New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-28
HILL md THE DEWOCRAT!C PRESS.

HILL And THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS
That the Democratic state Committee Gellb-
cratey m>rcpIcscntcd the Democracy of New
York on Tuesday i evident. The Democratic
organization hceabOuts and throughout the rntal
counties had vigorously protested asain>' mId-
winter convention for good and sufficient reasons
Among the accredited opponents Of the Demo
cratic faith that gave the committee clearly to
understand that in their opinion fcbrlai! con
ycntion would b. a grave blundcr were The
Now York Word'' The Brooklyn Eagle
The Albany Argus" THE Buffalo Courier"
THE Syracuse Courier and 1.-The tca oh-
server" II is not too much to aScit that these
six journals WELD a greater influence on Demo
cratic constituencies in Newly OK than any other
six journals that can be named. Nevertheless
the committee when il came - fix the da'" OF
the convention treated Theses prominent party
NEWSPAPERS and the hundred, of thousands II
Democrats for whom they stand with the utmost
contcmp.. The pasJnS which they had adj
yanccd in orp Si,ion TO 4 midwin'cr convention
received no consideration Whatever The com
mite, remained in session only half an hour
ju,- long enough to pat through m' resolution
pr,yiding for "A convention in February J. was
adopted w'-hout debate \ stranger would have
supposed that tho party. instead of beng over
vhclmingly against The res lution, wI> uranl-
mou>ly for IT,
The conduct # the committee marks another
step in the career Of David Il. Hi. Hitherto
he ha, been content TO ignore public Ncntim"nr.
no matter how plainly II might be declared or
how excellent the cause in whose service II was
enlisted. But now. cmholdcncd - the success
Of his efforts A. a >cat->'c der and by th' bHNng
in his bonnet If the Presidential bee he g,'> a
sep further. H. gnorc> p1r'y sentiment. Per
fcctly we'll aware that tho Democrats Of New
York were seriously opposed t. his scheme Tor
midwini"r programme. nevertheless h" pu' II
through with a, It'll" conjunction Is though Ia
were merely Sighting 30 many Prohlhitpnl>iS.
The issue was Hi against the Democracy OF hls
own >ta,"-'hc Democracy which ha, ,hJWrrcd
favor, uIan him-and Hill, the committee being
50 much putty in his hands won SONG vic
tories cost too much, and thi, may he one Of
them The six I'D and influential Dcmocrlic
newspaper, 70 which We have referred may or
may not overlook the slight which Hill ms put
upCn them. Rrt the fact remains, - Tn;
Brooklyn Eagle stated IT, that an enforced
midwinter g pr.N,i Tor Senator Hill IN this safe
will enable hiS opponents IN other states to point
to the compulsory, premature and artificial meth
DDS cmpoycd o. secure it, and - declare that
the expression wears just that character itself.
If anything could be calculated 10 make The
other state, Of the Union override y 'w-> ok
in the National Convention il would Doe this
manifest cndcavDr on the part of Ncw-l3rk 10
override the preference or anticipatiycly 10 warp
the action of other states" There j. sound
sense in this. In fact, vault.ng ambition d,
apt to o'crlc1p itself. Hill may discover before
long that the mdWintcI convention attend
ed by a frost which WI, fatal to his boom
AZ all events, in view Of The >nub which he
administered T. Ncw-i oil; Democracy 10y setting
at naught the counsel Of some Of lis most valued
organs. Hill might do well to stop saying am
a Democrat" " am a David g. IIilitc'' would
be the precise truth. He Ii for himself first. last
and all the tlmc-SundayS holidays and half
HOLIDAYS included.