Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-17

the largest of which is used by Mr.. Hill As
his private office. Its walls are lined with
bookcases, filled with calf bound, gilt-let-
tered law books Mr. Hill sits at a roll-top
desk of polished light oak,F In. "a caue-seated
fitting chair. There is a handsome carpet
on the floor, and a general air of Iiewuess
which is not customary in a law office. 1t
Is the first office on which Mr.. Hill has
paid rent for a long time. +, For seven years
he occupied offices in the governors man
sion.
The morning I called on the Senator at
Albany sat opposite him while he opened
his mail. Most of it concerned his law
practice. but some of the letters were about
offices. A local newspaper man came in to
ask the Senator a questions, and casually
said: what is the outlook, SENATOR"
"If my mail is any indication" said the
Senator, 'the outlook for the, democracy is
excellent. I thought we might have to beg
people to take the nominations: but find
now that the candidates are coming for
ward in droves. That is a pretty sure sign
that the party has confidence in itself. I
think that all we need to do is to sit back
and let the republican party make mis-
takes"
Preparing for a Convention.
Referring in his conversation with this
visitor to the applications for nominations
which were coming to the party leaders,
Senator Hill turned to me and said: Pos
sibly you don't appreciate the fact that
consultation Is absolutely necessary before
a convention is held. Public sentiment to-
ward the different candidates outlines it,
self pretty we'll in advance. But If the
delegates should go ahead without any
guidance and without consultation among
leading men, they would make foolish mis-
takes oftentimes. I recall convention In
my own former city, Elmira, which was al
lowed to run itself. 1t was not IN import
ant
ment Of letting the delegates act entirely
on their own judgment and without prior
comparison of views.
when the convention was over they
brought me the ticket I found that five
of the seven men named lived in one ward.
OF course, the ticket was defeated Now. l
do not believe altogether in what Is known
as the geography of politics, but 1t Is alb
sclutely necessary that the candidates on
a ticket shall represent different parts Of
the state-that they shall not be chosen all
from the same section. The people who
vote would resent the fact that all the
slowed on one part of the state. If the
nominations are distributed to different
parts of the state, the ticket will stand a
better chance of getting a majority of the
votes cast. That is not politics-it is sense"
I asked the Senator if it was not little
early to be working out the fate of the
state ticket to be named next fall.
Campaigns In this state are won often
Senator. I'm those months the voters who
are in the cities, chiefly because they can
not get away. make up their minds how
they are going to vote A little educa-
much more than all you can do in the fall"
paigns?"
Absolutely Elections in New York are
won by arguments first, and then, secondly.
by getting the vote registered, and to the
polls. But am talking politics, and there
is too much of that in my daily life now"
Debate in the Senate.
'Do you still adhere to your views as to
the desirability of an amendment to the
Senate rules limiting debate?" I asked.
Certainly, I do. / favored such an
amendment when the democrats were in
power: I favor it now, when neither the
republican nor the democratic party is in
control of the Senate, but the populists
hold the balance of power, and I should
favor it if the republicans held the Senate,
as they may in the near future. The ex-
petition of public business should not be
regarded as a political question, but what
ever party is invested with legislative
power should be enabled to enact its legis-
lative measures with promptness, after
reasonable debate allowed the minority.
The democrats in 1893 should have amend
ed the rules so that the Sherman repeal
i'll could have been speedily passed, to be
follow ed by the prompt enactment Of a
tariff reform bill. The long delays which
ensued in the enactment Of those measures
largely contributed to the loss of conf
dence in our party on the part Of the bust
ness community"
Are you satisfied with your tariff ex-
perience in the Senator"
I believe that the tariff law as it now
Is is far better than the Mckinley law,
and will prove more satisfactory as time
progresses. I should have preferred free
raw materials as being more in accordance
with democratic pledges and expectations,
but, nevertheless, they were made freer
by the duties on them being materially re-
duced. which was long step in the right
direction. Now that the income tax has
been eliminated from the tariff law by be-
Ing declared unconstitutional it may be
regarded as a reasonably satisfactory
measure. Already manufacturing Is re-
viving under its influence. All through the
state of New York business is looking up:
ut augurs well for the future Of the
democratic party in the next national cleo
ton that prosperity should reappear under
democratic tariff law. 1t was unfortu-
nate that we did not pass a tariff law
sooner-that there was not an extra session
Of Congress. And then we were placed in
an awkward position because the demands