New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-19

tnp power 10 lU4Ei Nl' purposes Ibi VIM" ~
originally framed. Inasmuch as Chancellor
Capriyi. acting in Difference to his masters COM
mands had pledged himself TO the Dict that no
alterations would be tolerated in the BILL he may
determine that his only honorable course is to
resign. In thai case it is probable that the
man who would be called upon TO succeed
him as Prime Minister of Prussia and as Chan
cellor of the Empire would be W. Miguel, the eX-
Rcvoutionist Of lS4S and the former disciple OF
Karl Marx.
4 PLEDGE WITH 4 SITTING ON H.
There was breezy air OF ownership ia rec
simple in the Delegate Hunters pledge to the
birmingham meeting of the vote OF the state
of New York for the Democratic party. 1t was
promise apparently without conditions: the
liberal gift of frec-heartcd, generous man out
of his own personal possessions, who nei'hef
asked nor expected anything in return. lhere
is ground though, fUr a reasonable Suspicion
that in the inmost recesses of the Delegate Hunt
ers moral consciousness he did harbor quite
important antecedent condition 70 the lulhlmeht
of the pledge. This suspicion doubtless lufked
in the minds of most Of his hearers in the minds
C MANY il probably amounted to CONVECTION
For everybody knew what Mr.. Hills business
WAS. lie was not stumping the South for the
Democratic party. lie is not so ignorant OF the
laws of trade as to 90 into the business OF carry
Ing Goals to Newcastle on so large scale. The
Democratic party in Mississippi and Georgia Is
not in much need Of Gtump-SpeecheS setting
forth the pressing need Of unity and olganlza-
tin. II i, already 50 thoroughly united and
perfectly organized thai whoever undertakes TO
vote against it has to run a gauntlet OF double
barrened guns. Mr.. Hill Is not rackcd with
anxiety lest the Democrats should lose Mi''s-
,ippi and Georgia. His solicitudo 5 not for the
great Democratic party about which he talks -
glby: it relates entirely 20 the choice OF that
p1rtv fer President. lie was down there hunt
ing delegates. And the pledge he made had
string to it,"
Th, reading between the lines Of the Delegate
Hunters promise is that he himself, being the
undSputod owner of the electoral vote A. album
dainty proved by everything that has happened
of political nature in The state for the last SIX
months can give that vote TO the Democratic
candidate, provided that candidate be David H.
Hill. II was not necessary t. state the condition
in words Il was apparent in al! the circnm-
stances and Surroundings; in the emptiness Of
bis meaningless talk, his Snu1uS moandcrng
along the edges Of dangerous tories. his
careful avoidance o. contIOvcrtcd questions
his barney about historic places and his flap
doodle about " tho disturbance" which history
has dgnifod with the name Of 4 Civil War Al
these. and the appearance. manner and behavior
Of the man himself proclaimed his mission and
disclosed his purpose. His business related not
TO the election, but 10 the nomination, of Prcsi-
dent He was not firing the Southern heart for
the Democratic party or is candidates: that a.
he could not help knowing, would have been a
work OF supererogltiOn lie was after dele
gates: delegates, and nothing else. And what
he meant. and everybody understood he meant.
vas: 81 have demonstrated that can d. what
| will with the state Of Ncwlork. Nominate
me for President and pledge You is electoral
vote for the candidate"
But is il actu1llv true that David d. Hill
owns the State Of New-York 50 absolutely that
he can promise It's electoral vote 20 any man or
any party with such confidence and assurance?
Since when have the voters Of this state 80
bound themselves 20 him and HI, control that
he can slip them into his carpet-bag with a
bundle Of windy speeches 70 60 south and trade
On? By what authority docs this hunter Of
delegates. bidding for Presidential nomina-
ton, openly offer thirty-Six electoral votes and
the suffIagcs of a majority Of a million and
half Of free citizens? "Upon what meat doth
this cur Caesar feed that he j. grown - great
True, he has had a political ca.cer without paal-
lei in the history Of the country. lie has ac-
compliShcd what no other man ever had the au-
dacty to undertake. He has proStituted all the
powers Of the Executive has used both the APP
pointing and the pardoning power 10 polluic the
bench and Ovcrawc the judiciary, has promoted
criminals and held out inducements to crime, and
simply by riding roughshod over lazy and JUS
tcc, public morals and public decency has cStlb-
liShed himself in what appears to be not merely
leadership, but absolute control Of his party Of
the party that gave It's candidate for Governor
nearly 10000 majority. IIe'is clearly at the
top. At the dizzy ticklish top Top of his own
party but is it the top of the state: of a million
and half Of voters? He manifeSty thinks so,
for he is openly trading on it,
So thinking he has made his bid for the Prcsi
dental nominations pledge with a string 10
it," But what a spectacle il presented TO the
free people Of great State when an unScrupulols
politician, whose entry into politics began with
buying votes at two dollars apiece behind a barn,
whose training was in the school Of William VI.
Tweed and whose latest achievements have been
conspicuous only for the most audlcious and UNI
blushng villany, has the assurance to go through
the country dangling their thirty-six electoral
votes on a string TO catch delegates with.
4 SENSIBLE ARMY REFORN