The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-05-07
POLITICAL ASSASSINATION.

OSNoShh "
having a united and harmonious party
to win in a national campaign, are be-
ginning to appreciate the Importance
of the support of Senator Hill and his
friends, especially in case Grover Cleve-
land is nominated.
But what clam will Mr.. Cleveland
and his managers have upon Senator
HILL, his New York following, Tam
many Hall, and his numerous admirers
scattered all over the unionP
A review of the history of the past
six months detailing the infamous
treatment Hill has received at the
hands of MIR. Cleveland's friends and
the fool newspapers that are support
ing him, would utterly astonish any
one who has not kept himself informed.
Following the lead of the New York
Tribune, a bitter republican paper, and
of the New York Evening Post, which
a few years ago signalized its v~illiany
by clubbing Missouri ssthe robber
state" democratic papers and demo-
cratic followers of Mr.. Cleveland have
let no opportunity pass for lying upon,
slanderlng and yilifying David b. Hill.
They have charged him with politi-
cal theft.
They have charged him with treach-
cry to his party.
They have charged him with sitting
the voice of his people and eleyat-
ing himself by a political machine.
They have charged him with con-
spiracy; with meddling with house
committees and of trying to bulldoze
the house of representatives.
They have said and written spiteful
things of him. Never before has such
an effort been made to lie a man down.
Washington had his enemies and
they fought him. Jefferson had his,
and how bitterly did they try to blacken
his great name. jackson, Hills ante
type, was lied upon without stint. Sam
uel j. Tilden was the mark for num-
berless shafts of and enmity,
and Cleveland did not escape all the
calumny of political prejudice and
hate. But none of these were so in
dustriously and persistently lied upon,
slandered and traduced as has been
David b. Hill.
But all that this proves Is that a fiste'
can bark as loud and a cur bay as an
grily at a lion as it can at any other
animal.
Nor have Mr.. Hills friends been
spared. To be a Hill man in some
localities is to risk having some ex-
federal Office holder-out of work since
Cleveland went out-and who is hot
for the old ticket and the old job, to
point his finger at you and say, "there
goes a traitor to the democratic party
The INTELLIGENCER is informed
that in one township in Missouri, in an
intelligent community too, Cleveland's
friends, being in the majority, refused
to elect a township committeeman un-
less he would declare himself in favor
of Cleveland's nomination. A veritable
political Scion, favoring Hill, could
have been elected In that meeting,
a Cleveland Dogberry.
But is all thus abuse of Hill and os-
tracism of his friends accomplishing its
purposep
This is a free country. Any man
who desires to, can aspire to any polit-
ical office he wants; and such aspira-
ton is not a crime.
But in the case of Hill, it seems the
verdict is different. In some localities,
and in almost every newspaper Office
the sweets of federal Office hold
ing were enjoyed during Cleveland's
administration, Hills aspiration to be
president is resented in the bitterest
manner, and he is denounced as a
criminal for having them. These jump
of politics think that only
Cleveland has any right to the demo-
cratic nomination, and Hill being in
Cleyeland's way, and very seriously in
his way too, must be knitted, slugged,
sandbagged, lied upon, ass~assinated in
character and blackened in name, if
necessary to his taking off.
And his friends must be attended to.
too. No one must be allowed any
political recognition whatever, who has
the courage and the manhood to stand
up and say:
81 am a democrat; I am for David
B. Hill"
Freedom of opinion is all right if it
is for Grover Cleveland, otherwise it
doesn't go.
Again the INTELLIGENCER asks: what
claim will Mr.. Cleveland and his man
ayers have upon Hill, denounced as a
traitor, and upon his friends, slammed
as political lepersP
Can they elect him without New
York's votep Can they carry New York
without Hills 100000 followers in
New York Clty,~and his 400, 900 friends
in the state outsider
If they can, they can safely go ahead
with their political assassination. If
they cannot, they had better put up
their sealping knives.
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is CLEVELAND AVAILABLE?
The question of availability is one
A.