St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-16
HILL FIXING FOR WAR
He Believes That Murphy'S
Election Will Require a
Hard Fight.
Mr. Cleveland Not Charged
With the Opposition to
the Troy Man.
An Intimation That Whitney
Would Be Acceptable
to Tammany.
Mr.. Dana Will Not Be q Can
didate for the Senator
ship.
Special to the Globe

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator Hill
is buckling OH his armOr for war. Ht
believes that the opposition to the cleo
ton of Murphy to the senate has so fan
developed that the election will not be
accomplished without hard fight. He
is determined that his wishes in this
case shall be respected, and is prepared
to do whatever is necessary that he can
to defeat his enemies. He will not in
SO many words charge the opposition to
Murphy to Cleveland, even when speak
ing with his friends, but he is quoted as
saying that it is very evident that some
one has set about it in earnest to defeat
Murphy. He adds significantly that Mr..
Murphy will be the next senator from
New York. Mr.. HIPS friends here,
who pretend to know something about
the situation of affairs i'll New
York, declare that the election
of Murphy cannot be prevented
except by bolt of the party caucus OF
the legislature. and that if the OppOSi-
ton is not prepared TO 80 as far as
bolt it had better drop the fight. Ii
Murphy should go into the senate with
out any very great trouble, they say, he
might not be unfriendly 10 Mr.. Cleve-
land; but If. with the idea of electing
some one who would be personal rep
reSentative of the new president, they
should make an ugly fight, it might be
found that during Mr.. Cleveland's term
he could not hope for harmony between
the New York senators and the admin
istration. HILL makes it quite clear 10
his friends that he does not intend To-
have Murphy turned down. There is
good deal OF quiet talk about Whitney'S
being induced to come forward and take
the senatorship in order to give Cleve-
land personal representative in the
senate from his own state. Some of Mr..
HIPS friends acknowledge that ii Whit
ney would consent to it he could be
elected, and that the Tammany people
would not be dissatisfied.
Will Not kse Candidate.
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-The Herald
this morning says editOrially: We are
reliably informed that Mr.. Dana. now
in Naples, has told one of his friends
that under no circumstances will he be
q candidate for senator. We regret
this exceedingly. 1t only shows the
power of the machine when it can so
influence one of the oldest and bright
est journalists in America, the editor Of
one of the foremost journals. not to
allow his name to be used for the bene-
fit of the people. This, however, will
not prevent the Herald from express
ing its emphatic disapprOval. Tam
many's course since the election proves
that it has learned nothing by expert
ence, and it is impossible to teach an
old tiger new tricks. This forcing OF
Mr.. Murphy, this cruel attempt to bull
dOZe, to suspend the sword of Damocles
over MIR. Cleveland, shows most inso-
lent contempt for the common sense
of the American people. We regret it
exceedingly for Mr.. Cookers sake. 1t
detracts from the good generalShip he
has shown the past two years. 1t shows
that Tammany ward politicians can
never become statesmen. MIR. Croker
has lost great opportunity. We doubt
very much whether he can ever retrieve
it. But it's an i'll wind, etc. The at
tempt to handicap Mr.. Cleveland will
make him more popular than he was
the day after election.