Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-02
HILL AND CLEVELAND.

Gov. HIT, if he have ambitions look.
ing to 1899, should pray night and day
to be saved from one friend az least,
tine New York S,al. The latest of the
Suns remarks in advocacy Of Gov. Hill
is as follows:
Ii we were in search of d statement OF
TACT in which the untold truth involved was
IN comparison vastly bigger and more i'm
pOrtant than what was put into words. we
should take our esteemed contemporary the
huncie Herald's declaration: 1t was due
10 the fact that Hill is a Democrat that ht
ran l+,64s votes ahead of Cleveland in New
York State in ISIS
Calling Governor Hill a Democrat
leaves still unexplained why the diferenc,
between his vote and Clevelaud's vote in
ISIS was only fourteen thousand instead OF
forty thousand. The explanation is tina
Hill threw his entire personal energy. anC
no man has more, together with his unre
strained influence throughout all the rami
ncations OF politics, and no New York Dem
ocrat has so much, TO the support Of The
national ticket
The Buffalo Courier which Away.
been staunch friend of the young Gov
ernor Of New York. which it still is, and
has always defended him against tn,
charge that he was unlaithful TO IN,
National Democratic ticket in 1855. re-
plies to the suns malignant efforts t.
demonstrate the unpopularlty of Mr.
CLEVELAND among the Democrats Of
New York.
For Instance" il says. ''the Cleve
land vote for President In New York ia
lsss was 635, 757, and the Hill vote fol
Governor was CSC. 4O4, difference Of
u, Ga, ia favor OF Governor HILL. TheS,
figures have been cited by the sun over
and over again as conclusive proof oil
Mr. CLEVELAND'S aud OF Governor
Hills popularity among the Demo
Gratis of the State. But, TO use the Ian,
guage OF our contemporary, III we were
in search Of statement OF fact in which
the untold truth involved was in com
parisOn vastly bigger aud more import
ant than what was put into words, W,
should take the Suns Interpretation OF
the vote Of New York ia iSSs."
The Courier goes more extensively
into detail and says:
For illustration, take the vote Of Erie
county. In this county Mr.. Cleveland re
ceiVed %. 542 votes for President in ISIS
that year Mr.. Hill received Si,OjO vote:
for Governor, or 3,5OS in excess OF tn,
Cleveland vote. Was this difference owing
20 Mr.. Cleveland's unpOpularity among
the Democrats BY no means. Whenc,
the difference, Every intelligent person
in Erie county knows tha' the Republican
LIQUOR vote fully represents the difference
No one has ever doubted or disputed III,
assertion that thousands OF Republicans il
this county voted for Governor Hill on thu
LIQUOR question and for MIR Harrison OF
the tariff question and for general part.
reasons.
In discussing this point several week
ago the Coitrisr said Deducting tue Hill
excess. 8. 5OS, in Erie county FROM the tota
excess. l4,ifT In the State, the Hill exceS
In the other 50 counties was II, 1870 VIII
doubts that the Republican liquor vOt
which was cast for Governor Hill u
against Warner Miller in these 80 countie
was fully equal 10 ll,l5g. II this be tru'
and who can reasonably doubt it.-thel
what becomes Of the assertion that, becauS
Governor Hin received on State issue II
iSSS a vote Of l4,6i7 in excess Of the PreSi
Dental vote for Mr.. Cleveland, the resul
WAS AN Indication Of the appropriately o
Mr.. Cleveland among Democrats. Tht
question is fair to Governor Hill. TO Mr.
Cleveland, and to the Democratic party o
the State and the Nation.