St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-13
HOWLED AGAINST HILL
Grief and Righteousness in
Brooklyn Find Vent in
Hot Words.
John D. Warner Heartily AS
sails the Senator, Who Is
Saying Nothing.
Mr. Hills Failings Darkly Col
ored, but His Virtues Are
Forgotten.
No Mans Candidacy Doomed
Intentionally, but Grover
Had the Call.

BROOKLYN, Y. Y, Feb. 12.-The
Criterion theater was where the indig-
nant Democrats of the City Of Churches
tonight poured forth their protests
against the so-called "freeze-out" con-
yentiOn of the Democratic state COM
mittee. Augustus Healy, the chairman,
opened the meeting. and his scathihg
rebuke of Mr.. Hill and his followers
was cheered at every point, and there
were repeated cheers for Grover Cleye-
Hand. Mr.. Healy explained the object
of the meeting, and then introduced
Edward NJ. Sheppard as the chairman.
Mr.. Sheppard spoke in severe con-
demnation of the act of the Hill Demo
Gratis in calling such an early conven-
ton, and ended with the statement that
the committee of twenty-five having in
charge the meeting was not putting
itself on record for any one man for the
presidency. 1t had come out for home
rule. sound money. tariff reform, fair
field and open discussion. Some one
remarked toward the close of the speech
that David B. Hill could wait until 1896,
and Mr.. Sheppard smiled. Mr.. Shep-
pard was followed by John d. Warner,
whose speech was the principal one of
the evening. Mr.. Warner first dealt
with
The Defeat Of Mills
fos the speakership. He said that he
was beaten by combination OF those
who were opposed to the management
under which the Democratic party had
4 of ttrl, all ,INY Ia,
New York state Democratic OrganiZa-
ton. directed by Gov. Hill, was prin-
cipal factor. Whatever may have been
the motives of others, Mr.. Warner
stated that in his opinion, Hill's plan,
as defined by bis Elmra speech, was to
calla halt in tariff reform and to bring
free coinage TO the front.
Mr. Warner said that the Democrats
of beth New York and BROOKLYN eX-
pected TO support whoever is nominated
at the national convention. and it was
because they do expect to support him
that they want him to be clean man
chosen by clean methods, and so uni
VerSally regarded as 4 fit representative
OF Democratic principles that the full
Democratic vote will come out to the
polls. lit is not question:" said Mr..
W arner, ''Of whether our state commit
tee shall he punished for the FRANKS it
has lately played before high heaven.
The question Is rather how and when it
shall he punished, and whether that
punishment shall involve simply the
committee which has deserved it, or
shall carry the party down with them
in common ruin. 1t is our idea that
the former method is preferable and
that is what we propose to see adopted"
Mr.. W arner was loudly applauded when
he retired. Archibald Z. Sessions read
the resolutions, which were unani-
mously adopted. They were as follows:
This mass meeting of Democrats of
the county of King, protests against
the call for the 22d of February of the
state convention of New York, which is
TO choose delegates TO the Democratic
national convention, which in June next
Is to nominate candidates for president
and vice president. We declare that
the Democratic party. is a party
of popular representation and that
it is the convection and the
policy of the party to afford in
advance the amplest opportunity for
expression of opinion by all its MEM
berS. and to end discussion only when
the time for action has fairly arrived
We protest against this call for a mid
winter convention, not only or so much
because it is sudden or unprecedented,
as because it seeks TO subordinate the
Intelligence and conscience of the
masses of the Democratic party to the
operations of ingenious political mech
aniSm and management, and because a
triumph of such management would
dIscredit the party and its principles and
threaten serious disaster. The Demo-
cratic party is of the people. However
adfoit the work of its politicians may
be at this time, the party must in No
vember deal with the people. We pro-
test respectfully but firmly against the
contemptuous treatment by Democratic
Statement, however exalted in position,
of maSS meetings and of other legiti-
mate and traditional means by which
Democratic sentiment is expressed or
aroused or enlightened.
Resolved, That the committee of
twenty-five who have called this meet
ing be continued, and that they be re-
quested to enlarge their number to 100,
and to take such steps and proceed to
such organization as they may deem
wise to promote the purposes of this
meeting.
Rev. Dir. Charles Fl. Hall next voiced
his protest, and after him came Fred
erick w. Hinrichs, who was prominently
mentioned foI mayor of Brooklyn at the
last election. mo American citizen in
loves his country and remembers Wash
ingtOn and Jefferson and Jackson and
Lincoln and Cleveland, would think of
making Mr.. Hill president, if he had
the power to do so. Still, Mr.. Hill is
the dictator within the party machinery
of New York state. He and his imme-
date party friends control tine state
committee. He has induced the COM
mittee at time when he had won a
certain amount of prestige in his pc
culiar department to call this early will
ter state convention in order that he
might use such prestige, his hold upon
the party organization throughout the
state. and the patronage which he can
distribute through the present governor
and others, to bring about the selection
of delegates to the national convention,
to be held III June next, favorable to his
own ambitious aspirations. and thus de-
Jude the Democratic party in other
states into the belief that the great EN-
pire state of New York actually fayors
his candidacy for the presidency. A
delay until April or May in calling the
state convention would have meant
time for general discussion as to policies
and candidates, time for action In con-
gress as to the tariff and as to
the coinage; time for the sober
thought of the party through
outline state to crystallize; time
for the ascertainment of the Democratic
VIII III other states, east, west and south
time to contrast our last governor with
certain statesmen who Yery properly
are regarded by both parties as possible
bearers or the Democratic standard. A
Ganger Is threatening our government