Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-07
THE GENUINE DEMOCRATIC CHAMPION.

Hill was untrue TO MT. CleVelanu, anu
which was re-echoed In one OF the talks
of Santa Barbara Democrats which
lately appeared in the HERALD, is too
absurd for serious consideration with
those who are familiar with Mr.. Hills
record. All the facts point with demon
strated certainty to the conclusion that
whatever detection was exhibited in the
campaign of 1888 was by the Mugwump
and other special friends of Mr.. Cleve
land towards Governor Hill, and not by
the friends OF Governor Hill towards
Mr.. Cleveland. No man ever showed a
more unhesitating loyalty to the head Of
his ticket than did Hill to Cleveland in
that memorable canvass. In the middle
OF it he said: "Pay no attention to me.
I am already elected. The national
ticket is in danger. Concentrate your
selves upon that"
Nothing could be more manly or ex-
plicit than such declaration. Nothing
could have been more disinterested
that the efforts by which Governor Hill
supported his honest pledge of amity to
his official chief. He stumped the
state OF New York for Cleveland, far
more thoroughly than he did for him
self; and he interrupted his canvass in
its mid-career to post off to Indiana and
Ohio, then both regarded as doubtful
states, to make speeches for Cleveland.
The people of New York understand
we'll the splendid fidelity of Hill to
Cleveland. And yet a few disgruntled
politicians, OF the Mugwump and Pinto
Democratic variety, point to the fact
that, while Hill carried the state by up.
wards of 1900 majority for governor,
Harrison beat Cleveland by over $4,000
majority for president.
What had Hill to do with this result?
As a matter of fact, all OF Mr.. Hill's
friends voted for Cleveland. If the
special friends, Mugwump and other, of
Mr.. Cleveland, had voted for Governor
Hill. that gentleman's majority would
have been easily $4,000.
Mr.. Cleveland failed to receive the
full Democratic vote of New York in
1883 because great many Democrats
did not think he was Democrat. Some
people are built that way. The Demo-
cratic president ran away behind in the
Empire state because, amongst other
things, multitudes OF Democrats thought
that he should not have re-appointed
Mr.. Pearson, Republican, postmaster of
New York city. The civil service regu-
lations did not call for Pearson's reap
pointment. His commission had ex-
pired, and no implication, even, of the
famous "Snivel Service" law. called for
his continuance in Office under Demo-
cratic president.
Such re-appointment involved the
holding in Office OF four thousand Repub-
lican officials, clerks in the postoffice OF
New York city, and letter carriers, the
latter all in uniform, daily insult to
hard-working Democrats who had
earned their places. The Democracy OF
the state and city OF New York never
forgave Mr.. Cleveland for repaying de-
voted partizan service with slap in
the face. They never have either for
given nor forgotten it, and they never
| will.
Mr.. Cleveland was repaid for his pc.
culiar complaisance by the peculiar spec
tacle, as the Cleveland business mems
procession circled through the streets OF
New York city, of seeing all the en-
ployees of the New York postoffice howl
ing themselves hoarse for Harrison.
Many dyed in the wool Democrats
looked upon this episode as a just retri-
button.
The truth is that David Bennett Hill
has proven himself to be, as the HERALD
has heretofore suggested, the Chevalier
Bayard of the Democracy without fear
and without reproach. Things are now
going rapidly his way, a circumstance
which is highly gratifying to the HER
AID, which has for years recognized him
as the rightful and sagacious and always
successful chief of his party. We have
always felt towards him as did the poet
when inspired TO write the lines
Take thou the leading of the van
And charge the Moors amain;
For there's not braver lance than thine
In all the hosts of Spain.
THE Deacon affair in France is fol-
lowed up by very similar tragic epi-