The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-01-20

The Atlanta Constitution prints an
interview with Senator David Ii. Hill
in which that eminently successful State
stealer is represented as saying that he
does not believe in making a statement
and being compelled to explain it,
This position on Hills part is easily
comprehensive seeing that some of the
more interesting and important of his
recent statements are unexplainable. In
spite of his disapproval of explanations
Hill makes desperate effort to explain
to the Constitution his position on silver
and on tariff reform. His attempt is
made in the third person, but it is said
that the utterance is fully authorized" !"
The practical New Yorker proclaims
to the Constitution and through the Con-
sttution to the country that he is ''am-
bitious," and would be proud to receive
the Democratic nomination for Presi-
dent This much is clear and unmis-
taxable: it is statement after Hills
own heart in that it does not need to be
explained But when at the safe dis
tance of Atlanta he proceeds to laugh at
the charge that his Elmira and Albany
speeches are inconsistent" then Dark
Lantern Dave doesn't get on quite so
well. In the one address he says he an
nounced his personal views on the lead
ing questions of the day. In the other
Ln Of N-ha
ought to do at this session. For ex-
ample, as to silver: Hill proclaims him
self to the Constitution as an ardent
free coinage man; but in his Albany
speech he said: "Pass no free coinage
bill. BY this he meant that. in his opin-
ion, it was best that the House should
pass no free coinage bill during this ses-
sion of Congress, because it is evident to
everyone that the President would
veto il. ;"
The Constitution man might have
asked the senator if, in his opinion, the
House should attempt no legislation of
any sort until it had first gotten assur-
ance from the President that he would
sign its bills but this obvious rednctio
dd dbsurdum does not seem TO have oc-
Cured to him. He lets Hill proceed
without interruption to the further
statement that las the best thing that
can be gotten under the circumstances,
and in order to show that the Demo
cratic party is opposed to the present
iniauitous sherman law, he believes the
party should attempt to repeal that and
re-enact the Bland law, which was re-
pealed when the Sherman bill was en-
acted" Has Hill received private
guarantee from Mr.. Harrison that he
wonld put his name to this measure:
Hill is plainly speaking with much
more frankness when he says that silver
/ is "yet delicate question to be handled
by some of the Northern States This
/ Is the real reason why the wouldbc nom
inee of the Democrats "does not believe
il right now 10 waste the time of the
Democratic party in Congress to obtain
an object which is evident TO all cannot
be obtained at this time" He believes
1.-THE country is now in process of educa
ton on this subject" but it's not wise tC
hurry matters, especially before the cam
paign.
His position on the tariff is equally
influenced by personal considerations
In his Albany speech Inc said Let u'
repeal the Mckinley tariff law" "By
that he meant that the Hou'e should
pass bill repeating the Mckinley tariff
law and enacting the old law in order &c
illustrate 90 the country that. could th'
Democratic party control the three