The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1895-01-04
Che ge,uutrat.
Till And Cleveland.

Hill And Cleveland.
A World Washington special says: This |
is the true meaning of the meeting of Pres |
ident Cleveland and Senator Hill last night |
at the White House: The meeting means
more than a reconciliation between the |
President and Senator Hill. It marks the |
beginning of what both men hope means
rehabilitation of the Democratic party and
to its more successful conduct of national
affairs. The two great leaders came to
gether for that purpose and for that pur-
pose alone. A new alliance has beea form
ed, not for personal ends, but for the ulti-
mate success of the Democratic Admins
rration and the future of the party 1t rep
resents. Cleveland and Hill are now to-
gether in a common cause. The force of
circumstances has brought them together.
These statements are not guesses at an
Interpretation Of the meeting, but they are
revelations by the men most interested and
by their friends. The Administration is
without further patronage. 1t is on the
eve of the disappearance of the Democratic
majority in Congress. Great reforms were
promised two years ago, but the great re-
forms are yet to be accomplished. The
party will go into the wilderness for many
years, carrying the President and Senate
with it, if these reforms are not more than
a promise. It is with realization of this
situation that led two invitations being
sent to Senator Hill to come to the White
House. One was formal, the other in
formal, and both were sincere. 1t was an
appreciation of this crisis that moved Mr.
Hill TO accept. This is The full signi6-
canoe of the already famous dinner.
All day long the politicians have gossip
cd and specnlated about Senator Hills talk
with the President. 1t has been the one
topic at the Capitol. the departments, clubs
and hotels. 1t took the political world
completely by surprise, and there are some
prominent Democratic leaders who cannot
yet understand what it means, but they
have found out enough to give them much
uneasiness. They viii soon learn that Sem
ator Hill will appear, not wearing the
badge of the Administration but in his fa-
miliar character of a Democrat, acting,
however, in full sympathy with the PIesi-
dent. What the two men, united, may ac-
complish remains to be seen. The fight is
on. The Administration will now nave
what it has lacked since 1893, champion
in Congress.
The very first result of this new alliance
wi be to prepare the way for the passage
of bill that will protect The Treasury from
repeated raids on the gold reserve. The
bill that will be pressed viii not be known
as Callisle's bill or as an Administration
bill; it Will be Democratic bill The
President sees the end of his administra-
ton approaching. and with party record
lacking in Affirmative acts. There are only
FIVE weeks remaining in which the Demo-
cratic party will have control of all branches
of the Government. The President be-
iIeyes that even yet something may be done
to regain the confidence of the people, to
reverse Tie verdict OF November. For the
Democratic party to retire without the ac-
cmplishment of some measure Of financial
relief he feels would have the effect. moi
only of further discrediting the Democratic
ton itself. Mr. Cleveland now looks &c
different men aud different methods Il
help him to bring the party together-tc
lead its representatives to keep the pledges
they made in 1892. Mr. Hill is to Iea6
these men, The methods will soon be dis
closed.
Mr. Cleveland IS thoroughly convinced
that the Senate, as at present controlled. o
rathe. as Eot controlled, is the great obsta
Gle to the enforcement of true Democratic
principles. He has seen tariff bill passet
By that body which he would not sign anC
which failed to meet the expectation of th,
masses of the party. He has seen the poien
but mischeyious compromisers who cal
themselves Democrats at work 10 other d.
rections. lie has learned that the Admins
tr1tion is without leader of sufficient in.
hnence to keep the Democratic msjority
true to the party for the party's sake. Nj
Hill is now asked TO be that leader, TO brinl
order out of the chaos
Mr. Hill has promised to take the leader
ship He believes that bill framed fol
the sole purpose of protecting the Treasury
can be p1sse. by the Senate in the face o.
the present adverse conditions. So.callet
Democrats leaders of the Senate have In,
sisted in advance that this is impossible
With Hill aggressively in the lead the stu.
alton changes He will make his fight no
only en- rasty but on patriotic lines