New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
MR. HILLS ISOLATION.
ONLY DEMOCRATIC "CONSERvA-
TIVE" WHO REFUSED TO SELL OUT

AroR FROM ARKANSAS.
.orior Senator from New-York occupies
Az. u. before the country. and in the body OF
pS'.h ho is 50 conspicuous a member. as mover
,,,,a,ural 10 him as 1t is interesting FOR
ers, time since he began to attract at'ehuon
nub,jc man he is isolated among MS OH
ssociates. He doesn't know what to make
o,d they don't. other Whatever may DE
"a chou, Hills political morality. or lack OF IT,
,odv can doubt that he is a man oi very con-
ss.,oh,e ability and extraordinary force. lie
-. heen called tricky. shifty. and all the rest
- ,ho adiectives have been applied to him which
VI ~ c,,,.ress rather than depth. and MINI
.,ansss rather than strength 1t Is not worth
Ill 70 attempt to anticipate the verdict which
~" cors,;,uents and the country Will deliver
~ h,s nrescnt position. but nobody can say
.sat weak man would have taken 1t. or a man
" .hon, the flame Of resolution did not burn
.,rong steady and true
,,s factional enemies ascrbe to him. nat
,.ouv all sorts Of mean and petty motives
40, he is simply trying to spite Cleveland try
49,, ,o wreck the Administration. ana all that
, If thing They even go so far as 10 say
.ha, he Is dull; that being without any sense
:. autv without sincere convictions. and With
-. moral scruples he has no anchor to hold
.,, n ANYTHING and must depend, therefore,
..,a,v on his Judgment Of what is popular ana
nortune and that in the exercise OF that Judg-
.sa,, this time he has made one OF those iooi
,o,s,akes men Of that kind and calibre are sure
a. make sooner or later. This opinion wouid
:. north some attention but for the fact that
,ho same thing has been said Of Hill again ana
.ro,n and vet the man has not only landed on
81. foot every time, but in each case. when you
o,amne his position, you have found that he Is
.Inovo somewhat closer to the home plate. The
r,mber OF times that he has been fool would
,ova thrown any other man In home FOR the
.hron,c insane But in his case they have pat
,,r, IN the United States Senate. where he STANDS
hefore the country and among his eighty-hve
associates decidedly the most picturesque ana
interesting figure Of them all.
And vet he is isolated. If he speaks there is a
rrsa. craning Of necks. II he moves there is
wild scramble to get out OF the way But no.
hody follows him. Nobody obeys him. ana no.
hosv knows what he is after or how he expects
% got IT, The story Of his isolation, however
,ookei al without regard TO the question OF
xbstber a tariff should be low or high. Is the
most creditabe chapter in his strange career.
G, soon as the character Of the Wilson DILL
,bsn IN the House. became known 70 the country
was evident that It's passage through the Sen
ate would be seriously impeded by strong BODY
~ Democratic Senators. one after ano'her they
saorAa themselves in expressions Of hostile criJ-
csm. Mr. Brce Of Ohio; the Louisiana oena-
,,- Mr. White and Mr. Caffery; Mr.. Faulkner
oi West Virginia. Mr German and Mr Gibson
Of MARYLAND: Mr. Irty. Of South Carolina; Mr.
Mcpherson and Mr.. Smith. of New-Jersey; MI
Nu-nbv q, New-York. and Mr.. Morgan and Mr.
th y
a, the head and front Of them all. their leader
and director stood the senior Senator from New
York. Upon the very first appearance Of the bill
In the Senate these gentlemen assumed a sombre
and critical aspec, and observed with hens and
haws that Il was not satisfactory. Some sald
they were opposed 70 income taxes, some to free
sugar some to free iron. some to free coal ana
ali 10 a bill that cOnf-ssedly created a deficit.
The Free-Traders said little. but il soon got
around that they We're dissatisfied, TOO. Inc
bin went 10 the Finance Committee ana thcnce
sraghtway into the possession Of a sub-cOmmlt-
tee, the leading spirits OF whom were Vest, OF
Missouri; Vance, Of North Carolina. and NoOr-
hees. OF Indiana Mr.. Mcpherson. Of New-Jer-
sey. was a member but ne had an ailment. He
has had IL right along. II seems 70 De chrome.
He says he bought his Sugar stock inadvertently,
but the fact probably is that the nadvertency re-
suited from his infirmites. He says he wrote
telegram 10 his brokers telling them TO buy
Sugar, and then. temporarily recovering from his
indispositon, he perceived that that might not be
o. good thing to do, and did not send the tele-
gram. but left It on his desk He says II was
discovered there by a servant who. probably IN
aware of his masters temporary recovery hur-
ried of 10 the telegraph Office with the message.
he says that being thus. in spite of himself.
the owner Of Sugar stock he transferred Il 10
his son. All this indicates a sad aflcton. from
which ii is scarcely possible that the Senator
irom New-Jersey can ever recover. Ii IS evil
dently the same s0r, OF disease which afflicted
well
Mr.. Jones Of Arkansas. was also a member Of
ms sub-committee. but nobody paid much at
.enuon 10 Mr.. Jones. That where every
oody made a mistake. Mr. Jones has proved
himself to be much the biggest man OF the en-
uie OUTFIT The subcommittee went at work
vigorously, and even viciousy on the BILL and
IT was soon transformed into free-trade with a
vengeance. Wherever the Wilson bin said 80
per cent, the sub-commiitees said 20. Wherever
lhe wilson bill said 20 per cent. the sub-com-
inittees SAID 10 II took out all the specific du
ues from the Wilson bill and converted them
in'o ad valorem. and reduced them ndscrim-
ssatey, The committees proceedings were con-
SruSeu secretly, and they went along swimming
~ Out when all was done and the revised bill
was brought before the Democratic caucus
Nessrs VOORHEES,. Vance and Vest were shocked
Deyond expression to discover that the result OF
reverent jeers
The caucus, indeed was not OF their seeking
mnen they first heard that they were expected
voinit ~ submit their bill to a caucus they in
Saned Sed TO treat tho suggestion with lofty scorn.
,he! regarded IT as an impertinence. Were
s,y saey not the beau ideal OF tariff reformers? But
smlost before they knew IT the Philistines had
saIIounded them and into the caucus they were
ccuu.ansarhy on. fetched. bag and baggage. The eau
s,ea soS !uea was Senator Hills. 1t was at his in
riauon that the demand had been circulated
1rIrUng the Democratic Senator's.
IN nih Is fighter by instinct. lie loves to fight.
~ Is ozone and exercise TO him. In the caucus
~, ~ sprang at once u the front. He attacked the
M ~, savagely lie struck at schedule after sched-
~ . -, test vote was taken A large majority
=, al the caucus were with Hill. and in profound
sssust The Free-Traders withdrew the bill for
sas sspairs From that moment Voorhees, began to
m M oul OF sight. Vance. who had been quite
IT, =" several months. gave less and less atten-
sn,, 10 the work OF the committee and a new
synI' s,o.' came 70 the front. This was the Senator
''gn m Arkansas, Mr. Jones
t,i ins senator from Arkansas is a man OF power
an ysique, large stature and striking appear
an es. e. ne looks Intellectual and he is But above
~ n.hBs else he Is practical. He is one of those