The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-03
FACTIONS AT WAR AGAIN
Cleveland's Friends Now Trying Prove
that Senator Hill Was a Traitor.
The Boss Snapper Alleged to Have Been In
League with Republicans to Defeat Grover
Wyoming's Governor Breaks Into Otics.


Fx,denes Intended to show the Senator
Secretly Plotted Against Cleveland.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2-"Tbere are increas-
ing surface indications Of the coming con-
fiict between the Democratic factions in
this State for Mr.. Cleveland's favor" says
amorning paper. "Signs are augmenting
and omens multiplying that the clash is in
evitsble. Both sides are preparing for the
merry war which people familiar with
political hostilities think Is due to begin
about the time the nimrod of Broadwater
island returns to his castle. No. - West
Fifty-first street. The friends of Edward
Murphy. il, with the sanction of William
&. Whitney. have been t~ireless during the
last few days Strengthening the State
ohairman's candidacy for the senatorship.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sheehan took q trip
clear from Buffalo to this city for an hours
tall with Mr.. Murphy's friends here. He
arrived at 4 o'clock p. NJ. and left at 8. All
over the state the machine Is hustling to
get the entire Democratic strength In the
Legislature in line. Overtures have been
made to Hugh Mclaughlin to secure the
Kings county delegation. but 1t Is still un-
looked after and the Murphy men count on
Whitney to keep Mr.. Cleveland neutral.
The May con ventlon people have ADOPT
cd somewhat different tactics. Smith M.
Weed is very quiet If ex-Mayor Grace is
working 60 capture votes it is not apparent
to rank outsiders.' But the s~ntl-sDapDers
are using all diligence in making 1T appear
that senator Hill was secretly dIsloyal TO
Mr.. Cleveland. They want to show, IL
possible. to the President-elect that Hill.
while stumping the State, was surrepti-
tiously stimulating q bolt among his
friends, and that many thousands of them
either did not vote at oil or voted for Har-
rison. 1t is said that Mr.. Cleveland, be-
fore he went to his island retreat. was
satisfied of the treachery of the voters
who can distinctly be called Hill men,
The motive in making this known
to Mr.. Cleveland is obvious. 1t
is to influence III in making up
his mind whether to give the word and
Hill was hostile on election day he would
be hostile ct Washington, and IS likely
TO make Mr.. Murphy hostile, too. There
fore 1t is hoped that Mr. Cleveland may be
Murphy. The only difficulty IN the way is
that if Mr.. Cleveland does say SD there is
likely to be q small breach between him.
self and Mr.. Whitney, and 1t Is not proba-
ole hat Mr.. Cleveland is ready for that.
To the minds of the May convention men a
circular letter which was sent to the inter
ested followers of Senator HILL throughout
the State furnishes evidence of treachery.
The letter was sent from the headquarters
of the Protective Tariff Democratic
mailed TO fifteen thousand Hill Democratic.
The circular is dated Nov. 3, and. after
praisiDg Hill and denouncing Cleveland,
says:
"a vote for Cleveland is a vote to disgrace that
intrepid and successful leader Of Democracy
David b. Hill. This fact alone Will warrant you
In placing the inclosed paster over the electoral
PORTION OF your ticket on election day. BY order
Of the Committee.
1.-The fifteen thousand men were the per.
sonal henchmen of Senator Hill. 1t is
known that the Republican national COM
mittee and the State committee expected
TO derive great benefit from the document.
IL 10 charged by the May convention men
that the list was supplied by an Eimira
man, who was Senator Hills former law
partner, and who, during the campaign.
madeno secret of the fact that he intended
TO vote for Harrison. The Protective Tariff
Democratic League was generally under
stood to be on auxiliary OF the Republican
national committee and su ppiied with funds
by Treasurer Bliss. 1t was only IN existencea
week or ten days before the election. and
its chief plan of work was to send
ont an army of canvassers to ask Demo
cratic voters if they were In favor of free
trade, and to obtain their signatures and a
pledge to vote the Republican ticket.
Henry Nichols, vino was chairman. is O
broker at No. 60 Broadway. He was for
merry active in the anti-monOpoly move
ment. Mr.. Nichols. in an interview, said
The letters were sent into every county
In the State. L presume. except New Yorb
county. / have no doubt that many of the
Democrats who got them voted for Harri.
son. It fact, / know they did. because OF
the number of favorable replies we re-
ceived. The replies. though, were not al
favorable. Some of them were anonymoul
and abusive. If we had gone to work q
week earlier We could have very material
ly reduced the Democratic vote in the
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