Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-08-29
DAVID OR GROVER?
Fight for the Democratic
Nomination Begun,
Hills FRIENDS THE MOST ACTIVE
Bureaus Already Established in
Several Cities to Sound
His Praises.
ILLS FRIENDS THE MOST ACTIVE

ALBANY, y. Y. special:-The po
lltical and personal friends of Cover
nor David B. Hill express therI-
selves as highly satisfied with the
results of his visit to indianapolis
last month. They say he made an
extremely favorable Impression up
on the leaders OF the democracy in
that state, and that he now has
hosts Of friends among people who
hitherto had known him only by
name. General Sickles and General
r. r. Soler are credited with hav-
ing done a great deal of Mission
ary work ia Hills behalf although
there Is something Of an impression
that it was hardly the part of wis
dom for the oue-armed soldier to
avail himself Of his many oppOrtu
mites as he did to speak in detrac-
lion of Grover Cleveland. To near
ly everyone with whom he came il
contact Sickles managed to convey
his opinion that the eX-presideu
had no further show for another
nomination, "that he had cut the
friendship of old line democrats
like Hendricks, that he had trained
entirely with the mugwump crowd
that he was not man who stood 10y
his friends like Hill, and that as
consequence he could not be relied
upon to hold the democratic party
together"
There are astute politicians
here who are just as interested
in the political fortunes Of
Governor Hill as Governor
Sickles himself, who hold to the
opinion, and make no bones of ex-
pressing it, that the necessity has
not yet arisen for denouncing Cleve-
land in order to make friends for
Hill. 1t is altogether too early, they
say, to enter on a campaign Of SLAM
der and abuse, and as a matter of
fact they do not believe that either
feature should enter into "A contest
between the leaders of the same
party. In their opinion it ia quite
sufficient TO use such ammunition
against their political opponents.
From this time on Governor Hill
will have a secret bureau in Indian
apolis in charge of experienced pol
iticians who will see to it that his
praises are continuously sounded 10y
newspaper correspondents, platform
speakers and street corner gossip
ers. Ex-Governor Grey will have
more or less supervision of this piece
of machinery, and that being the
case can be depended upon that for
every word said favorable to Hill. .
two will be said inimical to Cleve- .
land. a similar connection already .
exists In Denver with Jno. Atkins .
of the News as chief supervisor and .
the latter is leaving no stone un-
turned TO create a sentiment west
of the Rocky mountains opposed to .
Cleveland's denomination. Still T.
another bureau on the same line will /.
be in operation in San Francisco
within q month with Chris Buckley .
who was here but a couple of weeks .
ago, as chief mOgul. Other bureaus
will be established in Chicago, Col
umbus, Saint Louis, Milwaukee aud
Detroit. Those already in existence,
as well as those yet to come, will be
in direct communication with this
city, whence all the wires will be OPP.
Grated. Governor Hill knows the
advantages of early organization; he
is, moreover "A firm believer in the
old adage which, however, does not
always come true in political life
that "the early bird catches the
worm" He believes, moreover in
the efficacy of the BARREL" and if
report speaks truly, Girls Buckley,
who has few millions to spare,
will see that the machine is kept
well oiled. His reward, of course,
will be looked for in the future.