Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-25
New York Times Special.

NeW ioIk Ilines Speclal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-There was no
surprise to-day among the Democrats at
the outcome of the meeting of Hills ma
chine at Albany. All that was expected
to happen did happen. If there was any
gllminer OF amazement it was at the fail
ure of Hill to suppress even the small and
feeble squeak from the north, and at the
necessity that appeared TO arise for erect
ing triphammer to crush n gnat
The performance was generally char
acterized as the checklist and most i'm
modest display of "bossismn to which any
state was ever treated. In Virginia, a few
years ago, there was n convention some
what like IL. Boss Malone held it at
Norfolk. He named the delegates, gave
out the tickets of admission, and would
not allow his critics to be witnesses of the
proceedings. II was marionette show.
The band responded to one string an office
holder, obeying another, became chaplain.
| opened the convention with prayer, and
then went back to his office Malone
pulled all the strings at once and he was
nominated by reclamation. In the fall he
came pretty near being unanimously
beaten. But this convention of tools was
black and ignorant. In one respect it was
unlike Hills machine
| Now that Hill has laid hold of his own
| state there seems to be an impression that
| he has not assured his nomination, but
that he has done all that he could to in
crease the embarrassment of his party.
| One Democrat said this morning: Gle
has repeated the Samson act. lie has
broken the pillars but | suspect that he
will be found under the ruins of the
temple"
Another, who had been reading Hills
speech, said at is good thing for the
newspaper men that the senator read his
speech. That will let everybody out from
the charge that might have been made
that the reporters are to'be blaroed for its
bad English
The opinion here is. among many of the
Democrats, that Hill was resolved to have
the delegates from New York at any haz-
ard. While he knew that the ~ delegates
would not make many in list of all the
delegates, the selection of ali unbrokcn
delegation, by unanimous convention, at
so early u day that no state has begun to
choose delegates, would be worth some
thing rs Il bait for other states Hill, it is
assumed by these Democrats, knew that
there would be some objection to rush.
ing q convention, but he was not pre-
pared to put off the risk until some other
state had named delegates without daring
to commit them to Hill, because the candi-
date of the New York Hill men was not
positively known.
1t is believed that Hill ordered his
nuppet show early 50 us to enable him. be
sides exhibiting his strength of delegates
as an illustration of his complete mastery
OF the machine, to go to neighborinp
states with the record and TO beg, borrow
or steal all the delegates to be captured
the assurance to be everywhere given that
he could carry New York In spite of any
Democratic protest, as the voice of tho
stat had spoken for him in convention.
This is assuming, however, that til,
convention Of February I'D is 10 be takei
by Democrats as the reflection of the senti
ment OF the state, instead of the subser
Went uterance Of q perfect machine. Bu
the three months before the convention
will afford Hills opponents opportunit,
to reflect upon his "bumptiousness, an,
to conclude whether he is to be the sort O
candidate or not
To the western men who fancy that Hill
/, has Just prevented the nomination o
, Cleveland and has forced the selection of
western man, there Is some distress IL
selectihg the western man to fill the bill
, The moment western man is pushed, j
i he be not an anti-silyer man, the caster
and northwestern sound-money Demo
, Gratis will be prepared to throw up tn
, sponge. This may suit those Hill mel
: VINO fancy their man 10 be able to carr,
Z New York, Connecticut and New .Ierse
on any platform. 1t disgusts the Wiscon
SIN. Iowa and Massachusetts men, VIII
g nope to see a candidate who will hold thes
states and the solid south as well.
Thecommentso of members of Congress ar
! but faint repititions of their former opir
4 ions Of Hill. The few senator's who ar
, here are shy and reticcnt. Mr.. Bland wa
t glad that his opinion, as given ia til
4 North 1mericdn Rcpie,o had been priute
" before Hill delivered his speech advocatin
g reliance upon the Congressional district
d to dispose of The silver question. "lf ha
g waited, said Mr.. Bland, they might hay
+ suspected that got my notion from Hill.
h He said that there was one thing in Mi
c Hills speech which he approved Of
d though he could not tell how he stood o
n the silver question. This was the declar;
ton that the voice of the people, expresse
i through their representatives in Congress
e should he regarded, and implying that til
a President could not with propriety put hi
}. individual Judgment against that of Coz
Y gress in q matter Of this sort.
It This" said Mr.. Bland, sis all the part
g can ask of the nominee. Silver not
s. party question, but is a matter to be d
cided BY the people in the congression
d districts. The assurance we want Is tn;
v the man who happens to be President wi
4 not veto the Silver bill which Congress al
i proves. We would be perfectly satisfied
have it stand in the national platform
that, rs a matter OF principle, this questio
y should be left TO Congress and that Il