New-York tribune., 1889-12-23
THE GOVERYORS MALADY.

Govornor Hill is evidently suffering from an
acute attack of the disease famlllarly known aS
.sbic head People who are unable TO
stand prosperity are apt to have IT, ana the pup
Ne il nuick 10 recognize what is the matter with
tbem True the outward and visible physical
head of the victim does not swell, but his sense
of his own Importance and power inclineS to
ombopnoint and the fact stands plainly re-
voaled in his actions The Governors recent
s,vape attack upon "The Albany Argus"
which from time immemorial has been fecog-
nized rs the State organ OF the Democracy Is
only 70 be accounted for on the assumption that
no was overcome by "big head when he
fell foul of that paper. "Thc Albany Times y
which he exalted at the expense OF The Ar
ousu is indeed an excellent newspaper but
from the point of view OF the Democracy 1t has
long been noted for its unorthodoXy. IL has
frequently been kicker over Democratic
traces. a bold boltcr of Democratic nominees,
State and local-in short Democratic Tree
lance. Yet this is the journal upon which the
Governor now sets the broad seal of his APP
proyal. sending "Thc Argus" which during all
IFS long career has been champion of the
regular" Democracy and its straight tickets,
to the rear
The politico- medical fraternity will surely re-
mort that if the Governor had been in possession
of his normal head he never would have done
ANYTHING so gratuitously foolish. He has made
1.-THE Argus" his implacable enemy, and it is
safe to say that its influence is felt in Demo
cratic circles all over the State. Its friends
from Buffalo to Brooklyn can be depended
upon to resent the indignity done to the paper
which was so long controlled by Daniel Man
ming and which is now directed on lines which
he laid down by his eldest son. And what has
the Governor gained? "The Times; and the
element which it represented had been his ar
dent supporter in the past, and naturally would
continue TO be so in the future. But man
who is afflicted with " big head" is fated to act
unwisely. How did he come to contract the
disease? That is not difficult to understand.
The Governor has been an unusually successful
politician. Seldom, indeed. has "A politician OF
so small calibre risen to so exalted station
or gained the leadership of great party in the
Empire State. For several years his viii has
been the law of the NewYOrk Democracy.
This fall he dictated the call of the Syracuse
Convention, dictated the ticket and dictated the
platform He had demonstrated that he was
hostile to temperance reform and to ballot re-
FORM and that his main reliance was upon the
saloons he had earned the title of " WhiSkeyS
Governor" he had gone out of his way in
public speech to insult the Democratic eX-Presi-
dent. Nevertheless his party acquiesccd in his
leadership. No Democrat raised his voice
against him either in the convention or during
the campaign. Is it any wonder that "big
head" has marked David b. Hill for its own?
His madness however. is not without method.
"The Argus" is friendly to Mr.. Cleveland.
"The Times is something more than unfriend-
ly to hint rarely misses an opportunity of
assaiIing him. Hill, of course hopes that by
snubbing the former and strengthening the
other he will advance his own boom for the
Democratic nomination for the Presidency in
1892. But it is clea" to unpreiudiced observers
that this last move of his is liable to materialize
into as able boomerang as ever went flying.