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Senator Hill and Vermont.


David B. Hill is political shyster and
a demagogue. Everyone knows that
Trickery and deceit, not craftsmanship
and honor, have governed his whole ca
reer. OF all there is in dishonesty, dem
agogism, unfairness and trickery in poll
tics, we believe that Hill is the most con-
spicuous living representative. He is
able and brilliant, there the danger lies.
The manner in which he and his lieuten-
ants have pilfered and debauched New
York, place him beyond the respect of
honest men.
Vermonters are characteristically hon
est and detest deceit and sham. Conse.
quently they detest Hill. Hill probably
knows it, and returns the dislike. He
went out of his way to give evidence of
the fact few days since.
New York, though license State, de-
clares by law that saloons shall close on
Sunday. Under Tammany this feature
of the law was a dead letter, except as
means of extortion and blackmail against
New York City has compelled the clos
ing of saloons on Sunday, in observance
of the law. AS the leading reform Off
cials are Republicans, this is looked up
on as Republican work. The liquor
dealers in their efforts to evade the pro-
visions of the law or to do away with it,
have appealed to Hill,
Now Hill is, we are sorry to say,
candidate for reelection to the National
Senate. His prospects are extremely
poor. To bolster himself he has written
letter which is direct bid for the sup
port of the liquor dealers, counseling a
disregard for the law. His object is to
array them against the Republicans.
The dishonesty of his purpose is appar-
ent in that while he blames the Republi-
cans for the "oppressive' measure, be
neglects to state that this law was en-
acCed by Democratic legislature, and
that it was by his own orders that this
same law remained on the statute books
when Tammany controlled New York,
simply that the liquor interests might
remain in politics for the benefit of Tam
many's treasury rnd power
Governor Morton is the special target
of Hills arrows. The following extract
! will explain itself:
Governor Norton was born in Vermont,
and apparently inherits the tendencies
and prejudiceS on the excise question
which charactize the rabid Republicans
of the State An Executive approved
and the Legislature which enacted this
J very year a law requiring teachers in
our schools to specially instruct
the children on the alleged inj urious
effects of all alcoholic drinks, and did so
in the face of the protest of the intelli.
gent and broad minded educational SEN
timent of the State in order to crafty
the whims of few misguided temper
ance cranks, whose votes they desired
hereafter to secure, cannot be relied upon
to enact q more liberal excise law,
and it is folly to expect it. We shall
probably next have a law requiring
special instruction as to the bad results
| of the use of corsets and bicycles and the
; playing of football.
J With all his misrepresentation of facts,
Hill adds direct insult to the State OF
J Vermont. So Vermont of all other
J States is worthy of selection as an exam
pie of bigotry, narrowmindedness and
prejudice, and Governor Morton, as re-
/ suit of his Vermont birth, possesses
these qualities and is a representative of
"the misguided cranks who" etc.
There is a source of consolation in this
revelation as to the character of Yer.
monters in that the pathways of the
Green Mountain boys and Senator Hill
, have nearly always been in opposite di'
= rections.