The Van Buren press., 1894-09-29
Sen. HILLS nAsTERlY EFFORT.
Aade Temporary Chairman, He Arouses
the Enthusiasm Of the Empire
State De mOcracy,

eu0 40sAVcEotlC 0tBto eOuVoIltluu LLlot
this morning the Tsmmsny men were
unanimous for ex-Secretary Whitney
for Governor, and the King county
mon showed q disposition to follow
rammaDy's footsteps. Gaynor's ad-
herents, were confident. Miss susan
B. Anthony and other women
suffragists were in the convention 10
urge the adoption Of u plank In favor
Of extending the ballot to women.
| Senator Murphy called the conven-
tiOn to order ut 1920. Senator David
b. Hill was named temporary chair
man amid intense enthusiasm. Mayor
Giir0y, Of New York, and Daniel l..
| Wood, of Erie. escorted Senator Hill
to the front platform, and the dele
gates stood on chairs waving hand
kerchiefs and yelling themselves
hoarse. This continued for at least
Ave minutes, while Hill stood pale
and motionless AS soon as order
was restored, Mr.. Hill said:
"The unterrified democracy of the
Empire State assemblies here today,
undislnayed at the premature boasts
and assumed confidence Of our adver-
saries. We are not unaccustomed TO
their annual and moss-covered game
of political bluff, although renewed
this year with extraordinary vellem-
ence and unbIushing effrontery. II
vain boasts could bring victory, their
battle Is indeed won before it Is COM
menced, but we beg to remind them
that there has not been q campaign In
this State during the past II years
when they did not assume In August
and September that they had carried
1t, when In truth during that whole
period, with but single exception.
victory has perched upon our banners
on the first Tuesday In November In
each year. We win our elections Oil
election days, and not by exhIberant
bragg adOcio In conventio halls. The
b0asted victories Ofour opponents last
fall has turned their heads and rem.
dered them arrogant and opini0nated.
They fail to recall the fact that the
total vote polled was nearly 800, ,OOJ
short of the full vote of the State, q
victory they themselves did not an
ticipate, and which their surprised
and astute leaders the uext day after
election humorously attributed to
divine Providence aud not to Repub-
lIcan strength. With a united party
and q united vote New York IL still
Democratic State, and If we are true
to ourselves will this year resume her
place In the Democratic ranks. Our
opponents, by vigorous beating of
bogus political tOm-toms and MI
insistence upon petty and misleading
local issues. seek to divert public at
tention from the unenviable record
which they made during their recent
four years' control Of Federal govern
ment. The people, however, have
not forgotten the fact that 1t was the
Republican administration which In
that ill-fated year of 1890 sa0dled the
country with unwise and vicious leg
islation which has since crippled It's
prosperity, endangering its finances
and augmented its public burdens"
Mr.. Hill paid his compliments to |
the Sherman law and the Federal
electiona law, and than denounced the |
Mckinley tariff law. OF the new
tariff law, he said:
"Without retracting single word
which have uttered In the Senate In |
criticising the measure while engaged J
IN the effort to perfect and render it
more acceptable, now that 1t has been
passed and become o law Il must be |
COuBAuCk0u 0u 90 ~ W AOA0s VI O6tOO lhTk0lY |
40 o party measure and cOntrasted |
with the Mckinley law. Uninfluenced
by any personal disappointment or
any pride Of opinion, I may be per-
mitted to speak of the measure as II |
is. With nothing to extenuate or set |
down ought In malice Of Its strictly
tariff features. 1t may truthfully be |
urged that it is q vast improvement
over the Mckinley law, and will |
clearly demonstrate its superiority as
time rolls on and the business In this |
country shall adjust itself to Its pro-
visions. 1t recognizes In part, at
least, the Democratic doctrine Of free |
raw materials. 1t may be safely
asserted that the new law will not
cripple nor embarrass u single In
dustry In the land. nor throw out of
employment single working man,
nor unduly stimulate over.produc-
tions on one hand. nor exorbitant
OH the other. Fe low
democrats Of the Empire State and |
country, the duty hour Is not for harsh |
criticism of Democratic leaders of
Democratic measures nor mutual
combinations, but 1t is the time for
cancellations, for unity of purpose, for
aggressive action. The control of
both the legislative Departments of the |
government Is ut stake In the coming
election. Internal party strife must
now cease and our attacks be reserved
for the foes who are already forming
their lines of battle against us. The
Democratic national and State admin
istratl0n must alike be loyalty sup
ported. The administration of Presi-
dent Cleveland has been clean handed,
pains-taking and patriotic
FellOw-delegates, let US not UNDER
estimte the dangers which confront
US. We shall encounter the cohorts
of corporations In this campaign, led
by audacious aud unscrupulous
leaders, who are fighting not only for
the control of New York, but for the
control Of the country. We are on
the skirmish line of the great national
battle of 1893, and the loss Of New
York may lose our party the presi-
dency. The whole country Is breath
lessly and hopefully watching our
contest, and we must do our full duty,
sinking every prejudice, subordlnat-
Ing every selfish consideration, act.
uated only by high and patriotic mo-
tives, realizing how much Is at stake
to be won or lost, mindful of the grand
traditions which belong to the party
Of Jefferson, jackson aud Tilden,
knowing that united Democracy in
this State means an old-fash Ouedi
Democratic triumph, let us buckle OH
our armor and together march "like
the Macedonian phalanx of old y with
locked shields and m assured tread to
The contest that awaits us, with