Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-08
SENATOR HILL ACCEPTS
Notified Of His Nomination BY the New
York Democracy.
Personal Considerations, He Says,
Were Put Aside for the Good
Of His Party.

Senator d. B. Hill and Congressman Lock-
wood were notified in New York on Satur-
day afternoon Of their nomination for gov
ernor and lieutenant governor Of New York
by the democracy. Senator Hill said:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Com
mittee: For the courteous manner In which
you have formally notified me of the recent
action Of the democratic convention, I can
only express my sincere thanks 1t Ii I'm
necessary for me to reiterate to you who
were present at that gathering that the
nomination was as unexpected by me as
1t was unsought and undesired. Seven of
the best years of my life were devoted to
the service of the state in the discharge of
the high and responsible duties Of the great
office Of its chief executive, and had never
expected nor intended to resume its ire
mendous burdens again. While keenly ap-
preciating the high honor conferred in be
irg nominated for third time by ones
party for SO important a position. yet can
cot but feel that personally 1 have every
thing to lose and nothing to gain by the
contest to which you summon me. The
gubernatorial office has no longer any at
fractions for me. and personally preferred
to remain in the Senate, where the duties
were gradually becoming more congenial to
my tastes, and where l believed could
more acceptably serve the interests Of this
great state.
But personal considerations must have no
weight where public duty is concerned.
The democratic party, especially in this
state, Is confronted with a great crisis,
which substantially involves its existence
as political organization. Our opponents
take advantage OF their accidental suprem-
acy in the legislature and in the constitu-
tional convention are seeking to fasten up
on the people of the state a system of ap-
portionment or of representation which
virtually gives tbs republicans control of
the legislative department of the state for
twenty years to come, a system based upon
territorial area rather than population,
founded upon injustice and inequality, and
designed to enable the minority rather than
the majority of the people to control the
state. The very life of our party is at
stake Besides. the control or the next
house OF Representatives may depend upon
the election here
The democratic convention, having,
against my protest, selected me to lea1 in
such a crisis, and although / exceedingly
regret its action. and especially regret that
my advice was not adopted In regard to
representation in the convention itself, and
while l have sought during the past week,
as personal and political friends well know,
not only to heal and harmonic political and
fractional differences, but to secure some
other candidate wholly acceptable to every
one to assume my place in this great
struggle, in whose favor 1 would gladly re-
tire but which has not proved feasible,
and recollecting that the democratic party
Of this state has honored me in the past
when ! solicited its favors. in the days Of
its sunshine and prosperity, cannot desert
1t now In the hour Of its danger and this
great emergency. Great applause) 1t Is q
time when personal sacrifices are demanded,
when individual preferences must be SUBJ
ordinated to the general good. and when
there must be exhibited q lofty patriotism.
If We win this contest it will be the partys
victory, not mine; IL We lose Il will be the
party's. defeat, which will be involved in
my own. Personally, I am largely indifrer-
ent to the consequences Of the struggle
A duty cOnfronts me, and shall perform Il
as God gives me the light to see 1t, let the
results be what they may. Continued ap-
plause)
L shall confidently appeal to the plain
people of the state, who have always sus-
tanned me in the past when have espoused
their cause. / shall present to them the
issues Of democracy versus plutocracy; the
issue of mo public taxation, except for
public purposes the issue of opposition to
the Capitalization of all powers in The gen.
eral government; the issue of personal lib
erty.
The democratic state executive commit
tee selected Justice Charles f. Brown, of
Newburg to take the place on the ticket
vacated by Judge Gaynor. He has &C
copied.
Judge Brown Is the presiding Judge of
the general term of the supreme court in
the second judicial district, that being the
one Of which Judge Gaynor is a member.
He was appointed presiding justice by Gov.
Flower December Is Of last year. The
judge was born September H.. 1874, at New
burg. He graduated at Yale University in
1896. His father, John w. Brown, was for
many years. judge of the supreme court and
the court of appeals. The nominee was
elected district attorney of Orange county
for three years in 1879, then county judge
in 1877, and in November, 1sS2, justice of
the supreme court. beating his opponent.
Gen. Benjamin #. Tracy, by 1900 votes.
In 1883, when the second division of the
court OF appeals was created, he was ap-
pointed by the governor as one of its men,
bers, sitting until 1872, when that branch of
the judiciary had performed its services
and ceased to exist. He was presiding
justice of the general term which sat upon
the appeal of the McKane case last year.