The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-27
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We publish in another column I'io-
c,ous attack on Senator Hiii-because II
comes from thoughtful reader ana pe-
cause we like to give a fair hearing 10
those who differ iutelHEentiy from us.
We have often had occasion 10 say that
senator Hn was not politician alter
our own heart but then there are very
favy of that order, and there has beeh
g., much i'm Senator INNS course since ne
entered the Senate to commend him TO
o,,r approbation ana admiration, mat we
rr,fer to emphasize his recent merits
rather than ms remote errors. lie no"
occupies conspicuous position as "A Dem
ocratic champion, and as such every Ioyal
Democratic heart must watch his course
with interest, if it does not warm with
enthusiasm.
1,bere is nothing that our correspondent
saws I'm behalf Of pure and clean poll
tics which we do not cordially approve
and We admire his zeal. We think, how
ever. ne does Senator hin wrong when
ne terms him "thc worst man IN proml-
nont position in --mcrican poEncs In
his personal habits Senator liill Is alb
solutcIv without rcproach. Indeed, II Is
surprising to learn that public man
should have kept himself as free as ne
has from all those sins which do SO easily
bcsct the statesman. He has never been
charged even by his enemies, with max
ing money out of politics, indeed he is
said to be in moderate circumstances. and
owes all he has to his practice Of law.
lie Is an able lawyer and an ardent
partisan. and as such he sustained At
torncy-General Maynard in his technical
device To get control Of ,"e Senate of
New York We do not Justify any tech
m,al.ty which pcrNerts substantial JUS
ice, but II was the letter of the law. and
it was done above board, and IS toto
orbc" removed from those sneak-thieylng,
periured and brbng methods which have
been Countcnanced by prominent men in
American politics.
Senator INNS uttcrances of Democratic
truth have, in the main, been the clear
est and most inspiring which have fallen
from any speaker in this campaign. That
he is the choice If niucjeen-twenteths of
the Democrats in New York We do not
doubt. and as such we sustain him most
earnestly.
The labor and hazard Of this campaign
was imposed on him against his wishes
and he has taken up the gage Of battle
thrown down 10y the Republicans which
no other Democrat dared TO touch. And
shall his party suffer defeat with him?
shall Morton and the Republican plum
dercrs and gcTrymanGercrs lord it over
the party OF equal rights because senator
hin is the candidate OF Tammany Hall?
We say a thousand times 40! 1t is
not lust t. impute TO Hin the corrup-
tions Of the New York police. We be-
lieve he would as Governor exert himself
to wipe out thar plague spot on New
York citys character. The matter viii
be probed TO the bottom. and no scoun-
drl in the gang should 20 unwhipt OF
Justice. but it is not necessary 10 make
the whole Democratic party of the State
of New York pass under the Republican
yoke because the police of New York
city are a corrupt crew.
As 10 Mr.. Cleyeland's personal feelings
about Mr.. Hin. all that can be said would
be mere conjecture. We regret, how
ever. that the leader Of the Democratic
party does not see that the individual can
didate is swallowed up and lost in the
vortex which the struggling forces of the
two great parties have now set whirling
and roaring in New York. and that in this
case il Is the duty Of every Democrat TO
sustain his party, even II he does not ap-
prove the candidate.