The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-02-16

DEF crest Baldwin, .ex-Mayor Franklin Edison,
Henry George, Ex-Governor ID. III. Chamber
lain, st. Clair NJ Kolway, Oswald Ottendorfer,
Calvin Tomlins, Walter S. Logan, Louis f.
Post, Walter r. Lawrence, George Haven
Putnam. Fordyce D. Barker, r. Il. Bowker,
Horace e. Deming, Charles Condert, Arson
Phelps Stokes and Henry Marquand.
The meeting was duly held, The New York
Times in its report OF it, saying: Had the
great hall of the Cooper Union been twice its
size, it would have been filled last night with
democrats who are opposed to the renomna-
ton of David B. Hill for the governorship OF
New York. 1t was meeting called by promi-
nent democrats who have at heart only the
welfare of the state"
Wheeler H. Peckham presided and there
was the usual lot of vice presidents and secre-
taries. j. Dewitt Warner read an address
from which the following is an extract:
David Il. Hill is not democrat. He has be-
trayed his trust to his party and his trust to the
people. We charge him with having set the con
stitution of this state at defiance and lost the
democratic party the control OF the national ana
state legislatures and the consequent loss OF the
Mills Lii in the United States senate. We charge
him with having entered into nefarlous deals with
republican partisans to rob the treasury OF great
city. We charge him with having entered into
deals with republican partsans to give them con-
troll of the railway commission i'll exchange Tor
an Office in the state prisons for one Of his per-
sonal followers. We charge him with hypocrisy;
that, while pretending to be strictly democrat,
he has nevertheless nominated to office more re-
publcans than were ever before nominated by
democratic governor, and we ask you to compare
his record in this regard with that of Governors
Tilden, Robinson and Cleveland. We charge HIM
with having brought his party into disrepute ny
surrounding himself and his office with dishonest
and disreputable men. His career 1alslnes MS
declaration 81 am a democrat.
This "democratic'' meeting Kissed Governor
Hill, cheered the address and then adopted IL
with great enthusiasm, and appointed COM
mittee to present 1t to the state convention.
Speeches, denunciatory of the governor, were
made by Wheeler FL. Peckham. John ID. ker.
nan, Henry George and Walter S. Logan.
Commenting edtorally the next morning
The NewYork Times said that the democratic
leaders would find food for sober reflection in
that unprecedented meeting aud that these
PEOPLE opposed Governor Hill because as hon
est men they could not and would not vote for
him. On the next day september 9th) The
Times came again to the charge
and said every Cleveland paper III the
city. except one, was against Hill. On Sep
TENDER 10th it edtorially denounced him as
worthless demagogue and trickster, and pre-
dicted his defeat at the polls. 1t returned to
the attack the next day.
The convention was held September 18th,
each assembly district being represented by
three delegates, or 3S4 in all. There was no
candidate for governor but Hill. lie was re-
nominated by reclamation and his conduct OF
the gubernatorial Office for nearly four years
was as unanimously approved.
On September 18th The Times editorially
derive their greatest satisfaction from the
election OF Cleveland and their next greatest
from the defeat Of Hill.
Now. if Messrs. Everett p. Whoeier,
Wheeler IL. Peckham, III. deForest Baldwin
and the rest of them "voted as they shot,"
they gave Mr.. Warner Miller, the republican,
the benefit of their thoroughly enlightened
and unbiased suffrage. AS honest men, ac-
cording to The Times, presumably the only
honest men in the vicinage, they could not
and would not vote for DAVID q. Hlll, SO
turning republican pro hac vice, as it were,
they scratched the governors name and
pumped one apiece for the gentleman who
fell outside the breastworks. They set
out toE hold q meeting, make noise,
get favorable mention in mugwump
and republican newspapers and beat Hill.
They succeeded admirably. except in one par
ticuiar-they did not defeat Mr.. Hill.
In New York city, where they held their
meeting, Governor Hill had moro than sixty
state he had 10000 majority, which was over
eight thousand more than he had in 1885.
These worthy citizens are as wise in 1892 rs
they were in 1888, and no wiser; as influential
this year as four years ago. and no more SO;
as competent to defeat Mr. Hill for president
as they were for governor, but no more COM
petent In the one case than in the other.
They are set of sour, disconnected, 1mprac-
teal persons, who might just as we'll be called
republicans as democrats. They are rs true
to one party as the other, having no use for
either unless they can control it. In 1888 they
hurt Mr. Cleveland by their most jealous sup
port and aided Mr.. Hill by their fiercest oppo-
sition. All theories as to their influence must
conform themselves to this very hard fact.
This mugwump kick is not against an early
convention-that much has been openly adj
mitted by the leaders of the movement 1t is
an effort on the part Of the personal friends OF
Grover Cleveland to convince the country that
he has following in New York and can
divide the party 1t is clever hit of political
work, as politics 60 but it has very little
chance of success. 1t is more like disorgan-
lied, unarmed mob bowling at well-drilled
army than anything else. The democratic
party in New York is well organized and the
party is for Hill. These howlers are outside
the organization and they are for Cleveland.
The Reform Club, of this city, which is
backing the anti-Hill movement. is very
pleasant social organization, but it has
Never Reformed Anyt hing.
1t is q club where fashionable mugwumps,
-silk-hatters, they are called-meet for
monthly and annual dinners. The members
are all rich and the dinners are good. The
wines are old and rare and put
the members IN humor TO listen
follow the dinners.
The other element interested in the
Cleveland movement arc the mugwumps
who held Office under him and hope
to get office again should he DC
elected. Some of these men who are now
howling loudest about being pure democrats
and opposed to Hillism were leaders of the
county democracy in the election last Novem-
Der and
Made Open Deals with the Republicans
in several assembly districts by which the
votes of their organization were given to Fas-
sett in return for republican votes for their
local candidates. They boosted of this at the
time but now they claim to be pure demo-
Gratis.
That "Big" Meeting.
WASHINGTON, February 12.-[Special.l-
The anti-Hill demonstration in New York last
night is looked upon here by New York demo-
Gratis as q tame affair.
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