The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-07-03
EX-SENATOR HILL AND
THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
"MacOn" rIcCormick Doesn't Think
He Has Any Chance of Securing
the Nomination.

New York July e.-of all the hilly
!. sas City is the hilliest. You can't go
half a mile in it.in any direction with
.out travelling up hill and down dale
and the hills are so steep that the
street cars have cieats fastened TO their
floors in front of the cross seats so
that the passengers can brace their
heels against them In descending them.
Its citizens punning boast 1t that IL
is, "A hill OF place" 1t is.
Two OF the most prominent members
of the Democratic national convention
which meets there on 1.-The 4th,' are ex-
Governor and ex-senator David Ben
nett Hill and Hon. Henry Clay Sulzer
OF this city.
Four years ago. at Chicago, Hill was
one of the delegates at large from thss
state to the Democratic convention
which nominated William Jennings
Bryan as its candidate for president.
Mr.. Sulzer was also a delegate.
II will be remembered that New York
sulked in that convention because IL
COULDN'T prevent the adoption OF GER
tain planks in the platform, notably
the is TO silver ratio, the one favoring
an income tax and one condemning the
action of the Supreme court OF the
United States.
attended the convention as one of
lieutenants of John X. Mclean, OF
Ohio. who was himself presidential
candidate who, TO the surprise Of many
astute politicians polled more votes, on
the third ballot. than did Horace Bois,
OF Iiwa, who has been an avowed can
didate for president for many months
In 10 on FRI
thought OF Mclean as presidential
possibility a fortnight before the con-
vention assembled.
Mclean had an understanding with
prominent New York leaders by which
ne was TO have received the vote OF the
Empire state In certain contingencies.
He was and is warm personal friend
of Senator Hill, so warm friend that
he was willing to stand back and throw
his strength TO him i'm the convention
III he would take a stand in consonance
with the principles. he tMcLean) was
advocating in his paper, the Cincin-
natl Enquirep
Knowing this, the day before Mr..
Bryan captured the convention with
his famous cross Of gold" speech,
which. by the way, was the most elo-
quent the most dramatic and the most
effective piece OF political oratory
have ever listened 20. accompanied by
Thomas ]. Mulvihill of Cincinnati. one
OF Ohio's most prominent young Dem
ocrats. called on Senator Hill. I'm his
apartments In the Palmer house. and
urged him Ia change the position he
was then holding.
I talked az persuasively and as elo-
quently as ] could. winding up with
this statement: Senator, II you will
go on the platform Of the convention
hall, tomorrow. and reaifirm your FL
mira speech of one year ago. no power
on earth can prevent your being the
Democratic nominee for president and
! honestly believe II you are so nomi-
mated YOU will be elected"
Mr.. Mulvihll added his testimony to
this belief. The senator thanked us for
the interest We were manfesting I'm
him. but he didn't take our advice. In
stead he took his own counsel. which
was backed by that OF VIM. q. Whit
ney and others. who thought as they.
He made a speech In the convention
which was eloquent pnd argumentative
but had NO more EJECT. in conNinc-
ing way. than IN u had been made Ina
Hlnd0ostanee.
New Yorks great senator sulked 'n
his tent during tile whole Of the last
presidential campaign and though his
name ~ now mentioned IN connection
with the Wee presidency. I don't think
he has any more chance of receiving tho
nomination for the presiding oficer OF