The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-06-09

Favor Gsrovcr's Nomination.
A Syracuse (N. w dispatch says:
The sdalideIions" are on top to-day, "a
much as Hill was on top in February
The purpose of that early conventions
was to give Hill grand send-off. II
was believed by him and his near friends
th;rt a declaration by the Democracy Of
New York in his favor would b:, the in
ttiatiyc of a movement that would land
him in the White House. Subsequent
events proved the falIacy Of this prom
isc. Hill, was short-sightcd, and the
ladder on which he expected TO climb to
the chief magistracy gave way under
his weight.
When the convention of to-day was
called, Hill was politically prosperoas.
Since then Hills dccadence has oc-
Cured, and Ilcveland's rise into new
prominence has been equally quick. The
conditions to-day ar different from
those under which the call was issued.
In fact, they W, re called into being by
the February convention. and prctcxt
was Civ, II for the gathering at the dam
deliOns now. The consequences of the
action TAX, n will probably drive both
Cleveland and Hill out of the field and
leave the way clear 10 nominate RusSelk
| or Pattisun frcm the East or Eoies or
Palmer from the West. Inprejudiced
political observers If long experience
predict that the nomination will not
come to the State of New York.
Everyone comedies the eminent re-
spectability of the delegates that assem-
bled, but old hands at the business OF
politics call it a mob that could not carry
| on Il campaign because OF the lack OF
| W, rking element Such comments, H.
chn has t,.f1 "A
lockers -on. Chairna Herman s speech
as delivered was not at all the speech
| that had been mailed 10y the Press Asso-
citation. The most savage of his thrusts
at Hill did not appear in the written
| pages. There was no mention of him Iy
name. He was ignored as tot lily as Clevc-
| land was in the convention Of February,
| which Herman dubbed "the snows'poe
| convention" but Hills administration
and his control o. the party were scored
| without mercy. The delegates Of the
| February convention" he declared, will
| represent what IA few men thought then.
| but the dele gates from this convention
to Chicago will represent what the peo-
| pie want now" When he reached the
| climax of Cleveland. and for the first
time mentioned his liame, it was the
Blaine convention of 1884 over again as
| nucn as any .otaIe coiiNeHtoh eouIu pC
with smaller numbers. The delegates
| sprang to their feet, mounted chairs. and
| <sho, I'd themselves hoarsc. Fairchild
and Grace, from the laiform. started the
waves of applause with their umbrellas,
and il was at least ten minutes before
the speaker could go on. Another out
break came when he made IA demand
that Cleveland should be nominated
This was step heyond the policy of the
most conscr. :.ive, but apparently every
one joined III the applause. The &ay
was then easy for saying: Democrats
disputes will end at Chicago. New
York Democrats will accept the decision
of the court as final" This sentiment
was chcered t, the echo, and it showed
that the delegates weic still loyal Demo
Gratis. The platform adopted contains
declarations against Repub!ican fraud
| the tariff and free silver