Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-07-04
HILL TURNED DOWN.
f,mmary Gives Him a Black Eye yAiIkas
Sharp Words With Croker. 4

Kansas City, JRlX.3.-The New
state delegatiop Fnished the sep
ton of the day zen after st3y
session of thres &rs theYzpusx kh
: candidate forESice President id be
nerson of John ~ Xelier. coshipis4 j.
or Of eharitid Et6f THE city o. Aw
York. This waaS1tne after DAME.
Hill had been dedkted as a.cat4te
for the New Yes& representa- VII
the committee on 1aatform ~ ~
9tus Van .Wyck and shav wing hEen ~
led New York's enlargement for yse
President had deoaneA, it.
There are, those in the dNeg3n
Tho bell1ve that the delegation NJ
tsrs are playing the same game M
VAS played sby The Ksagu ublicaG Je-
rates in. Philadelphia. when the On
dorsed &. Z. Wooruff for Vice HI
dent. and that the name of kelqis
presented for the purpose of 'ked1g
the delegat tesfrom voting for any Ter
New Yorker until they can vote aer
for Towne or for Sulzer. Nh. ser
withdrew in. favor of Mr.. Kellernd
in fact seconded the nomination, Yh
lends some color to this surm1
II was . o'clock this afternoon. yen
Ex-senator Hill was notified by Elk
Campbell that there was moveint
on foot in the Tammanx delegan.
assisted by Kings enunt&Rnd Erito
sidetrack him by not pdRing hipn
the platform committee, but by std
ing for him for Vice President. St
lv afterward Mr. Hill was sent fond
Nr By
Mr.. Shea. X-SenatOr Murphy andr.
MeCarren. He was notified thahe
delegation stood ready TO standor
him for Vice President. He reed
that he did not want it and wasen
told fatty that he could not go one
cammitteeFon platform.
Senator Hill argued in vain aast
these decisions and finally the confsce
decided on the course afterward afed
by the delegation, but not until theiad
been. a bitter fight resulting in Hille-
feat at which he left the oeieion
meeting
All through the controversy thsx-
governor sat quietly. Then he pse
slowly and facing Richard Crokerho
sat In the rear of the room, said rly
and distinctly: There has beenid
some things that have seemed to re-
hected upon my attitude IN isS Il
should be remembered In passinach
criticisms that | have always .bee1n-
sistently Demoeratic. anso,raan No man
At this Mr.. Croker rose. saying mat
was evidently intended tA be IG
tone. 81 do not th!nnlN,po,Syt ,i;,t ineeo n el
to criticize your -Dsmoeraes, NV IL III e. :,
against the silver plank new man pd
be- more acceptable" and then Mrp,
ker aroused Mr.. Hill by saying, yni;i, IL ,il
there is no reason why you snouiu N
that the position is reserved for yp-
mo. i have no such idea" anssd
IIin. shaking his finger az Croker.s,dS i
want YOU to remember That Whauu
tand what | said in the committee aii
the convention of 1896 WAS done lGe
Democrats of New York state andfh
went home / stood for the ticHs
"s1l Oh as no. o. YOU didn't" exclaimed or,
You were not heard of much ts
that campaign. H.
"Eouaily as much as you are WI.
critical times in the party hlstor!iiSS
state YOU are living in Europe rYu
You are. sore" replied Croker
8 Il accuse YOU" exclaimed I'M,
ing to makesme Vice fTesiden.3 teif Wv
.thftI viii not have it. You cant H.
ate me on one proposition and feet
sop on another. "a, L.
lie sat down ~ NJ v,n vote ossvcS wa35iiI' mi
senator Hill uI5n the, ,aifaounee9oi
the vote then left the fooA: J.,
The delegatioF elected members IN IN
mittees and officers WlthSlr. .rl S.an,n
was wa pti then notified by senator Mur4afI AZ
they should select a Vice ,PreHal
eandidates and withsnt any smsa esEs. aE
Mr.. Shea of BroJkIai' games sn ~
the motion, it was unanimousfyo' o'