the party relished the new re-
cruits coming to the front, and loudly pro-
claiming their service in their anxiety to
act as a self constituted advisory board to
the President. 1t would be unnatural
TO expect veteran democrats
whether they wanted Office OF
not to witness independents
constantly shouting in the ear of the ad,
ministrative power you must not advise
with or favor this or that Democrat" and
the result was certain amount of irrita'
tom The Governor said in speaking OF
the
CHANGES IN THE FEDERAL OFFICES
of the country which were taking place
that he believed that by the time the
! Presidents term had come to a close the
Democrats would be found in a majority
of the offices. 1t was well tC
be conservative at the start
The Democratic party came into power
new to public administration and it wa:
without doubt wise way to go more de
liberately at first. He spoke pleasantly o
the President and his associates, while ht
conferred his discussion no national affair
to general matters more than to PERSONAL
ties, yet there was nothing in his manner
or tone of conversation to indicate any but
the pleasantest feeling toward the Presi
dent. If Governor Hill has anything TO say
upon the subject it will be doubtless ex'
pressed in 1888 and not at the present
time. The Governor possibly may make
one or two speeches this year in the cam
paign He has been invited to 90 to Pan
mama to aid in Governor Blacks canvas
and may make q speech at Philadelphia
| few DAYS preceding tho election. lie ha
also been invited to take part in the cam
paign He will not be able TO accept this
| latter