The herald., 1897-03-23
COMING POLITICAL EVENTS

Coming political events are already
throwing some light upon the path of
the Democracy. 1t appears to be as
good as settled that David B. HILL will
be nominated for congress by the DEM
ocracy of the Albany, N. Y. district
when the next convention is held, and
as the nomination is the equivalent of
election in that district, Mr.. Hill will
be the leader of the Democratic side In
the next congress, and will be the
speaker of the next congress IL it is
Democratic, which it is morally certain
to be-
Ex-senators are not III the habit of
seeking seats in the lower house, but
there is no reason why they should not.
1t is quite as honorable to be con-
gressman as to be a senator; besides,
there are very many more opportuni-
ties for a man of great abilities in the
lower house than in the senate. The
most brilliant part of the career of
John Quincy Adams was the period of
his public life which found him in the
lower house of congress after he had
occupied the White House. 1t is al
ways honorable to be good congress
man. and a truly great man takes no
backward step when he enters the lower
house of congress from the senate cham
ber or from the White House.
But to return to Mr.. HILL If he goes
to congress his purpose will be to reor-
ganize the Democratic party of the ma
ton upon lines which shall at least ap-
pear to be of the strongest possible
kind, and if he shall do that he will be
the logical presidential candidate of the
party in New York in 1900. 1t will be
remembered that while he condemned
the Chicago convention for adopting
platform that to his mind contradicted
the principles and traditions of the par
ty. he did not go about the country
abusing his party. nor did he encourage
boiling at any time. He was willing to
condemn the action of his party's ma
tional convention, but he never advo-
Gated the election of Mckinley, nor did
he give the Palmer and Buckner ticket
any open support, and the chances are
that. if he voted at all, he voted for
his party's nominees.
1t is understood Mr.. Hill believes that
the Dingley bill will fall far short of
satisfying the public. and that mean
while the industrial trusts and monopo-
lies will become so unbearably aggres-
sive that the public will drop the money
question in the next presidential CAM
paign and make the tariff question the
paramount issue. He believes tlna Nc
Kinley administration will go to such
extremes to favor the capitalistic combl-
nations that the people will demand that
the country return to tariff for reve-
nue. only, cutting down of the expense
account of the government as an ad-
junct. ana he wants to be in position
when the time comes 10 put the leHCes
of the Democratic party in thorough re-
pair.
Although Mr. Hill is opposed to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver, he
is not "goldbug" He is in accord with
the monetary theory of the late Daniel
Manning, which was that there should
be the largest possible use Of silver
dollars, but that their coinage should be
on account of the government. and that
the option of paying claims against the
gvernment should remain with the
treasurer-that is to say, pay out gold
in all ordinary transactions, but when
attempts were made to run" on the
treasury's yellow metal, just shovel out
silver and tell the conspirators to take
that or nothing. But. anyway, Mr.. Hills
re-entering active political life will ma
terially strengthen the party's lines.