St. Paul daily globe., 1895-11-29
DAVID II. HILL INDUCES IN ONE
IN A LITTLE POLITICAL
TALK.
MADE NO DIRECT ATTACK,
BUT HIS ALLUSIONS WE'RE SUCH
AS COULD NOT BE MISUN-
DERSTOOD.
Members of the Hennepin Demo-
cratic Association Evidently
Put Up a Scheme.

The first political speech made by
Hon. David B. Hill, of New York, on
his lecturing tour through the North
west was delivered yesterday after
noon at the rooms of the Hennepin
County Democratic association, in
the New York Life building, in Min
neapolis. In an easy, natural, con-
verSational tone and in a most pleas
ing voice the senator simply charmed
his hearers. AS lecturer, he may
not be so eloquent as some of the
aesthetic citizens of Minneapolis may
wish, but as a political speaker he
has very few equals.
When Capt. Martin, in introducing
the senator, referred to him as one
of the most distinguished and elo-
quent men in me party, with the
possible exception of Grover Cleve-
land, some one added, land Davy
Johnson to the merriment of the
entire company.
The captain, in his Introductory
remarks, paid very great tribute to
the senator, and then got somewhat
tangled up with Grover Cleveland,
whom he thought a greater man than
Hill. The senator eyed the captain
keenly when Cleveland's name was
mentioned, and subsequently alluded
to him as the "shrewd chairman"
The rooms were too small! for such
a reception, but the faithful who
were present enjoyed the senator's
remarks, and applauded him fire.
quently. The bulk of those who called
upon Senator Hill yesterday were
of the Democratic faith. 1t is thought
that some of the gentlemen who got
up the reception believed it would
be entirely agreeable to the senator
to mix up little politics with his
lecturing. Anyway, they succeeded
in doing that very thing. The fact
that Hon. Phillip B. Winston, who
is known to be a great admirer Of
the Tammany idol, was perhaps the
most active among those who ar
ranged the reception, gives addi-
tienal reason for the statement that
z the New Yorker is not in the North
west simply for the few hundred
dollars which he gets through the
box office.
The senator did not come out with
one of his rip-roaring political efforts,
which is characteristic of Tammany
orators. He so conducted himself that
when he concluded he could perhaps
claim with some degree of reason that
he had not delivered a political speech.
But he did not make such a claim,
neither is he likely to do so. He did
not come out in any straight-from-
the-shoulder criticism of President
Cleveland or anybody else. The pres
ent tribulations of the Democracy he
attributed mainly to the fact that when
the party was overwhelmingly V1cto-
rious in 1892 it lost it's head, and the
recent political snow storm was the re-
suit. The sagaciouS senator went all
around the president without mention
ing his name. The thing which Sen
ator Hill denounced most severely was
the way the man Of destiny" had of
bestowing favors. The speaker did not
advocate the principle of Ito the vic
tors belong the spoils" in an offensive
sense He did maintain, however, that
the fact that his party in the nation
was very considerably demoralized was
due in a great measure to the fact
that there was altogether too great
disposition on the part of the people
to ignore the party that elected them
when it came to dispensing patronage.
None of those who were present had to
exercise their Yankee genius as CESS
ers when the speaker said that some
people insisted that the party workers
should turn in and do all they could
for the party and it's nominees before
election, and then after election, if
these same workers showed their inter-
est in party and party organization
by doing a little work for the party
they held near and dear, they were
complained of as being "perniciously
active" The senator claimed that
the Democratic party was as strongly
as ever in favor of tariff for revenue
only" The senator brought this out
in a way to indicate that, while he
was not in favor of very much in the
shape of tariff, he did not want sched-
ule which would admit of the general
government being operated without
resorting to the expedient of issuing
bonds. He spoke of how easy it was to
tear down party organization, and how
difficult it was to build it up again. The
senator's determination not to discuss
politics on this Western trip may be
accounted for by the fact that he is
not in the most happy condition of
mind, when it comes to dwelling upon
things political. Altogether, yester-
days reception was rather remark
able.