The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-10
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TO THE EDITOR OF TEE sux--Sr. The meet.
ing which has been called for tomorrow
evening at Cooper Union will mark the
climax Of the present insensate. Illogical.
vituperative. and un- Democratic attack aimed
at the Hon. David D, Hill II will mark that
climax because from that hour the movement
SO far skilfully coddled. will fall away and
gradually subside into q state Of innocuous
desuetudo. save for its inventors. That this
eoullition Is insensate. illogical. and un-
Democratic should be easily demonstrated
That 1t Is vituperative requires no calculation.
1t Ia not necessary to advance proof that this
meeting has been called for purpose specif-
cally inimical to Senator Hill Tho pretence
OF protest against snap" convention. .
midwinter" convention. and other buga-
boos Is only pretence. The prime aim and
intent OF the plotters who are guiding this
movement is to assail tho man recently Gov
ernor OF this State. the man now it's junior
senator. and the man who. under all circum-
stances. has not merely proclaimed himself.
but has proved himself to be. Democrat.
1t Is high time that Democrats should turn
themselves to prayerful consideration OF
what Democracy is and Of what the word
Democrat should signify. Mugwump and
fatuous Cleveland newspapers would sum
up Democracy in the simple word Cleveland. In
fact, they insist that Mr.. Cleveland 10 in many
ways greater than his party. This should be
readily conceded. provided Mr.. Cleveland's
party be merely Mugwumps. When. however.
1t is deliberately urged that Mr.. Cleveland is
greater than the Democratic party. there is a
reasonable ground Of doubt as to the premise
1t would be great misfortune to this country
we're any one man to be greater than the Dem
ocrattc or the Republican party. For Il is the
people who constitute these great political or
ganizations. When therefore, the people of
tho United States Of America shall grow SO
stinted in brains. so enervated. vapd. and
void Of intellectual fire as to be swamped in
the individual prominence Of any ono man,
compelled to look to him for political salvation,
dependent upon him for policy and guidance.
then indeed will our people have fallen into
sad and doleful limos.
But such is not the case. The great ocean OF
intellectual. moral. and political forces In
operation from Acadia to Los Angeles and
from Key West to Tacoma can no more be Ell
quilted In one mans personality than could
the great Atlantic be hemmed in by the con-
tour OF Mr.. Clevoland's person. Neither could
tho boundless energy of mind existing in
either OF the great parties Of this country be
absorbed within like circumscription.
Yet there was a day when Mr.. Cleveland
thought himself big enough to swallow. d.
eest. and assimilate the Democratic party.
True. only a vainglorious and pig headed man
OF exceedingly narrow mental horizon would
be led into this abnormal chronological state.
Yet history records the fact. Then 1t was that
Mr. Cleveland. vainly imagining that he had
be- been swept IN from Buffalo to Albany and
people but throus speca x,ss o
aProvldence FOR his personal and private bene-
flt launched his free trade message. It Is not
basis WIN 2 View % the future nor that f' i'm.
ufacturing interests. were thereby strangely
the fact remans thHt
1t not as the result Of conferences with far
IS segment TO their united conclus sion from
plain. 81. Cleveland did not act as a leader.
ego. And 80 doing he Wildly and deli6er aH
4 knocked the FresideRtial prospects Of the
party had tSe xbs6
He had scorned the leaders q the s party
was greater than them ali heaped tos stI e
Yea ga verify. he was greater than his party,
ling the brain Of the Muswum naa and in The
mind Of the, sorchead it vaunteth itself. And
p s er hay s 5e
election On pTineiple instead 81 shooting Oh
ness. the worshppers have turned their bat
IN he he nax ID
election shall hinge upon the vote of the State
In DEVELOPING their line Of attack upon sena-
tor Hill. the MIEwnmps and soreheads have
al caught the diseass which may be
han the III Hon David p Bennett H And
shorns and whoop It out that Senator Hill
h s drsadfn msn you Let them
notssc but
Would only his # M Hill
instead Of following his own worthy AMBITION i.
HIT .Ps Ps to shs his OWN
advanc,ement;; fGrsoothi It has bec9me part
ssbqSsd. deerisd. ostrseizsd; William + Grace :.
EeF s 3d. Wh rsee IL Peck
d eo Just ths seGtlenen to set set Tie Tie
race as to, what shall be damned and
hardly fair to be sure. to take members Of the
har to task when they stand in politics shop
leads one to wonder what henchman it is Of
Mr. CIevelaSn1d who is beck92ning in the back.
n NJ hs ats b.
has met but to love. is the only man not to be
lis assocstion Win Nj cieSsIand and the arts.
tocratic atmosphere which that gentle has
brought with him as his Buffalo heritage,
And yet these gentlemen have formally pro-
nounced Senator Hill dreadful and wicked
man.
The Erenin0 Posi-; which invariably; consist
emily. and strangely turns W in behalf Of Eng
try or Chill or Prru or Brazil. characterizes
senator Hill as a ow-down politician. It has
mira and ,infarthsd, there an alleged some
body who tells awful things about Mr. Hill as
back to put the stamn Of sanctity upon ap2?ny-
wump instinct enables It to 60 nosing about
for something rotten in Denmark. But why
Larry should go beating the bush in Elmira
and not try his hand in Buffalo passeth SOM
prehenson: Truly the Mugwuinp is given
over to his idols.
:, The gentlemen who to.morrow evening will
take Il whuck at senator Hill in IA rornd-
about manner insist that he is "unscrupu-
lous.'' And all they can Offer in proof OF II is
that he haa risen from lie ranks to the leader
ship Of men by the force Of his own will. brains;
politician as u creature cntit led to walk the