The Washington times., 1894-04-11
HOW SENATOR HILL e
CONES AND GOES.


Mr.. Hill came here quietly and rent to
work quietly. He began to ask questions in
the Senate, not haphazard ones. but questions
indicating that he saw the trend OF busi-
ness-so far as the Senate can be said to have
had any on those occasions. or ever. Senator
Hilrs speech on the silver question attracted
national attention. In it he took occasion to
outline that his views of that period were
Identical with those which he had ente tanned
q year before; and many OF the pred1c- I
tions made in this silver speech have fallen
true. The extreme silver men did not carR'
any more Tor Mr.. Hill after this expressionef
his views; but the general mass of people
west and South did care more for him, for ne
took, generally speaking. an attitude fayora-
bic toward the white metal This speech, at
all events. stamped him as a man of research
ond independence.
Then came the fight on Hornb,ower and
then the fight on Peekham. He won them<
both He did more than that; he WOE scores
of friends by asking fayors CT them, implying,
without at all saying so, that he was not
merely the kind OF a man who would do
favors in return. but the kind always found
willing to lay himself under obligations witt
this same expectation of givo and take, whit
is, of course the rule in all successful polti}
~
ened himself in these two fights, as he
hausted in some measure his power to
upon his friends for assistance. But m
OF his activities and strength becomes nece
sary TO all causes Us they present themseive
for consideration. So it has been with NJ
Hill. He has been OF consequence to many. "a
They are preparing to help him; and it is
notable phase of his career in the Senate that |
he is dead game and true to his word.
Senator Hill has been greatly assisted by
his friendship for Senator Murphy and bY1
Senator Murphys friendship for him. Mr.!
Murphy Is one of the most agreeable AMI
popular members of tie Senate There is 10
denying it. 3Ir. Murphy doesn't speak as
Mr.. RiIl does. and doesn't assume in the \
same way the attitude of leadership; but he is
q splendid wheel-horse worker in the causes
OF Mr.. Hill and in his own causes independ-
emily; and ne. too, is thorouSh-going poll
tician. who Is prepared to give as well as
take; and. as all OF his associates know,
here in Mr.. Murphy is still another strong :.
quantity, strong by itself and especially so. as I
in the case of Mr.. Hill, by reason of his !
thorough understanding and devotion to his
colleague.
I hardly see how Mr. Hills speech can help
his Presidential prospects. He fights the in
come tax bitterly. That is Mr.. Cievelands
attitude; but we don't know that it is Mr..
Steyenson's, or that Of any other Democratic
Presidential possibility. Moreover. the n
come tax is a most popular Democratic canon
in the West and South. 1t is said by many
western and southern Democrats, indeed
that this income tax feature OF the tariff bill
is the only means within it by which the
Democratic party ca.n be preserved. Nor IS
it to be expected that the new political move
ment for third party in South and West also
will be able to attach itself to Mr.. Hill. nor
does Dir. Hill show any signs of attaching
himself to it. Mr.. Hill is perhaps sort Of
silver man. but he wouldn't sympathize with
any southern Senators in breaking awayJ
from the Democratic party for the sake 9t
silver. income tax. or anything else. Mr.. Hi
is still Democrat. and his line of action
would seem to Imply an expectation on his
part that the Democratic party would get
back 10 his principles, rather than that he.
however much he might be disgusted with its
present leadership, should go away seeking
strange gods.