Huntsville gazette., 1894-10-13
DEMOCRACYIN DANGER
New York's fractional Fights
Do Damage Elsewhere.
THE NOMINATION OF WHEELER.

He Will Perhaps Take Some Democratic
Votes Away from Morton that hin Could
Not Get aud That Would Go TO Morton
il There Was No Third Party Ticket in
the Field.
WASHINGTON, Oct. II. developments
in New York politics have given "a de-
cided setback 10 the hopes OF the Demo
:rat> here.
When Senator Faulkner came back
from his visit to New York last week,
he brought with him the belief that the
managers of the state and city cam
paigns would be able To arrange for a
union of all their forces. and since that
time information has come from other
sources that has led the leaders here to
think that all the factions would be har
monized and that before the election
the party would present a practically
united front III the battle with the Re
publicauS.
The action Of the Shepardites i'll nom
mating an opposition candidate for gov
ernor and the action Of the state Dem
ocracy i'll endorsing the union city tick
ct consequently caused great deal Of
surprise. Even the strong partisans of
the administration in many instances
have come to look upon the election of
Senator Hill as one of the most import
ant things to be fought for III the pres
ent campaign, and they do not hesitate
to condemn any action tending tp divide
the party i'll the coming election
AT Democratic congressional head
quarters the manifestation of faction
al opposition to the regular ticket had a
particularly dampening effect, not only
on account of the tendency it would
have to weaken the fight in New York,
but also OH account of the depressing
effect that it would have on the cam
paign for representatives i'll other states.
The Democratic leaders hoped to have
the inspiring spectacle presented of all
the factions in New York throwing
away all differences of opinion about
minor and personal matters and fight
ing against the common enemy, so that
they could point out that example as
one TO be followed by the party in other
states
Men who are disposed to look for the
themselves with the argument that the
nomination of an independent candi-
date for governor may not hurt Senator
Hill as much as would at first appear.
1t is argued that it would bring to the
polls some men who might otherwise
remain away entirely, and thus swell
the vote in opposition to the adoption
of the proposed new constitution, and
that it may prove TO be actually benefi
cial to Senator Hills candidacy by caus-
ing votes to be cast for Wheeler which
would be cast for Morton if there were
not another Democratic candidate in
the field.
These men even say that if Mr. Hill
had had the directing of their course he
could hardly have done any better for
himself than to let them do as they
now have. The fact that he has al
ways been able TO defeat his enemies in
New York naturally inspires confidence
among those who desire his election,
and the machine Democrats sneer CON
temptuously at the independents.
The Democratic congressional COM
mittee is hard pushed for money Just
now. IL the civil service law did not
stand in the way large sum could be
raised by assessing the employees Of the
government departments. The EN-
ployes of the capitol do not come under
the civil service law, and they have
been assessed, with the result of getting
some ready money when it was badly
needed. 1t is understood that Senator
Faulkner's visit to New York was for the
purpose, among other things, Of at
tempting to raise funds for the general
committee from some of the wealthy
New York Democrats.