The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-22
DAVID BENNETT HILL.

The election of DAVID B. HILL to the
important political events of late years. 1t
places Democrat in the Senate from the
great Democratic state. This is important,
as it has been a good many years since
New York had a Democratic Senator It
replaces fanatic and back number states
man with young and vigorous man,
man fully abreast of the times, and one
who ranks among the foremost in the
matter of political ability. EvARTs is
crank of whom New Workers quite gener-
ally have long been ashamed. They have
felt that their mighty commonwealth was
not fairly represented; in fact, the majority
have felt that their state was misrepre-
sented by him. On the other hand Cover
nor Hill will cause New York to feel
pride in the fact that their state has man
in the upper house of Congress who is the
peer in intellectually of the brightest
minds in that body. Hill will necessarily
be leader That is in his nature and in
his training.
But the most important feature of this
election is that it makes certain the nomi-
nation and election to the Presidency of the
republic of Americas grandest living
statesman, GROVER CLEVELAND. Governor
Hill, besides being shrewd politician, is
an ambitious man, and naturally aspires to
loftier positions than those he has occupied.
1t is generally understood that he regards
the Presidency as not beyond his reach. He
is also the choice of considerable proper
ton of the Democracy. 1t is everywhere
conceded that in 1892 as it was in 1888 and
in 1884, New York will be the pivotal state.
so far, at least, as the Democrats are con-
cerned; for while IL it may be possible
for the Republicans to elect without it the
vote of the Empire state will be absolutely
essential to Democratic success. We pre-
sumo there is not an intelligent man in the
country who knows anything of politics
and politicians who will not admit that
if any Democrat can carry New York it is
Governor HILL, who is not only the
idol of the Democracy but also of that un-
certain element which controls New York
elections, not as political partisans but as
supporters of individuals. We refer, of
course, to the liquor element, which in 1888
made it possible for HILL to carry the state
by ten thousand majority while CLEVELAND,
on the same ticket, was defeated.
1t has been feared that HILL, taking ad-
vantage of his local popularity, would at
tempt to force himself upon the national
convention, employing in his own behalf
the fact that If he were rejected New York
would be lost to the party. If he had done
this, the Democracy, which wants CLEvE-
LAND and will be satisfied with no one else,
would have been placed in a sad predica-
ment, and would have gone into the battle
half expecting defeat. But Governor HILL,
in this as in all things, has proven himself
the statesman, the brainy man and
the shrewd politician He takes
the senatorship and will make il
the stepping-stone to the satisfaction
of his loftier ambition. He unites the party
on CLEVELAND for 1892, and makes himself
the Presidential legatee in 1896. He hands
the great state over to CLEVELAND next
year, and four years thereafter the Presi-
dent will give it back with the mighty
Democracy united and agreed upon one
man-Senator Hill. In the game of poll
tics there has never been prettier play