The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-24
A Growing Belief That He Will
Not Be Nominated.
BUT NEITHER WILL CLEVELAND.
Party Counsel0rs Looking to the West
for an Available Candidate,
The New York Democracy Badly Split
German and Hill in Close Alliance
Other State Conventions to Be Manip-
ulate1-Watterson Names Carlisle.

members of the "anti-snap convention"
committee returned from Albany last
night. The leaders are confident that the
proposed state convention at Syracuse on
May 81 will be recognized as the real
democratic convention and its delegates
admitted to the national convention, An
evening paper says: ''In private CONVEX
satlon Iammany men themselves express
doubt that Hill will be nominated at Chi
cago, and they no longer dread the anti
snap convention movement. The general
sentiment OF Tammany seemed to be en-
oooled IN tnis sentence: we are willing
10 win with Hill. but not prepared to go
down with him."
The Tribune says: Unless all signs fail.
the anti-Hill movement is rapidly gaining
strength, and has already become serious
enough to be called faction. Ifthey only
have the necessary courage and wisdom,
the anti-Hillites can atone for the past bv
making the most of their present oppor-
tunity. If they force the fighting they
can speedily destroy Hill as presidential
possibility.
Tne Norld says: Senator Hill secured
delegation four months, seventeen weeks
or 1a0 days in advance of the national
convention. What has he got? What
Will he do with it, or what will it do of
and for itself? A great many things are
liable to happen, and are quite certain to
happen during the next four months.
which will materially influence and prob
ably determine the choice OF a Democratic
candidate for president.
me Times saws: At most or at worst
dill's convention can serve only as a
hlnnranPa IN ha 81
land. That it will serve as an effective
hlndrance, we do not believe, and the rev.
elation of Democratic sentiment in all
parts OF the country diminishes every day
doubt upon that point. The Democratic
convention at Chicago will not nominate
Hill. 1t may go West for candidate, or
South, or to the Pacific coast. If it comes
East or to New York it will come for a
man better known and more respected
than Hill.
The Herald says: Yesterdays conven-
ton emphasized the fact that New York
state is very badly split. Hill has the ma
chine without doubt. All this show of
power is well enough in its way, but the
party in the state has very bitter feud on
Its hands, and the aggressive policy of
Hill has excited degree of opposition
certain for himself or Cleveland. A West
ern man who has also the respect of the
South. a man like Watterson, for instance,
with Hill for second place, would be GER
tain to carry New York and the country.
The Democrats of the state, now divided
into factions and losing no opportunity to
knife each other, would unite on such a
ticket and carry the banner to undoubted
victory.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb 23.-[Special. /
David B. Hill is talked of in Washington
City more than any other man. The
friends of this shrewd political manipula-
tor were jubilant over the outcome of his
Albany convention yesterday. The Cleve-
landites were likewise downcast. While
1t has all along been expected that Hill
would have little trouble in securing the
New York delegation to the Chicago con-
yention, the demonstration in his interest
at Albany was greater than was expected
The Hill men are now maintaining that
he will gain in strength in other sections
OF the country from this time on, and that
he will lead all other com mpetitors at the
Chicago convention. They anticipate
that his ability TO form political
combinations and organizations in
the interest of his candidacy
will give him great deal of strength in
other states during the next two or three
months. Many prominent Republicans
today were frank in saying that Hill now
seemed to be the leading candidate for the
Democratic nomination. Many of them
also stated that they believed he would be
the hardest man in the Democratic party
for the Republicans 10 defeat at the polls
in November. The friends of Cleveland
have not given up the fight by any means,
and still maintain that he Will be in the
presidential race, even though Hill has
the backing of the Empire state. They in
sist that Cleveland will have majority of
the Chicago convention at the start. but
are not sanguine enough 10 claim he can
get the necessary two-thirds 10 nominate.
The Cleveland men from the West de-
clare that it must be either Cleveland or a
Western man. If Cleveland fails thew de-
sire that either Senator Palmer, of Hi
nois, or Governor Boies, of Iowa; shall be
chosen to head the ticket They admit
that Hill will not stop at winning the
New York delegation, and they anticipate
that he will give Mr.. Cleveland a pretty
hard rub in many other states. No one
here doubts that Senator Hill will con-
tinue TO carry on the fight in the interest
OF his nomination, and for this reason it is
probable that his senatorial duties will
have little attention at his hands during
this session of congress. 1t is possible
that he will remain in Washington City
directing the campaign in his own behalf,
but this is about all he will stay here for.
Al this time it looks as though he would
have the assistance of Senator German. of
Maryland. 1t has all along been stated
that if it is found that Hill cannot win
the New York mans strength will be
thrown 10 the Maryland senator at the
proper time. The combination between
the Maryland and New York senators has
been made and it is pretty likely to stand.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 2s-Henry Watterson.
in an editorial on Hill, says: Now that
Hill has been made the choice of the New
York Democrats, Cleveland is no longer a
possibility. His selection as the Demo
cratic standard bearer, if such a thing
under the circumstances is conceivable on
the part of the national Democracy, would
be an act of deliberate suicide. as he could
not be elected. After declaring that he
could not vote for the nomination OF Hill,
Watterson offered as substitute John
Griffin Carlisle, of Kentucky, as next in
succession 10 Grover Cleveland TO wear his
mantle.
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