New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-15
THE DEMOCRATIC CANTASS FOX 1hE
ASSEMBLY.

election 20 the Appeals bench so that DAVID Is.
Hill is left free to devote all his energies 10 inc
Assembly canvass. Everybody understands why
bc placcS so much stress upon securing Demo.
cratic majority in that body for the session OF
1891. 1t is not principally because Democratic
majority there. by declining to concur IN the
passage of High License bill and other REFORM
measures which will be sent to the Assembly
by Republican Senate, would relieve mn, vi
the responsibility Of vetong such lcSi>a'ioh'
Nor is it principally because he wishes on gen
cral unScf>h party grounds to see MS part!
triumph in the election OF nlted Sii'e> zen
ator in 1891 and realizes that such 4 TRIUMPH
il conditioned upon big Democratic majority
in the incoming Assembly. The dominant
reason for his deep interest in the Assembly
canvass is more personal. lie understands mat
unless he il elevated 10 the nii"d states sen
alto in 1891 he will be shelvcd in lS9:, whcn
his second term ~ Governor expires. Ills boom
for the Presidency is not visible T. IN" hakci
eve and-aS he must he awarc-i> not hk"i! 10
grow prrcrptlhly during the next t"" years
Ilcnco if no fails t. secure the >rnai"r>hip he
will Lc on, of Office and comparatively power
less. A pcanu, politician. so long as he >i'S III
N
would pay reverence I, II peanut politician ON
of Office? Hill may well strive miHh'i'S i"f Il
Democratic Assembly.
lie is striving nightly. At present h" i
making one Of the greatest efforts of his wir"-
milling life. The letters which Tile TRiBtNE
has been publishing Of lat" from various points
,hrmyhoIt the State attest thi, fact. TIN"
Democrats under his leadership are concentrate
inc their forces where they ar" likely I" 90
most good That is I, say. they arr not detail
inc ammunition Ia any districts except those
which may reasonably be regarded IL close or
doubtful. In the sure Republican OF the SIRE
I,cmocra,ic counties they will let the contests
take care Of themselves. But in the other
countc, they will do all that can he don" by
hard and pcr>i,tcnt work, and corruption
| fund wrIng from the saloons and from Demo
cratic ofIicc-holderS And while we firmly he
| licyc that the Republicans will have decisive
majority in the next Assembly. obv"n>iy 1t Is
not wise To undcrratc the strength OF tn" OPP
| position. The Governor Is one ct the most 'lIi-
ScrIpnOls Of politicians as well as one oil the
| ,hrcwdcSt and most experienced. II Is sale III
affirm therefore that he will not hesitate Ia Use
his great Office AS opportunity Oilers T. pro-
| mote the election Of Democratic Assemblyin"n
| With the same end in view he may BE- expected
| to compel the rum power which IS 50 greatly
| indebted To him. to come down heavily, to "X-
| tort "vuluntary contributions from every mp
po;ntce of his from Montaull Point to Buffalo,
TO work the canals and to turn the Democratic
State departments into political recruiting sta
tons When Mr.. Wemple was running for re-
| election last year he saw no Improperly III turn
| ing the Controllers Office into his personal
headquarters, and lIilrs career shows that his
own conception of what belongs to the pro-
prctcs of high official station is even lower
than his Controllers.
| These considerations need not discourage Re-
publicans, but they ought to render them alert
and viglant at all points. especially at the close
| and doubtful ones In 1856, the year before
Frank liscOck was chosen to the Senate the
Democrats under the lead Of Hill were boasting
even as they are Boosting now OF their ability +.
carry the Assembly. There was good deal
Of talk among them then, as there is now. of
sending Hill to Washington. What was the
result of the election? The Assembly of 1887
contained scventyfour Republicans and only
ify-four Dcmocrats-a Republican majority OF
twenty This chapter Of history can he made t.
repeat itself. But let our friends Throughout.
the State take nothing for granted. Let every
Republican do his whole duty, to the end tina,
no district may be lost by apathy or ovcroon.
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