St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-16
HILLS SOUTHERN BOOM.
What the Democratic Organs in
Chicago Have to Say.


What the Democratic Organs in
Chicago Have to Say.
Yesterdays Chicago Times.
The dreetness and the courage of Sen
ator Hill appeal to a great many of his
fellow Democrats. as indeed to Amer
leans generally. There is nothing coy
about the senator. When he had cam
palgns to win he set about the work
openly and emphatically, and he has
never yet failed of success where his
personality was involved. He has gone
OH from one success to another. Ten
years ago he was elected lieutenant gov
ernor of New York. Succeeding to the
governorShip when Cleveland became
president, he has beenstWice chosen to
the governorship and is now not only a
senator from New York, but is the
avOwed candidate of that state for the
Chicago nomination.
Somebody has SAID that the presi-
dency of the United States is neither to
be sought nor to be declined. 1t has
been declined. Nearly every person
who attained the Office sought it eagerly,
though many persons. sacrificing truth
for appearance of propriety, have COW
cred their own activity by a mask of
friends. The instances are rare when
the Office sought a man who was not
seeking the Office. Americans are not
iii the habit of rendering nominations
on silver salvers. They want to know
that the man they are willing TO honor
has given evidence that he will be graft
fed by the tender.
Senator Hill is not the man to let the
grass grow under his feet. The Albany
| convention having pronounced for him
he enjoys certain desirable standing
as presidential candidate, and he must
make recruits, and, apparently, hopes
to find them in the Democratic South.
The senator's excursion to Mississippi,
where he will be received by the legis
lature, is campaign tour. And that
he may make hay while the sun shines,
he will be in Savannah on his return
trip marching through Georgia on st.
Patrick's day and talking Democracy
wherever point is to be gained.
In the hands of Hill the Hill canvass
will be well managed. He will be dis
Greet, for Harrison himself is no better
at comforting and uncOmprOmiSing
phrases than is Hill, And like Blaine
he will employ every art to bind men
to him. Senator Hill seems to be in
different about the West. He has never
personally visited this section. He may
not have hope that any Western state
other than Indiana can be carried by
the Democracy. He prefers the old
battleground-New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Indiana and the South
the ground marked out in the Tilden
campaign, and with varying fortune
fought ever since. Ae has supreme
Self-confidence, and his name will be a
m n
convention. HIS direct, aggressive
methods makes friends among fighting
Democrats.
FHiil's Bold Campaign.
Yesterdays Chicago Herald.
Senator Hill makes no effort to con
ceal his earneStneSS in seeking the
presidential nomination. In his bold
and open pursuit of that honor he re-
flutes the charge, so often brought
against him in the past, that he is a
secretive politician, taking counsel of
few, and yelling all his movements as
far as possible in mystery. Whatever
he may have been while combining his
operations in politics to the limits Of
single state, he has since he stepped
into the national political arena done
nothing suggestive of intrigue or dark
lantern methods. His dealings have
been above board and in plain view of
the people. This conduct has been the
source OF constant surpriee to many
persons, who have come TO look upon
him as mere schemer.
There is, of course, no real reason
why any man desiring nomination for
president may not strive for it in the
way Senator Hill is now doing. Lat
terly, it is true. the idea has obtained
that candidate before nominating
convention must not come too much in
contact with the people. but must direct
his efforts through his managers. Mr..
Clay, however, threw his personality as
powerfully into a canvass for the presi-
Dental nomination as though it were
campaign leading up to the election.
Other great men in the past did like
wise, some Of whom were successful in
securing the nomination and lin after
ward carrying the election. But since
the war the men who have desired to
head the national ticket OF their party
have operated through others. Senator
Hill apparently has no authorized man
ager For while Brice and German
were accredited to that position, but the
former has publicly declared he is in
charge of no mans campaign and the
latter is himself candidate for preSi-
dent.
Senator Hill is conducting his own
canvass, and he is doing it intelligently.
though it remains to be seen whether
he is doing it effectively. His trip to
the South is evidently a part of the
programme which began with the New
York state convention. That conyen-
ton was held at an early date to give
him the prestige which is carried with
the support of the Empire state. When
he addresses Southern audiences he
speaks not as all individual, but as the
choice of the New York Democracy for
president of the United States. The
next step in the programme will doubt
less be a Western tour. He will cover
good deal of country by the time the
convention assemblies at Chicago, and
there will be few delegates in that as
semblage who will not have shaken his
hand. 1t is novel campaign that he is
making, and there will be the greatest
interest TO know if it will be successful.
Woes of Authorship.
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