Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-30
Between Mr.. Wilson's Struggle and
That in New York.
ONE EMDODlES THE PARTY POLICY
The Other is Local and Personal
to Mr.. Hill.
TWO SETS OF OPINIONS

federal officials have reached that stage
now where something more definite in the
nature Of explanation and distinction 10
offered than was vouchsafed by anybody
at the outset. This IL not to say that these
explanations and distinctions are satisfac-
tory to those whose repeated criticisms and
complaints have brought them out, for, a.
matter OF fact they are not Those demo-
cratic leaders who insisted as soon as the
lines Of the battle were formed that every
party man Of influence and ability. whether
In office or not. should take the field and be
assigned where he could be expected to do
the most good, are still Of that opinion.
But they are now advised, and the country
is also, OF why this has not been permitted,
and the friends Of the President hold that
In the end his course will be approved by
the people at large.
New York the Storm Center.
The New York situation has, Of course.
been the storm center Of this criticism. Az
many leading democrats presented the mat
ter, the party's battle was being fought In
the empire state. II the party's cause,
then, should be lost, all would be lost The
effect, as they saw it, would be 50 dlsas-
trous 1t would be difficult, indeed, to form
the lines again for a hopeful engagement In
time for 1896. In the opinions of these
men, therefore, the occasion called for
mASSlnH the neaVy artlilery support Oh
Senator Hill, and, while not neglecting the
lines at any other point, make the greatest
and most effective demonstration possible
there. Instead OF this, the biggest guns.
with the exception Of Vice President Stew
enson, have been stationed elsewhere. The
one congressional district in West Virginia,
even. where William l.. Wilson Is a candi-
date for reelection, has been the object OF
more attention on the part of those stand
ing nearest to the President than the whole
state OF New York.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy Mc.adoo,
q resident Of New Jersey. has been on the
stump in West Virginia, and Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury Hamlin, a res
ident Of Massachusetts,, follows Mr.. Nc
addressed an audierce In New York. Even
Col Lamont and Mr.. Bissell, both citizens
of New York, are inactive 90 far as the sit
uation there is concerned.
Contrast with sfr. Wilson's Case.
The friends of Senator Hill make this
comparison between the interest shown In
Mr.. Wilson's Congress district and that
exhibited toward New York on the part Of
the Presidents friends the basis Of their
complaint Of the President, and the Pres
idents friends accept the challenge and
reply upon that lire. The Cleveland men
declare that in the one case the party poll
Icy and the national administration as its
representative are on trial, while In the
other, by choice of the democratic leader
himself the question at issue Is purely
local and personal. Mr.. Wilson's candi-
dacy, according to the Presidents friends
embodies not only the aspirations of the
party. but the integrity of the administra-
ton toward the whole country. The party
declared in its national platform for tariif
reform, and the administration, when the
struggle came on In Congress- declared for
the Wilson bill as the redemption of the
promise made, and, therefore, in the race
where Mr.. Wilson is asking for the indorse-
ment Of his constituency on that record.
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priety, but should In justice to itself, take
part in the campaign. The administra ton
Is as much on trial as is Mr.. Wilson, and
the one, as the other, is entitled to be
heard.
New York's Issue Local.
In New York, as some prominent Cleve-
land men regard the matter, there lis moth
ing at all at issue calling for the appear
ance of the administration in the fight.
They declare that Senator Hill has made
the issue local to New York and personal
to himself. They regard his references to
the tariff as incidental and perfunctoryand
his pleasant and complimentary references
to the President as merely the diplomatic
offerings OF an estute politician. But the
g1St or his contention before the people OF
the state relates to the constitutional con-
vention, the Maynard episode, and his own
presidential fortunes Now, the Cleveland
men frankly assert that the administra-
any one of those issues. 1t is fighting no
local battles, nor Is Ii making or trying
to make presidential candidate for the
party for 1896 The people of New York.
as they assert entitled to settle all
questions pertinent only 10 their own local
fortunes, without the Interference one way
or another OF national influences.
The Difference Drawn.
This is the difference drawn by the Pres
ident's friends between Mr.. Wilson's race
and Senator Hills race, in reply to the
complaints made that Senator Hill is be-
ing neglected while standing in the fore
front of the battle, contendng for demo-
cratic supremacy. The difference, II is to
be seen, does not allow that Senator Hill
Is in the national contest at all, while II
puts Mr.. Wilson forward as the very en-
bodiment of the party's whole national con-
tention. The Presidents friends deny that
this view of the matter carries with II any
authority to assert or suppose that the ad-
ministration is either antagonistic or indif-
ferent to democratic success In New York.