New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-12
HILL AND WK1NE.

IaVbrpakcrS are not ordinarily canui'ldtc> io'
office. What would be said if John \. Mckanc
having been pardoncd and released from sing
Sing. were 10 announce himself rs candidate
for municipal office in Brooklyn? A storm or
nuhlic INDIGNATION would warn him that the peo-
ple had served an injunction upon him which he
could not venture to defy. even IL all the cleo
tiou thieves and criminal classes in the State
were in sympathy with him.
Now David T. Hill differs from John y. Nc
Kane as n rebel against the authority OF the
courts and as n conspirator against honest cleo
tons in one respect alone He has not bc'h
punished for treason and crime. otherwise Inc
two men stand in the same relations TO the p'o
pie of this State. One is convict IN STATE
Prison and the other is n candidate Tor EoV-
crnor but each has "head-dcvled' monstrouS
election conspiracics. each has instiGated viola
ton of law and rebellion against the courts ana
each has been guilty Of treason. one has been
punished with the stern hand OF Justice Inc
other has been nominated for the highest ONCE
in this State and if he be elected he viii b" Il
candidate for the Presidency, the Most exalted
civic station on earth.
VIII any Democratic partisan venture TO say
that this is campaign defamation? We refer
him To the unchallcnccd records Of the courts
Of this State. There is the order Of Justice Bar
nard recurring the Board Of Supervisors 10 re-
canvass the returns Il Duchess County and 10
declare the election of the candidate for Senator
who was elected by the people; there Is the
order of Justice Cullen directing the County
Clerk 10 transmit the true returns To three pub
lie Offices ut Albany; and there is the subsequent
decision Of Justice Cullen declaring that IN"
truc returns were abStractcd from the office of
Governor Hi with HIS knowledge and con.
niyance Then there * The mandamuS issued
by the Supreme Court forbddng the State
Board Of Canyasscrs to touch the false returns,
and there is the Judgment Of Justice Iicrrck.
rcaflirmcd In General Term. that those can
vassers were in contempt Of court In doing at
Governor HIS instiga,ion what they had been
prohibited from doing although they knew that
the highest court in the State had sanctioned
the mandamus.
What was There that John \. Mckan" did IN
Gravcscnd that was moro reasonable or more
criminal Than what WAS done 10y Governor liill
during his term ~ Office? Did he consplrc with
Newton and Sutherland 10 have the registry
paddcd and fraudulent maJoriies ground ont?
So also did Governor Hill conspirc with boards
Of supervisors. county clerks and the State
Board or I HuNIS-'fS 10 count pNl I'uI '>fHli'iN'
who had been elected 10y the people. and To- de-
liver by fraud ana force the Legislature ~ ia"
State into the hands of his party D,d Mckanc
I'm lnSigaiing his cunf,dcraies 10 commit crimes
place himself in open AMI Migrant rebellion
against the courts: So also did Governor llill,
the Justices Of the Supreme Court themselves
being the witnesses lniunctonS did not go 1T
Albany any better than they did al Gravcscnd.
And now. Senator HI. after nominating his
chief confederate for the Court of Appeals last
wear and inviting hostile majority ~ over
one hundred thousand. is himself candidate
for Governor Of Ncw-YOrk with hope of the
Presidency two years hence. What do honest
and upright citizens who rose In righteous revolt
against Maynarlism year ago, intend 10 do
about it? VIII they vote outright for this law
breaker after conforming his accomplicc? VIII
they east half-yotc against him by supporting
Wheeler. Lockwood and Brown: OR Will they
rcaflirm without qualification last years judg-
mcnt bv voting for Morton. Saxt0n and liaight!
These are The questions Of the hour IL Senator
Hill be elected by whole votes or half votes, his
crimes and treason will be condoncd by the
people Then no one will be justified in com
mining If he celebrates his return to office In
Albany by pardonng Mckane.