Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-16
ALL EYES ON HILL.
Boilers Overreach Them
selves Badly.
DEMOCRATS RED-HEADED
At the Action Of the Pirates, Grace,
Shepard, ct al.
OHIO DEMOCRATS ARE AT WORK


Washington. Oct. 15--rhe develop
ments in New York render the situa-
ton still more bewildering to the DEM
ocrats who are looking on from the
outside The affairs there are exciting
80 much interest as 20 distract atten-
ton from other matters in politics. and
Hin Is made the central figure OF the
campaign. almost as much 30 as II he
were the national candidate Of the
party. A curious consequence Of the
opposition to Hul which comes from
the e-Fairchild-Shepard faction ia
that the stalwart Democrats, who
heard of the Hin nomination with Il
feeling OF humiliation, are becoming
rcd hot advocates OF the straight Dem
ociatic ticket, and using very uncom-
piimcntary language ABOUT the purlsts
in politics who would dofeht their own
party to SHOW personal resentment
against one man The action OF the
shepard faction in nominating an In
dependent candidate for governor and
of the Fairoh q Grace people IN In
dorsing the Republican candidate for
mayor of New York. IL spoken of very
lightly here by Democrats. IL ls sug-
gested by some that since that element
In New York can not he kept In line
for anything, that what they have
done viii prove about the best thing
for Hill that could be expected to come
from them They say shepard. Fair
child and Grace have shown by their
course In this matter how little they
know about politics, and that while
declaring for tariff reform and con-
demninR the principles Of the Republic
can party. they have made themselves
nothing more than an annex TO that
party in the New York campaign.
II is predicted that the only thing
they will accomplish win be TO draw TO
their candidate for governor those in
dependent votes shlor .sould not, un-
der any circumstances, be cast for
Hin, and which, II there were no indie
pendent candidate In the field, would
go to Morton. II is suggested that II
Mr. Hin had had tho diruotingof OF
their course he could hardly have done
any better for himself than 10 let them
do as they have now This Is. OF
course, a Democratic view of thing
which has already happened and could
not be helped now, however unsatisfac-
tory. They have come to look upon
Hin as entirely independent of these
factions which form the fringe OF the
Democratic party. The fac. that he
has always been able to defeat his enc
niles in New York naturally inspires
confidence among thige who desire his
election. and the machine Democrats
sneer contemporary at the independ-
Cnts.
The thing when Is giving more con-
corn and throwing doubts into the
minds Of some OF the most sanguine is
the danger OF losses 10 the Democratic
ticket from the agricultural districts
and among the laborlng people
II Is in consequence Of his strength
with these two classes that MIR. Hin
has been heretofore able to defy the In
dependent mugwump opposition. 1t Is
believed that he stlll retains his per-
sonal popularity among these ond with
q certain class OF Republicans who
have generally voted for him when he
has been candidate. The fenr 10.
however, that the tarif issue involved
In the campaign, the opposition which
has been excited In the agricultural
district by the tariff bill md the gem
eral discomfort on this question may
be serious enough to cause him the loss
OF votes which he has hereto been able
to hold. II he Is to lose heavily In this
quarter then the loss OF the independ-
ent votes in and around New York
and Brooklyn becomes n much more
serious matter to him. The Democrats
look upon the heavy registration IN
the city districts as a very favorable
indication. This is usually a sign OF
activity by the mTchlne and heavy
Democratic vote. Sometimes, OF course,
signs fail and on this occasion the
registration may prove to be increased
hy the assembling Of the antl-Hill
forces, each man armed with a knife.