The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-12
HILLS CAMPAIGN OPENED
AN ENTH UsIAsTIC RECEPTION BY THE PEOPLE OF SYRACUSE.

Tn His Speech He Said That Thomss c.
 PIntt Was the ioal Nominee for Governor
 by the Republicans and hat Morton Was
 Only R Figurchead.
 Syracuse, ost. u.-Senator Hill open ed the demo,ra'ic campaign nere to- night in the .Alhamora rink and was accorded a magnificent reception. He spent the afternoon preparing his speech, but was frequently Interrupted by party leaders who were from all over the county and the counties of Madison, oswego. Wayne. Oneida and Cortland.
 At 8 o'clock ne had not finished kis speech and he was obliged to go to the hall with 1t uncompictsd. Before go- ing to the hall Mir. Hill expressed him. self as much pleased with the reception rendered him here to-day and with the assurances of support and the deter mination to work which his many friends had manif ssted. At o'clock he left the hotel under the escort of the committee of arrangements. He was enthusiastically cheered as he passed through the lobby to his carriage. A band preceded the carriages to the hall and the stree:s were alive with people. Cannon roared and much colored 1re lit the way to the meeting nlace.
 The Alhambra, was crowded long be- fore the meeting was called to order and over five thousand people crowded into a seating capacity of three .thouse nd. Many were unable to gain admission. The seats on The stage were occupied by prominent party leaders of t!iis vii cinity. Senator Hills entrance to the hall was the signal for tumultunus and long-continued applause. The meeting was called tu order by Colonel Yale, chairman ot the Onondaga counsy dem ocracy, and H. J. Mowry was named as chairman. The latter introduced Sena- tor Hill, paying him a high compliment upon his sturdy efforts in behalf of tine democracy and coEgratulating him on his marked successes for the cause.
 Senator Hill then stepped forward to address the audience and was greeted by long-coatinued applause.
 Mr.Hill at the beginning of his speech in substance said:
 "It Is my pleasure that I recall the fact that my first nomination for a state office occurred in Syracuse, and that during all my political career the Jav nf {a ofk among my most earnest supporters I am also reminded tnat this county was the birthplace of that distinguished and sterling democrat and statesman Seymour, and that it was also the boyhood home for many years of the present democratic president of the United StatesLGrover Cleveland, where struggling with honest poverty he ac- quired those habits and principles of economy which have always been dis tinguishing features of his official ad- ministrations in state and nation. It is my intention to conduct on my part an honorable campaign, free from unneces- sary politics, and worthy of the i'm portant public questions at issue be- tween the two principal parties. There must necessarily be differences of opin- ion on some public questions, and such differences honestly entertained furnish no excuse for coarse abuse or bitter per sonal reflections. I propose to conduct a creditable canvass in behalf of my party, which has honored me with its leadership, so that at it's conclusion, whatever be the result, shall be able to retain at least my own self-respect, and I hope as well the personal re- spect of my adversaries.
 Facts and arguments are the weap- ons which shall invoke rather than vilification and vituperation. In great political contests measures and not men should be essentially the factors"
 MT. Hill stated that he had only the kindliest feelings and the most pro- found respect for the gentleman whom the republican party, or rather, MT. Platt had selected as his opponent. He acknowledge MT. Morton's many ex- cellent qualities and admitted that his candidacy was formidable and danger ous. He spoke of MT. Morton as having been born in prohibition Vermont,
 
 and illiberal," and as afterwards liv- ing in New Hampshire until as late as 1867, the state constitution prohibited any person mot of the Protestant re- ligion" from being governor or a mem- Der of the legislature.
 New Hampshire's bill of rights, Mr. Hill said, still provided that only Prot estant teachers of piety, religion and morality, might be maintained at public expense. MT. Hill thought it not im- possible that the narrow associations of Vermont and the proscriptive sentiment of New Hampshire might have inf1u- enced MT. Morton's convictions upon certain public questions and led to his selection in this peculiar crisis.
 MT. Hill declared that the republican candidate for governor was MT. Platt. MT. Morton never antagonized MT. Platt and always thought as Mir. Platt thought. He HilD would not be one of MT. Platt's traducers, but he in- sisted that MT. Platt. should be guber- material candidate in person and not by proxy. MT. Hill said:
 we decline to belittle the impor- tant questions which divide the parties by entering upon the discussion of the abuses pertaining to the police depart ment of a single city. The party will not sanction blackmailing whether in democratic or republican municipalities. The police department of New York city is a non-partisan department gov erned by civil service rules and the it. regularities or abuses recently exlx sed