New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-03
ON A DESCENDING TRACK.

From the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung' OF Nov. q
In his great effort obtain the Presidential nominar
ton our honored Governor Hill has again gone TOO
far. The way and manner in which he manipulated
the Democratic State Convention has made very bad
blood. Even the preliminary convention, that OF the
liquor dealers. a political blunder. The chhf
mistake. however, lay in his attempt ignore Clevc
and in the platform and In the obstinacy with which
he insisted upon the denomination Of Tabor and
Wemple. While that attempt was failure, the con
ventiOn submitted TO his dlcaton regard
ing the nominations; but these have proved
a leaden weight 10 the party. Tho
state ticket as Hills ticket shows altogether too
many weak points and If II be elected 1t probably
viii be, the victory may prove Pyrrhus victory for
Hill. In Of It's defeat, however there VIII be
an end 10 HIPS bosssm Of the party organization.
That gentleman was not we'll pleased in ali
probability with the extreme languor shown In the
campaign in this state and that may have induced
him to try 10 improve his fortunes outside OF the
state. But whatever led him 10 his " March Through
Georgia. he certainly did not better hi fortune
by this excursion. He succeeded moreover during IT,
in thoroughly provoking the adherents of Cleveland
who already sufficiently embhtered by the
intended insult in syracuse, by ndisc rect
thrust at their leader. lie made a
speech in Atlanta In which the fol
lowing sentence appeared Il have not
brought my encyclopedia with me- When
this ndiscreton was thrown UP 10 him by respectful
Democratic and Republican papers Hill saw that
he had made stupid mistake and tried 10 lie out
Of IL by pretending that the remark attended ior
Flower with waOm he had seen encyclopedia in
the railroad train. lie beautifully ripped up
by this lame excuse however, The Albany Even.
Ing Journal produced the manuscript OF the speech
which sent 10 the Office before his Journey South
aud contained the expression
II Mr.. I'm did not have beam in his eye hs
would have long ago that he had moi the ghOs, OF
a chance 10 reach his goal. In contra
dctiOn 70 the general law, he passes for much less
outside OF his State than In his state. And il
be could manipulate the Democratic organization Of
his state IN the future so thai no would have tie
delegation to the National Convention IN his power
it would not help him.
To the rest Oi the country he Is local politician
representing nothing but clever machine work, ana
with that he can never succeed. II would be- far
the best thing II a defeat OF the Democratic State
ticket on next Tuesday should finish him al once
In any case, he Will himself UP sooner or
later. How shaken his authority at hons
now Is Is proved by the total failure
Of the experiment for which he cams here,
namely 10 bring the Democratic organizations at the
elections for the Legislature IN this city under ono
wing The local politicians did not show him in this
case even the simplest p0liteness. This disrespect
Is the natural consequence Of the general conduct of
the man. II is the elearest proof thai his glory
approaching its end