The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-23
HILL AND CLEVELAND.


The Former Declines TO Participate with
the Latter I'm Reviewing . Parade.
specisl TO the 1pdisuspols Journal
&NEw YORK. Oct 22-The Democratic business
men of this city propose to have their big parade
next Saturday afternoon. 1t wes arranged that
President Cleveland and Gov. David B. Hill
should review the parade jointly from stand
erected opposits the Worth monumens, on Fifth
avenue. Tonight Ii was stated officially that
Governor Hill refused to review the parade
in personal association with President
Cleveland. This enoouncsnent fell like q
thunder-clap among the Democrats OF the city.
aud created widespread CONSERVATION. Ir
means more than appears on the surface. 1t 10
simply war to the knife and the knife to the
hilt on election day. Is Is the elimination OF .
series of wrongs and outrsges which President
Cleveland has perpetrated upon Governor Hill
II may be possible. bat is is not probable, that
Governor Hill will recall his decision. The re-
suit, however. will not be sltersd. Governor
Hills friends have made cd .heir minds. The
national Democratic COMMITTEES, however, ID
greatly alarmed. They have appointed
q committee to see Governor Hill and ask
him, for the sake Of apparent
harmony, to reconsider his action. Every pres
sure which can be brought to bear upon the
Governor will be resortsd to. 1t is said that
President Cleveland is even himself alarmed at
the situation, and has appealed to Bsrnum and
Brice to patch mp the trouble. In order to un-
derstsnd the situation 1t is necessary to give
little bit OF history. President Cleveland was
opposed to Governor Hills renominatiou. For
some time previous to the meeting OF the State
convention, it is stated authoritatively, he
contemplated using his infuencs to prevent
Governor Hills being rsnominated. HIS
friends. however. prevailed upon him to take
HE hands OF. They told him that any iuterter-
encs of the national administration in State at
fairs, such he contemplated. would sir1rly
precipitate another Folger campaign. He re-
luctantly yielded TO this counsel, but ever since
Mr. Hills nomination il has been his apparent
determination 70 do everything he could to Sc
cure more votes ia the State of New York than
is what Governor Hills friends state
There is no question but that he
has openly countenanced the two bureaus
at work down town who are trying 20 secure
Governor Hili's defeat namely; the mug-nmpp
and Independent Democrats bureaus With
the mugmumps HE word is virtually law;
the dependent bureau is managed by Wm- X.
Grace and City Chamberlain VIM. NJ Ivins,
botn Of whom are under deep OBLIGATIONS to Mr.
Cleveland. and who are receiving repeated
favors at HE hands. About three weeks ago
the Hill men became indignant at the situation.
They started plan to have petitions
circulated in the dowp-town exchanges Tor
the signatures OF Democratic business men ask
ing Mr.. Cleveland 10 come out officially and
indossrs Governor Hill Those petitions stated
the fact that Governor Hill was stumpipe the
country in the interest of President Cievsland
and that the least Mr.. Cleveland could do would
be to stop the work done by his friends against
Mr.. Hill. Suddenly nothing g-more was heard
concerning those petitions and they disappeared
mysteriously. The day before yesterday Joseph
j. O'Donough, who was one of the orieinators Of
the movement, stated thatsths petitions were
c cm,stion' % Then @ he ~ quietly refused
to say anything more. From other sources.
however, it Was learned that strong pressure
was brought to bear from Washington 10 have
the petitions suppressed. It's originators were
finally and emphatically told that st would not
do to push It at tie same time this demand
was coupled with q promise from the White
House that every thing that could be done wo3ld
DO done TO stop the work Of the mugwumD and
independent bureaus against Gov. Hi.L On
these terms the Hill men, III the interest
of peace and harmony. acquisseed in Mr.. Cleve-
lands demand; but the promise on the part or
the administration was not kept Instead of the
mugwump bureau stoppiug work they went on
with rsdoubled v.gor William A. Grace and
William NJ. WINS, who were running the inde-
pendent concern against HILL. were seen IN daily
aud close cousults tons with Cleyelands CHEZ
representative in this city, Collector Magone-
The Hill men pointed to this fact az an eviderce
OF the ADMINISTRATORS treachery, aud day by
day they became more irritated.
Several days ago / detailed, at some laugth.
the trouble that bad grown UP between the
| State and national committees. The summary
or that statement was Go the effect that the ma
tionsl committee was simply taking care Of Mr..
| Cleveland. and did not care rap for Governor
| Hill. The friction between the two committees
| has increased from that date rp to the present
| time, until the Stat. COMMITTEES has deemed
sf n gha
| Of the State canvass into its own
hands. IL is even afraid TO trus. the national
| committee with the slightest details Of tue can
vsss OF Governor Hill IL has started out 20
| PRINT its Own campaign documents, 10 10 raising
| iIs own money. and il has even established its
| own press bureau. in Parlor L OF the Hoffman
House The effect of this on election day can
! only be appreciated By those who know the sis-