Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1892-03-11
ANYBODY TO BEAT HILL.
so SAYS THE PROVISIONAL COM.
MtTTEE OF NEW YORK.

The Boilers Not Particularly In Favor
of Clevelaud-Geueral AlEar Decides
Nomination.
New York, March 5.-rhe following
announcement is made here:
Every member of the national Demo-
cratic committee will receive in the
next few days letter approved by the
provisional committee of the antiHill
party in this state. This letter declares
in effect that the anti-Hill Democrats
a,e not welded to Cleveland, and will
accept any good Democrat who can
carry New York. They will contest the
Hill delegaAon chosen at the midwinter
Albany convention, because it does not
represent New York Democracy. The
most important declaration in the letter
is that Cleveland is himself to be blamed
for the s'mess" in which the party has
got itself.
The letter was written originally to
DR.. w. A. Anderson, a prominent 'leve-
land Democrat from Wisconsin. When
read to other members Of tho commit
tee it was approved by Mr.. Whitney,ex
Mayor Grace. +. Ellery Anderson, eA
Secretary Fairchild and others. and
copies were ordered to be sent to every
member of the Democratic national
committee. 1t declares that thousands
of Democrats are opposed to Hill, re-
eardless of Cleveland. The letter con-
tniues:
"lf the contesting delegation is
thrown out at Chicago and Hill is
nominated we cannot answer for the re-
sult. Cleveland and nearly all the
leadeln will probably support the ticket,
hut there hre many men who are little
inclined to submit any further to the
impositions practicea for the past few
years. These men rightly regard the
Hill convention af proceeding which
would be set aside in a court OF for
fraud and duress. In some Ias
these men have held off from tn " :.
testing movement for the avowedn
that they want to see Hill nominated SO
as to finish him forever. The majority
against him in this state would bs any.
where
From $4,000 to 100, 900 Votes.
IF Cleveland or any man of his wing
of the party is nominated by an organ
izntion of the state the opposition within
the party would be 4 mere bagatelle.
! Nobody really cares for Hill, and his
whole strength comes from the fact that
he is supposed to be in it.
ga contest will not injure Cleveland
if the trouble is taken in other parts of
the country to investigate the real stu
alton in New York. Whether it does
injure him or not cannot affect the
movement. Probably he il responsible
for letting them tthe Hill managers, get
his friends into such bad mess. Of
course, it would be safer to nominate
the man who stands the best chance OF
carrying other states than New York,
whether he be Cleveland or somebody
else. Cleveland would probably poll the
most votes here, as his great outside
strength would cause the Murphy Hill
men to run to cover. But it would be
as well to nominate good Western
candidate OF Governor Russell.
In fine, we have not voted yet, and
we claim the same right to contest at Q
national convention which our adver.
saries practiced when they contested
county and state conventions. We
claim to stand on precedent and We
claim that our opponents are irregular
We are rapidly gathering in the ole
Tilden leaders, and it our movement de
velops as it has promised lately there
will be no difficulty in proving in Chi
cago that we represent the Democratic
party of this state"