Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-05
Hill and Cleveland.

OF all the people in the world editors
ebould be most tolerant of opinions
which do not commend themselves 10
their appreciation. Year in and year out
they discuss oil sorts of questions, new
and old. and give TO the public the fuh
benefit OF whatever advice they are capa-
BE OF bestowing upon their readers, ana
of whatever argumonts they are able 10
formulate. 1t would seem natural, there
fore, for editors TO know their own inhrmi-
ties so well as to be charitable, not to say
liberal. in their treatment OF their brother
editors. We regret that the facts do not
fall IN with our theory. Some editors
are not ashamed 10 attribute low
motives TO their contemporaries OF
the press. or TO speak OF them
rs IL they were engaged IN perpetual
hunt for the honors or emoluments OF
Office. and in O persistent effort TO COM
mend themselves and their papers TO the
attention Of the politicians" rs the men
are sometimes sneeringly styled who do
all the hard work Of every campaign and
thus save the country from being ruined
by the neglect Of those nice men who can
not cOndescend 10 volunteer their services
to the leaders Of party whose success
they are nevertheless willing to concede IL
indispensable to the peace and prosperity
of the country. We do not choose 10
embark in any such undertaking as that Of
satisfying the censOrious editor that we
are actuated by good motives when we set
forth for the consideration of our readers
such facts aud arguments as we thluk VIII
induce them TO walk in what seems to us
TO be the right road. We do not object to
Legitimate controversy. by any means. So
we take pleasure in replying 10 an inter
rogatory put TO W. by one of our Virginia
exchanges-we forget which of them.
That paper says:
alas the DISPATCH or any one else the au-
thorlty 70 quote Governor Hin as any the less
hostile 10 silver than Mir. Cleveland is thought TO
be."
We have not. And our contemporary
will learn from this reply to its interro-
catory that IL commits q serious blunder
when il assumes that because the Dis
PATCH is not the organ of CLEVELAND it
must be the organ of Hill. We have not
presumed to speak for Governor Hit or
for MIR. CLEVELAND Oh this subject of the
free coinage of silver or on any other SUBJ
ject. We have commented upon the lat
tess bold expression of his opposition to
what we consider one of the most impor-
tant articles in the creed of the national
Democracy. We have his own utterances
70 guide us in setting forth his views. But
To- ~.
HILL either favoring or opposing the free
coinage of silver. WHY, then, should the
DISPATCH be asked whether it has the
authority 10 "quote Governor Hill y!
Row can man be quoted who
has never committed himself upon
the question upon which II is sought
TO obtain his opinions =? Possibly Governor
HILL awaits the action of the Democratic
National Convention. and holds him.
self ready TO mount the platform Of his
party when the tocsin of battle shall be
sounded. Possibly he deems it his duty
to act with his party rather than against it.
Possibly he may be so modest rs not 10 think
that he knows il all" Possibly lie may
think that he is just as loudly called upon
10 discuss the tariff. or the lnternal-revc-
nue. taxes, or TIE income tax, or the single
tax theory, or the pension question, or the
public-lan6 question, or the sub-Treasury
system, or the lend-loaning scheme, as he
il to discuss the silver question. is he to
discuss only such measures as Wall street
considers important? Or shall he be
called upon to write letter on each of
the several topics we have just men,
tioned?"
Our Virginia contemporary proceeds as
follows:
III Governor Hin is moro in sympathy with
the people and less In league with Wall street,
Why doesn't he say so. II the DISPATCH has in
formation TO that effect why doesn't It publish
III"
Why the DIspATcH?' What single word
have we employed which justiies anybody
in asking us such question as that! We
have said never word about either Mr..
CLYvYLAND's or Mr.. HuL's "sympathy
with the people" We have RETAINED from
defending our own position because in do
ing so we might FIRE into the Notifications
thrown up by Mr.. CLEyELASD's friends.
We have chosen to submit TO injustice at
the hands of the Clevelandites rather than
toutter one word in DISPLACEMENT of the
man or his creed. We have declared un-
equiyocally that if the silver question
should be settled next winter Mr.. CLEvE-
LAND would be strong nominee, and We
should willingly march under his banner.
But enough, We are not afraid to give
Mr.. CLEVELAND credit for all that makes
him Q ft candidate for President Of the
United States or to declare that in
respect of the free coinage of silver he
stands within the Notifications of the
opemy.