New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-12
A MODERN CORRUPTER-GENERAL
D. B. HILL HONoRED BY COMPARISON WITH
PHILIP IL OF SPAIN.

d. g. HILL HONORED BY COMPARISON WITH
PHILIP II OF SPAIN.
To the Editor Of The Tribune
sir; Ex-Governor Hill is now In New York faitercd
and Toasted by crowds OF enthusiastic admirers be-
cause as Governor he succeeded In stealing the En-
pire State for his party
This doughty Ex-Governor has been adrolt certainly
showing a skllful iexNlity In evading the law For
this he Is honorcd
He has exhibited, not complete stIalghtf0rwardness,
but complete crookcdness In the attainment Of his
ends. promising what he never intended to perform
and then smiling at the faith his fellow-cltizens put
in his word For this he Is honorcd.
With silent Industry ne has sought and gained pelf
and power for his party by Of force and fraud
navey acting as II he verify believed that all
which arp,ared advantageous to his party were lawful
For this demure dexc.ty and ridiculous preteDce he
Is honored.
lie has known how to select suitable tools and how
TO give them special fitness for his service: how to
Inspire them with his startling audaclty in de-
flying the law while they protest with artl simplicity
that they supposed they were obcyDg the law For
this happy dupllcy. communicated to his servants
he IS profisely hOnOred.
lie has shown overwhelming anxiety TO az
grandize himself through the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of his
party, using the prerogatlves Of his Office TO sLbvet
the very Interests for the subscribing OF which those
prrogaves given thus dl, pointing the trainers
Of The Constitution, who evidently thought there hey c
could be Governor Of the state Of New York wholly
devoid Of political virtue For this he Is honored
The good, sound. Old Democratic doctrine OF a con
sttutonal government of the people for the people
and by the people and the good, sound old Demo-
cratic determination that such government should
perish from the EARTH be has reckcssly ramped
under foot. For this he Is hOnored.
And these surprising horOrs beapcd on this Sir
prlsng man. the slrl ssng because they are
not only consente.sto ~ TIC nundatlon of ignorant
foreign people, Of which his party is largely made up
but they concnrrcd IN by 81 eat Democratic pap>r
which formerly called ham TO account, and very
sharply for not resgnng his Office CT Governor when
he accepted the Office OF IL looks as If his
success in carrying through his unthougof political
schemes. while holding onto the Office he was called on
10 lay down, had changed his powerful Democratic
criticism into partisan Democratic coddling-as If sue
cess even in nefarous schemes, had made vice seem
virtnOus.
Also ctandirg side ty side with .he champion of the
Democratic press in this matter, is the whilom stand
sdbearer of the Democratic party who, though he has
had much TO say about public Office beng a public
trust has not had word to say In criticism Of the
man who has made public Office means Of thwartnc
public law but has consented be present at
gathering expressly called TO do honor TO this icvo
iutonaTy official. 1t looks II the ex-Prcsdcnt
now that he b confronted by very successful con-
dton.7 had made up his mind to lot his teo:yp fall
into :" iDnocuous de>uetude."
But when leaders in the press and In the party face
about in this it is proof that mutltudcs of their
followers also badly demoralzed. And when
great party Is moved TO make such a corruptcr OF
political truth and such CONTENDER OF patriotic
fidelity President of the United states it shows that
the corruption is not only Widespread hut organic
Cornptcr General therefore seems not to be
sroug title for this now famous cx-Go,crnor-eS-