New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-17
HARD THRILLS, GREAT JRIBCLA7lONS.

These are irving days for Governor Ill., ana
we do not wonder that he is beginning 10 ieei
the strain and show it. His Official career hdS
heen marked by many actions ana lhcioeh'S
which would have disturbed the serenity Oh
most men but he is so constituted that nothing
Int failure or prcmonitons of failure can cause
him 70 suffer. lie is abstemiOuS, his health Is
GOOD his temper is naturally cheerful. Up to
a recent period he had not been Jealous OF re-
scntful for the reason that he did hou rcdii9
believe anybody was in his way, ana 'he Sly!
WAS too clear to suggest forebodlngS.
But many things have changed OF Iate. Inc
Senatorship campaign was full oil perpieN''ieS
and dangers, and the result not altoeeIher "
his satisfaction. For the first time IN his HE
his hand was forced When he caused oml'h
N Weed to expect an election to the Senate nc
did not know that he would be compelled either
70 take AN election himself, or else accept less
agreeable alternative He is aware that he has
made hitter and powerful enemies, without
winning new friend. lie sees the machine
which he had adjusted perfectly to his own
nurnoses. and controlled absolutely III DANGER
of disntcgrating. lie has the irritating con-
sciousnosS that events are getting away from
him and that the future is still more uncertain
than the present lie knows that he ought TO
resign the Governorship before March 4. Ills
most steadfast friend has publicly told him as
much, and yet that course is threatening. lh''
indeed would be his preference il he could leave
all snug at Albany, but he Is aware lhdC IL
can't. 4 successor who would keep the I'M
machine oiled and running might move INTO the
Executive Mansion tomorrow II 1t pleased MN
r E obi
but General Jones is not that sort OF 1Iei9ht-
MAYER. The Lieutenant Governor has amDltlohS
Of his own. which he has already proclaiiheu'
and is beginning to consider himself an llnpOr-
tant nucleus. In the midst of the anXletleS
which these reflections suggested came OoloNcl
Wattcrson's letter 1t would probably be n
mistake to suppose that this inciSNe document
WAS of itself alone, capable of eXtorung from
the Governor such angry and resentiul words
as he gave utterance to; but it was the latest
in a series Of veXatiOnS, and the Governor
cuticIa was tender. 1t seemed to him, there
fore. 70 be harbed if rot poisoned and he couIu
not help winding How deeply he now regrets
that he exposed his wound to pnbilc obSerVa-
tion nav be readily measured by the JOY OF his
Democratic enemies.
Moreover. some recent events which he him
self had carefully planned and from which he
expected TO derive great satisfaction, are not
hearing the fruit which he was looking 1or'
The deal by which he forced Pierce into the
place of superintendent Draper was exceedingly
attractive while in process Of contamination !
but it proves to be a rather dismal triumph
Several of his most faithful organs declare that
pierces appointment was "a silly as well as Il
disgracefu act, the tendency OF which Is 10
solidify instead of dividing the Republican
party Again, the census investigation now
proceeding in this city is giving the Governor
no comfort, but rather making him ridiculous.
1t is perhaps these suggestions and omens OF
ridicule which Mr.. Hill has most to dread. lie
is not the sort of statesman that can afford %
be laughed at The moment that his party be-
gins TO take him less seriously than he takes
himself he is gone. Democracy does not mlnd
heavy burden of genuine disgrace upon the
shoulders Of fayOrite son, so long as he cay
ries it as il he were proud of it and 1t doeSn
appear III the eyes OF anybody to be grotesque.
But when it forces him down on all fours and
the populace begins to smoker he is specify
turned out to Craze among the thistles.