The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-23

An Evnsim that Wont Work.
The New York Democratic committee
has decided upon plan OF campaign
next fall in accordance with that map
ped out by David B. Hill, who, up to
quite recently, has been denounced the
country over by the Popocratic press as
q coward and atraitor, because he took
no part In the election ot1Ss6. Even his
recent declaration that, although he did
not participate in that campaign. he
voted for Bryan, was received with ex-
press!ons Of contempt. Now, however,
we witness the great organization in
New York state once more accepting
him as q leader, BY accepting his plan
which Is perfectly consistent with his
cowardly and vascillating conduct in the
McKlnley-Bryan campaign.
With Hill this year it will be anything.
to win, even to the extent of ignoring
the paramount ISSUE" In other words,
the decree has gone out from the state
organization that HIS plan OF COM
pletely ignoring 1s to l will be adopted.
This means more than one thing, but
chiefly that Mr.. Bryan and his silver
followers are not to be invited TO take
part in the New York campaign, or,
more properly speaking, that they are
already having notice served on them
that they are no. wanted. A sort Of
qualifying clause IN the decree is that
the various congressional district con-
ventions will kindly be permitted by the
bosses to take their own action concern
ing national questions, but everything
during the campaign must be subserv-
lent to state politics.
How these gentlemen are going to
manage things to keep the people from
losing sight OF the currency question,
when the congressional candidates will
be called upon to face 1t, is q mystery.
1t will be impossible, of course, for Mr..
Hill, or the campaign managers on the
part Of the Democracy, to confine the
ma tlonal questions. particularly the free
silver Issue. within the boundaries Of
the congressional districts. The irre-
prcssible sllverites will not be ruled by
Mr. Hill, whom they despse as much as
they do the most eminent gold bug on
Wall street. and to prevent them from
spreading the silver issue to the state
campaign and forcing it to swallow up
every other consideration will be task
beside which the turning OF the course
OF Niagara's torrent would be as ch!ld's
play. Neither will the Republicans per-
NIT Mr.. Hill TO have his own way.
The scheme is not worthy of SO astute
politician as Mr. Hill Is. The effort to
keep the silver question out OF the cam
paign OF this fail In New York, where
the Democracy most fears its effects,
will not succeed. On the silver issue the
Republicans are vastly stronger In New
York than the Democrats are. whatever
local issue may be against them. II 10
unfortunate for Mr.. Hills plan aid the
evasive decree OF the state organization
that the effort to gain control OF the
state machinery is to be made in year
when a new Congress is to be elected.
The New York Times, which is against
the Republican party on state Issues,
and only agrees with It on the single
issue involving the money question,
sounds the warning. as does other DEM
ocartlc papers, when it says Of The Dem.
ocratic managers: i"Thcy will be banlcd
and beaten IL free silver is kept out OF
the congressional convention rcsolu-
lions" That is what the bosses propose
to do. notwithstanding the door OF lIbcr-
ty of action that is left open. and any
attempt to prevent . silver declaration
viii mean a spill. In the convention. for
the Bryanitcs,F even In New York. are
as inconsldcrate and as fana.ical in their
advocacy OF the theory as they are else
where, though perhaps notso numerous
as In some other states. Party exPedl-
ency and discretion are unknown guam
titles to them. Besides, they hate Hill
with antnthuslasm that Is Intense.
In most of the congressional districts
Of New York the s!lvertes do not have
n controlling influence, but there are
enough OF them to make trouble, and
there is trouble ahead II there Is any CT
fort to subordinate what b to
them "tho question Of the hour" above