The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-07
The New York Provisional Committee
Will Soon Send Out
Letter. =
They Claim Not to Be Especially for
Cleveland. and Incidentally Give
Him Roast.
will Favor Anybody Who Can Carry
New York, Which They Say
Hill Cannot DO.

NEW York, March THE following
announcement Is made here:
Every member of the national Demo-
cratic committee will receive in the
next few days letter approved by the
provisional committee Of the anti-Hill
party in this state. This letter declares
in effect that the anti-Hill Democrats
are not welded to Cleveland, and win
accept any good Democrat who can
carry New York. They win contest the
Hill delegation chosen at the midwinter
Albany convention, because it does not
represent New York Democracy. The
most important declaration in the letter
isthat Cleveland is himself to be blamed
for the ''mess" in which the party has
got itself.
The letter was written originally to
DR.. w. A. Anderson, q prominent Cleve-
land Democrat from Wisconsin. When
read to other members Of the commit
tee 1t was approved by Mr.. Whitney .ex-
Mayor Grace, e. E2lery Anderson, ex-
Secretary Fairchild and others, and
copies were ordered to be sent TO every
member of the Democratic national
committee. It declares that thousands
Of Democrats are opposed to Hill, re-
gardless Of Cleveland. The letter con-
tniues:
eff the contesting delegation ID
thrown ont at Chicago and Hill II
nominated we cannot answer for the re-
suit. Cleveland and nearly all the
leaders will probably support the ticket,
but there are many men who are little
inclined to submit any further to the
impositions practiced for the past few
years. These men rightly regard the
Hill convention af proceeding which
would be set aside in court OF law fo1
fraud and duress. In some counties
these men have held off from the con.
testing movement Cor the avowed reasou
that they want to see Hill nominated q
az TO finish him forever. The majority
against him In this state would be any.
where
From 30, 900 to 100, 900 Votes.
IF Cleveland or any man of his wing
of the party is nominated by an organ.
ization Of the state the opposition within
the party would be mere bagatelle.
Nobody really cares for Hill, and his
whole strength comes from the fact that
he Is supposed TO be in it.
"a contest viii not injure Cleveland
il the trouble Ia taken in other parts OF
the country to investigate the real situ-
alton in New York. Whether it does
injure him or not cannot affect the
movement. Probably he is responsible
for letting them (the Hill managers) get
his friends into such q bad mess. OF
course, 1t would be safer to nominate
the man who stands the best chance OF
carrying other states than New York,
whether he be Cleveland or somebody
else. Cleveland would probably poll the
most votes here, as his great outside
strength would cause the Murphy Hill
men to run to cover. But it would be
as well to nominate q good Western
candidate or Governor Russell.
In fine, we have not voted yet, and
we claim the same right to contest at a
national convention which our adver-
saries practiced when they contested
county and state conventions. We
claim to stand on precedent and we
claim that our opponents are irregular.
We are rapidly gathering in the old
Tilden leaders, and If our movement de-
velops as it has promised lately there
will be no difficulty in proving in Chi
cago that we represent the Democratic
party Of this state