The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-15

own State M a candidate for President. yei
IL must be pronounced no less certain that
any one OF them would run better in the
North generally and especially In tho doubt
ful States. than would candidate selected
from southo' .tason's and Dixon's line. But
| how would CAMPBELL. or PALMER. or NOR.
EIsoS. or BoIEs. or GRAY run In the pivotal
tho decisive. the imperial commonwealth
| OF New York? He would run well; but
could he run well enough to beat BENJAMIN
| HARRISON, who In 1888 struck down CLEvE-
| LAND in tho Empire State OF which he had
| been Governor and with the Federal Adj
! ministration ut his back? What reason
have wo for believing that any Western
| Democrat can beat the Western Republican
who has already triumphcd In New York
On the other hand. there Ia tho most
| conclusive OF all reasons for believing
that one Democrat exists by whom Presi-
dent HARRISON can be beaten In the Empire
State. That reason Is tho fact that he has
done IL. On the very day when GROVER
CLEVELAND bit tho dust under the heel OF
HARRISON. the fortress OF the New York
State Government was held for the Democ-
racy hy Governor HILL. and his Republic
can nssailant fell ignomlniously outside the
brcustworks.
Governor HILL is at this moment far
stronger than he was four years ago. for
lie has acquired following and built up IN
organization the most devoted and the
most perfect ever seen In this State since
tho days OF DE WITT CLINTON. Thanks to
that organization and to his admirable
gcncrnlship. tho Democracy elected last
year their Governor by largely increased
majority. md for the first time in many
years carried both Houses Of the Legisln-
turc. being thus enabled TO abolish the in
iquitous Republican gcrrymandcr and give
tho Democrats their just representa-
ton in tho Legislative body. These
things have given Senator HILL a hold
upon tho New York Democracy. such
IA no other man could hope for. and
which hc could not transfer. however
loynily he might desire It. We have no hes
itution in saving that DAVID Il. HILL is to-
day more powerful in the Empire common
wealth than was his friend and eHemplar,
SAMUEL J. T1LDES in 1876: and what does
tho puny opposition OF the Anti-Snappers
amount TO. compared to the solemn dcclara-
ton OF Jon1 KELLY at the head OF u regular
body OF delegates from New York city that
TILDEN could not carry the State? II the
Anti-Snappcrs havo any votes behind them,
these arc either Democratic or Mugwump.
The Democratic voters will vote for
any nominee OF the Chicago Convention; tho
Mugwump voters will not vote for any
nominee unless they can dictate him. Tho
latters opposition Is a blessing in disguise.
There Is not even any disguise about It, for
tn 1885 and 1888 Mr.. w. EowDEDow GRACE
and his fellow Mugwumps. with such news
papers as they could control. violently OPP
posed Governor HILL. while protesting their
devotion to CLEVELAND. The latter man
aged to beat Mr. BLAINE by few hundreds.
and was beaten by thousands by HARRISON.
while on each occasion Governor HILL was
by large majority.
II the delegates to the Chicago Conven-
ton nominate n Western man for President.
the New York Democracy can be trusted to
loyalty and strenuously support him. But
II cinch on New York is wanted. HILL is
the man.