Evening journal., 1892-11-29
HILL SHOULD DO RIGHT.

III Is ntlbHSE bVOd plah W pViioN
trouble or to rely too implicitly upon the
rumors in circulation concerning the in
tentions Of public men. Hence we are
reasonably calm concerning the rumors
that Senator Hill is working to send Mr..
Murphy to the Senate; we are not un-
happy over the apprehension that Mr.
Murphy win get there.
The legislature Of New York ought
not to send Mr.. Murphy to the senate,
But even If it does send him, he will not
make bad showing beside the repre-
sentatiyes Of the great state Of Pennsyl-
vania. He will measure up to the
average Of the Republican senators who
have been chosen within the last four
years. So, in that respect, there will be
no great harm DONE
Not so, however, with Senator HILL
If he foists Murphy on the people, the
people win take reprisals in various ways,
upon Senator Hill.
Senator Hill is already regarded with
suspicion; and, now, since the Democratic
party is strong enough to be careless
what Senator Hill and those whom he
can influence in New York and elsewhere
may do, they are perfectly willing that
he shall do obnoxious things in order to
assist in building up the opposition
against him and the machine. The peo-
pie outside of New York are thoroughly
sick Of the duplicity and arrogance Of
the politicians there They will
not submit to any more dicta-
tion from New York, and the
worse Senator Hill behaves, the more
opposition he shows to Cleveland, first
and to the better element in the Demo
cratic party in New York, second, the
quicFer the struggle will come and the
quicker the Hill machine will be over
thrown.
That, however, is subject In which
the people Of New York are more inter
ested than the Democrats outside But,
in the light of recent events, proving
that Cleveland could have been readil y
elected without New York, it is a pity,
for the sake of the Democratic party.
that Sheehan, Murphy, Hill & Co., did
not accept the gage Of battle Cleveland
threw down to them at the conference
in the Victoria hotel. Mr. Cleveland pre-
fers their support, and the Democratic
party wishes to have their votes, of
course; but he win not submit to their
insolence, and the party will not brook
their dictation Mr.. Cleveland said: II
will appeal from the machine to the peo-
pie. VIII ask them to choose
between us. Such is my confidence
in the people that before the week
ends | believe the machine will be
in revolution against you. If Sheehan.
Murphy, Hill & Co., had not backed
down they would have seen that prophesy
fulfilled. 1t may be fulfilled, anyhow,
but it would have been sudden
overthrow if they had defed Cleveland /;
whereas, now they are preparing for a
gradual dissolution.
Hillism has no ife-prineiple. Hill
never contends for any principle at all ;
hence there is nothing to keep it alive
It must die sooner or later 1t cannot
live where it is opposing the personal
aggrandizement of inferior men. no
matter how adept in the manipulation Of
the spoils Of office, against principles
against superior men advocating princi
pies not simply advocating themselves.
We are surprised that Senator Hill is
not politician enough to perceive that he
is digging his own grave; that he is work
ing with selfish unprincipled men, who
when they have betrayed everybody else
will betray him. 1t seems that the
events Of the Chicago convention should
have taught Senator Hill to enlarge the
horizon Of his political vision by climb
ing higher
But there is just this about It'll the
Democratic party and Cleveland are
strong enough to require the New York
machine to do right or to hustle for
itself.