Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-11
David's Visit a Fiasco.


side of the Office. the witness replied in the
negative.
Davids Visit Fiasco.
If Gov David b. Hill of New York really
intended to have his public appearance here
as the guest of Secretary Whitney regarded
as an init al step in his race for the Presi-
dental nomination of 1892 and its value is to
he estimated by the character of the impress
sion created 1t was almost fiat failure. His
coming was announced before he arrived
He could have been reached by an extra
ordinary number of Democrats If they had
considered him as the coming leader of the
party. He was seen by less than half the
me mbership of the House and Senate aud by
sprinkling of Democratic office holders OF
high aud low degree. most OF HON were i'm
pressed as much by the attractiveness OF
Secretary Whitney's hospitality rs by curl
osity to see the Sescretsry's guest. There
were no conferences. There was no one
who wanted TO unfold to him plan for
capturing State delegations. Very few Of
those who called upon him knew anything
more about the man whose band they took
than that he had twice been elected Gov.
ernor of New York, and that he had obtained
tine reputation of originating the declaration
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heard that he wants to be Pre- sident, and q
few of them from the State of New York
know that he 10 already at WORK arranging
the spontaneous outburst OF popular favor
ior MN una, Is 10 sweep uoN an oPposIuoi
Many of the leading Democrats, who have
never rid themselves of the notion that Hill
is merely a political trckster who has beer
! lucky in trimming his course to suit tho
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.,ra,,,;n,' ..>n,a,h;n,, n,nra ;nrort.n, th,n
Iii, hnon, ~ rh'.e ho have follnwaI tbf
comment. of tho Dan,oc,a,ic nsnsrs Of lat,
80, h.va f.;i,, ., oh..rva ,bat az oil ths
,,,..,,na,. of tho Cah;ne, Mr. william q
1 yyh,,,a, no. ,,r,o i, f,r most upifo,m an,
onrd;,I snn,,xsl
II i, thought ,ba, this little reception 1,
Goyernor HiII will do much to start Presi
dental boom-but not for David
Social Life Booming
Se,a,or and Nrs Hears, have i.sued ;nvi
g., ooIon;.I t.ncy ,Irss. hall N h,
s'1 ~ H. ,orh 49,, H. ;nvi,a,,nrs A.
I'..',so .,,,ohad to l.ras Moe
.r.Ina.ra "a, uh,cb ia n,;nt.d IN uate
-. s,,.I ds.;,,n rrI,ou tho invit.
80 ra;,.,ad in Ala .cr;n !. .,t,c5ed a .;m,l.
.., ,'a;n,ad ,.,tb heau,;tul Iir,Ia syur,
Tna.a ;nv;,a,,on. arc ;..n,d only ,o tn
80. ;n.i,ad -, ,sta mart in tho cnt;,,,or
o,hs, in,n',,,.r, soc;ai svsn,. are NJ
80.
A'e' INC "1i@'oo0-
The Secretary of War has issued an orde
relieving Surgeon George NJ Sternberg froI
duty At Baltimore so as TO AFFORD him an op
portuniiy If continuing his researches int
the nature of yellow fever, and for this pur
pose DIR. Sternberg VIII Vi'it havana an
al,,,,,,.,ns 49,, f ',vs, a GOO, .go under ,nscis
net OF Congress. and visited Cuba and Bra
Later he returned to Florida during tn
endemic in that State ard visited the infecl
ed locality. lie will submit the results O
ms researches to the Secretary of War in
report that will probably be made next fall.
Ane SniGaso AaA< "''
The cruiser Chicago still remains At th
, New York navy yard, where work on he
battery 10 being carried on under the dlre'
tiou of the Ordnance Bureau A few month
ago it was said at the navy department th'
she would be Il ted up and sent TO the Med
terranean 40 the h2esnip Oh the ruropeS
a about Jan. /, out trouble srislns =. nay
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