The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-10
COMPARING Hill With Cleveland.

Comparing Hill Win CieVS-HHG'
Writing to the October North american
ReUielc concerning what he calls political
"straws," Editor Henry Watterson COM
pares the relative political positions OF
Cleveland and Hill and expresses the opinion
that ''it Gov. Hill could have seen bis way to
it. the Democratic party and these two en-
inent party leaders would stand to-day upon
much higher and solder grounds IL may
not have been in human weakness, but
it would have bsen in worldly wisdom had
the governor recognized the fact that his
election as governor and MIR. Cleveland's
defeat as President, on a common ticket,
made his own succession to the presidency
uncertain. II there was between them an
outstanding account, this balanced 1t
| and Gov. Hill could have afforded
TO make sacrihclal oher OF
an olive branch. Mr.. Cleveland could not
have refused. Indeed, it was eminently a
case where sacrifice was sagacity. and gen
erosity prudence. 1t would have set at rest.
and at once, all issues between leaders who
were too stroog to quarrel 1t would have
made them one in an irresistible movement,
supported by the noblest popular enthu-
siasm. 1t might not, indeed. have ended in
the election of Gov. Hill to the presidency,
though it would have taken that direction,
but it would have done more than this; it
would have made him national leader and
an unchallenged power among men.
Without these attributes of popular lead
ership. tho eminent Keniuckian regards
the presidency as the merest bauble, and
| says that whilst Gov. Hill is making
himself strong in the state of New York.
| he is In reality doing his great talents for
affairs injustice with the country at large.
In word, these two party chiefs ought to
see that they are wasting "a vast amount Of
good fighting material. If each could
take to himself a little of the
other, both would be mended. As
it is, the very advantages they may
gain-the one in the country by the at
tractive side Of his character and personality
which he shows the masses; the other in the
state by his dextrous and astute handling
Of local aud muscular forces-work only
evil to the cause that ought to be, and I'M
doubleday is, dear to them both. In the
end they may find that they have lost all !;
for the Democratic party at large is grow
ing very FESTIVE under New York turbu-
lency, and it only wants good pretext,
and some one to head it, to throw off the
dominion of the Empire state once and for
alln
When the Louisville editor says that the
course of either or both of these very dis
similar gentlemen will work only evil to
the cause" of democracy be certainly ex-
aggerates the actual state of the cause.
Whatever their intentions might be even the
worst that they could do would only be in
furious for a time and would then rebound
to the advantage of the party. But that
statement scarcely applies to Mr.. Cleveland
in any way. Nothing that he has done has
| yet worked any evil to the party. On the
| contrary the party has been greatly
strengthened and benefited by the courage
| of conviction that he has manifested even
TO his own temporary injury. Still the
chances are that both he and the Demo-
cratic party will soon reap the results of
the heroic educational work that he SO
fearlessly undertook five years ago.
With Gov. Hill the case is altogether diff
| ferent. Pretty much all of his talents have
been exclusively devoted to acquiring skill
| in the manipulation of local affairs within
his own state. Therefore he has not attained
to any position that deals with national
affairs and really entities him to be COM
sidered factor in national politics beyond
being elected to a national legislative office
that he has not yet filed nor manifested any
particular faculties for filling. What capa-
bilities he possesses for dealing with national
questions yet remain for the future to dis
close.
So far as tho alleged dominion of the
| Empire state" is concerned that has always
been largely imaginary. With properly
organized systematic work the Democratic
party could get along quite comfortably
without New York. No one state should be
allowed to dominate the party beyond the
limits of it's Legitimate rights.
While Gov. Hill would amount to very
little in point of real political strength out
side of New York Mr.. Cleveland is almost
as popular in many other states as he is in
| his son.
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