The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-13
SENATOR HILL SUSPICIOUS
HE APPEARS NOT TO LIKE THE
 LEXOW COMMITTEE'S WORK.
It Ia Styled Q Republican Committee Gotten Up for Campaign Purposes - Purity Among tho Democratic Ofiiciais-He Has No Wealth to spend.

Hill arrived here to-day. This afternoon he was kept busy receiving prominent democrats from all over this county, and from various towns outside of 1t. At p. m. Senator Hll and party was
 escorted to the Stone opera house
 trough crowds that lined the streets.
 he opera house was crowded with
 DO people. and many more were un- able to gain admittance. Senator Hill received an ovation when he appeared upon the stage. Colonel J. s. Watts pre- sided. He introduced the senator as "the intrepid champion of the demo- cratic principles, who never deserted the party in time of need" Senator Hill
 then addressed the meeting. In opening
 his remarks he reviewed the points
 brought out in his speech in Syracuse.
 He then said:
 T embrace this early opportunity to express my sincere appreciation of the loyal and cordial support which is be- ing given the state ticket by those who
 have heretofore differed with me in re- gard to inter-party affairs, especially
 in rural districts. With entire unanimi-
 ty those who have been generally re- garded as the especial friends of the national administration have earnest ly wheeled into line and are perform ing valiant service in behalf of the cause, and I should be unjust to them as well as unjust to myself if did not take occasion to freely acknowledge their magnaniminity and generous acts. They seem to realize more keenly than do some of our party friends in New York and Brooklyn the absolute necessi- ty of party unity in the present emer- gency, involving, as it does, the very existence of the party They are demo- crats and reformers and believe in re- form within party lines
 They realize that republican victory in New York will strengthen the forces of high protection everywhere and greatly imperil all that has been gained end accomplished during the past two years for tariff reform. They are prac- tical men who are willing to sink pre- conceived prejudices and personal pref
 erences as to men in the struggle to se- cure substantial advantages for the principles of the cause they advocate, and they know that principles cannot triumph except through election of party candidates. They appreciate the fact that political party cannot be built up in a day, and that it is far easier to tear down and destroy than to strengthen and construct, and that it is an absolute necessity for political party to win victories in order to carry out it's remedial measures, unless it pro- poses to deteriorate into mere opposi- tion party expecting no success and content to only criticise and find fault with its adversaries The democrats of the rural districts were never more united and in earnest than at this hour, and afford an example which might well be followed by our party friends in the great metropolis and its sister city.
 In so far as the LeXoW committee are honestly and impartially endeavoring lO ulSCOtcl pOllSC dbuoSo ! DAN ~'iNAAi Godspeed in their good work There has been no effort to embarrass them upon the part of the police comris- sioners, the district attorney, the sher- if or any other democratic officer. They welcome legitimate and proper inquiries. If the investigation shall degenerate into an attempt to make party capital for the benefit of the re- publican party it will soon lose the re- spect and confidence of the people. am naturally suspicious of the good faith of any invest 'gations of a parti- san character which flourish in the fall and immediately subside after elec- tion. I call attention to the fact that the last republican legislature in its intense zeal for the public interests, appointed different investigating com mittees, most of which were authorized to sit during the recess of the legisla- ture and to employ stenographers, clerks and counsel, all which, ,jf course, were expected to be of the republican faith. and these committees were d. rected, at public expense, to investi- gate nearly every democratic state ce- partment or bureau-elections in demo- cratic cities and everything from which it was anticipated some clamor might be raised against the democracy and in favor of the republicans Their va rious committees have prosecuted their work, and the results have been so meagre and disappointing (other than those of the Lexow committee) that they have attracted little or no atten- tion. Their failure is virtually conced- ed and nothing was discovered, be- cause there was nothing to be exposed, and the result is a vindication of the wisdom and purity of the administra- tion of public affairs on the part of the various democratic departments and cities investigated.
 Our republican friends in their ill., l partisan joy over the dis closures of the Lexow committee are absolutely silent over the efforts and I results of all their other committees. Political Investigating committees have l become the favorite weapon of our op- ponents with which, through ex-parte l testimony, hearsay evidence and ab-j sence of opportunity for legitimate cross-examination, public impressions are sought to be created and the public 1 judgment influenced in whatever direc- tion the partisan committees may de- sire. Sooner or later there will come | 3 reaction against such abuse of off, cial functions for political purposes and everybody will be satisfied of the true lnwards of most af these partisan legis- latiye inYeStfgatinnS"