Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-10-11
DECEPTIVE HILL.


outside the Democratic circus ring, and
yielded mis- proclaimed convictions, held
in 1896, that he might once more be rec
ognized as a leader by the Democracy.
The very fact of bis crawling into line now,
III the way he has, sounding the praises of
Mr.. Bryan is enough to convince any one
that his position in 1896 was not taken
from honest conviction but from envy Of
the young leader, Bryan, who had so sud-
denly eclipsed all the former leaders of the
party.
After participating in the convention at
Chicago, which nominated Mr.. Bryan,
Hill returned to his home in New York;
and not only failed to give Bryan his sup
port, but stuck knife in him at every OPP
portunity. His only excuse for such con-
duct in that campaign was the principles
Mr.. Bryan advocated and the platform he
was standing on, the Chicago platform.
Bryan is advocating the same dangerous
doctrines and standing squarely on the
Chicago platform, yet, Mr.. Hill is support
ing him and trying to make the world be-
ieve he is in earnest.
The entire political course Of David b.
Hill has shown him to be an insincere
and deceptive politician. He is full of
ambition, and for years has eagerly desired
to be made the Presidential candidate Of
his party. There can be no doubt that
he was hopeful Of being made such can
didate at the Chicago Convention in 1896,
and also at the recent convention at Kan
sas City. Having failed to get the noml-
nation in 1896, he sulked and kicked.
His scheme to capture the Kansas City
convention having also failed he has con-
Guided to try another plan-to eat CROW
and say he enjoys 1t. Now he is on the
stump praising Bryan as man and
avoiding a discussion Of the issues on
which he stands, as made by the Chicago
platform, ratified by the Kansas City plat
form. Mr.. Hill made speech at Rich
mond on the End inst, and he said that
he "would not discuss silver at l6 to l
for Gold Democrats and Silver Democrats
were getting into line at the ratio of l6
votes to Bryan to for Mckinley" This
declaration, however, was preceded by
one which was equivocal and misrepre'
senting. The report Of the speech made
by the Richmond Times says:
"In discussing the financial question,
Mr.. Hill said instead Of the Republican
party keeping their pledge 10 reform the
currency of the county, they erected a
wall of protective tariff around the indus
tries of the country in the interest Of pri'
yate bene6ciaries. He said that with all
the talk about fifty.cent dollars, the Re-
publicans had all along been coming Gil
yer dollars without the aid or consent of
any other nation"
This discussion of the financial question
was about as honest as the equivocal po-
sitions taken by Mr.. Bryan on many
questions that have recently been put TO
him. Mr.. Hill knows that the millions of
silver dollars that have been coined un-
der the Mckinley Administration have
been coined from bullion owned by the
Government; and that they are not fifty
cent dollars. They are sound, one hun.
dred cent dollars, first owned by the Gov
eminent, paid or handed out by the Gov
eminent, and which it pledges itself to re-
deem as one hundred cents dollars.
The most of Mr.. Hills speech at Rich
mond was devoted to discussion of imper.
ialism and government by injunction.
His reasoning on these two questions was
as far fetched as was his discussion of the
financial question. His arguments were
artificial and insincere, because he dis
cussed moot questions.