The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-10-10
4 DEMOCRAT TALKS.
Colonel Ike Hill Tells About
the Springfield Convention.
NOW TIVE SILVER MEN WE'RE sLUceED.

Tho Tactics of the Other Fellows Simply
Out Of Sight - Brice and His Big
Boodle-"Hs Needs . sest In the Sem
] ate In His Business'-some Striking
Truths.
Special Dispatch to the Commsroal Gazette.
WAsHINoToN, Sept.-"No, I'm for
gold. My Democracy is pumpkin color
plumb through; told you that before"
1t was Colonel Ike Hill of Newark.
O., the celebrated serge eant-at.a arms Of
the house Of representatives who spoke.
And, though he talked readily and in a
fashion Of stern directness, his features
wore q oareworn look, as those of q
prophet who feared the future he fore.
saw.
"The control of the party is for gold,"
continued Colonel Hill; particular
ly the leaders in my state of Ohio; and
that settles it with me. I'm for gold,
and hope I won't live to regret it.
Eyes, all the world knows was for
silver; was for silver as long as the
party was. But they changed to gold
on me and shifted my brush. Ifollow
the party; it can't make too swift
switch for me. There's no curve in the
road sharp enough to throw Uncle Isaac
off the party train.
II don't feel the need Of making any
apology for quitting silver for gold;
there's lots of us. There's no end Of
people whose politics are playing one
night stands right now.
"And think the Democracy's going
to win in '96. OF course, amt fool
enough to bet money on it; but if we
carry Maryland and Kentucky this fall
I'll begin to see light ahead. Not floods
of it, but light, just the same.
"The trouble is that the way the par
tvs been run for the last three years
there's no encouragement to Democrats
to win. We don't get anything when
we do win.
Grover and Civil War.
when we are dead, what'll we do
then?
"The old Wing party died when it got
10 weak it only carried four states; we
won't carry one with Grover. Well be
lucky to be alive personally if we run
him. And yet some of these fellows are
heading up that way.
"To be sure, the Democratic party has
got the nine lives of tomcat; that's
what your Uncle Isaac does business on
now-that's where he pastures his hopes.
It's hard outfit to kill; the Democracy
is. In the '90s it stood up and shot at
itself for four years, but it's alive and
kicking yet. The only thing that shakes
me is the fear that maybe somehow
Growers worse than the civil war.
"Ohio? On the level have hopes Jim
Campbell will carry the state. And
John Sherman and the abolition crowd
have got possession of the Republican
party out there this trip; that helps
us.
"Campbell's on good platform. 1t
straddles about just right and ought to
suit most people. We've recognized the
better element and conceded all it could
reasonably ask, and as I look 1t over I
don't see where anybody's right to kick
comes in.
"Oh. yes; it's gold platform. Brice
took care of that.
"I've always had haymow full of re-
spect for Brice; but since the Springfield
convention 1 venerate him. Brice came
there in his private car and went over
that convention like you'd curry q horse.
Never missed lick with brush curry
comb from ears to fetlock. When he got
through the party shOne like a bottle
If he didn't curry the speed out of IL
we're o. X.
''Did he have any trouble getting it to
declare for gold and the administration?
Not bit, my son; not n bit. Five tho"-
sand dollars more would have made il
unanimous.
"Talk about tactics, too! The tactics
of the gold bugs at the Springfield con-
vention were simply out Of sight. You
couldn't reach EN- with the strongest
glass.
"To begin with. they picked out q
1t was one of these slim halls; narrow al
bowling alley and long as rope walk
There We're only 750 seats, gallery ano
all, in the hall. and here were S0S dele
gates. They went over the list in ad
vance and assigned all the gold delega
tions to seats in front. They put all OF
us coniakers in the rear and up in thu
gallery,
Brice Hopes to Buy His Way In.
''I'm sure Brice will succeed himself
We can carry the legislature like hang
ing out washing. The heft of the fgh
will be in Hamilton county. If we ge
the IA votes of Hamilton we've got 'eu
out on limb. All we've got to do thel
, is shake it or saw it off They are ou
, meat. We break even with 'em out il
the country districts, and with Hamil
ton county's IA it's a cinch.
"Of course, it's going to take money
the g-l-e-w, glew will have to b.
forthcoming. But the Democrats VI
there have got it, and stand ready t.
make ceiling play to win.
"And we will win. Just as put it
the heft of the fly paper will be used il
Hamilton county, and We'll get thos
IA votes if there's any virtue in musci
lage that's never failed as yet.