Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-04-10
Governor FaiIl's GonfaIOn.


Governor Hill of New York has
again flung his gonfalon to. the
breeze, and this time it is Inscribed
with new legend. When lie first
unfured it few years ago in a
speech in Brooklyn, it bore only one
motto, and that was: 81 am a
Democrat" In his letter read
Thursday evening at the single tax
banquet in New York city, he added
second legend, reading Il am not
a free-trader," and his gonfalon now
faunts defiantly before the public
with these two devices. These de-
fnitions of the attitude of New
York's Governor are short enough
and sententious enough to be caught
up and made the rallying cry of the
class of voters to whom Mr.. Hill
knows he must appeal for the futher-
ance of his political ambition.
1t is an auspicious time for such a
declaration as Governor Hill makes.
The five months that have elasped
since the Congressional elections OF
last November have shown the peo-
pie the falseness of the cries on
which the Democracy carried the
country. No such disastrous re-
suits have followed as the Demo.
cratic newspapers predicted would
ensue from the enactment OF the
Mckinley tariff law. On the con-
trary, the effects of that law have
been scarcely felt in prices while all
it's beneficial results remain to be
reaped. And to-day the Demo-
cratic newspapers and leaders stand
convicted by hard and undisputed
facts of having attempted a deliber-
ate deception of the people. But
they have always believed that their
colossal cheat was success.
But Governor Hill does not leaye
the free-traders even the consolation
of this delusion. He administers a
stinging slap in the face to the
Cleveland faction in the Democratic
party by saying: "They greatly
mistake public sentiment who as
sumo to construe the revolution OF
last Autumn at the polls as a popu-
lar manifestation in favor of radical
tariff legislation only blind theorists
could see in it any indication that
the people are impatient of all tariffs,
and desire resort to direct taxation
to secure the necessary revenues
tor the support of the Government. y
1t is significant, also, that Governor
Hill in giving his adhesion to the
Democratic national platforms, does
not mention the platform of 1880,
which contained the notorious
plank ga tariff for revenue only"
Governor Hills letter is only one
more evidence of the apparent i'm
possibility of bringing the Demo>
cratic party together on Mr. Cleve-
lands platform. Taken in con-
nection with the adverse expressions
of opinion coming from Democratic
United States Senators on Mr..
Cleyeland's attitude on the silver
question, the probability ofa division
in the Democratic party appears
imminent. Senator Pugh, of AL
ALBANIA Senator Y Voorhees, of Indiana;
Senator Harris, of Tennessee
Senator Jones, Of Arkansas, and
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, and
many of the most influential papers
in the South, have all declared it
impossible for any man opposed to
free silver coinage to receive the
Democratic Presidential nomination
next year. But Governor Hill has
only to add to his gonfalon the
legend 81 am for free silver" to
place himself in complete accord
with his party in the South and
West. And the probability is that
lie will dc it before long.