The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27


Senator Hill Indicated very clearly ia
his speech IN the Senate ON Friday that
be has not vet recovered from his disap-
poiutmcut To- not receiving the presiden-
tial nomination Of his party at Chicago
Although he announced his purpose to
vote for the Voorhees, bill. which provides
for the unconditional repeal Of the Shcr-
man silver law. he left the impression that
he would not vote for it if he
dared 10 vote against it. The speech
docs not appear TO have been
made to gain friends for the bill
but for the purpose Of criticising the
President and showing his hostility to
the administration. According to Sena-
tor Hills view, the President is TO be
severely condemned for not advising the
Democratic party what to do in respect
10 silver after repeating the Sherman
silver law. The weakness of his attack
upon the President is shown by his own
failure TO point out how bimetallism can
be attained at this time and by his con-
clusion that bimetallism is impossible eX-
cept by international agreement. The Pres
idcnt. in his message, suggested the
necessity for an international agreement,
and Senator Hill, although pretending to
be much more frank than the President
in discussing the silver question, virtually
indorsed the Presidents position.
The mistake Senator Hill is making is
that he thinks he is much bigger man
intellectually than he really is, or is
thought to be by those who are capable of
forming a correct estimate Of his ability.
In letting the country see
that he has a grievance because he was
not preferred at Chicago to Mr. Glove
land, he is only proving that his party did.
not make a mistake in not making him
its candidate for President last year.
The public man who is continuity try
ing to punish somebody for defeating
his political aspirations hasn't much of
a political future The world is alto
gether too busy to bother itself about any
mans political disappointments. 1t is
doubtful if single person who heard
the senator's attack upon the President
sympathized with him in the least, par
ticularly as the attack was devoid of
strength and was noticeable more for its
malice than anything else.
Senator Hill tried to make it clear that
he would not submit to the leadership of
any democratic senator While he did
not call the name of either Senator Cor
man or Senator Voorhees,, there is no reason
to doubt he had them in mind. He is go
ing to run on a schedule of his own, with
the view, probably, of making himself
the leader Of the senatorial majority He
was so accustomed in his native town of
Elmira and in Albany to dictate the
policy of his party that he resents the at
tempts of democrats in the Senate to
play the role of leaders He will find out.
however, that Washington is not Elmira
nor Albany, and that if he
wants to occupy a conspicuous
place in the councils of his party at the
national capital he will have to win it, 1t
will not be accorded him simply because
he has been a conspicuous candidate for
the presidential nomination of his party
The country is not much concerned
about Senator Hill at present. The
knowledge that he will vote right on the
question of the repeal of the Sherman
silver law is all they care about AS for
his attacks upon the administration, they
win amount to nothing. Without any
following in the Senate, with the excep-
tion, probably, of PETER the
long bearded crank from Kansas,
he cannot seriously obstruct any policy
the administration may decide upon. He
has not succeeded, and Is not likely to
succeed, in making for himself such a
place as would enable him to compel the
administration to consult him before
adopting a course of action requiring the
Endorsement of the Senate.