Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-20
SATURDAY. ). FEBRUARY 20. 1892
Hill VS.. Cleveland.

It begins to look as If an attempt was TO
be made 10 compel the Democrats TO
choose between HILL and CLEVELAND. as II
these two were the only men In the Demo-
cratic party that ought to be honored with
nomination for President of the United
States. This result, it would seem,
must follow unless the war now going on
between tho friends OF these gentlemen
shall soon be brought TO an end. IL ia al
ready as good as settled that HILL will 60
to Chicago with the seventy-two votes of
New York solid for his nomination. Yet
there are Democrats who refuse to accept
that fact rs q good reason why CLEVELAND
should not DO nominated or HILL
should be nominated. The taste of blood
has only made the contestants so much
the more determined to be in at the
death-the CLEVELAND non-compromisers
at the death of HILL; the HILL nOn-com-
promisers at tho death of CIEyELAsD.
Ohio. Massachusetts,. Rhode Island. and
other Republican States are expected to
more than offset New York's solid deleea-
ton for Hill. The Cincinnati Commercial!
Gazette says of Ohio:
mocracy Of Ohio in the selection Of delegates
to the Chicago Convention. The issue will be as
In New York-Hill against Cleyeland-and as
the party in Ohio Is not so nearly OF one mind as
It appears 10 10 In tho Empire State the pro-
gress Of the conflict IN its several stages will be
watched with interest. For delegates at large
the Hin mon have selected John X. Mclean,
Lawrence r. Neal, Calvin s. Brice, and Irvine
DUNCAN, while the big four Of the Cleveland
combine are james T. Campbell, Allen w.
Thurman, Tom johnson. and James T. Neal
Now let the band begin to play"
Strong men on both sides, but with the
preponderauce on HhL's side. United
States Senator BRIcE is hard worker.
So is John X. MCLEAN. editor OF the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. The CLEVELAND big
four" can hardly match the HILL big
four" But is it contest which promises
ary good to the Democratic party or to
the patriotic people OF the country at
large?
The Baltimore Sun is ready to strip for
the FRAY. 1t assumes that the people are
for CLEVELAND. and upon that foundation
builds a structure which will topple to its
fall before tho Chicago convention shall
have ended. Ii calls for war. We quote
belligerent paragraph:
fortunately there is time enough TO fight out
this battle within the party ranks before the
meeting OF tho national convention, and to set
tic the question whether the Democratic party
belongs TO itself and fights for q cause or be-
longs to iunta OF cunning schemers and fights
for their elevation and aggrandzement"
How do YOU like the progress of the
fight in New York? Have not the peo-
pie" overwhelmed the Cooper Institute
boilers? What has become of the Com
rnittee Of Fifty? Are not its members
already buried-in their graves ?
The reader will, We hope, enjoy the pc
rusal of the following:
"The revolt which has taken place in New
York, where the conditions OF Independent &C
ton are less favorable than In any other State
and where the rank and flle have always had
Loss influence IN selecting their leaders and in
shaping their policies than anywhere else In the
country, shows that the intelligence, the heart,
and the conscience OF the party will not bow TO
the mandate Of a machine politician seeking to
compass his nomination to the presidency by tho
common methods OF ward politics.
Revolt" is good. The "revolters"
have elected one delegate to the State
convention out OF every-well, say
twenty. But suppose they had elected
one in FIVE? What could they do in con-
vention in which they we're outnumbered
five TO oney
Must this war 60 on? Is every Demo-
crat TO be forced to take sides in advance
of the assembling Of the Chicago conven-
tions is it n movement to make HILL
appear as a seeker after other mems
honors? Does not the very fact that there
is such movement on foot show that
there is one thing for the Democrats of
Virginia TO do. and that is TO stand by and
fight for the regular organization of the
Democratic party in New York? The
REGULARS " demand our services.