The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-02-24
THE PRESIDENCY.
Hills Nomination Would BE a Danger
Gus Experiment.

| Henry Watterson in Louisville Courier-Journal.
That Mr.. Cleveland is outside OF the
state of New York, the choice of an over
whelming majority of the democrats OF
the United States is an indisputable fact.
1t is Cleveland first, the rest nowhere.
But, to all appearances, it seems that with
the democrats of New York it is Hill first.
and Cleveland nowhere. The old, old
story: two women, and one house; two
| dogs, and one bone; two statesmen. and
one state. In 1876, in 1850. in 1854 OF this
modern era-time and again, time-out-of-
mind, during the epoch before the flood
| the democratic party had to face this condi-
ton in the Empire state; rival delegations
. to the national conventions; warning fac
| tons in the convention cities. filling the
| streets and the hotels with their outcries,
| sitting the air with their indecency and
| odors, and making the DAYS and nights
| hideous with their brawls. Through it al,
| though dissonant, ever-recurring, there
| has been but one refrain: You must
nominate this New Yorker. or you must
not nominate that New Yorker. under
threat, in case of refusal. of the loss of the
vote of New York. Yet it NAV be doubt
| ed whether, excepting the single instance
| of Mr.. Tilden in 1876, an outside nominee
| would not have received more votes in the
state of New York than We're cast for the
actual nominee.
Suppose that Mr.. Cleveland is elm
| mated from the list of possibilities, how
| far will that mend the situation and
| brighten the outlook?
1t will, undoubtedly, leave Mr.. Hill for
| the moment master of the scene. Thus
far will he have advanced into the bowels
of the democratic necessity; New York
| behind him. But can he. with Cleveland
out of the way, transfer the Cleveland
mantle of leadership directly to mis- own
| shoulders; and, even if by the aid of his
matchless powers OF organization, he does
this, can he assure himself and his party
an open way to victory?
The simple truth is that the conscience,
| the mind and the heart of the democratic
masses OF tine people are not yet ready to
cast of Mr.. Cleveland as their leader, and
TO take up Mr.. Hill in his place. 1t may
be that they have made an ideal Cleve-
land, and that there is IN reality no such
person. But facts are facts, and right or
wrong, for good or for evil, Mr.. Cleveland
stands with vast nultitudes of democrats
the type and embodiment of tariff reform.
| and Dir. Hill as the type and embOdi-
| ment, not merely of machine politics, but
as laggard, ifnot an obstructive in tariff
reform. We repeat. the popular concep-
ton may be equally mistaken in both
cases but can it be educated out of both,
and brought to.center Its confidence aud
favor upon Mr.. Hill, between now and
| the 9TH OF next November? These are
very serious questions for Mr.. Hill, and
his friends and advisers, to consider.
| Upon their wise and just determination
depends the result OF the coming presi-
Dental election.
The real question is this: With Mr..
| Cleveland out of the way, and, by the
force of circumstances familiar to us all,
circumstances both in and out OF congress,
: great idea dissipated and great impulse
lost-with nobody left to hoist the ban
ner of the true belief even as Moses lifted
up the serpent in the wilderness-what is
tn prevent the nomination OF Mr.. Hill, and
his subsequent defeat, through divisions
and apathy in our own ranks, and a
straight-out revenue reform ticket, which
will surely take the field against him, car
rying off thousands and tens of thousands
of ardent tariff reformers in New England,
in New York, and in all of the doubtful
| states.
Mr.. Hill is young man and has the
world before him. He is an able man,
and with or without tie presidency is
sure to make career, and great one.
But for the reasons given we cannot think
him the most available nominee at this
time, and consequently we must reiterate
what we have said so oiten-that, in
our opinion. when we leave Cleveland we
are bound to leave New York and come
West for a candidate.
HUNTING FOR HIS FATHER.