New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-27
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONTENTION

THE DEMOCRATIC STATE con ENfloN'
Hill has his way. The Democratic Convention
of this State is to meet next month 10 >eiec'
delegates TO the National Democratic COnVen-
ton. 20 the Democratic Committee DECIDED al
its Yesterdays meeting. Hill, Sinking his duly
as United States Senator, came over from ASH
incton and directed the committee III person.
With the grave CHILEAN question confronting 'he
country and formally before Congress because
of the Presidents Message, his absence from
his seat in the Senate yesterday ana Mohda!
concusively attested his want OF PATRIOTISM anu
his absolute untrllStworthness as public ser
want But then Hills entire public career proves
that to him personal ambition for place and
bower is everything and the public veal nothing
In directing the State Committee to call the
convention in February Hill made another sig
nal dlspIav Of his sefshness. The convenlng
of such a body III mdwlnter Is against al Tue
precedentS of the Democracy OF New ofk' ana
there has been no demand either Oh inc par1
of the leaders or the rank and lie that lheS
should be set aside this year. III the convenience
Of those who are TO be sent as delegates 10 inc
convention or to the preliminary gatherings had
been consulted, obviously date would nave
been selected later in the season. wheh the
voatbor i less inclemcnt ard transit is easier
over the roads Of the Interior But such con-
siderationS did not move the seli-aDsofDed illI
If suited him TO have the convention caled III
February, and he did not care whether 1t
was agreeable to the rest of the party or not
He is the dictator Of the Democracy OF the In
miro State, and doubtless reasons that 1t Is the
- Ii.., In dictate. 80 The AlDInN
Argus "Thc Brooklyn Eagle" 1.-The Buffalo
Courier" and other leading Democratic journals
protested against a midwinter convention. As
for THE World it wrestled with HIM as ear
ne,tly Is Jacob wrestlcd with the angel, with
the same object in view. But all to no purpose
They might as well have directed their remarks
10 the east Wnd-or say, 70 the late Mr. Tweed
Hill believed that the fortunes of his boom for
the Presidential nomination would be promoted
Iv Z midwinter convention. That settled IT,
That MAS the determining consideration with
him.
IL remains to be seen what the friends OF
Grover Cleveland are going to do about 1t. W III
they allow the election OF delegates all over the
state to 90 by default in favor of Hill or Will
thev make a contest? Apparently they have
decided to pursue a do-nothing poicy-but what
is the sense of such policy unless Mr. Clcyc-
land has decided not to run again? Mr.. llanity
who is recognized as the leader Of the Cleveland
Democracy Of Pcnn>y lvana, j. reported as as
,ertng that the cx-Pcsidcnt is a candidate " in
the same sense that he has always been can
didae. That he is pulling wires or schemng
to get the nomination is not true. hut he Is
to-day. in my opinion. precisely IN the same po-
,i,ion he was before the convention OF 1881"
This will do nicely as an explanation of Clcve-
lands position. But how about Cleyeands
friends? Perhaps Colonel Lamont or cx-Secrc-
tary Fairhild Will take the floor.