Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-26
TALES TOLD IN GOTHAM
GOV. HIN 20 Make . Great Fight -
Be Re- Nscsed 0overnor.
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Geysraor Hin has about determined
upoa a. heroic eourss 90 far - his polit-
teal career u copcerneA After having
looked ever the grsand very carefully,
sinee the election Of . Democratic Lsgis-
lstars in New York State. and listening
70 what ell his frieads had 10 say about
the course he should pursue in the future
he has determined To disregard them all.
and make the race again for the Govern
orshipL Only . brave man would do
this, and no ether Democrat in the State
Of New York Is brave enough or has .
sufiieisntly large following 10 warrant
him in pursuing such . course. Cover
nor Hill has few intimate friends, and
none upon whose judgment he relies i'm
pliclty. Hs Listens TO all that Is said,
weighs the matter carefully pro and con,
and then usually decides for himself
The majority of politicians thought that
the best course for him to pursue would
Be To step from the GoveroOr's chair into
the United States Senate, as he can do il
he desires. Others thought IL would be
. good plan for him TO retire into private
life and await tho result Of the Demo
cratic Convention ia 1892. But no ono
but himself preached the idea of taking
the bull squarely by the horns and max
ing the fight on the Governorship. Hill
has practically decided to do this, and
Is busying himself with playing politics
all over his broad State In such = man
nsr that he may secure solid delegation
to the National Convention. He does not
care picayune who is elected to succeed
Evarts in the Senate so long ~ he Be man
who can Aid him IN his Presidential fight,
for the race for tho 0ovsrnorship Is but
the beginning Of that contest. There are
precedsnts enough to warrant Hill in
following tho course no has marked out,
and II the Democratic party pulls to-
gether he should be reelected by at least
q, 900 majority. But it is not at oil GER
tain that no will be. During his terms of
office, he has made . great many enc
mics, and those men disappointed and
disgruntled will consider 1t part of their
duty to try and defeat Hill for the Gov.
ernorship. Should they succeed in this,
his Presidential prospects and his politi-
cal future will be buried in the Same
trench. But should he win, as no argues
he will, he will have NO rival for the
leadership of tho National Democracy.
Hill very we'll understands the dangers
attendant upon the fight for the Gov
ernorship. Tammany Hall in New York
city can not be depended upon to support
him loyalty, nor can the other wing Of
tho Democracy in Kings County, and the
Cleveland men in the other portions of
the State will leave no stone upturned
to compass his defeat. And, by the way,
the Cleveland contingent is growing, not
among the politicians, for Cleveland
is intensely dislikcd by the politi-
clans, but among tho people, and
the ex-President is unquestionably
moro popular to-day than ever
before There are indications, too, that
Cleveland himself will direct the fight
against HILLS ambitious struggle for the
Governorship, and il he does, there will
be battle royal between the giants that
must end in political death of one or
the other. So far, Hill has the best of 1t, and
IL the Democratic machine does its work
he will have q solid delegation
from the State Of New York to the Ma
tional Convention. Cleveland will not
DO in it, for however much the Southern
and Western delegates may think of him,
1t would be political suicide to nominate
. man whose own State is against him.
The fight is now under way. The Cleveland
men are forcing 10, and the result will
b watched with interest not only by pol
but by students of political
economy all over the country.