The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-17
SOME VIEWS or PoLIrIcs.
Mn and CLEVELAND in New York.
From me Cincinnati Enquirer.

| From me Cincinnati Enquirer.
MT looks to me, said my friend the banker.
IKE me nomination and election OF Hill Tor
Upon what do you base that ideaY"
trdn ,t rs Is tne best politician who now CON
! attic politician. and 1t is Idle to suppose that
man who has been elected Governor of New
| York as often as he has. who has ilied the
| times; does not hold tho clues to events
Cleveland has no patronage at all, aud is sim
He speaks three times to mrs once II is
becoming more aud moro apparent to that
cdcs all things that Cleveland Is a profess
81 S10n at,cs eapNdiSate Hin ls
rs much the point of contention Tor 1892 as
L has has been in many, years, past, Tho
publican Tarty. Hero and there they will ex-
ercise their preroEativein IN oI year and N lake
democratic Governor or Legislature, but
never the issues are tightly drawn, tho Vest
goes Republican. and the waverinE State
out there which is Indiana, has twice in our
York State, on tho other hand, seems to have
laws OF It's own. In the midst OF tho civil war,
with oil its vast army OF volunteers in the neld,
II put seymour in the Governors otilce. You
land for, Governor OF tho State. which spoiled
was Undoubtedly accomplished by Republicans
s SnS he key aTeG " ne antics 81 Gonkng
elected 9ya tremendous majority. Cleveland
supposed he had all easy thing Tor the Iresi-
uehcS nut the expenditure OF $1,000 In the
city of New York would have defeated him and
elected blaine.
With all tho machinery OF the Government
IN his hands. and With Il unanimous nominal
ton which Is seldom extended to anybody,
Cleveland was the most easily defeated person
In sight; His own city went back on him.
ana the Democratic stronRholds like Brooklyn
tailed TO throw their usual maIorities. The
man that nobody, would be-, money on the
night before election, went triumphantly into
ONCE Now do you suppose that the Demo-
cratic party are going 10 put all their eggs In
the Cleveland basket again 1t Is true that the
Is demanding Cleveland's nomination. But
the politician, toward National Convention
time begins to reflect. and Is very glad to have
Stat rn nS y sSay to
land can not. That makes it appear to me that
he Is going TO DO their nominee.
Ihere IS every probability OF Hill having the
New York delegation at the next National
will not al 80 have the Pennsylvania delegation
The Maryland delegation Is expected through
German, to be made up for Hill. AS to the
Democrats refusing to vote for Hill that is ab-
surd. Party lines may be more closely drawn
with Hill as the Democratic candidate. but II IL
rather singular that In Presidential years the
Wavcrng voters recur to their natural party
allegiance Hin has great reserve, power.
The fact that he says very little will make what
he has to say ultimately listened to with more
attention than Cleveland, VIII IS exploding his
They s. say VI that Hill sold out Cleveland in
1883 Z"
y. Then Cleveland WIS a poor, business man.
Why didn't he sell Hin out? II he was UP 10
sellinEto be done where was no? Hill can
carry New York state. Whether Cleveland can
carry it is a problematcal question. He car
rled It once by an ENORMOUS majority. The
time he got beat. lie surely is not growing
politician. GATH.