The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-21
SENATOR HILLS
LATEST DILEMMA
Pressed BY Friends and Followers to
Declare Himself for Bryan.
HIS DOWNFALL Is PREDICTED
The New York Statesman Hemmed in
by Difficulties lie Cannot Overcome.
Would Like to Hedge on the Cur.
rency QuestiOn..A Campaign ON
Faith.

New York, Aug 2O.-At the headquar-
ters or the silverites at the Bartholdi
hotel they have little hope that Sena-
tor Gorman will convert Senator David
Il. Hill to the Popocratc faith. Sena-
tor German is spending his vacation at
Saratoga, which is within an hours
ride by train from Albany, where Sem
ator Hill lives. The senator has left
Normandie-by-the- Sea. and is conven-
iently near Mr.. German at Wolferts
Roost.
-Four years ago Senator Hill was q
snapper. His partisans held early in
FEBRUARY so-called SNAP convention
at Albany, which selected seventy-two
delegates to the Chicago convention to
nominate Hill for president. Then he
was five months ahead OF time, now he
is couple of months behind time, ac-
cording to the Bryanites. He is con-
demned on one side for not taking de-
cisive action for sound. currency. and
on the other hand he is accused of back
sliding and cowardice for not taking
bold stand in behalf of Bryan and free
silver. His position is a most unpleas-
ant one in either case, and his enemies
enjoy his predicament. They can see
the handwriting on the wall which fore
tells the passing of Hill from the politi-
cal arena as a leader of men They
think that Mr.. Hill will be living illus
tration of the old axiom that "he who
hesitates is lost"
But Mr.. Hill wavered. is wavering and
Is likely to keep on wObblng in this
q IN A iYlyS 10, t,,
the issue. Mr.. Bryan ought to be salts
fled with an endorsement without men,
tioning the platform. For is not an in
dorsement of a candidate paramount to
the acceptance of the platform upon
which he stands?
WANTS TO HEDGE.
1t is cruel and humiliating to make a
man declare himself when he wants to
hedge. Here, a grave and dignitied
United Staes senator is asked to become
lightning-change artist of the comic
stage variety, who comes out before the
public costumed in the splendOr and
glory Of gold in one minute and hab-
tied in the garb of shiny silver the next
These pesky politicians have long
ih'iii'l anu tHty UluW lHt ueduly
parallel on a poor fellow at the most
unexpected times. In a case of this
kind there is only one thing for a man
to do. and that is to wait, see and hope
And Senator Hill is industriOusly en-
gagged i'm doing this. Senator German
and his colleagues will undoubtedly
have very pleasant chat. and the
one will go back to the sad sea waves
by NOrmandie and the other will take
to the waters of Saratoga Then they
will tell an expectant public: wait
until the convention meets. We have
nothing to say"
If you want an illustration of what
sublime faith is. go to the Bartholdi
headquarters. Their treasury is empty
there, and you think that an empty
pocket would discourage the average
man. But not so Mr.. "Sinjun." He says
money is no object i'm this campaign
When the free silver millennium comes
the people will have 80 much money
that they don't want any now. They
are going to vote for Bryan and live
ON expectations meanwhile. But Mr..
Sinjun does not explain how expecta-
tion Is going to buy hungry man a
meal. The faith cure is a new idea in
politics.