New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-02
THE SINE HILL.


A majority Of over one hundred thousand
against Maynard a year ago was generally
acknowledged by the press of all parties To IN
dictate public condemnation of the man who had
forced his nomination. Senator Hill had not
disavowcd his responsibility for that nomlna-
tion He had defended 1t as the plain require
ment of Justice, honor. propriety AMI the
usagps" Of Democracy; he had pointed trum
phantly to the stolen Legislatures verdict OF
acquittal as II complete vindication Of the THEFT
of judicial documents. of the lawbrcakcrs defl
ance of the orders Of the Supreme Court and
of the notification of the will Of the sovereign
people expressed at the polls and. he had de
nounced and coarScy insultcd the Bar AsSoca-
ton for adjudging Maynard guilty Of mon
s,rous crime Even If Senator Hill had not
been in Albany issuing orders to Maynard. lticc
and his other creatures, and in the words OF
The Brooklyn Eagle "head-devlling the
whole conspiracy" his championship of III"
criminals in October year ago would have
concentrated that ma jority OF over one hundred
thousand directly upon himself The people "f
New-York rebukcd and rcpudiatcd Hillism as
well as Maynardism, for they were one ana the
same thing:
What has Senator Hill done during the last
twelve months To bring about reversal Of tins
tremendous public Judgment against him: lie
has not rccantod one word Of his vindicatlon of
Maynard. nor Withdrawn n single sentence OF
his insulting nvective against the Bar AsSocla-
ton When the President nominated 10 the
United States Supreme Court two Of the most
eminent lawyers Of that association Senator
Hi intrigued and wagcd relentless war against
them until he comprised their rejection. III
stead of accepting the popular Judgment against
Uillism and Maynardsm expressed in that ma
iortv of over one hundred thousand. he pers"-
vercd in defying It by instituting reprisas
against and wrcaking his revenge upon those
who had CONDEMNED and denounced his cam
paign Of brigandagc ard lawlessness in this
State.
Has Senator Hill done nythng else 10 mod
ify the hostile judgmen. which overwhelmed
him year ago: He has argued with conspc-
uous ability against income taxation he has "H-
posed the raiding operations Of the Solid South
upon the industries and resources Of the En-
pirc State; he has antagonizcd legislation in.
volving abandonment Of party pledges and OBJ
legations and he has voted against the German
tariff rs an unDcmocratc. Socialistic measure.
These were courageous acts. bctokcning indie
cpcs and 10 the interests Of his own State. But
he has vetoed and repudiatcd every one of them
in his speech as chairman Of the Saratoga con
yention Whatever virtue there was in his pub
lie conduct at Washington-and there certainly
seemed 10 be much-hc has cOuncrdctcd ana
neufralizcd il 10y his weak. apologize and pusil'
luminous defence Of the German bill, made
when he must have known that the nomination
for Governor was coming TO him inevitably.
Whatever merit there was in his stand against
an iniquitols ald scandaou- Tariff bill ii
completely cxpungcd when for the sake of po-
litical cxpcdicnccy he demonstrated by his
culogy Of the III, assure that he ought 10 have
voted for it instead Of opposing it strcnuously
10 the end.
After This dcmoralizing compromise with his
convictions on the tariff question Senator Hill
cannot appeal TO his record AT Washington ~
warrant for public confidence and approval.
Maynar'lism cannot be condoncd in that way.
Some of his partisans may assert that the Sen
ator has been growing steadily In intellectual
stature during the last year and increasing in
moral power: that il is no longer the Senator
Hi who was Governor Of Ncw-Iork and
Maynard's master and accomplicc: but that
II is new and radically reformed Senator
Hill who is now soliciting an election as Gov
ernOr In order to command Il nomination for the
Presidency. The facts do not bear them out.
Senator Hills Saratoga speech reveals the po-
litical intrigucr whose convictions are in any
market where votes are TO be had 1t Is the
same Hill who was responsible for Maynard
ism, and who was convicted before the bar VI
public judgment a year ago.