The herald., 1894-07-30
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Senator Hill and Democracy.
EDITORS HERALD:-You doubtless re-
call to mind the very able speech de-
livered by David B. Hill in the United
States senate, on April 9th last, in oppo-
sition to the income tax rider to the
Wilson tariff bill?
You also remember the abuse and
defamation heaped upon him thereafter
by the San Francisco Examiner; how in
response to its demand the Young Mems
Democratic club of that city called q
mass meeting of the party for Monday
night, April 10th, which jammed into
the large auditorium long before the
speaking was announced to commence,
every seat being occupied. and the aisles
filed with enthusiastic supporters and
upholders of the Wilson bill?
The gentleman who called the meeting
to order announced that tariff reform
was the living issue of the Democratic
party, and it had been asssilcd by a
member of the senate who claimed to be
Democrat, and it wau the duty of all
members of the party to denounce such
traitors"
The chairman. upon being introduced.
stated mo fault could be attached to the
leaders, but the party has been ham
pered by Judas or an Arnold, and now
the party mast place such traitors where
they have declared themselves" etc.,
etc.
The first speaker, in the course of his
remarks, observed that OF the traitors
1.-THE most prominent Of them all is
David B. Hill, the New York political
machine man"
To quote the second speaker: 1--WE
have to put down rebellion within our
party and suppress treason. Senator
Hill uses and abuses the name of De-
mocracy. The Democratic party had
promised to abolish war tariff contin-
ued in time of peace, and in this work
the party has met with the reasonable
enmity of that arch-traitor, David B.
Hill," etc., etc.
The last speaker piles it on heavily,
thus: TOO much Importance is at
tached to the acts of David B. Hill
and, by the way, his initials may posi-
bly, stand for D. Bad Hill." etc.
The meeting then got down to hard
solid work, and among its resolutions
were the following:
THAT the recent utterances OF Senator
David B. Hill are traitorous in theil
purpose, false in their assumptions
absurd in their logic and excite indigna
tion and derision OF the Democracy o.
| California"
Then this so-called Democratic mass
meeting duly and deliberately pro-
ceeded to read Senator Hill out OF tht
party.
1t is unnecessary to repeat the editoria
comments OF the Examiner upon the re
suits OF this meeting, nor those OF tht
country press of the state, which wert
paraded from day to day thereafter il
its columns. but they were bitter enough
to answer all purposes.
| beg leave to inform the readers o
the Examiner that up to this writin,
Senator Hill has not recanted singl
line or word of that speech, and that h.
continues to pour hot shot into the in
come tax features OF the Wilson tsrif
bill. / wish also to inform the reader
that Mr. Hill was the only Dsmocra
who voted agsinet the German com
promise bill upon its final passage in tn
senate-consistent in the ond az he ha,
|
and voting at all times in strict accord
ance with the demands of his party plat
form; vet it eeems the great metro
politan newspaper OF the Pacific coas
and its immediate constituency, hav
been in utter ignorance OF what ha
been trsnspiring in the United State
for several months past.
Hear now what the Examiner had t
say editorially July 22d:
'Mr. Hill struck stalwart blows fo
, Democratic principles in his speech ds
, Tending the president against the criti
,, cism OF the sugar senator's" etc, etc.
,, Again on July 25th: "Mr. David
! Hill is a mighty clever man. To se
and seize the opportunity to become th
, champion OF his enemy, the presiden
: when the president is right, is the NOV
of master Of the game of politics. Nj
Hill is back in the Democratic party
and very large figure in it too."
Just such doings, Messrs. Editors, a
{ / have mentioned above, have produce
factions in the Democratic party all ov,
the country; sensational newspape
, have seized upon every opportunity
distract and divide our national legi
lators, and in very many instances hav
4 wantonly traduced the political cha
r acter of one of our most eminent me-
because, forsooth, of personal difference
that have long existed between himse
and the president. AS between the tv
1 l am candidly of the opinion that Sen
. tor Hill is the sblest man. and by far
a better Democrat--in fact the recent
bates in the senate show him to be squ
to any emergency, able at all times
cope with the oldest parliamsntarians
: that body, and ever ready to successful
defend Democratic politics and prin'
pies. A BOURBON DEMOCRAT.
Los Angeles. CAL, Jnly 20, 1894.