Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-26
Failure Of Compromise Has Increased
His Embarrassments.
TIE FAHEFUL NUMBER THIRTEEN
He is Criticised by Tammany and
the Other Faction.
CHANCES FOR RECOVERY

In one sense. Senator Hills embarrass-
ments have increased by reason Of the
failure at the last moment of his COM
promise scheme at Syracuse. Tamma2y
will point its forepaw at him and say: Il
told you so. Those Fairchild people are
not democrats, except upon their own
terms. You should have known they d
throw you down if it served their purpose
to do so. The man who dickers with them
always loses. They are always ready for
a dicker, but the bargain must always be
driven their way. They have no objection
to me as an ally if only I'll stand back
and let them reap the benefits of the
combination. They never fight me during
presidential years. when, usually hap
pens, the man in their favor is up for
election. I am all right then, and am en-
couraged to do my utmost. But when 1
ask at other times full share of the pick
ings, I'm denounced as a disreputable fel-
low, with whom square folks ought not to
associate
Criticism on Both Sides.
This is the kind of taunt Mr.. Hill will
hear now not only from Tammany, but
from his colleague, NJ. Murphy. 1t is
agreed, too, that it will both nettle and
injure him. He must lose heavily with
Tammany, for although the compromise
insure Tammanys humiliation. Tammany
would have been obliged to surrender one
fifth of New York city's representation In
the convention If the Fairchild people had
consented to accept the allowance, So
that after offending Tammany he failed to
win the other side.
Some of Mr.. Hills friends criticise the
city kickers pretty severely. They hold
that the Fairchld people should in all fair
ness have met him sacrifice for sacrifice.
Surely Mr.. Hill was making sacrifice
enough. Probably no leader of his caliber
and consequence ever went further In the
interest of harmony. Mr.. Wheeler had
headed a boltlng ticket against him only
last year. Mr.. Fairchild had never been
his friend. And yet there he was standing
championng the interests of those two men
composed almost his personal body guard
in politics.
The Fnteful Thirteen.
And what was the hsggle about? The
Hill men reply, about a fraction-a very
vulgar fracti Mr.. Hill had fought Tam
many to a standstill and secured an al
lowance of twenty hundre dths of the city's
vote. But the Fairchild people were de-
manding thirty-three hundredths, and then
grew rigid. The difference between the
two was just thirteen-hundredths That
fatal thirteen! If Mr.. Hill is at all super
stitious he has cause for reflection in this.
Is there any way for Mr.. Hill to retrieve
himself? His friends confess that he has
suffered a genuine throw down." and that
such catastrophe for such man in such
a state as New York is highly injurious.
Mr.. Hill is an expert. His management of
men has been lauded and copied. In GER
tain lines he has been considered invinc
ible. But he tripped on this occasion, and
has fallen heavily. And yet, as his friends
point out, he was on the right line and
working in leader-like way and in the
party's cause. Without harmony the New
York democracy can do nothing, this year
or next. There is no harmony now. Sooner
or later harmony must be secured, New
York sinks out of sight as a controlling
factor in democratic national affairs. Mr.
Hills is the only feasible plan. There may
be differences of opinion as to details, but
there is but one way to bring two warning
factions together. Both factions must
make concessions. Mr.. Hill is not gutter
His friends predict that he will keep right
on and that before the campaign is over
he will recover his lost ground. He still
has control Of the state committee.