The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-02
. SIGNIFICANT SPEECH.
A Member OF the National Committee and
= Frlend to Cleveland Makes All I'M
portant Statement with Reference
to Hills Conduct During
the Campaign OF 1883.

New YoRK, Jan. 1.-The response made
| by Mr.. William Stcinway to the toast
I aTrue Democracy and Grover Cleveland"
lat the Ashbel Fitch dinner at Delmon-
ico's last Saturday. evening, is causing a
great deal ofstalk among democrats, and
many inquiries are madeof the large num-
Der Of democrats present at the dinner as
to precisely what Mr.. Steinway. said.
The dinner was,a private one, given to
Mr.. Fitch by many admirers of his political
fcourse. mn. Steinway, who was called
on unexpectedly, took occasion to assert
that the assaults made upon Gov. Hill on
the ground that he had not, been true to
the national Democracy 1883 were false,
and that Mr.. Cleveland himself had assur-
ed him eMr. Steinway) that no man had
worked more honestly and faithfully for
i:the democratic presidential nominee in.
1883 than the governor Of the State of
New York.
Mr.. Stcinway, after paving o tribute TO
Mr. Cleveland, us he had known him from
the time he WAS young lawyer, and 9TH
erwise speaking in a happy vein of the man
of whom he is known to be an admirer,
proceeded: -
"And now, gentlemen, at this time and
place, m opportunity presents itself fot
Inc to make statement which have not
before had the fitting chance to make, and
that is of my own personal knowledge and
I.eIperience lean brand as a falsehood the
l'generally supposed and believed views as
I;tosa.strife between Mr.. Cleveland and Mr..
Hill. I think it my duty to state to you
facts within my own personal knowledge
which prove this conclusiyely.
CATER had been placed on the demo-
cratic nationl committee, went to Albany
in. February,4SSS,g on matters pertaining
| to the national convention. Wilhelm AL
| bany I called upon Gov. Hill, and our
conversation naturally turned upon the
convention, Gov. Hillthen said to me that
the denomination Of Grover Cleveland was
| O. foregone conclusion, that nothing could
prevent that denomination, and that he
EGov Hill, thought. that Mr.. Cleveland was
entitled to the denomination and should
have an opportunity to carry out the re-
| forms which he had already inaugurated.
Gov. Hill then took my hand earnestly in
Eboth Of his and dded !; sMr, Steinway, you
ara not a politician, land. / can talk to you
freely as j cannot talk to politicians.
/ \ gSll SUus tunsEstS 81 SOAhS III 'c q heLu
Ifght.in this State, and il, We win it will
tbe after desperate struggle. Mr. Cleve-
Hand will be renominated. AS soon as
the time comes for me to appear in the
icampaign, 4 shall fight like. beaver for
Mr.. Cleveland and sthe national democ-
Tracy, II.
.And Gov. Hill more than kept his word, "
lcontinued the speaker, after pause
! following an outbnrst4 of applause. He
went into the national campaign like q
thunder60it No man could work harder
than he did for Mr.. Cleyeland's election.
He spoke at the most effective points. He
wentinto Connecticut and did heroic work.
!! i know this personally. I have kilograms
and my own personal knowledge, aside
iTrSm newspaper reports, to prove this
lGoyeynor Hill delivered four speeches q
day right along ,sone in theearly afternoon,
one iatSr IN the afternoon and two OF
oxen three in the evening. He kept it
| MpSIntiIs I saw him pale and suffering from
his Tremendous exertion. Applause.l 1t
tihe had not been In the prime Of life, with
splendid physique and the possessor of
Eexempiarys personal habits, he would have
Broken down under the Sstrasn. assure
fynn, gent iemen, AZ q personal friend of
Grover CLEVELAND, that no man could have
worked harder for IL I. Cleveland g election
tins 1883 than did Coy. Hill. 81.
And n9H Ia prove to yon that Mr.
Dlese Gland s,ihsssif appreciated this work
and commended 1t. attended, in WASH
tfu94pa In JEauayy the last ssEte