St. Paul daily globe., 1889-10-23

toy. HILL has made tour of the
South, but whether it was tour of
conquest or one of defeat will be told
better three years hence, when the
Southern delegates turn up in the
national Democratic convention. There
!, no doubt about the object of Gov.
Hills Southern visit, for if the public
lad not suspected it Gov. HILL himself
betrayed the motive by his injudiciOus
;iings at eX-PreSident CLEVELAND. 1t
was an ungraciOuS thing for him to do
20 tell his Chattanooga and Atlanta au-
diences that he had forgotten to bring
lis encyclopedia with him, and it was
doubtless as unwise as it was ungra-
'.ious: for Nj. CLEVELAND had many
friends in those Southern cities who
viii resent the taunt; and while they
r.;ay not favor Mr.. CLEYELAND'S
denomination, they will surely treas
ere up the recollection of the
gratutous insult that Gov. HILL
sntlicted upon the man who stands
and Will forever stand as the represent
sttiyc of the tariff reform idea. With
5he exception of this one bad break,
diOF. Hills Southern tour was an emf
I,cnt success. His speeches were usu-
ally of very high order, patriotic, elO-
quent, and seasoned with judicious
siuation for the people Of the section
he was visiting. The occasion served
lam & good purpose in presenting an
opportunity to demonstrate to the
country that he was much ADLER man
than was generally supposed. Hereto
fore his sreputation outside of New York
has been that of 4 ShreWd machine poll
tiCian, with more audacity than culture,
aud more cunning than conscience. 1t
= evident, however, that he succeeded
in iInpreSoing himself upon the Southern
people as a ad-gauged man, possess
lng an extensive knowledge of national
affairs. and would do no discredit to the
Democratic party as its next candidate
for the presidency. Gov. HILL spoke
ID tic Southern people as Northern
man, but in way that the people of
Tie North were not ashamed of his ut
7eraGces. He mingled with the South
s:rn people as a Northern man, and yet
he convinced them that he was as much
their friend as if he had been born
under their sunny skies. In fact, Gov.
HILL returned from his Southern trip
Inuch bigger man in the estimation of
the whole country than when he started
out; and yet it is question whether he
haas attained the object of his visit-that
nf promoting his chances for the
presidency. Nearly all great men
are very short-sighted in some re-
spects, and Gov. HILL's peculiar
weakness of mental vision seems
10 be the deiusion that GROVER
CLEVELAND is the main obstacle in his
way to the White house. Consequently,
hc IS deluded with the idea that he must
oe constantly kicking at this Obstruc-
ti0n in order to remove it from the path.
If tiOv. HILL could reconcile himself to
the fact that Mr.. CLEVELAND will
Acver again be a candidate for the pres
Tdency, he would relieve himself of an
immense deal of unnecessary torment.
And If he could rise above the horizon
II self aud enlarge his scope of vision
sufficiently to observe that as long as
tariff reform is a cardinal principle of
democracy the name of GROVER CLEVE-
LAND will be held in high respect by the
rank and file of the party. his native po-
Iitical Sagacity would teach him that it
would be more profitable to praise the
ex-president than to ridicule him. As
rhrewd a politician as he unQuestiOna-
t'iy is. Gov. HILL has yet much to learn
Ju practical politics before he reaches
she goal of his ambition.