New-York tribune., 1892-01-01
PRICE THREE CENTS.
NOT AT MR.. HILLS DINNER
DEMOCRATS OF NATIONAL FAME CONSPICU:
OUS BY THEIR ABSENCE.
FILLING THE VACANT CHAIRS WITH LOCAL
POLITICIANS AND NEWSPAPER ooRREsPoN.
DENTS THE GovERNoRsENAToR'S
SPEECH MORE MEANINGLESS THAN
THE ELMIRA EFFORT

SPEECH MORE MEANINGLESS THAN
THE ELMIRA EFFORT.
tBY TELEGRAPH 10 THE TKIBrSEI
Albany. Dec. 3l.-Governor Hills banquet to
himself at the Kenmore Hotel tonight was
failure in the eyes of his followers, of doorous
dimensions. 1t had been announced that eX-Presl-
dent Cleveland, Speaker Crisp, Senator Carlisle.
Senator German. Mayor Grant. Mayor Chaplin. and
other Democrats of State and National prominence
would be present. but all Of them sent letters
declining the invitation. Only thirty three guests
outside Of the State officers and their deputies
were present. and in this list they kindly included
three or six newspaper correspondents IL was
natural that Frank Rice, who suppressed the true
election returns of Dutchess County and thus en-
abled the State Board of Canvassers to give GER
tificate Of election as Senator to defeated Demo-
crat should be made chairman of the affair. The
dinner was a noisy one. but Mr.. Rice must still
have heard ringing in his ears the terrible words
Of Judge Cady upon Tuesday night
Judge Rice, have you received the corrected
election returns Of Dutchess County? You Will
not reply? Then permit me to say that your
silence is confession that you received them and
have not informed your associates
Mr. Hill and Mr.. Flower, the Governor-eect.
came TO attend the banquet together, the former
leading the latter Mr.. Flower undoubtedly en'
joyd Mr.. Hills speech immensely as soon as he
began to talk upon National topics and to pose
as a candidate for President. the especial OBJ
ject Mr.. Hill had in view in giving dinner TO
himself was disclosed frankly in the course Of his
speech. 1t obvious that he thought he had
made a lot Of errors in the course of his recent
speech at Elmira upon the Sherman Silver Coin
age act, and that he intended. if possible, TO put
ip hoft Iif,lt hofor %,a aubf
financial authority. His speech, however had the
same sadly incoherent phrasng that the one he
reld at Elmira had. Mr.. Hills English is usually
good but both at Elmira and in Albany tonight
he seemed to speak il in dream and to
the disconnected sentences of q dream. II is
doubtful if any banker can exactly understand
what Mr. Hill means in his speech here tonight up
the silver question: But perhaps it was intended
to he read in one way in the silver States Of the
West and in another way in the Eastern States.
OPPOSED TO " rIEBALD" LEGISLATION.
He boldly said he opposed to any bills
amending the Mckinley Act or the Sherman Silver
Act, while acknowledging that he did not believe
the repeal measures which he favored concern
ing those acts would be passed by Congress. He
used this sentence in the of his speech
Democratic legislation by this Lid Congress is
quite impossible" He thought it would be i'm
Republican, and therefore any repeal acts passed
by the Democratic House of Representatives would
be defeated. Piebald legislation" said the Cover
nor is possible, but have no interest in that.
Making political issues is not a success on the
binding twine and tin plate plan, If you risk
letting the raiders ride off safe By dropping two
penny fractions of their mOnstrous booty. Free
coinage offered to all silver like free coinage offered
to all gold remains an element always hereafter
indispensable Ia the renewal of their old historic
coupling ! said at Elmira, and say again. that
New-Nork will not follow the lead Of Nevada.
But New-York Democrats to a man and many an
honest Republican will follow Mr.. Bland, the
chairman of the House Committee on Coinage, with
their respect, their admiration and their support
if he will now lift the banner of repeal Of the
Sherman law.
The large dining-room in the Kenmore Hotel
was transformed into banqueting hall Of brill
iancy the like of which is seldom seen The
mantel at one end of the banked with
flowers. over which hung haf-size portrait OF
Mr. HILL draped with the American flag Along
each side of the room were ranged potted plants
and palms in profusion while in one corner an
orchestra discourSed strains from within bower
of palms. The covers of the menu were of heavy
bevelled card, embossed on the front in gold let
ters stating the purposes Of the dinner, alongside
Of the United States shield and the State and
United S/iIcs flags done in colors. On the back
of the cover, in coors. rising sum- with
the figures "ls02' obscuring it.
At the top of the title page Of the menu proper
were the words Farewell, Governor" and at the
bottom of The page were the words All Hail
United States Senator"
Among those present besides the State officers,
heads of departments and their deputies, members
L., Ia Il
Of the sa1s of The outgoing and incoming Cover
nors, were De Lancey Nicoll james II. Manning,
j. r. Voorhees,. Thomas f. Grady, Edward
Murphy, jr, Bourke Cochran, James j. Martin,
John f. Fellows, Thomas +. Glroy, d. Cady Her.
rick, St Clair Mekelway, John Boyd Thachcr,
John A. Mccall. Frederic Cook, Caryl Ely, Will
lam II. Clark, j. W. Hinc,,ley, Michael Shannon,
H. d. Purroy, j. II. Van Antwerp, Charles A.
Stadler, General Farnsworth, Townsend Cox,
Nicholas Muller, ID. &. Griffin, s. j. TYlden, jr;
General Ricketts,, ID. Milbank H. Duffy, Judm
f. r. Gilbert, o. W. Sage, Albert C.. Tcnnand,
ID. c. Hickey, f.. +. Fitzpatrick, c. F. O'Neu
Charles r. Defreest and DR.. J. II. Parks.
GOVERNOR HILLS SPEECH.
Mr. Hills speech long. Here follows a
part of what he said
Mr.. Chairman. State Officers and Friends: These
that try mems souls The hour OF parting
the comrades Of long aud aiduou, labor
again quite the same group New commands summOnins
another OF a distant field a service.
Never again the shoulder shoulder and touch 81,
around link broken the group changed. 10 Is noe
OF strlfe-eher physical moral pocal-tat tess
ortitude Most take contention like babies
TO their mothers milk ~ there who
prefer placid lives have heard Of men calling them.
selves scholars and believing themselves politics
nothing much the bosteous high that keen
American freedom salt and pure But OF us. I I'm
.ru.d .olI
absorb active powers and unless found ourselves
and then standing dauness and unwearied kneeeeD
In jungle shaft, caunny political calumny,
and the broken OF bownen who had missed thcir
marx | suppose should have the ensaton OF clscom
and complain OF cold feet.
We have particular reason TO feel somewhat saashed
with stewardship when ren,t that in each election
officers during the last bceu
nf Denl crnfl.