The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-03-04
MR.. HILL AND NEW ho"n'

stubborn things. We maytry
.n.ooh rooh them; we may seek to evade them
~ ~ s,and. perennially. hard and fast,
launching over petty mines ana Tricks 'oscare'
ord bringing them oil at last to the toucE-
s,or. Of their W reality. Not more stead
foe, is the brook as it goes on forever than
one single hard. grim fact. The organs
NAV loot. the 'heelers" may shout, but this
hard fact in the worlds economy can never
be erased. that an election has been held in
| the Democratic city of Elmlra, N. J.. the
home of David b. Hill. and that the Demo-
cratic nominees. openly proclaimed to be his
especial friends, have been ANONYMOUSLY de-
featei. Let n pin be stuck right there.
No ono can shut his eyes to tho fact that
thgre is a very large body of Democrats IN
New York who are most emphatically dissat-
isfed with party management there. Inc
protest-call it bolt if you choose-now Deing
made proves this to demonstration. Az 'he
meeting of the provisional committee OF THESE
protesters last Saturday Mr.. POucher, the del-
egate from Oswego, stated that during inc
last two or three years nine congresslonai us
tricts in the State have been deprived OF their
rightful representation in the State commit
tee. and that at his own home. Oswego, the
party authorities had refused recognition 70
the organization 10 which he belonged al
though the Supreme Court Of the state had
decided that il was the true Democratic or
ganization.
The delegate from Erie stated that at one
town Up in his district there were only three
Hill men out of one hundred and fifty Demo
cratic voters. but that two of these three held
the primary meeting to send delegates TO the
county convention (the third party being sick
and the two sent the three TO the convention
and they were seated as the representatives OF
that town. He further stated that at some OF
the caucuses and primaries in Erie county
only four or five persons were present.
These specific statements cannot be ignored.
The New York Tribune stated editorially a
few days back that 1t was a perfectly we'll
known fact that Grover Cleveland was tAe
choice of a large majority OF the Democra1ic
voters Of the State of New York foI the once
of President. The Tribune Is OF course q
Republican paper and bad authority for De-
mocrats. but it is q great newspaper never
theless. and naturally has a pride in stating
matters of news correctly. We are satished
the Tribune believed this to be a fact when 1t
made the statement.
All these things added together ought to be
sufficient to make wise men pause and re-
fleet. May it not be possible that the sup
posed boom" for Hill in New York is a man
ufactured boom" after all? May it not be the
clack of interested newspapers and eager
Office seekers? We are satisfied, tor instance.
that almost all of the professional politicians
of Virginia are in favor Of the nomination OF
Mr.. Hill. though we do not. of course. mean
to say that all his supporters in Virginia are
professional politicians. Yet in a vote of the
white people OF Virginia. between the two,
we believe that Cleveland would receive five
votes to Hills one, perhaps more.
There is another stubborn fact III this con-
nection that is always overlooked. Mr.. Cleve-
land was certainly u popular Democrat when
ne was elected Governor of New York. when
he was elected president and when he was de-
feated for the Presidency. He knew he lost
popularity with some Democrats while he
was NONeTuOr anu WuIo lc Nho il'oi"NA'-
But these were mostly Democrats that could
not use him, and he lost nothing in the hearts
of the people by that fact. Where has the
great popularity that he then had gone? His
enemies say the last Presidential election
shows that lie has lost it. We do not see 1t
that way. The tariff issue was precipitated
on the public just before the last
election and he lost votes on
that issue from voters who had
not come to understand it. He had not lost
popularity with the voters, but uniformed
voters voted for protection. The people
have now come TO understand that tariff for
revenue means prosperity for them, and pro-
tected industries mean greedy and oppres-
sive ~monopolists. They are therefore pre-
pared to vote for the candidate who repre-
sents tariff for revenue only, and their allie
glance to Mr.. Cleveland has returned, we
verify believe.