Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-10
DECIDED TO CONTEST.
NEW YORK ANri-HlLL MEN Or
CAME.
A Delegation Favorable to Grover Glove.
land Chosen to the Chicago Convcn.
tton-Hin Convention Electoral Nom.
iMccs Endorsed.
Convention at Syracuse.

A Syracuse IN. ~ dispatch says:
Tho "dandelions" are on top to-day, as
much as Hill was on top in February.
The purpose of that early convention
was to give Hill a grand send-off. 1t
was believed by him and his near Friends
that II declaration by the Democracy Of
New York in his favor would be the in.
itiative of Il movement that would land
him in the White House. Subsequent
events proved the fallacy Of this prom
Use. Hill vas short-sighted, and the
ladder on which he expected to climb to
the chief magistracy gave way under
his weight.
When the convention Of to-day was
called, Hill vas politically prosperous.
Since then Hills decadence has oc-
Cured, and Cleveland's rise into new
prominence has been equally quick. The
conditions to-day are different from
those under which the call was issued.
In fact, they We're called into being by
tho February convention, and a pretext
delions 10y The consequences of the
action taken will probably drive both
Cleveland and Fill out OF the field and
leave the way clear to nominate Russell
or Pattison from the East or Boies or
Palmer from the West. Unprejudiced
political observers of long experience
predict that the nomination will not
come to the State of New York.
Everyone comedies the eminent re-
%spectability of the delegates that assem-
blcd, but old hands ut tie business of
politics call it n mob that could not carry
on a campaign because of the lack of
working element. Such comments, it
should be stated, come mostly from Hill
lookers-on. Chairman Kernan's speech
as delivered was not at ull the speech
that had been mailed by the Press Assoc
citation. The most savage of his thrusts
at Hill did not appear in the written
pages. There Vas no mention of him by
name. He was ignored as totally as Clcvo-
land was in the convention of February,
which herman dubbed the snowshoo
%convcntion," but Hills administration
and his control o. the party were scored
without mercy. The delegates of tho
February convention, he declared, will
represent what n few c thought then,
but the delegates from this convention
to Chicago will represent what tho peo-
pie want now" When he reached the
climax of Cleveland. and for the first
time mentioned his name, it was tho
Blaine convention of 1854 over again rs
much as any State convention could be
with smaller numbers. The delegates
sprang to their feet, mounted chairs, and
shouted themselves hoarse. Fairchild
and Grace. from the platform, started tho
waves of applause with their umbrellas,
and it was at least ten minutes before
the speaker could go on. Another OUT
break came when he made n demand,
that Cleveland should be nominated.
This was a step beyond the policy of tho
most conservative, but apparently every
one Joined in the applause. The way
was then easy for saying: Democratic
disputes will end ut Chicago. New
York Democrats will accept the decision
of the court as final" This sentiment
was cheered to the echo, and it showed
that the delegates were still loyal Demo-
Gratis. The platform adopted contains
declarations against Republican fraud,
tho tariff, and free silver.