Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-06
GOV. HILLS STILL HUNT.
A Quiet Canvass Above the Harlem,
Which May Bring Surprise to Chair
man Quay.

Which May Bring Surprise to Chair
man Quay.
Special TO the Philadelphia Times
New York. Nov. 5.-The expiring hours OF
the national struggle finds New York city
| ablaze with excitement and each party appa-
rently equally confident OF success. The
streets tonight are crowded with shouting,
good-natured throngs, which the police, from
fear of possible collision, keep continually
moving. The more prominent hotels have
their corridors so filed with surging masses Of
excited men that the clerks desks are roped
off and guarded by policemen in order that
the proper business of the hostelries may be
conducted. Busy scenes are being enacted not
only at the national headquarters, but also at
the rendezvous Of the bosses in every assem-
bly, district.
Now that the fight has been made and the
decision Of the referee only is awaited, some
| things may be spoken of which heretofore
have had the seal of secrecy placed upon them.
One of these, which in my Judgment contains
unusual significance, and upon which / largely
base the prediction that Cleveland will carry
New York state, is the truth to the attitude
which Gov. Hill and his friends have occupied
toward the national ticket
In the face of every effort to create i'll telling
between the state administration and the
President, Gov. Hill has never believed other
wise than that his political salvation depended
upon Mr.. Cleveland's reelection. He knew
that if he were victorious and the head of the
national ticket were sacrificed in this state that
he could never again receive the Endorsements
OF his party, and he is also aware that If both
he and Cleveland are defeated, New York will
not, four years hence, have one of its favorite
sons made the standard-bearer of the democ-
racy. With these facts in view Gov. Hill and
his friends have quietly, but none the less
earnestly, been making a most determined
fight for Mr.. Cleveland, and they confidently
predict that the country at large, ON the day
following the election, will be amazed at the
result Of their labors.
A STILL HUNT IN THE STATE.
Mr.. Quay has apparently been under the inn
preston that the strongest democratic contest
In this state was being made in this city. but he
may possibly discover on Tuesday night that
the really effectual work of the democratic man
| ayers has been secretly conducted above Har-
lem bridge. Concerning this am enabled to
make some disclosures which have not here
tofore been permitted to give publicity to. In
the hrst place In the beginning of the campaign
| the state committee, which was avowedly organ
lied in Mr.. Hills interest, agreed to transfer
| to the national committee full power for cam
paign collections within the borders of the
! commonwealth, the only provision being made
that the national organization would agree to
! pay all proper bills incurred by the state body
III pursuance OF tnat contract Chairman Brlce
has already signed checks to the extent Of
Sl0O 900 for the expenses Of printing done for
and speeches made in the interest of the body
OF which VIII. Murtha is the chairman. But in
addition to this the state committee has been in
receipt OF a remarkable fund which the national
organization could neverhave comein possession
Of and the method of the distribution of which
will surprise many. The large liquor interest
OF this state irrespective of party, is anxiously
deslrious of Governor Hills reelection. and
republican brewers, republican masters, re-
publican distillers, and republican saloon
keepers have poured money into Chairman
Murtha's treasury in order to defeat Warner
Miller. Every dollar of this republican cash
has been carefully expended in an endeavor to
| insure Grover Cleveland's reelection and the
state committee honestly contend that they in
doing this have not been faithless to the con-
tributors to the Hill fund. For they argue that
Cleveland's defeat means also a Hill Waterloo.
GAINS IN HILLS COUNTY
Another evidence of Hills faithfulness to
Cleveland's cause will probably be found in
the governors own county of Chemung It
gave Blaine majority of 479 but Hills friends
have poured into it for proper expenditure in
Clevelands interest a fund of S25.000, and the
governor now openly says that his conduct in
this campaign will be demonstrated by the
| democrats carrying Chemung by at least 500
and possibly 1000 majority.
Those who have carefully watched the canvass
here frankly concede that Hill cannot be
elected governor without Cleveland gaining
the electoral vote Of this state.