The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30

politics has been long and distinguished
and he stands in the public gaze at the
ciose of the century with no blot on MS
escutcheon and acknowledged everywhere
as one OF the foremost leaders OF MS
time.
He is one OF the few public men OF MS
day and generation who combine Inc h'sA-
est order of craftsmanship with politics,
and who. under that fierce light that
beats upon those in high places. has kept
his political arnor untarnished and car
RED always the white flower OF a blame
less private life.
A BRILLIANT STATESMAN
Senator Hill is q brilliant, broad-m!nded,
conservative statesman. He is abe
scholarly and innatelv honest. He Is eio-
olent, resourceful and engaging as
public speaker and is thoroughly fa1nil-
lar with all governmental questions. hav-
ing made the politics Of his country 4
lifelong study. And yet, with with all
these higher and finer accomplishments,
there is no more astute manager OF men
than David Bennett Hill. The ways OF
human nature are to him as an open book
and he is thoroughly at home in the con-
duet of a great political contest
David 3. Hill first came prominently in
to public notice in. 1S2. when he was
elected ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the State
of New York on the ticket, with Grover
Cleveland. He succeeded Mr. Cleveland
as Governor in 1884, when the latter be-
came President, and was twice elected
to the Office by the people. He was chosen
to succeed Warner Miller Rep0 in the
United States Senate in 1890, and served
q full term of six years.
In 1892 Senator Hill was strong can
didate for the Presidential nomination
before the convention at Chicago, and
made most remarkable showing in
nearly all the Southern States, where he
has long been exceedingly popular
He had also the solid backing of his own
State, and gave the then popular ex-
President a hard run for the honor.
THE SoUTH's GREAT FRIEND.
The career of Mr.. Hill in the Senate
was especially brilliant, and there was
no more watchful or laborious member
of the body than the senior Senator from
the Empire State. He was the author
of much important legislation. and was
regarded on all sides as one of the ablest
leaders in the Senate.
Senator Hill has long been a great IA
vorite In the South He introduced and
had passed through the Senate the bill
which Immediately became a law making
ex-Confederate soldiers eligible to posi-
tons of honor and emolument in the
United States Army and Navy, thereby
extinguishing the fast-dying embcrs of
sectional strife, and bringing the North
and South in closer touch with each
other. While in the Senate he bitterly
attacked every tendency toward the cen
tralization of power at Washington, and
vehemently resisted every threatened en-
enactment OF Federal authority upon
the u-all-iafiDa5 ;,1,,
the States, and in that high station he
paced himself very close to the hearts
Of the Southern people
MADE A NOBLE SACRIFICE.
While 1t IS a well-known fact that Sena-G
TOT tilil has never believed in the doctrine
OIL the Tree coinage of silver at 16 to l.
as promulgated at Chicago in 1896 and
reaff1rmed by the Democratic party in its
present PLATFORM yet he has remained
!oSai IN his devotion to the principles of
democracy, and is doing more to-day to
make the two wings of the marty flop
tosether and accomplish the election of
Bryan and Stevenson than perhaps any
other man In the country. After a series of
WHO, spontaneous demonstrations IN his IA
Nor al Kansas City. the most remarkable
known to American OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES all
Oh Whsch ne was struggling hard to prevent
ms own nomination for Vice-President-
he came forward and (although his views
on the money question wen, not reflected
IN the resoluticns) made a speech in which
ne sad: The platform which Won have
adopted hare to-day is worthy the support
OF every democrat, and appealed to his
friends TO stand by the ticket. He at once
took higher place in the estimation of
the people, and every one was willing to
recognize the great sacrifice he had made.
WE'LL REMEMBERED HI1RE
The people Of this city remember with
much pleasure the visit Senator Hin made
here in the spring of 1892. and his cl1armings
address at the Academy OF Music. when
hundreds of his ardent admirers were
turned away because the building conld
not accommodate all who desinsd to hear
him speak.
Neither have they forgotten the brilliant
battle which was conducted by his friends
in the State Convention held at the
Armory Hail in May OF tbs same wear.
when at least one-half Of that great
gathering clamored eagerly for Hill
delegation to the Chicago Convention.
These happy personal recollections, COM
bined with Senator Hills manly and
statesmanlike conduct at and since the
Kansas CITY Conysnsloa, have thrown the
gates OF this old Democratic city wide
open to New Yori's brilliant favorite son
and when his fest shall press her historic
soil next Tuesday he Will be made to feel
that he is indeed Sin the house Of his
friends. q
Got Their Checks Here.
Tho Treasury Department ha s Instructed