The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-16
,.,v xrw YORK CONTEST.

| and formidable outbu-st
| s~s,r..,ion which Senator Hill has en-
.,,.orsd in New York has. it is reported
coused him considerable apprehension no
g.. nat cause to feel alarmed. Tor ne VIII
snd ,bs. bo will have no royal road TO the
.,-..;dontial nomination that no SO much
| coves. -.
In ths factional contest now being waged IN
Nav York between the friends OF Cleveland
and Senator Hill the issue is plain; 1t IL that
Of principle as opposed to political methods
Mr. Cleveland is the representative OF pure
Democratic principle engaged in warfare with
machine methods. He has made no EFFORT
whatever to grasp the honor OK becoming
again the standard bearer of his party
He has already served his country Is hef
Chief Executive and his record has become
history. His worst enemies can find no flaw
in his administration, and no man hVlhs oan
truthfully assert that he has ever proven ialse
10 a single pledge he has ever given or 10
single sentiment he has ever uttered lie
fearlessly declares his principles aiter 10 lAs
carefully satisfied himself as to what IS right
and when once they are declared he never
swerees from them ono iota to the rgh' or
left.
Mr.. Hill. on the other hand. represents nm
entirely different school Of politics. lie De-
heves in resorting 10 the machine method Tor
capturing votes and accomplishing lis ehds'
and acts on the principle that practical
are far moro powerful than sentimental
politics. He believes in striking while the
iron is not. working the machine IN his
selfish interests while yet be has control
Of the lever. and having secured An adyan-
tage in pushing it for all IT IS worth
In a word, he is seeking to attain TO the eX-
allied Office os President of the United States
by dragging it through the mire of ordinary
ward politics. and sneers at the idea OF any
man. even when aspiring to serve his country
as her Chief Magistrate. adopting the motto
that the Office should seek the man and not
the man the Office.
II is this difference between the methods
and standing of Cleveland and Hill when
makes the people favor the former while the
politicians espouse the cause of the latter.
The people can stand political juggling IN
cases where the election ol Juot4So VI Wv
peace or even of a congressman or governor
is at stake, but they draw the line at the
Presidency. The country has never forgiven
the Republicans for placing Rutherford b.
Hayes in the Presidential chair by the
himsy technicalites Of law, and that
unfortunate gentleman. even though to
some extent the vicarious sufferer for
the sins Of his party, has never recovered
from the odium attached to him for accepting
the Office under such circumstances, and he
never will
The masses believe in sentimental and high
toned politics TO a greater extent than Mr.. Hill
gives them credit for, and Mr.. Hill has just
cause to feel alarm at the formidable demon
stratiOn which has been made In New York
by the better and purer element of the
Democracy against the position he has
taken. He will find. too. that as the
fight progresses this opposition 10 him
will wax warmer and stronger until, even
with the delegation from New York in the
hollow of his hand. the Chicago convention
will lie compelled to hesitate long before they
ieopardize their party's success by Offering
him nomination against which there will
arise an earnest and vigorous protest from
every State in the Union.