The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-04-22
JOHN p. sALYER SPEAKS,
Hut Refuses Ia Recognize the Fact Tint
Hlll IL Not /" In It,"
WEST Liberty, April Is, 1892


EDITOR Hazel GREEN HERALD:
see in your paper of recent date alluslon
10 me. ns being spoken of as suitable nsr'
son to go to Chicago, nv one Ot the Demo
cratic delegates from this Congressional dls
trict, in which Is expressed Ms the sole
condition upon which may hope for the
support of THE HERALD, in thus being
commissioned by the Democracy OF this
district is my UNQUALIFIED aud uncOndition'
nj support Of THE HERALDs candidate,
without variahlencss or shadow OF turning.
The accomplishment Of an object by false
cOlOrs, under cover Of reticcnce, Is rs repre-.
hensible as victory won by pronounced de-
ceptiOn COnsequ 'ntly | must he candid,
not only with 1HE HERALD, but with its
readers and co.adjutors, IN the up.building
/ of Democratic majoriiies In this Congress
siOnal district
/ In seeking the position as delegate to the
National Democratic Convention, ! do So
partly to crafty personal ambition and
chiefly to contribute in my humble way to
the selection Of u candidate who has the
undivided support and confidence of his
party neighbors, and whose fealty To the
principles and organization OF the Demo
cratic party is unquestioned and unquestion
able: whose fidelity and devotion to per.
sonal and party friends have ever been such
as to free him even from the suspicion Of
ingratitude one whose public aud private
life is free from spot or blemish, aud above
and beyond all, aud in connection with
these, I want a candidate who will be elect.
ed one who Is not burdened by nor does
not nurse the disappointment Of conspicn-
Gus defeat; one who herds only with Demo-
Gratis, and has no mugwump leanings or
prOclivities; one who has a warm spot IN
his heart for the boys in the trenches and
for whose success these boys will willingly
and ZealOusly labor.
II this is the kind Of q candidate the De.
mOcracy Of this district wants named ut
Chicago, then am in line with their de-
sires. am welded to the aspirations OF no
particular candidate, but all else being equi
my personal preference il decidedly for Mr.
Carlisle, lecause he is my personal friend
and the most distinguished citizen of this
Commonwealth reliable Democrat, n true
friend Of the people and the intellectual
I equal Of anybody. II il should be the Opin-
ion of the delegates ut the convention that
! he has % reasonably fair show to carry the
doubtful States necessary To secure Demo
cratic success, his chances for the nOmina-
! ton are equal to those of any gentleman
mentioned in connection Herewith. Car
/ Isle belongs to no faction in his party he
/ is II cosmopolitan Democrat in whom both
labor and capital cOnfde, and well they
may for he Is n conservative statesman.
! Most intelligent Democrats recognize the
| fact that the vote Of New York IN necessary
to Democratic success, and this being con-
ceded, with the present factional fight ex.
listing between the Cleveland contingent
and the party organization which hvors
Hill. think il would be the sheerest politi-
cal folly to nominate either of these distin-
guished gentlemen. However, from the
plaintive wall Of many, and the imperious
demand Of more of our newspaper friends,
one is led to believe that the Democratic
party would be orphaned were our Grover
gone, and his nomination now the only
means of preventing the disintegratiOn Of
this time.hOnOred political organization to
which we belong. Parties rs we'll as indi
viduals should profit by experience, and we
! failed to elect Mr. Cleveland with the power
and prestige of his administration at his
hack aiding in the effort, and now with the
lever Of the Federal patronage in the hands
Of the enemy, who has the hardihood to
assure Of victory with Cleveland as our can
didate, and that, too, when the Democracy
! Of his own State has overwhel mingly pro-
nounced against him by almost unanimously
commenting another | have no abuse for
Mr.. Cleveland for he is an able and distin-
! guished leader of our party of whom ], in
common with the Democratic masses, am
proud, but the past failure, his own eX-
pressed misgivlngs rs to the wisdom of his
selection us the Democratic candidate aud
/
viron his aspirations, appear to me to make
IL an absolute party duty 10 select another.
! | am no hero worshipper, but must con.
! fess that ! have great admiration for the
skillful leadership, party zeal and Democrat
| ic makeup of Senator Hill, and believe him
to be an honest, able and efficient public
servant, and unequaled ms a political leader,
and | do this notwithstanding the unwar.
ranted and indiscreet assaults made upon
him by his own party press, whose better
judgment is beclouded by ianatical zeal for
| the promotion of Cleveland, forget ing in
! their ardOr for one the great party service
and matchless leadership Of the other. To
them the desire in Mr.. Cleveland TO be
! President Is "a Democratic virtue, but "a like
aspiration in Mr. Hill is n political heresy.
/ In their eye the supporters of Hill in New
York, with Gov. Flower at the head, are
machine politicians aud hoOdlums, while
! the boilers and disgruntled who favor Mr..
Cleveland are reliable and trustworthy Dem
Ocrats. In justice to distinguished Demo
cratic leader | want to say TO our Democrat
| ic friends of the press, IL Hill is the bad
man you would make us believe he is, please
! file bill of particulars setting forth his un-
Democratic and disreputable conduct, and
! ii YOU cannot do this, be content to praise
your idol and bottle up your gall, or vent
your spleen on our political enemies. Hills
chief sin is his great popularity with the
New York Democracy If we can cOnsis-
tently with honor aud honesty, 1t is our
duty to speak well of our political leaders.
An attack upon the integrity of Mr.. Hill is
an assault upon the honor and virtue of the
Democracy of the great State Of New York,
which has repeatedly honored him, aud ex.
presses n willingness now to cohtinue to do
SO.
1.-THE sentiments here expressed meet the
kind consideration and approval of Thu
HERALD, the writer will be thankful, but