New-York tribune., 1891-05-18
GOVERNOR HILLS FUTURE,

Kind.bearted persons may we'll she'd plying
tears as they contemplate what Is before inc
Governor of this State. He is politician ol
whom it may be said, as it was SAID OF announcer
of his sort that che has glorious future oe-
hind him" lie has made Shipwreck OF great
onnortunties. At the close of next December
he will have served seven years as the Chlel
Executive of the greatest Commonwealth IN the
Union. And vet to-day finds him without po-
ltical standing save among the worst elements
in his party--such forces as the saloon rlng anu
the canal ring During these seven years 10
has made no pretence OF serving the peoPie'
He has used his exalted Office for the advance
ment of his personal ambition for puoIlc us
tinction. and therefore for the turtherahce Vi
Democratic schemes which have been nothlhe
if not partisan. In pursuance OF thlS liue-
fensibIe pocy he has never hesltated TO pre-
nare State papers which read like stump
sneecbes. 1t is safe to say that the history OF
tho administrations of the Governors OF New
yorl, will be searched in vain for messages TO
the Legislature so undignifed, so offensive TO
tho obvious proprieties as David b. HIS Ills
ornoin4monts and his treatment of legislative
measures have also stamped him as sellsh
partissn. His displacement OF Mr.. MAXWELL
good and faithful official, from the head OF tne
Insurance Department in order that he mlghC
Give the Superintendency to hack politician
who was known to be grossly unfit for the
nlaco but was also known as distinchvely ana
ardentlv q Hill man, is still fresh in the public
mind Has there been an important reform Dill
before the Legislature since Hill became Uo.-
ornor which has not found its worst enemy III
the Executive Chamber? The champions OF
cleaner election methods and OF high license
are ready to answer that question
II is not strange, under the circumstances
that il is rumored the Governor lncllneS 10
resign the Senatorship and run again Tor MS
nresent office. For he cannot readily use the
Senatorship. as he has steadily used the OoV-
crnorship to help on the Hill boom. 80 long
as he remains at Albany he can probably man
ace the Democratic machine to sut hlmSel
But let him remove to Washington and what
then? "Authority forgetS dying KING" Can
an Executive whose significance is measured oy
his wel-earned title of Whiskeys Governor ex-
meet TO retain it? They are now saying IN the
interior that he has no thought of standing Tor
q third term. but will be allowed to name his
successor Seeing that his successor is likely
to be Republican, he will hardly name him
But suppose the Democratic nominee 1or the
! Governorshp this fall is the man OF his hrst
choice, and that he is elected. That clrcum-
stance can by no means be depended upon to
continue Hills hold upon his party. II he can
play false to Smith Weed poetic reciprocity
suggests that the man whom he states for Gov
ernor may decide to set up house for himself
Everybody understands that he accepted the
Senatorship, not because of patriotic desire to
be useful to NewYorli in the Federal Legs
lature, but simply because he was near the
end of his term for Governor and no other Office
was Immediately available. Now that he has
cot it. lie is dissatisfied with it, and with char
acteristic contempt for public opinion retains
both offices, hoping against hope that his party
will give him its nomination for the Presidency
ncxt wear. But according to present appear
ancos his party will decline to do anything OF
the kind, even if he goes to the National con-
vention with a solid Newly ork delegation at his
back. With his power and prestige as Gov
crnor well-nigh exhausted, averse to the still
air, of the Senate, nursing a Presidential hope
which grows more fororn every hour conscious
that his public career has earned him the con-
demnation of good men of all parties Hill IS
proper subject for coincidence.