New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-08
OUR DEAP, DELIGHTFUL GOVERNoR.

OUR DEAR, DELIGHTFUL GOVERNOR.
Just what Governor Hill hopes to accom-
! plish by his Worlds Fair message to the Legs
! lature he will never disclose to public gaze.
| He has probably given the cue to two or three
of his faithful mouthpieceS. and his real motive
may be revealed in due time by events but In
| the meanwhile we are merely left to suppose
that he desires to put the Republicans in
hole The precise method of inhumation upon
which he has set his heart will appear later.
The message itself is delightfully."- character
istic There are those who think that the Gov
ernor is at his best only when he is opening a
vent through which his seethng patriotism may
escape and fructify the Legislature. If we
could only take him seriously on such occa-
sions But how can We?
The Governor tells the Legislature very
plainly what sort of Worlds Fair bill he now
| thinks he would sign if it ever reached him,
and he evidently desires to encourage the con-
| victiOn that a lofty sense Of duty would com
! pei him TO veto bill OF any other description
| He does not say this in SO many words 20 be
| sure probably for the reason that he Is not al
all certain in his own mind what he would DO
under such distressing circumstances: but for
! the time being the threat is there and he thinks
he can afford 10 wait We shall be surprised
| if the members of the Legislature and their
constituents do not promptly and almost unanl-
mously reach the conclusion that the Governor
chose a sngularly inopportunc moment for his
pronunclamento The Conference Committee
! had lust announced that il had not reached any
agreement except TO adjourn until next Mon
dav afternoon This we take IT, was equiv
! alent TO the expression of a reasonable belief
that an agreement will be reached eventually.
The committee is not likely to I've assisted in
its deliberations by the Governors lecture.
| II will do well 70 ignore his uttcranceS alto
gether.
TO some persons it may seem unmannerly
and to others Superfuous 10 pick flaws in the
message. but what is the use of having such a
! Governor if You can't have fun with him? He
saws for instance: alt is entirely immatcrial
what the political sentiments of majority OF
| the committee NAV be, and then proceeds 10
show that he regards them OF such vital I'M
portance as 10 be convinced that he ought TO
! veto a bill which creates q committee whose
! political sentiments are not agreeable to him.
1.-THE additional Commissioners whose names
! have been proposed were not asking TO be
named" saws the Governor, as il "A wrnckng
solicitude and a perempt0iy demand for that
distinction were an indispensable condition Of
obtaining IT, Merely partisan or personal
considerations should be waived, ." remarks our
! disnterested Chief Magistrate and yet here he
| is waving his own particular partisan and per
sonal considerations in the face of Legislature
which had never indicated the faintcst wish
to hear from him on the subject. These arc
some of the observations included in the mes
sage. We note only one omission which sur
pI,es MS. The document ought 70 have begun
as follows: "TO the Legislature ! am Dem
oclat." We should have supposed that those
immortal words would have found Judgment
somewhere, if not by design, at least by acct
dent The Governor must have had an I'M
commonly tight grip on his unconscious cere-
bration.
The majority at Albany does not need 10 DO
| introduced to David Is. Hill at this late day.
Republican members OF the Legislature have
taken his measure accurately They know
that he never did an official act or spoke IN
official word which was not specifically intend
ed 10 promote his own selfish purposes through
the agency Of the Democratic party. Ostcnsibly
he has come 70 the rescue of the Worlds Fair
bill. In reality he is cndeayoring to create a
situation from which he can extract some profit
for himself. lie has put in his thumb and is
now feeling around for the plums. We don't
believe he will find any.