Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-11
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III, no has just been elected Gov
MOI, of the Empire State, should be
IL understood. AS things look now, If
10 is alive and shall have committed no
'crious mistakes, Governor Hill will be
he next Democratic candidate for Presi-
lent. A man who can carry the State
# New York even when such an estim-
able statesman and patriot as President
Cleveland loses it, is no common
public functionary. He already occu-
pies large space in the eye OF
political quidnuncs and Of the masses.
David Bennett Hill at every stage of his
personal career has demonstrated his
popularity, and in his whole course as a
servant Of the people he has shown his
good sense, sterling Wort b and patriotism.
In 1882, when he ran as candidate for
Lieutenant Governor on the same ticket
on which Mr.. Cleveland ran for Gov
ernor. while the President received
majority of 1872 900 votes Mr.. Hill scored
a majority nearly five thousand greater.
Every one remembers that Mr.. Cleve-
land carried the State OF New York in
1884 by plurality Of about eleven hun
dred. One year later Governor Hill
carried it over Ira Davenport. the Re-
publican candidate, supposed to be
en- exceptionally strong candidate, by
plurality of eleven thousand. All the
mugwump journals which supported Mr..
Cleveland in 1884 opposed Mr.. Hill in
1885, and with rancor and persistency
seldom developed, in even the politics Of
the United States, except by the same
journals this year. The situation was
made more significant then by Hills
declarations that he was Democrat
that he believed there were enough
competent Democrats in the United
States to fill all the offices, that they
ought to fill them. and that he hoped nc
man would vote for him under a misap
prehension. He added that he wanted
the votes of no man who did not believe
in Democratic principles and usages, and
that he hoped the mugwumps would vote
for his opponent.
A triumph under such circumstance
was an event in politics. 1t was like ,
blast from the bugle horns of jackson
and Marcy. Nearly everybody supposed
that the audacious Hill would be beaten
but he emerged from the ordeal trium
phantly.
His record in the late campaign i.
| : ,,;fa nc paa,,l;or onJ bo,orohla Tb,a
weeks ago he said to his own persona
following, "Pay no attention to me.
am already elected. The national ticke
is in danger. Devote all your energies
to giving Mr.. Cleveland the electora
vote of the State Of New York" In
number Of public speeches he said tina
there were doubtless many persons il
his audience who were inimical to hin
| (HilN. He besought them to throw hir
over and at all events to vote for Cleve
land and Thurman.
Then followed an incident which
probably without parallel in the " hol
history Of American politics. Governe
Hill abandoned his own campaign an
1posted of to make speeches for Clevelan
and Thurman in the State of indiana
The Associated Press described the en-
thusiasm with which he was received
In all probability the small majority &c
cured by Harrison in his own State i
due to the efforts Of the man who, on
critical occasion, had the courage to fac
the whole Mugwump crowd with th
spirited declaration, 'I am Democrat.
There have been attempts in certail
Quarters to represent Governor Hill a
having been disaffected to Mr.. Cleve
land, and his friends as having knife,
the President. Mr.. Cleveland himsel
has settled all that rot. In his converse
ton with correspondent OF the Sal
Francisco Examiner he said that from
the day he and Governor Hill ran to
gether on the same ticket for Governo
and Lieutenant Governor respectively O
the Empire State the most intimat
friendship had existed between them.
The Democratic party, although de
feated, is brimful of hope, confident t,
the point of certainty, as long as it has il
reserve such knightly leaders as DaviG
Bennett Hill.