Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-29
THE PARTY QUARREL.
Latest Phases Of feud Between Clsye-
land and Hit.


usIn.e, TIC lJtstszIE Differences IN Lne 5enate
Over Iisg.ii and tire renewal Of the lifclon,.
political fesa be wccn Cleveland and Hill.
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tss fEftf'-zi End -, tim ~ rts,est IS.
AZ this i, . s...-c. 8 ,n,.ass nencht 60
ni.,.t of Vas. rgtOn Les raas iiyr here
fp Two yeas and b. uos. ..,ana ks,aing
fos trouble ard s-eisv.,be. " with ~ much
jog as though he had d,sxn 10 81 inside
straight flush and made ". Isif he wants
The tronble To affect some one besides him
SELF Most men in public life h.se trouble
enough of their own. and consequently it Is
the one thing they never borrow Let two
member, Of the house get into war Of
words, and the drowsy congressman on the
lounges in the rear and the chronic story
tellers in the cltakrooms will pour ont and
gather about. TIE contestants I" egg them
on, for all t..ic world like II parcel Of school
boys seeing some other fellow ti,nnped.
They Have Hurncd Their Bridges.
It IS this same feeling that makes the
war between the president and Senator
Hill ut such intense interest to every one.
Tbr contest between these two men is in
many ways most unequal. No one who has
Washington can understand or appreciate
what IL means to declare open war on the
occupant Of the White House. II means
the loss Of everything in the wayof appoint
meut for friends or constituents, and shorn
III this there ere few men who could be re-
turned. AS far as Hill was concerned, lie
could not have made his peace ut the White
House had he so wished. Cleveland never
1.,e h,1 Tor b., cnyir tnt
from New York. but he has less now than
ever before. But Hill has company In Sen
ator Murphy, who is almost as bitter, if not
so outspoken. in his antipathy for the pres
ident. In joining forces with his colleague,
Mr.. Murphy cut his bridges behind and
need expect no favors from the White
House until after the 4th Of March, 1896.
There have been many surprises in the
long drawn out battle between Cleveland
and Hill. The latter has had decidedly
tho worst Of it, but has managed at odd
times to score a point just to remind the
chief magistrate that he was still in the
game His latest effort evidently shot
home 1t was genuine surprise too. Ev-
cry ono expected that Senator Hill would
mako open war on the llornblower nomi-
nation for the vacant seat on the supreme
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Needs Oh the supreme court'
President Cleyeland's tenacity OF purpose
has stood him in good stead en- many oc
casions, but many OF his best friends here
do not hesitate to condemn his implied
threat to the New York senators to ram
tho nomination OF political enemy down
their throats whether 1t dlslocates then
Adams apple or not. To many it looks as
though the chief executive and the New
York senators were playing battledoor and
shuttlecock with one OF the most important
Offices within the gift OF the president.
Congress is agreed that there should be an
end to this thing and that 1T should come
speedily.
There are many important cases on the
supreme court docket today involving mil
lions of dollars and still others affecting
thousands of people, all SO important, in
fact, rs to have led the court to set theEl
aside until they could be tried before a fall
bench. With such II condition of affairs in
the supreme court 1t is no wonder that
many expressions OF impatience should be
heard from men of both political parties.
They do not care much whether Mr.. Hill
or the president wins, but they do care
great deal about having the vacancy on the
supreme bench filed by good man at an
early day. 10 an unprejudiced observer
the whole thing savors Of personal fight
between two politicians rather than be-
tween the president and q United States
senator.
Mr.. Hill, because he is member Of the
senate, has no right to tell the president
who shall be nominated for any Office In
nominating Mr.. Hornblower the president
did only what he was authorized to do by
law But, on the other hand, MIR. Cleveland,
because be is president, has no right to tell
Mr.. Hill how he shall vote on any nomina-
tion made. The presumption Is that Mr..
Cleveland nominated Mr.. llornblower be
cause of his well known and aggressive
antimachine attitude in New York politics.
The presumDtiun Is also that Mr.. Hill en-