The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-18
WATTERS0N TO GOV. HILL.
WORDS OF WISDOM IN LETTER.
Ksntucky's Great Editor Points Out the
Wisest Political Course 10 BE Taken
By Governor Hill On "a Question
of Serious Importance.

BALTIMORE, Md, FEB. l0.-The Balti-
more Sun of Wednesday will publish the
following special dispatch from its Wash
ington correspondent: A recent New
York dispatch which has been widely
circulated sets forth at some length that
Governor Hills conclusion to come to the
senate was because of a letter written by
Henry Watterson at the request OF a
democratic senatorial caucus. The con-
tents of the letter are assumed to be
given:
COURIER JOURNAL OFFICE,
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. y, 1850.
My DEAR SIR take leave to address
you this letter Of some mill
ions of democrats who have never
sought or held Office and who could not be in
duced to do so; but who are deeply concerned
IN the party welfare, and who believe you to
Outside Of the state of New York there is
well-nigh unanimous demand among the rank
and fle of democrats for the nomination of SIR.
Cleveland. This is too strong for the party
leaders and managers to resist / think have
some influence in Kentucky. But on that point
I should be overwhelmed in state conven-
sion. If you shoHl6 come to 8 national con-
Tention with New York delegation solid
against il. you would be overwhelmed. You
are poweriess to prevent ii. But you can de-
feat the election of the ticket
There are democrats in every part Of the
union who believe that you did this in 1883. 1
know that TO be a fact. / know exactly what
happened and 1 have steadily defended you
in public and in private. But it will
cling 10 you long as you live-eyen as the
bargain, intrigue and corruption story olun0 to
rClsy-and wall meet you in every national
convention il it be not dssipated by
some act on your part great enough to
kblot It out In default of this. If you have any
hope of the presidency. it will defeat that My
Judgment is clear that If you could reconcile 10
with your Judgment and feeling to
snake peace with Mr.. Cleveland and to
take delegation 10 the national
convention In 1892 to put him in nomination,
you will save the party and place yourself
pupOn an elevation you can never attain il you
fail to do It You would be received by
Hhe country with enthusiasm, be accepted
bst once q Warwick, and don't see how you
could be kept out of the succession. On the
.other hand, even il you succeeded in defeating
sthe nomination of Mr.. Cleveland, you will
stand upon sinister and dangerous grounds
with stormy future before you. These
words and have relations with you which
give me the right to offer you counsels. They
may be disagreeable words, and l have
mo desire to obtrude upon your privacy.
but they are true words, and l claim the right
kof democrat who has some knowledge Of the
country at large. and has given some proof of
/ intelligent devotion TO the party interests, to
ignore ceremony aud to send them to you.
IN conc uSlO0, let me say Lnat i snail, IN any
event, b. glad to know you better, and that
mesr Shle, am, most sincerely your friend
HENRY WATTERsoN.
The Hon. David B. Hill.
ALBANY, n. Y, Feb. 11.-Gov. Hill,
when shown the letter purporting to be
from Henry Watterson, published in the
Baltimore Sun this morning, said: Il
never received any such letter. 1t is the
first have heard OF any such thing. It
must be a forgery. Mr.. Watterson is
good democrat and gentleman and be-
lieve him incapable of addressing any
such insulting and impertinent communi-
cation TO me. A resort TO such silly and
Impudent forgery was probably intended
to place me in false position by reason
of recent events in this state, but it will
surely injure the cause it was designed to
aid and react upon its authors"
BALTIMORE, Feb. 1.-THE Washington
correspondent of the Baltimore Sun,
anent the declarations OF Governor Hill
that he never received such letter AS that
published in the Sun of this morning over
the signature of Henry Watterson, and
that ut must be forgery" thus tele-
graphs his paper:
Mr.. Henry Watterson wrote and sent the
letter. Every word Of it is genuine. OF
course he cannot cay that Governor Hill re-
ceived tiff the latter denies 1t.