Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-13
NEW YORK POLITICS.
A View of the Situation by the Speaker
ofthe House.

ofthe House.
New York World, yesterday
DR.. Robert p. Bush, the Speaker of the
Assembly, comes from Chemung county,
the home of Senator David b. Hill.
Il fully approve the action of the State
COMMITTED" he said. II don't see why 1t
shouldn't be approved by everybody. That
body represents the party and 1t was Sc
lected at the last State Convention-the
same convention which nominated Cover
nor Flower. 1t carried on the last glorious
campaign and it alone had the right TO Sc
lect date and place for the coming con-
yention. With Its power coming from q
general State convention, if It doesn't re-
present the Democratic voters of the State,
I'd like to know who or what body does
That call was entirely regular, was issued
In the usual way, and gave plenty of no.
tice aid time foi the making OF contests at
the primaries.
The date was approved unanimously by
the committee. The primaries are now
going on, and from all accounts there are
more people attending them than have
been there for wears. The facts are refu-
tation of the fances of some gentlemen
anticipating q very small attendance ut the
polls But all this cry about the earliness
Of the date seems not to be the true mo-
tive of the opposition. OF course these
gentlemen are opposed to Senator Hill (;
that is entirely their right. and many of
them would be the basest kind Of ingrates
if they didn't do everything in their power
to help Mr.. Cleveland.
HILLS OPPONENTS INsINcrRE, HE THINKS.
Il can't see that the New York people
in this new movement have any cause of
complaint. They should state explicitly
the true reason of their petitions and as
semblies. Anybody can see that they wish
Grover Cleveland TO be nominated, and, as
| said before. there are some of them for
whom | wouldn't have the slightest re-
spect if they didn't work as they could
for his denomination. He was very good
to them when he was in power, and CON-
mon gratitude should lead them to help
aim. But they should come out openly
and say that IL is a Cleveland movement
and not seek to create the impression
that body of Democrats have been cheat
ed or tricked out of something by their
own party organization. j sec that these
same gentlemen have put a similar move
ment under way in the State of New Jer-
sey, but they don't try TO hide that move
ment as a protest against a machine.
They hint that Hill is undesirable as can
ddate, and openly say that Grover
Cleveland is the only man for them.
Why don't the New York people do the
same, and then everybodv would know
the fact that. having no strength at
the primaries or In the party organization,
the friends of Mr.. Cleveland are seeking
10 secure his nomination by other methods.
They are insincere; they are trying 10
create the impression outside of the State
that there are more Cleveland men than
Hill men in this State. and that by some
hocus pocis. year after year, the Cleveland
men are crushed and the Hill men are VIC
torious, when the facts are that the Cleve-
land people have, one by one and group
by group, in the last few years,
Joined the Hill men till there is now IN
the State, with the exception of q few
GROWERS in New York city, but one Demo-
cratic party. with David b. Hill as its
leader-the same party under the same
leader which has rescued the entire State
from Republican rule. At the same time,
don't think that l do not admire Mr..
Cleveland. j do. He made good Presi-
dent. and If no should be renomlnated
should vote for him with great pleasure !;
but / prefer Hill and so does Chemupg
county, and so does new York"