The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-14
The Anti-Hiu Increment.

| A difference of opinion exists In New
| York among the managers Of the anti"Hill
movement in that state as to the action
which the anti Hin convention, which meet
at Syracuse on May 81. should take. Mr..
! Grace, the principal leader Of the move
| ment, insists that the convention should
send a oontesting, not q protesting. delega-
| ton, and other leaders agree with him. On
! the other hand there are Others who are
about as prominent IN the movement who
| think the wiser course would be 10 send
no delegation at all. or that
il ons is sent it should be protesting one.
They say that enough has been accomplished
TO show tbs country that ths dissatisfaction
with the method by which Senator Hi
secured this New ork delegation ID very
general among democrats of the state, and
that nothing would be accomplished by
sending to Chicago a contesting delegation.
On the contrary, a great deal of harm
might be done, because It would have the
affect Of widening the breach which
divides the Hill and anti-Hill
factions The Chicago conve nti on, they
contend. could not seat a contesting
delegation because it would have no good
reason for doing 80. The regularity OF the
election of the Hill delegation cannot be
successfully questioned. That there is force
in this position there is no doubt. There is
no use of doing anything that would not
result IN any practical benefit to the oppo-
stlon to Senator Hill, and which
would tend to widen the breach
between the contending factions. 1t is
probable that some OF the anti-Hill leaders
are led into taking an extremely aggressive
position by the surprising success which has
attended the movement against Senator
Hill. 1t was not thought possible to get
40. 900 names in New York city to the petit
ton protesting against Senator Hills mid
winter convention, but more than 90, 900
have been secured, all OF which
are alleged to be genuine, and the statement
is made that within the next ten days the
number will reach 5000. When 1t is re-
membered that Gov. Flowers vote last
November Ia New York city was only 1885,
900 it becomes at once apparent that the
anti-Hill sentiment is very much stronger
than even the most enthusiastic leaders of
the anti-Hill movement thought it was. In
the whole state more than 100000
democrats have signed the pro-
testing petition, and there appears
to be no doubt that the number will reach
$500 before the holding of the anti-Hil
primaries on May 25 1t is safe to say that
half the democrats OF the state-the half
that represents most of the wealth and in
telligence Of the perty-are opposed to SEN
ator Hill Under such circumstances ID
seems like folly to assert that Senator Hill
could carry New York
With such a showing as the anti.Hill
leaders can make the necessity for
sending a contesting delegation to
Chicago is not apparent. It could
DO nothing but protest, and it
might bring about very unfortunate con-
dition OF affairs In the convention. The
convention will certainly take notice of the
fact that Senator Hills popularity In his
own state has been greatly overestimated,
and, also, that instead OF having the whole
Of his party at his back he has scarcely
more than half OF it.
Il is question now whether Sem
ator Hill will permit his name to
to 60 before the convention. His plan for
getting the nomination has failed. He
OuOusuO WANh NOW III n AoauAIS vi AOA hAlLi
he would get the doubtful states Of Indiana,
Connecticut and New Jersey. With these,
and uninstructed delegations from the south
that could be prevailed upon to permit the
doubtful states to name the ticket, he hoped
to get the nomination. But the doubtful
states are for Mr.. Cleveland, and all the
other states. except New York, that have
chosen delegates have either instructed for
him or favor hts nomination. The sending
of a protesting delegation to Chicago by
the Syracuse convention would not, there
fore, be likely to help Mr.. Cleveland.