Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-05
Interview with MIR. Hill

Says a prominent Tammany Hall man
who has just returned from a visit TO Hill
at Albany:
Il tried to tell Hill that it would be poor
politics for him to go to Kansas City. He
would not even say whether he would or
would not go. The trouble with Hill is that
he still has an idea that he can run the
tiOnal convention just he handled the
last two conventions in New York At the
Buffalo convention in 1896 he master
of the situation. At the Syracuse conven-
ton his followers were still powerful
enough to force compromise with Tam
| many Hall. But at Kansas City it will be
different. If Tammany the New York
state convention tries to fight Bryan or IS
to ! we will strike the ground harder than
we did four years ago. In fact, the very
fact that Hill wants anything will be
reason why half of those western fellows
will vote against 1t, on the principle of find
out which way the devil is going and go in
the opposite direction.
Hill figures that no man can be elected
President of the United States In opposi-
| ton to the banks and corporations. He
thinks that Bryan will be nominated and
he expects him to be beaten worse than in
1886. Then Hill expects that the reaction
will come, and that the democrats will be-
come sane and sober again. That is where
] think Hill is making his mistake. l vote
with my party because think it is right to
be regular, but l know that even II Bryan
Is beaten in 1900 there will be no show for
us to nominate man like Hill or German
in 1904. The democrats will be lucky If we
don't catch worse tartar than Bryan.
The democratic party Ia the radical party
of the country, and instead Of getting bet
ter, so far as radicalism is concerned, it is
going to get worse. The average democrat
don't care much about whether he elects
his candidate for President not He
don't care If we are beaten in 1904, 1908,
and so on for twenty-five years What he
does care about is the control of the party
organization and in knowing that when a
do 10 10 ole cd -
is half a century in the future, that the
President is a radical. OF course, l am
disguised at being obliged to play that kind
of politics, but that's the kind We are play
ing"
To Boom Mr.. Woodruff.
Invitations have been sent out by a COM
| mittee Of Lieutenant Governor Timothy L.
Woodruff's friends for meeting to ar
| range for a demonstra ton in his honor.
| About 100 prominent Brooklynites have
\ been invited to be present. Although the
| nature of the demonstration has not been
fully decided upon, It is understood that 1t
| will take the form Of a reception, which
| will be given at the Academy of Music this
| week. 1t is understood that Mr.. Woodruff
| has been communicated with and that ne
| has tentatively accepted an invitation to
! be present at that time. The reception will
| be public, and will give Mr.. Woodruffs
| friends from all over Greater New York
| an opportunity to honor him with their
| presence. There will be no attempt to
make it a partisan demonstration and, in
| fact, several democrats have been invited
4 to the conference.
| To Secure Navy Contracts.
| mass meeting will be held on Tuesday
evening for the purpose Of urging Congress
| to enact law providing for the building
| of naval vessels in the government navy
| yards, and 1t promises to be one of the big
gest demonstrations ever made in Brook
| lyn. Controller Bird s. Coler will preside
| Invitations have been sent to all the state
| and city officials, the representatives In
Congress from New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut, the presidents of the assembly
| district associations Of both parties, party
| leaders and committeeman, the heads of all
| city departments and to all Of the promi-
nent men Of New York city and vicinity.