Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-27

and proper one for the democratic party to
have taken.
going to be a fizzle. You cannot get up any
enthusiasm for IL among the people who
We're expected most strongly to favor IL.
nave been In campaign among people I'm
Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia who
would enthuse over the income tax II any
one can. L have tried to work them up TO
such enthusiasm In every way could think
or, and they have appeared to be perfectly
indifferent. They do not seem TO think Il
such a great thing for them as the authors
of the proposition thought they would"
Speaking of West Virginia Gen ST Clair
said that he thought the democrats would
hght. he said. would be in Aiderson's dis
trict, but he believed Anderson would be
elected. ~
Only One David Il.
Senator Faulkner Of West Virginia,
chairman OF the democratic congressional
committee. when told OF Senator Hills
nomination. said: II told you So" to those
gentlemen he was talking with. There
Is only one David B. HILL" said the Senator,
meditatively. and after a few minutes
added: Think OF the unparalleled boidness
OF the man. He has staked his whole p9-
litical future on success In this fight And"
he added, with emphasis IT believe he will
win. A friend of mine from New York, a
prominent man, and one who does not like
Hill. told me recently that, next to Whit
ney. HUI was the strongest man the DEM
ocrats could nominate. He is a marvellous
politician. Here he was fighting us on the
tariff question as hard he could, de-
nouncing the income tax ard doing all he
could to circumvent the democrats. and
now he goes back to New York and has
everything his own way"
Senator Faulkner was obviously not at
all displeased at the ternina tion.
1T means" he said. that the republicans
nc Wa tbo b. 5ncy rs,I ..f. G.ri.x
hands to elect Morton"
Mr.. w. s. Kerr, clerk of the House and
ex-chafrman Of the Pennsylvania state
democratic committee, said:
1T means that the democrats will carry
the next House. The boundless vigor which
Hill will put into his campaign will insure
our holding our own In the tScw York del
tgation. and that will be enough to insure
the House. The campaign VII extend into
Connecticut and New Jersey and do the
ticket good IL; both those states"
The feeling among democrats is openly
expressed that Hilrs election would mean
his nomination for the presidency.
Republican View.
Captain Thomas III. Mckee assistant
secretary. was in charge OF republican con-
gressional headquarters. sHe said he
thought 1t was a strong nomination But
Hill cannot expect to carry the state"
he added. 1T is simply short cut across
lots to the leadership of the democratic
party. He said in the Senate that IL the
democrats would pass the income tax they
could not carry a single eastern state
w hat does he think of il now?'
Capt Mckee also said he thought Hin
mad made mistake in his speech as tenn
porary chairman of the convention in COM
ing out In defense of the tariff law He
said in the Senate" added the captain.
that ne would prefer the Mckinley law to
the Senate bill"
New Yorker and a close friend of the
administration. VINO would not be quoted.
said that The inside facts OF the convention,
must be known before the strength of the
ticket could be determined II wasn't vet
known. he said, how Gov. Flower was got
out OF the way. whether the governor mn
pushed out TO make room for the Senator
II also remained to be seen whether the
men like w. B. Hornblower and Wheeler
H. Peckham, who had been bitterly an
tagonfzed by Hin, would support him.
Carlisle Won't Talk.
Secretary Carlisle was today questioned
as to his Views Of. the wisdom Of the Sara
toga convention yesterday In nominating
Mr.. Hill as the democratic candidate for
governor of New York. The Secretary de-
ciined to discuss for publication the action
OF the convention, but IL is learned from his
Iriends that the Secretary regards the
ticket as a strong one-as strong as could
have been named. and IL is his belief that
1t Will be successful In Novembe-.