New-York tribune., 1890-06-30
TIE GOVERNOR And THE EX-PRESIDENT

THE GOVERNOR And THE EG-PRESIDENI'
David B. Hill starts today either to attend
the unvciling of monument at Indianapolis
and incidentally to inspect his Western fences
or to inspect his Western fences and in
cidcntally to attend the unveilng of a monu-
ment. 1t is now reported that he vii! not ad-
vance further into the wide and woolly Oc-
| cdcnt than Indiana. And if other Democratic
papers along his line of march are to accord him
welcome no heartier than the one which 1.-The
| st. Louis Republic has already printed the
sooner he returns home the better for his peace
| of mind. Listen to "The Republics greeting
| to Governor Hill:
"Tho Republic will do Its best to secure Mr.. Illll
the undivided attention Of the West If he will use his
know ledge Of the slum politics OF NcwYori TO give ac
curae details concerning the trading and tIcachcry IN
which the National Democracy Is defeated by the po-
tcsl combination which makes everything depend on
two or three wards In New for! City. otherwise lie
might as well save his railroad fare. Grover Cleve-
land Is the only New YORKER who can be nominated
for President by any Democratic National Convention
held during the remainder OF the nineteenth century.
OF course the fact that "Tne Republic has
long been recognized 4 bitter and an I'M
placabc enemy of the Governor renders this
expression less significant than it otherwise
wonld be. Nevertheless it is perfectly true that
in holding that Hill was false to Cleveland in
1888 and that Cleveland and not Hill is the
coming Democrat, this Missouri organ of the
Democracy reflects the views of thousands OF
its party friends.
Accordingly it will be incumbent upon the
Governor to attempt to accomplish two things
while he is absent from this State In the first
place, he must endcavor TO eradicate the i'm
preston that he secured his own election two
years ago at the expense of Grover Cleveland.
In the second place, he must endcayor t.
demonstrate that As d vote getter for 1872 he
is 10 he regarded as a better man than the ex
President. What chance docs he stand Of ac-
complishing these two objects or either Of
them? \ fOrlorn chance at the best, one would
say The other day "The Brooklyn Eagle
made an argument designed to prove that Hill
had been loyal 70 Cleveland "The Eagle" as
everybody knows. is able and adrot. II it
cannot vndicatc Hill it is safe to say that he
must 60 without yindcaton. II is interest
ing. therefore, to see what impression its argu
mcnt has made in what may be regarded as dis
tinctivcly Cleveland circles. Nothing more
respectful than laughter" Possibly Hill as
counsel for himself may make better impress
sion in the West than The Eagle" has made
for him hcrcabout> in the East But he GER
tainly runs the risk in case he exploits his
fidelity 70 NJ. Cleveland of arouSing the bound
less prairics - Gothing more respectful than
laughter"
When Hill comes To talk 10 his Western
brethren of his political strength as compared
with Clcveland'S he may mako a better impress
sion. For it certainly lies with him to refer to
u number of elcston tables which prove that
he is an exceedingly popular Democrat a skill !
full organizer. and indcfatigablc worker. sue |
ccsSful standard bearer. just how he proposes, |
however, 10 do more than thiS--to show that |
he is really stronger than Ccveland-iS not |
quite clo1r. True he was elected while Clcyc- |
land was defeated in lsSs. Bur those West |
crncrS will he apt 10 remind one another that |
What defeated Cleveland in 1855 was the tariff. |
and that if Mr. lIls neck had also been encir- /
clcd with frcc-tIadc milestone he too would |
have gone down. Besides, those Wcsterncrs
may nave strong impression that Cleveland |
received thousands Of votes which Hill could |
not command. AMI may whisper to one another
that 1892 may be mighty poor year to run
80 decided an anrireformcr As the GOV
crIOr Of New York for President David i, slv
ana plausible and resourccfuI and has a win
ming smile, 50 that he may succeed in coming
it over the West But let him look to his
trumps.