Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-08
Two Sides to the Democratic Situa-
tion in New York.
SENATOR HILLS DIPLOMACY
A Clever Game That Has Sue.
ceeded Before.
But DANGERS THREATEN

oiAA 10 OiI ia pursuit. Oh tne game. w Ill ne
catch it?
There are two explanations of his decision
offered in Washington. The one coming
from the democratic campaign managers is
that the Senator is now hopeful of the ad-
ministrations support. and firmly believes
he will win- The other. coming from re-
publican sources. is that Gaynor's declina-
ticn forced the Senator's hand and obliged
him to do something. Things began to look
like disintegr& ton. Longer delay might
precipitate genuine panic. Even the Sem
ator's own name might lose its force. The
Senator. therefore, decided to run, and to
start at oI ce. Come on and notify me-"
he much as said to the committee; and
the committee, having had its ears close to
the ground for over a week waiting for
such a summons, jumped to obey 1t.
HiiS's Confidence.
The den Ccratic managers are delighted
with the candidates speech Of acceptance.
The ring of it in their ears is most inspiring.
They point out with much satisfaction the
says in one place:
The gubernatorial office has no longer
any attractions for me, and, personally, L
preferred to remain in the Senate, where
the duties were gradually becoming more
cCngenial to my tastes, and where 1 be-
heyed 1 could more accePtably serve the
interests of this great State.
There is victory in this, they declare. Mr..
Hills reference TO the Senate is III the past
tense. tle feels tnat ne is through with
that body. and fixes his eyes on Albany
again, and diScourseS upon the responsible
tiles of the office of governor, which he is
again to assume. In the ordinary man this
would be characterized as the folly OF
counting chickens before they are Matched.
IE Mr.. HILL who is an extraordinary man
by general consent, IL is accepted as the
easy and authorized assurance of a leader
who knows not only how to deserve, but
to secure success.
An Olive Branch.
The democratic leaders here also note with
satisfaction the Senator's olive branch to
the Fairchild and Shepherd factions in the
reference TO the action of the Saratoga con-
ventiOn when he says he especially regrets
that his advice was not taken in re-
gard to representation in the convention.
This, il is contended. ought to put and
viii put MIR. Hill in new and pleasing
light before the New York and Brook
Ign kickers. They ret'.rned home from
Saratoga furious because of having been
shut out of the convention. They held Mr.
Hill. among others, responsible for their
humiliation and defeat. They resolved to
visit the offense upon his head III the CAM
paign and at the polls. But. presto! and
MIR. Hill stands absolved of all blame. He
had no part or lot in their discontinue. He
even battled for them and tried TO have
them admitted as delegates to the conyen-
ton. No one suggests that this is an after
thought of Mr.. Hill. 1t is accepted as the
frank statement of a frank man, and the
belief Is expressed that it will have an eX-
cellent effect in the ranks of the Cleveland
sulkers.
Following Cleveland's Example.
Another cheering phase of the case to the
democratic managers is the fact that Mr..
Hill is playing now. and SO far with con-
Il.
Cleveland played with success In the cam
paign of 1892. The situation in New York
that year after the Chicago convention
looked as black and as ominous to the de-
mocraCy as IL now looks. The declaration
had been made in the most positive terms
and from the highest sources that the state
could not be carried for MIR. Cleveland. His
nomination. it was asserted, would demoral-
ize the party and lose the state to Harrison
by JO.tkU majority. Despite all this Cleve-
land was nominated. The candidate in due
time went TO New York TO consult about the
campaign. Things looked as blue as they
had been painted. Tammany was muttering
and threatening to stay in its gin mills and
pool rooms and let the election go by de-
fault. This threat, If executed, meant the
loss of the state by overwhelming numbers
conference was called. and the leaders of
the kicisers met the candidate. They wanted
some assurances. They proposed terms and
the striking of a bargain. But Cleveland
declined all discussion upon any such lines
This is not my fight, but the party's If /
am defeated the party suffers You call
yourselves democrats and profess to desire
democratic success. Now prove it." That
settled it. The kickers Were Obliged to fall
into line. and NJ. Cleveland received the
votes of every mothers son of them.
Enter Mr.. Hill In this role Discomfort
and decentralization exist every hand
Nobody wants to run for any office on the
den ocratc ticket. Flower declines renomi-
nation. Whitney is deaf and can't hear the
There of
little men, who. having nothing to lose. can
afford to be defeated. Tammany although
with its head in the dust, wants one thing
and the Clevelandites, with their heads in
the clouds, want another. Who is capable
of bringing the two factions together and
trsurins for the democracy In November a
show for its white alley? Hill, And Hill was
named The Clevelandites are now in the
old role of Tammany. They want assur
ances. What will Hill do in the event of
election? Where will that leave the anti
snapperS? How about the presidential fight
In 1895? VIII Mr.. Hill claim the national
nomination of his party then as part of the
reward of local success this year? Mr. Hill
replies now almost in Mr.. Cleveland's
Language of two wears ago: Gentlemen"
he says, this is not my fight, except as IL
is the demOcracy's fight. / am In II to stay
and TO do my best You claim to be demo-
Gratis AMI 70 desire democratic Success Now
prove it,
with Difference.
cases. Mr.. Cleveland was dealing with one
kind of men; Mr.. Hill is dealing with ar
other. In the one case the conversion of
but one man to sense Of so-cd He'd duty
meant the settlement of the whole dues-
ton IT Croker decided that Tanri; nv
must go It blind, and trust to the cauii-
date to do the square thing la ter on, all
would be safe Croker so decided. and Tam
many filled the boxes full of Clevellnd Ial-
lots. But where is tGe enc man who can
pledge an OF the ClevelanditeS? Tney are
sll intiViiuaIs, of the severest type and
with the seVerest sense of their own re-
spcnSibiliticS. They hate Mr. Hill and they
deplOIe his power. They don't want that
power augmented by n single hairs breadth
or weight. and the very thought of Hill for
President. and as the succe. sOr OF Mr.
Cleveland. wrinkles their i,.,ma -ulltc shirt
fronts in the great shudder they ex-
perience. The swall0w-tail sOliiOquy there
fore Is. shall We do him Up now, and so
end him forever
They see the Peril.
Mr Hills best friends see his peril, and