Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-16
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1892.
New York and Virginia.

We do not wish to say one word OF the
boiling Democrats in New York which IS
not true to the letter. AS we have said
again and again, We have no prejudices
which influence us in coming 10 decision
as to who ought to be the next Democratic
candidate for President OF the United
States. We are willing TO do our best to
elect any man upon whom the Chicago
convention shall drop the mantle of can
didacy. When we call Mr.. Oswald OFTEN
poRrER and the rest of that coterie bolt
ers." We use the word boilers " not in
any offensive sense, but to describe a set
OF men who might. perhaps, be better de-
ecribed as " conditional Democrats" That
is to SOY, they will support their own IA
vorite for President Of the United States
but will not support the favorite OF the
raen with whom they are competing IN the
effort to secure control Of the next New
York Democratic State Convention. They
play the game of Heads l win, tails you
lose"
Is Governor HILL traitor to the Demo-
cratic party? Does no absolutely control
the Democratic organization in New
YORK? Can he cause tho members of the
Democratic State Committee to do his
bidding? Did ne knife Mr.. CLEVELAND in
1888, and bury him under O Harrison ma
jori;y OF 1900 in New York State, whilst
he (fIILI) carried the State by majority
of 1900? DO you really credit this silly
storyi If so. do you think that the
traitor HILL has repented of his crime,
and will never repeat it! Has he washed
his hands Of the treason of 1888 so tina.
you are willing to shake those hands and
pledge yourselves to vote for him If he is
nominated? If not, you have no right to
take part in the proceedings which are to
result in the nomination of himself or
some other Democrat for President.
We beg you to ponder this matter Sc
riously and as it deserves to be pondered.
The election of delegates to thu New York
State convention has been going on for
week or two. Mr. CLEvELAND's own city
of Buffalo has sent HILL delegates from its
twenty-six wards. Seneca county has
sent HILL delegates. So have Orleans.
Tioga, Montgomery, Richmond, Greene,
and Duchess. So have districts IN Cayuga,
jefferson, and Steuben. SO has Newburg.
So have other towns and counties.
Now, one of these two things is truc:
Either HIT Is traitor and will knife
CLEVELAND if the latter is nominated. or be
is not traitor and will give his cordial
support to the nominee Of the Chicago
convention. If you believe that he is
traitor you ought to refuse to vote for
him; but you have no right to recognize
him as a true Democrat by trying to defeat
him OF nomination and then refuse to sup
por: him on the ground that he is traitor.
That is the crime you charge HILL with.
"If you play. you must pay" You cannot
wear mask until the day OF nomination
and then throw it off. In whatever charac-
ter you appear from now until the meeting
of the Chicago convention you must APP
pear afterwards. You must not play the
role you say HILL played In 1888. You can
not hold up your heads in the community
if you undertake to play double game.
If the dice are loaded, don't play at all.
Could Mr.. Hill, IL he would, postpone
the meeting of the New York Democratic
State Convention? Of course not. That
IL matter for the consideration Of the
State committee, Of which he is not q
member. The chairman of our Democratic
State Committee has just as much right to
postpone the time Of meeting of the
Democratic State Committee Of Virginia
after the time has been fixed as MIR. Hill
has to do likewise IN New York. What
would become Of the delegates to tie New
York State convention already appointed!
Confusion worse confounded" would re-
suit. Two sets of delegates to the State
convention would appear from all the
counties and towns and cities which have
already selected their delegates. Two sets
of delegates to Chicago would be the con-
sequence. Would the Virginia delegation
in the Chicago convention recognize the
delegates chosen by the boilers? If not
they will have to refuse to seat the dele
gates sent by Mr.. FAIRoHILD and Mr..
OIIENpoRFKB and the rest of the conditional
Democrats in the Empire State. Virginia
cannot go behind the returns" She
must seat in the Chicago convention the
delegates sent by the regular Democratic
organization of every State. The condi-
tional Democrats have cut themselves off
from all claim to recognition by instruct
ing their committee of fifty to take mea.
sures to have the boilers represented In
the Chicago convention if the regulars re-
fuse to postpone the day for the meeting
Of the State convention. We have shown
that this cannot be done. SO MIR. CASDA
and the rest are already committed to the
policy of repudiating the action of the
regular Democratic organization. They
are indeed conditional Democrats"
Let US say once more that We are not
fighting battls for HILL, but for the in
tegrity Of the Democratic party. We stand
for the regular organization of the Jack
sonlan, Jeffersonian Democracy. We have
called the boilers CLEVELAND men," as
they are, but We do not understand that
Mr.. CLEVELAND has taken any part in this
matter. We dare hope that he would re-
fuse to help in the work Of sending a Sc
cond set of delegates to the State conven-
ton; that he would not even allow him.
self to appear at such o meeting as that of
last week. or permit himself to be classed
a. conditional Democrat" Have him
nominated for President il you can, and
we will aid in his election. But
Stand by the regular organization of the
Democratic party in New York and in
every State.