St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-21
DAVID Is. HILL.

senator JOHN NJ. PALMER, OF ll!lnOlS,
who is so strong a CLEVELAND man as
TO renOunca his own chances for the
nomination in favor of the eX-presIdent,
takes the occasion of his declaration of
allegiance as an effective opportunity
TO deprecate the attack Oh Senator HILL
being made by certain factions of the
Democracy He says: Il have found
Senator HILL TO be very courteous,
courageous and good man. l fear he
has been misrepresented to portion of
the party. and do not believe that any
Democrat OF his prominence should be
bounded by any element or faction"
Every true Democrat should say
Amen to this utterance of Illinois Cld
Roman. DAVID 3. HILL has deserved
too we'll of his party to be made the VIC
tim of factinnal spite and malignity.
During the past four years he has so
effeetually wrested the Empire state
from the grasp Of Republicanism as to
make it safely Democratic this year in
the national contest,nO matter who may
be the party's Standard-bearer. For this
service shall his own party eXecrate and
denounce him? He has given tin De-
mocracy Democratic majority in the
New York legislature, a Democratic
senator from that state, and Il Demo
cratic successor TO himself as governor.
Are these accomplishments responsible
for the unreasoning luminosity exhibit
ed toward him by certain elements
in the party for which lie has so effect
lively Iaborcd? The charge that DAVID
B. HILL was accountable for Mr..
CLEvELAND's failure to carry New
York in 1883 is utterly without founda-
ton. With any other Democratic momi-
nee up for governor Of New York that
year, the result for Mr.. CLEVELAND
would have been the same. A few
thousand saloon men in New York
city, members of either party, or of no
party. considered that their selfish in
terests would be jeopardized by the
election of a Republican governor of
New York state and a Republican
mayor of New York city, and to pre-
vent this contingency they slaughtered
the Democratic national ticket in adj
vancement of the Democratic state and
local cause. Mr.. HILL could not hinder
them, nor could any other Democrat
who might have been put IN his place.
1t was fear of sumptuary legislation,
should the Republican party secure
complete control Of state and city that
caused Mr.. CLEvELAND'S sacrifice in
New York in 1883. This being the case
land none can. doubt it now, what
justification is there for Democratic
assaults on Senator HILL? None what
ever, except that he is ambitious. Am
biti0n may be ga grievouS fault" but it
can hardly be urged against Senator
HILL to the exclusion of the other gen.
tlemen whose booms are being assidu-
lousy cultivated at Chicago. They are
all ambitious, and to be not so were to
declare that the presidency OF this great
country is an honor not worth striving
for. DAVID B. HILL may nOt-pfoba-
bly, will DOt-be nominated at Chicago
but the GLOBE predicts that during the
ensuing campaign he will make tine
fight Of his life in behalf of whomso-
ever the nominee may be. Meanwhile,
IL is recommended to all Democrats that
they emulate Senator PALMER in his
belief that no Democrat of Mr.. HILLS
prominence and achievements should
be bounded by any element Or faction.