New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-04
SOTRING on IT'S FRIENDS.

Orr genial contemporary 1.-THE Times, il We
NAV Judge from "A few casual expressions which
il let fall in the course Of an article entitled Hill
is Out" is not an admiIcr Of tho eminent states
man who has just stepped ont Of the office Of
Governor OF this State and assumed the leader
Snip Of tho Democratic party in the Nation W"
.ly this guardcdly ard with reservation, for Wo
have to confess that the attitude 0l oar piehbor
on current politics is sometimes 50 bcwilderlng
that we get lost in the effort 70 find out pre-
cisey what it i driving at. When, however, 1t
saws that Mr. Hill is an uncommonly pcstilcnt
fellow" who has got himself hated by all
decent and law-abiding oisizens' aud that his
seven years tenure of Office "has been an al
most unmixcd evil" and when We read in its
loading article entitled Hill is Out" that Hill
is "a marauder, who is known 10 be ready TO
steal anything IN can lay his hands on and carry
of. and that he is "a snealSng assassin with
E0ngsh stetto" We begin to approach the sur
misc that upon the whole "The Iimcs' does
not Ike Hill. We do not confidently state il
as 4 flct that would b going TOO far but We
do feel warranted in saying that AT the Ga;c OF
the issue in which this article Appeared l. was
not exhibiting in marked degree any special
fcndncs, for him. The extracts seem 20 lis to
indicate that the relations between the two are
getting "st7ancd." When "TEc Times pro
cceds to say shat Senator Hills moral outii;
has not developed beyond the rudimcntary state
it was in when he used to stand in hoisc sized
around the conner from tho polling booth in
Elmira with two-dolllr bills neatly folded be
tween his fingers, dealing ont the promised
stipcnd 10 voters who had been previously i'm
4. l.,
led to infer that it has never had absolute con
Gdcnce in him as a political leader
And yct-thcSc things do confuse us sO-it
sccms only 50 shcrt time since Mr. Hill nJmi-
mated a candidate FOR Governor whom "The
Times" fairly tumbled Wcr Itself ~ its eager
ness to elect and all through the campaign
while I'LL was yisibly, conspicuouSly, almost
bOisterousy in command, ever in front m1nag-
ing everything, directing everything, everywhere
in control, and while everybody knew that Flower
was IIill's man. and that his success meant only
the promotion Of lIiIl'S ambition. "1hc Times
was "whCopng il up for the whole programme
all these things are 50 recent that we find II
difficult 30 settle down 10 tho conclusion that our
contemporary really means it when 1t calls Hill
'an absolutely INSCRIPTIONS rDGucs~ and talks
about him in the manner described IN the above
quotations For "The Tlmcy' was powerful
help to David b. Hill in the last campaign. 1t
did great deal toward boosting him into his
present elevated place at the top Of the Demo
cratic party. And our contemporary is not en-
tircly blind it has intelligence. can reason from
premise to conclusion, can draw differences,
understands :" the logic Of the situation" and is
not entirely destitute Of foresight 1t must have
aI ha ma M Qf
meant only strengthening the hands Of David
Is. Hill.
Another thing: "The Times seems to take
encouragement from tho fact that Hill is out
and that Flower is in his place. But the same
issue OF "Thc Times confirms Governor Flowers
inaugural address, in which he conglatulatcs Hill
upon seven years not of unmixed evil" but Of
"Icwards of honor and praise" He does not call
him "pestilent fellow" who has "got himself
hated by all decent and law-abiding citizens"
but says To the popular confidence produced
by your intelligent, economical ard honest adj
mnstration of public affairs is largely due tho
emphatic declaration Of the people last NWenl-
Der against any transfer of political stewardship
lie dOe3 not call Hill Gan absolutely unScrupr-
ous rogue" bat says his "bOld personality and
administrative genius have left their lasting i'm
print upon the affairs OF our State and won "A
warm place in the peoples hearts" And "Thc
Times knows, OF course having printed the Ic-
port of the Hill dinner the day previous that
Governor Flower had gone so far in his admra-
ton OF Hill as to express a willingness to "cat
horses, mules, rats and dogs" in his behalf
Also that Governor Flower had taken on all of
Hills personal following in his appointments, and
in every possible way signifed his intention to
act simply as Hills supple and convenient tool