The age-herald., 1898-01-15
DAVID B. HILLS
 FUTURE PLANS Breaks His Long Silence and Seeks Power Again. FASTENING MACHINE GRIP Mapping Out Campaign For the PreSi-
 dGnGy in 1900. CROKER IS GROOMING VAN WICK Hot Fight to Be Waged For New York
 State Organization. PERRY BELMONT BONE OF CONTENTION West and south, With the Purpose of Defeating Bryan or Any Other
 Western Candidate.
Hot Fight to Be Waged For New York
 State Organization.
PERRY BELMONT BONE OF CONTENTION
Special to The Age-Herald.

Special to The Age-Herald.
 New York, Jan. 1.-The break of the long silence by former Senator David B. Hill on last Wednesday has done much to change the political map of the democratic party. new combination is being form ed. Though MT. Hill has been silent, he has not been politically unemployed. Sena- tor Hill proposes if possible, to regain his grip on the politics of this state.
 Hills Ambition.
 MT. Hill has never abandoned his am- bition to become president of the United States Those who are best informed on the situation here are not without the be- lief that MT. Hill will be able to control the machinery of the state and dictate the nomination of the next candidate for governor. It is a rivalry between Hill and Croker The latter flushed with triumph at the election of Van Wyck mayor of Greater New York, has broadened his am- btion to be the dictator of the party in the state.
 The announcement made by MT. Hill that he did vote for MT. Bryan in 1896 has ere ated great deal of astonishment. The position that he now takes is that who- ever is the democratic candidate for gov- ernor this year, must have a record of hav- Ing StOOQ SQudFely upol tHe OiiiCdSo pielt- form of two years ago. The triumph of the democratic party in the state of New York at the last election when a free sil- yer man was elected a justice of the su- preme court; has very materially strength ened MT. Hill's belief that no democrat who is not in line with the principles of the party as enunciated at Chicago in 1896, can not be elected governor of the state.
 Belmont Croker's man.
 It is well known that MT. Crokers choice for governor is Perry Belmont. It will be remembered that MT. Belmont retired from pleasure party in England with great haste to catch the first outgoing ship from Southampton which would bring him to the United States in time to reach Indian apolis that he might be in attendance at the convention that nominated Palmer and Buckner. MT. Belmont at that time de- cared himself, in no unmeasured terms, against the platform adopted at Chicago.
 Hills Strong Following.
 There is no need of attempting to dis guise the fact that MT. Hill has very strong following throughout this entire state. For the past month or two he has been busily engaged in calling his neuten- ants to consultation. It can be said now, and with absolute certainty, that Mr. Hills idea is to receive the nomination himself, though he may pretend to be the champion of the candidacy of Elliott Dan- forth, who was the chairman of the state committee when MT. Bryan was a candidate for the presidency. MT. Hills declaration that he voted for Mr. Bryan is taken as an attempt to emphasize the fact that he did support the Chicago platform 1f io;, in f1a paign MT. Hill is an astute politician. As an organizer of forces he has superior in the democratic party. He recognizes the fact that governor of the state of New York he would be many times more for midable candidate for the presidency than if he were not in public life.
 Under the constitution of this state, adopted in 1885, governors are elected every p two instead of every three years
 The public may as well understand now that MT. Hill is not only candidate for the presidency, but a candidate for the goyernorship of New York;
 Croker's Grab Game.
 The attempt that is being made by MT. Croker to control the state machinery opens to view the fact that more than one interest is involved. MT. Croker's idea is to make MdyOr van WICK the next uemO- cratic candidate for president. But in ad- vance of that event MT. Croker hopes him. self to be elected senator to succeed Sem ator Murphy. The attempt is now being made to create the impression that Hill and Croker are friends. This is not true. Sem ator Hill will not yield to Croker's domina- tion of the state machinery. He regards that as his own. It is also being stated secretly that Mr. Hill is friendly to the candidacy of Perry Belmont, .basing it upon the ground that the former has been the Belmonts' attorney for number of years Senator Hill has never been attorney for any of the Belnonts.
 The Same old Fight.
 It is the old fight of the east against the west and the south. Every movement made here, and that will continue to be made on the political checker-board of New York, will be inimical to the candidacy of MT. Bryan. MT. Hill hopes to detract from the