The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-04-14
PROVO CITY.
APRIL IA, 1854
HILL AND CLEVELAND.

Senator Hill ardentiy hates the pres
ident. Not that he conscientiou5ly
differs from Mr.. Cleveland in any I'M
portant matter of public policy, but
solely because Cleyeland captured the
New York delegation at Chicago, and
the nomination had and was elected
president, which did not meet the views
of Mr.. Hill. If they differed upon some
ancient and accepted tenet of the party
faith, or if Mr.. Hill differed with the
president upon the general course of
the ADMINISTRATION, there would remain
in the public mind some respect for
him, but he is simply and only jealous
of his more fortunate rival. Mr..
Cleveland with all of his great power
derived from his high Office, as well as
his position as the unofficial head of the
party, cannot drive us away from demo-
cracy, or the benign principles it steers
by. We do differ earnestly and hon
estly from him on his silver policy, but
that is not sufficient TO force US to
abandon the party faith.
This secession of Mr.. Hill will not in
jure the party, while it will eternany
dawn him In the estimation of every
sincere man in either of the two great
national parties. If he goes over to
the republican party, it will be afraid
of him just as the British were afraid of
Benedict Arnold, another traitor of
much the same ilk. 1t will be remem-
bered that Hill was violently opposed
to the proposed income tax, that be is
q protectionist and has very little IF
the fundamental principles of the de-
mocracy in his entire political makeup.
Hill has ever been regarded as dema-
gogue by the steady going masses of
the party. He is a trickSter of very
advanced school of trickery. 1t is nee
essary only to recall his methods
TO capture the New York del
egstion to Chicago to establish
the entire truth of this charge. While
there is one speck only upon Mr.. Clev3-
lands party escutcheon there is a
thousand upon that of Mr.. Hill. In
view of the great probability that
western man will become our standard
bearer in the next race MIR. Hill has
probably concludes that he has no
chsL--e himself and SO deserts in the
very face of the enemy. Tais is treason.
But be is vastly mistaken if he sup
poses that this act will weaken the
democracy or strengthen the republi-
cans to any serious extent. be
blackens his own name and blotches
his party record all in vain. There is
nothing in it for him. He will die
without hsYing reached the goal of his
ambition, because the republicans will
never elect him PRECEDENT. If there is
a compact to this effect they will break
faith with him beyond a doubt. and
they would be right in doing SO.
Talk about Mr.. Cleveland's subser-
viency to the plutocrats of Wall street
1t bears no comparison to that of David |
B. Hill. A man who is unfaithful to |
the m asses of the party principles could |
never be faithful to silver, Besides all |
this Mr.. Hill's acts and votes haye ever |
been for the gold bugs, his voice has
often been raised for silver. The one
act was to placate the bankers OF New |
York while the other was to placate,
and to throw sand into the eyes of the
millions of free silver men of the west. |
1t won't do. Both policies have tailed.
Neither will trust him after this. all
can admire the manly frmness OF
Cleveland, even if he, in his silver
policy, is bitterly disappointing the
west, but no manly democrat can re-
spect Hill in his weak, petty and un-
patriotic course today.