Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-04
Klil AND HARMONY,
Or No Hill, Is what the Astuie Senator vans
and Tammany Doesn't.

New York, Oct. 3.-An odd remark was
m ,de, today, by prominent Democrat
who hsd Just left the presence OF Senator
Hill, 1t was, "Senator Hill has not yet
accepted the noni cation" Hill has oeen
in the city since Monday night, and the
purpose of his visit, it can be tald On reila-
Bile authority, is to tell the Tammany and
Mclaughlin machine leaders that he can
no, be used IS a Candidate in this canvass
merely for the purpose of clvefting the
attacks of the Republicans from local
| "r;nps, to him. 1t was said il an Albany
dispatch to the Mail and Express last Sat-
urday, that such was the purpose which
GiIroy had in view when he planned the
stampede TO Hill at Saratoga. The Sena-
tor Boss real zed this to ST me extent at the
| time. and he grew wrsthy at the selfish
readiness with which Tammany was willing
to sacrifice him in the hope of thereby
saving itself. Hill does not pro-
pose &c be treated that
wsy. He has come to this city now, how
ever, with the resolute purpose to decline
the nomination unless the Tsmmany and
Mclaughlin forces will agree first to recog-
niza in all local nominations both the Fair
HID and shepard Democracy; second, to
so harmorize all fractional differences as to
preserve the Saratoga ticket as originally
made up. This last proposition places en-
Tammsny the burden of keeping Gaynor
on the ticket, and means practically that
the Fairchid and Shepard faction must be
so generously treated that they will ask
Judge Gaynor to accept instead of beseech-
ing him, as at present, to decline. It Is
said that Chairman Jim" Hickiey's visit
to Judge Gaynor was more to get him to
remain silent pending negotiations between
Hill and the gang" and to get him to
accept. -,
In this connection it may be well to recall
the fact that since Chairman "Jim" Hack
ley left Albany last Thursday to arrange a
date of meeting for the committee OF noti-
fication nothing further has been heard
from him ON the subject. Evidently MIR.
Hinckley has been unable to have the can
didates agree on date or else he has been
fearful that one or two of the three nomi-
nees will not respond in proper terms.
Mr.. Hinckley is a man who acts quickly,
as was evidenced when he hastily dispatched
Storm Evans to Albany to steal the gen.
uine Senate election returns from the mail
three years ago. Hence his failure to have
meeting between his fellow committeeman
and the convention nominees is not without
significance.
Gilroy and the other Tammany leaders
dc clare that Hills terms are preposterous
and cannot be considered for moment.
They insist that Hill should be willing to
sacrifice himself for them, as their efforts
alone made him Governor in 1888. The
organizati made Hill what he is, they
say, and he should not now feel too big to
stand in the breach when the ''machine''
wants him there.
Ore of the Democratic leaders said to
Mail and Express representative this after
noon that Hill meets the anti-snapper de-
mand for a third ticket by offering them any
or all places on the Saratoga slate. He is
willing that Fairchild, Shepard, Gaynor or
any other representative of the anti machine
faction should take his place on the state
ticket. This would do away with the
necessity for a third ticket. Hill has sent
this information to Fairchild and Shepard,
but they are not to be trapped so easily.
Much the same proposition was involved in
Hills offer to put Gaynor at the head of the
ticket last week, but investigation proved
that treachery was abroad, and Gaynor's
friends compelled him to refuse.