The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-01-16
CLEVELAND AND HILL.
How the Cat is Jumping in New Tork Poll
tics. and What is Going on In the
South and West.
NY. Snec,al.l

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Mr.. Clcvcland's friends, as they express
themselves through the mugwump press,
are conidcn. that he will be nominated
by an uprising i'll his behalf in the
South and West The South and West
arc covered with such rainbows. Mean
while David b. Hill is at work in the
South and West, through agents, elect
ing the delegates to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention, or, at least, preparing
to elect them, in his behalf. Mr.. Clevc-
land may have an enthusiastic support
among the democratic voters OF the South
and West Mr.. Hill will not care any
thing about that as long as he himself gets
the delegates.
There is good reason for thinking that
Mr.. Hill has recently made alliances in
the South and West which will greatly
aid him in his effort to break into
Clcveland's support in those parts Of
the Union. The leading men of the
South, men like Senator German, desire
to win in the next presidential contest,
and they are beginning to think that
they will have better chance with Mr..
Hill than they would have with Mr..
Cleveland. Their objection to Mr.. Clcvc-
land is that his views regarding tariff
reduction are too radical. They say he is
universally regarded as free trader, and
was beaten as candidate for president
in 1883 because Of his c-tradc tariff
message If he should be run for prcsi-
dent in 1892, the same charges would
again he made against him, and the re-
publican party put forth protective
tariff platform and sweep the country.
Mr.. Hill, on the contrary, they say, has
been moderate in his views respecting
! tariff reduction. He has trimmed his
sails SO that the business world would not
fear all Incorporate reduction of the tar
| iit. He iavors tariff with "incidental
protection"
The election of Smith NJ. Weed, pro-
lection democrat, as senator from New
York State, it is said, was strongly press
cd upon Governor Hill by Senator German
as one means Of allaying the alarm Of
manufacturers at the prospective coming
into power OF the democratic party, and
also as showing these men that Governor
Hill is not irec-tradcr, like Grover
Cleveland. Mr.. German came TO New
York and there had his chat with the
Governor in Mr.. Weeds favor. There is
also thought to be considerable truth i'll
the recent statements that Senator Calvin
S. Brice of Ohio, thinks that it wond be
unsafe for the democratic party to run
Mr.. Cleveland again, and tavors the nom
nation of Mr.. HILL
Smith NJ. Weed and his friends may
say, and say truly, that lie has not given
any pledges that if he is elected United
States senator he will support Mr.. Hill
for president But all of Mr. Wccd's
friends believe that he agrees with Mr..
Hill that it would be prudent for the DEM
ocratic party to take a back tack so tar
as the tariff is concerned, and not press
forward quite so rapidly in the direction
of free trade. Mr. Weed has 50 much in
fuencc in the Northwest and in Pcnnsyl-
vania among the Randall democrats, that if
he would, he could bring a large number
of votes to Mr.. Hills support at the
democratic national convention. His
friends believe that he will sOppOrt Mr..
Hill, and that the latter also believes he
will, and therefore supports him for sem
ator. 1t is idle to say that David b. Hill
fears Smith NJ. Weed, and darcs not de-
feat him for senator Mr.. Hill has many
faults as Il politician, but timidity is not
one Of them. Ii he permits the election
OF Smith NJ. Weed, protection democrat,
it will be because he believes Mr.. Weed TO
be his friend, and just the kind of demo-
crat that should be elected at this period
in the history OF national politics.
Smith NJ. Weed will open his hcadquar-
tiers as candidate for senator at the
Delevan House on January ID. William
f. Shcehan, of Buffalo, the prospective
speaker of the assembly, will be here
tomorrow,