Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-14
REPUBLICAN MATTERS.
HILL rs IN 1T.
He Is Working for the Democratic Nom
nation In 1896.

He Is Working for the Democratic Nom
nation In 1895.
III any citizen of the United States
was blinded bv Mr. Hills dazzling
speech on the tariff, to the extent of
suspecting that the senior senator
from New York had sworn himself n
political anchorite upon the altar OF
| patriotism, recent events In the En-
pire state ought to dispel the de-
fusion at once. There is nothing to
it. David Bennett Hill is the same
shrewd, scheming politician that he
was year ago He is in active
training for the Democratic presi-
! Dental nomination in 1896.
New York has to elect a governor
next fall. The same forces which
| gave the state into the hands of the
Republicans at the last election are
at work more powerfully than ever,
and the prospects OF turnover in
the whole administration are very
bright indeed. No one knows that
better than Senator Hill The Con-
gressional Record shows that the
senator has been much paired. He
hasn't been at leisure to attend to
national legislation. He has been
busy at home whispering to his
friends and laying pipes
Mr. Hill doesn't propose to fur
nish any lambs for the slaughter.
| Governor Flower Is entitled to the
courtesy of denomination, and the
courtesy will not be denied him IL he
asks it, But he will not ask it.
Senator Hill will not allow Governor
| Flower to run again. Furthermore,
he will not allow Lieutenant-G Gov
ernor Sheahan to crafty his great
est ambition to try to move stop
higher. For the first time in many
years, nobody in the Tammany brood
wants to be governor.
There will be more harmony in the
New York democracy than in a Ger
man band The sachems will go
through the form OF burying the
Ratchet. There will be smiles, and
tears, and embraces, and cuckoo
mugwump will be nominated for
governor He will be licked out of
his boots. OF course, even If Dave
Hill ana his cohorts have to assist
|
The mantle of Grover Cleveland is
undoubtedly the most tattered and
disreputable garment in the political
wardrobe at the present time. The
defeat of Cleveland Democrat in
New York will rend it into shreds
The presidents influence In his own
party will be reduced to nothing.
At that juncture David Bennett
Hill will be in it. says the Detroit
Tribune.
Mr. Hill had the foresight to per-
ceive that as the party swallowed
Cleveland like piece of taify, it will
loathe Cleveland when the tafry
clogs. The cloying process is pro-
ceeding very rapidly. Hill accepted
his defeat at Chicago in 1892 com
forted by the assurance that the
Democratic party would sicken Of it's
idol and despise it. Mr.. Hill turned
his defeat into victory by adopting a
policy Of dignified dissent from tho
administration. He was sustained
by the faith that the administration
was bound to make an ass OF itself.
faith that events have justified to
the fullest. For every mistake that
Cleveland has made, Hill has derived
corr esponding credit. 1t is con-
spicuous triumph of mind over mat
ter. If the senator's plans for New
York this fall do not miscarry. his
nomination by the Democratic ma
tional convention in 1896 is almost
an assured fact.
Hill is shrewd enough to adopt
those of his enemies tactics which
he believes will benefit him. Cleve-
land few in the face OF the West and
South with his silver letter, and was
borne into the White House upon
popular inundation, creased of
course by the proceeds OF the sale OF
few first.class missions abroad.
Hill lies in the face of the West and
South with his arraignment Of the
income tax. He has weighed the
Populists Of the West against the
conservatives OF the East and casts
his fortunes with the latter, not. as
he intimated in his great speech. be.
cause he was actuated by desire to
defend his own, but because the
conservatives have, in his judgment,
the greater avoirdupois in the cleo
toral college. David Bennett Hills
own is an elastic term and will
cover any and every party which has
a majority Of the votes.
No, Mr.. Hill is not reciuse, NOR
tifying the flesh for remorse at his
past deeds. He is still OF the world,
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