The Portland daily press., 1894-09-28
quent Silence.

quent Silence.
New York, September 27.-Speakingg
editorially of the ticket placed in nom
ination by the Democratic convention at
Saratoga yesterday, the World says: The
result of the Democratic state conven-
tion will create great disappointment.
surprise and admiration. Disappoint-
ment because th most ordinary common
sense in political affairs must pursue the
crying necessity for union harmony re-
conciliation and genuine enthusiasm in
the present campaign. 1t was particu-
-larly necessary that the party be salts
fed by rejecting the claims of the state
Democracy and the reform delegation
from Kings county and nominating SEN
, ator Hill the unquestioned master OF
machine organization. The old divisions
are intensified certainly not healed. Re-
formers called for Gaynor as governor.
Heswas the legal candidate for the head
not the tail ON the ticket. He an
/ swered to the opportunity as no other
/ man COULD He made success fairly pos
81 ble. Admiration is compelled by the
flying SO many obvious difficulties and
taking; such evident chances of defeat
for himself and party. He is man OF
extraordinary boldpess energy and focre.
Now the only alternate is between him
ana Morton. OF course no Democrat will
go to the polls to vote for Morton"
The Recorder says: In the nomiDa-
Gratis of this city have named their
strongest man. Mr.. Hill represents his
party in New York as no other man
does. No suspicion of a deal attaches
to his attitude on the tariff question.
He has asked and received nothing from
his administration II any Democrat
could possibly defeat Levi Morton, DAY.
i'd B. Hill is that man."
The, The Press s says; 1T IS , ticket ], Of Of
with the precipice of defeat before them
and the tidal wave of popular indigna-
tion behind them. the Democrats have
made rally. They have summoned
their ablest..candidate to defeat"
The Advertiser says: A 1t was Hill or
nobody. Flower refused the nomination.
Gaynor would not have it. Whitney put
away with the back Of his hand. And
nowhere in the state could be found a
man of strength and respectability who
would consent to bear the standard OF
the party of decentralization and destruc-
tion. Hill, Lockwood and GayDer is
piebald ticket indeed, ard it shows
plainly the desperate condition in which
the Democracy of the EN- pire State finds
itself. A Tan1nlany man at Ope end and
an anti-Tammany man ct the other,
with what-is-it in the middle. This is
the ticket which is intended to reconcile
and unite the divided and demoralized
Democracy of this state. 1t is like chaos
come again, and it will be more like it
for the party in November y
The Herald makes no editorial COM
ment on the ticket.
The Times says: instead of turning
hopefully to some new leader of promise.
the delegates, in Needless rush and
with yell, nominated for the governor.
ship David B. Hill, who is not new
| leader and under whose management
| the party cannot be said to have enjoy ed
prosperity This. it may be confessed,
was sorry outcome of all the efforts
that have been made to put asida causes
of dissension and unite the party. After
loudly proclaiming that victory was
hopeless without union, Mr.. Hills
friends have taken a step that makes
disunlon chronic 1t is useless to ap.
prove Of the conventions action Mr..
HilFs speech in support of Mr. Cleve.
land and replying to German. his seem
| ing candid profession of desire to ses
the party united, and the broad anC
admirable speech made by him OH Tues
Gay in the convention have modified
somewhatst opinions entertained Of
him, but they fall far short of making
him either acceptab BILE or advisable as
| candidate. The enthusiasm that he may
| Inspire among his own following viii
not compensate for the disapproval anf
! apprehension with which his candidacy
| is elsewhere regarded. The party goeI
| into an uphill fight, weakened by the
old divisions, Initiated suspicious O.
| bad faith and an unmistakable alarm
as to the result. feling that is by NJ
means confined to the ranks of the anti
snappers."