Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-08
H LII TO RE IG N
He Will Place His Resignation as Senator
With Gov. Flower.
Doubt About Cleveland Writing a
Letter Urging Loyalty to Hill
Gossip as to the Campaign.

A letter received here from friend of
Senator Hill states that Hill will soon place
in the hands of Gov. Flower his resignation
from the Senate. The reason given Is that
Hill does not want to appear to be holding
the senatorship as a thing to fall back on
in case of his defeat for governor. 1t IS
said. however. that Gov. Flower will with
hold his acceptance Of the resignation.
Considerable doubt about Cleyeland's
writing letter urging loyalty to Hill is
expressed among administration people
here. There is no longer any doubt ex-
pressed Of the desire OF the administration
that the democratic candidate for governor
should be elected. To have the fate of the
party SO united with Hill as to make DEM
ocratic success a personal triumph for the
Senator is extremely unsatisfactory to Mr.
Cleveland and his friends. but, balancing
one thing against another. they feel that
there Is too much at stake in New York for
them to let personal feeling influence them.
A Cleveland Letter Would Harm Him.
1t is urged, however, as a reason for Mr..
Cleveland's writing no letter that such a
letter might do more harm than good. 1t
has got so that thersis something terrify-
ing to a democrat in the suggestion of a
letter from Cleveland's pen. They generally
is any need of his writing for this year. 1t
Is suggested that his Endorsement of Hill
will come In the form of a good-sized con-
tribution to the campaign fund.
MIR. Hill is shrewd enough to see that
whatever support he gets from his old enc
mics will come because the danger of the
state passing into the hands of the republi-
cans for an indefinite term of years is more
alarming to them than is the idea of his
having temporary. triumph. 1t is not
Is.1f. t-aI fh~af hn hsaG .t-N
make friends with the old anti-Hiil fac
tions. The friends he might make among
these might be only at the sacrifice of the
heartiness and activity of his own indi-
vidual supporters. 1t is made quite evident
that the instrument he is using to get the
democratic and mugwump kickerS into line
is the threatened twenty years of republi-
can supremacy in New York if the demo-
Gratis are defeated now.
Hill Confident of Election.
Those who are in communication with
Hill or his friends express great confidence
of his election, relying on the peculiarities
of the situation to compel a good proper
tion of the kickers to come into line. Hill
is represented as very well pleased with
the results of the conferences which have
occurred within the past two or three days.
and as perfectly confident of success. The
fact that the republicans have their new
constitution and reapportloRment to carry
as load through this campaign is pointed
out as an important factor in the canvass
Opposition to the new constitution Is count
ed on enough to keep most of the demo-
Gratis in line. even if they do not want to
support Hill.
The fact that there are features of this
constitution which are unsatisfactory to the
Catholics and the A. z. A. agitation are
expected by the democrats to give Hill the
almost solid Catholic vote. At the same
time, however, they know that religious
questions cut both ways when dragged
into politics.
The Catholic Vote.
Republicans say that the democrats are
deceiving themselves about the Catholic
vote. They say that the effect of the A. p
A. business and the dissa tisfaction of the
Catholics over the restrictions of the new
constitution will be counteracted by the
fact that Mr.. Morton is popular among
Catholics on account of his charities A
friend of Mr. Morton's said to a Star re-
porter that, while there had never been
any publicity given to the matter, Mr.. Nor
ton had always been a friend to the various
charitable institutions, being a liberal con-
tribu,or to them in a private manner and
that in this he had not Disseminated be-
tween Catholics and ProteStantS, nor be-
tween the native and the foreign American
institutions. This fact, IL was suggested,
would surely prevent his losing the Catholic
vote in a body.