Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-09-15
GROWERS HOO-DOO.
A Nomination that Pleases the
Republicans-What We
Think About
The Nomination of Governor
Hill, Which Secures New
York for Harrison.
HILLS NOMINATION

HILLS NOMlNATlON
recures the Empire State for Harrison in
November.
In the nomination OF David b. Hill
for governor of New York, the demo-
Gratis Of that state have thrown down
the gauntlet to the mugwumps with a
degree Of defiance that could scarcely
have been expected in a presidential
year. when the only hope Of the na-
tionsl party lies in the carrying OF
that great state in which four years
ago, in vote sggregating over a mill
ion. there was but paltry difference
between the two great parties Of eleven
hundred and fortv-nine votes. No
democrat will attempt to DENY that ii
was to the mugwump or independent
vote OF New York, that Cleveland
owed his success in carrying 1t even
by this small majority; and yet. with
a percepiible weakening of faith In
Cleveland, among these voters, by rea-
son of his total failure TO enact a civil
service reform policy-wbich il the
cardinal point Of the political creed Of
the mugwumps-the democracy Of
this vitality important state, gather in
solemn conclave, and without a dis.
senting voice, nominate q standard
bearer who is not only stiak in the
nostrils OF the mugwumps, but an
avowed and we'll defined anti-adminis-
trstion democrat, between whom and
the national leader Of the party there
are relations 30 strained and foreign TO
each others interests. that to call them
friendly would he ridiculous. The
only common ground on which they
can meet, is that they are both demo-
Gratis, though even In this, they are
as wide apart as the antipodes. Each
governed by purely personal instincts,
seeks to win the respective prize he is
strsining for. For the success OF
Cleveland's campaign, depending a.
II does entirely In carrying the state OF
New York, every energy was put
forth by the administration democrats
TO nominate sore one who would
meet the approval Of the mugwumps.
and be in harmony with the sdminis-
traiion, hut when they undertook to
out.figure Governor Hill, or surpass
him in the manipulation of the ma
chine, they were wide Of the mark.
The proceedings Of the convention
show that its work was vastly more
periunctory than even that OF the st.
Louis assemblage that nominated
Cleveland, for 1t IL on record, that at
Buffalo, when the usual preliminaries
had been enacted, and Daniel Lock-
wood he'd made the nominating
speech, the convention almost refused
to allow such distinguished orators
and democrats "a Roger A. Pryor, and
James II. Fellows, to air their elo-
quence in speeches seconding the
nomination, 80 ardent were the dele
gates for a unanimous nomination,
right then and there. II IL were moi
known that Governor Hill is the most
astute Of the pernicious breed Of ma
chine politicians, the extraordinary
and apparently impu'sive wave Of en-
thusissm. that carried sll before It al
the convention, might cause him ty
be regarded as the most popular demo
crat in New York, but such an esti
mate would be far from the truth
His attitude before the people of New
York Is peculiar one. In the face o
great political struggle which in
wolves life or death for his party HI
selfishly ignores the psriy's danger
which might be averted by bis con
senting to remain in the background
and boldly forces his nomination OF
the party in the state, by as pro
nounced q coup a. etdt as was eve
practised. With him, the polItics
patronage OF the great state Of New
York is Of more consequence than thu
fate of the national party. IL may b'
assumed that the fate Of the demo
cratic party is not menaced in New
York by Hills candidacy, but IL II II
not, IL is because the party is strong
enough TO carry that state without the
help Of the mugwumps, and no demo
crat east or west is foolish enough 10
assert this. Granted then that the
mugwump vote is essential TO the car
lying OF New York for the democrats,
lot us see what the great apostle of the
mugwumps hs. 10 say OF Hlll's candl
dacy. Harper's Weekly Of sept. LET
contained the following editorial, re-
mssksble for its plain, outspoken
warning to the democratic party In
case that, which Ia now fact, should
come TO pass;
The situation In New York lie DIM