Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-10
ALL EYES NOW ON HILL
How Things Look to Democrats Outside of
New York.
The StnIwarts GcncraII! Favor the
Straight Ticket-NOt Alarmed
by the Independents.

The deVelopements in New York render
, the situation still more bewildcring To the
democrats who are looking on from the out
side. The affairs there are exciting SO
much interest 10 distract attention from
other matters in politics, and Hill is made
the central figure of the campaign, almost
much as if he were the national can
didate OF the party. a curious consequence
of the opposition TO Hin which comes from
the Grace e-Fairchild-S Shepard faction is that
the stalwart democrats. who heard of the
Hill nomination with a feeling of humia-
tion and disappointment, are becoming red
hot advocates OF the straight democratic
ticket. and using very uucomplimentary
language about the purists in politics who
would defeat their own party 10 show per
sonal resentment against one man. The
action of the Shepard faction in nominating
an independent candidate for governor, ani
OF the Fairchid-,;race people in indorsius
the republican candidate for mayor OF New
York, is spoken of very lightly here by
democrats. 1t is suggested 10y some that
since that element in New York cam be
kept in line for anything, tnat what they
have dOLr will prove about the best thing
for Hill that could be expected 10 come
from them. They say Shepard, Fairchild
and Grace have shown by their course in
this matter how little they know about pol
tiles and that while declaring for tariff
republican party, they have made them
selves nothing more than an annex to that
party in the New York campaign.
1t is predicted that the only thing they
Will accomplish will be to Draw 10 their
own candidate for governor those iniCpan-
dent votes which would not under any cir
cumStances. be east for HUI, and which, If
there We're no independent candidate in the
field, would go to Morton. 1t is suggested
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. his is, OF course, a demo-
cratic view of thing which has already hap
pcned and could not he helped now, how
ever unsatisfactory. They have come to
look upon Hill as entirely independent of
these factions which form the fringe of the
democratic party. The fact that he has
always been able to defeat mis- enemies in
New York naturally inspires confidence
among those who desire his election, and
the machine democrats sneer contemptuoCs-
iy at the Independents.
The Agricultural Districts.
The thing which is giving more concern
and throwing doubts into the minds OF
some of the most sanguine is the danger
Of losses to the democratic ticket from the
agricultural districts and among the labor
ing people.
1t is i'll consequence of his strength with
these two classes that MIR. Hill has been
heretofore able to defy the independent
mugwump opposition. 1t is believed that
he still retains his personal popularity
among these and with certain class of
republicans who have generally voted for
him when he has been candidate. The
fear is, however, that the tariff issue In
VOWED in the campaign, the opposition
which has been excited in the agricultural
district by the tariff bill and the general
discomfort on this question may be serious
enough to cause him the loss of votes
which he has hereto been able to hold IL
he is to lose heavily i'll this quarter then
the loss of the Independent votes in and
around New York and Brooklyn becomes "a
much more serious matter to him. The
democrats look upon the heavy registra don
in the city districts very favorable in
dicaton This is usually sign of activity
by the machine and a heavy democratic
on this occasion the registration may prove
to be increased by the assembling Of the
antt-Hill forces. each man armed with a
knife.