New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-04
HILL 10 HILL. URICh ER.

l. must begin 10 occur to senator III WIN
considerable force that in compelling the stare
Committee TO call the State Convention III md
winter he wa, too cunning by half Doctor
Holmes devotes one Of his sprightly poems to
demonstrating the danger of being rs funny as
one can. Hills forte is not fun, but pCI'lcal
cunning 1t is unfortunate tOl his own sake tha'
his better angel did not whisper to nm is ne
began to lay pipe for the snap convention
- Beware. David how You Try 70 he as cunning
a, Won cam Already he is Oh the defensive
He is aboring to convince whom 1t may con-
Germ that midwinter convention Is not without
a precedent. BY carefully going through the
history of his party with a drag-nep ne mas as
covered three State conventions which evidently
ae great comfort 70 him. one 81 'hcih was
held in January. the National Convention being
held in June: another in February the National
Convention in July: while the third was held m
September. the National Convention not being
held until the following April.
But the Senator does not attempt TO show
and this is the main thing-that these eXcep-
tional conventions were called, Is was the one
for this wear, III palpable defiance OF the Wl>heS
Of the Democracy of the different sections Oh the
State. AS has already been pointed ont there
WIS scarcely a prominent Democratic journal
from Brooklvn to Buffalo which did not pro-
test against the calling Of mldwlnier cohNeh-
ton. Why were these papers ignored ny Hen-
a,Or Hill? Does he pretend 10 argue that 'heH
did no, reflect the sentiments OF the parry : Does
he pre,end that an appIecable number OF the
rank and file Of the Democracy were III favor
of the February Kodak The simple truth Is
,bot tho senator 50 far as heard from. was The
only Democrat Of consequence in the state who
took kindly TO a mdwinter convention. and that
his nlrtiality was due to his characteristic selfish
ness. his inordinata ambition. David i. Hi
has always been in politics for what he cotud
GOT ont of politics for himself. lie induced his
tools in the State Committee to ISSUE me cal
for February % for 10 reason III the world save
4 deep-seated desire to help along his DARING
scheme 10 capture the Presidential nomination
lie is perfectly willing to sacrifice everything 10
that. lie is that sort of an l-am-a-Dcmocrat
II has been suggested that it is not too late
for the Senator to repair the blundel when he
has made. 1.-THE World which did lis best TO
induce him not to put his foot into 1t, now beg'
him ito relieve the party from Il deploraOle
rredicament by withdrawing the call Tor freeze
out convention" But he has gone too FAR 10
turn back. The Buffalo Courier notices The
Worlds" suggestion only to express the opinion
that il will not be needed. 1.-THE Courier adds
that there Is every probability that the factlona
feeling will increase from day to day" resulting
n "a large measure Of bad blood and Wob-
ably the humiliation of the New-Iolk Democ-
lacy at the next National Convention i GER
tainly looks very much as though the senator, IN
stead of advancing his political fortunes by his
latest move. had paved the way for his own
decline and fall as the dictator Of the Newly DIX
Democracy.