The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-01-29
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Tho Invitation given David % if1 by
tho Democrats ~ Texas to come tU
that state ana spcak On current ana
/ future politics means mora ihnu
/ personal compliment NJ the satlsfao-
. tlun ~ public curiosity. Teras -. Oh
/ has been the stronghold " Hryan.
and the twice. defeated Nebraskan stll
counts his friends there IN multltudos
liut Texas Democrats like those else.
where indulge no illusions about
leader who has twice carried them into
u Waterloo They viii not follow him
again and they are looking for some
one ~ equal or greater capabillty
who stands q chance tn win and re-
store the Democracy to power when
II has held for but eight years out NJ
forty There is no use I'm turning
again to Cleveland and rlsking the
issue Of third term and OF the poss,-
bile leaders that remain, David u. Hin
IL the most able and distinguished,
Mr.. German not excepted
Twenty years ago MIR Hin was
lawyer Of Southern New York, who
had won some local prestige AT
the bar. but had enjoyed no political
experience outside the boundaries
Of his State, and but little within
them. He was cold, calculat-
ing man who never drank
or smoked or cultivated knowledge
OF society. one would not have
thought of him as party favorite.
but when Cleveland came to the front
for Governor of New York in 1882, Mr..
Hill was picked out for second place
on the ticket because OF his geograpn
lcal location. That was the year of
the Democratic tidal wave when Cleve-
land got 600 majority. To the sur
prise of his party Hill got 1877 900 ma
jority and by grace of that success he
began TO figure as rival of Cleveland |,
for Democratic State and National
leadership.
His growth in the sphere of affairs .
was rapid. on Cleveland's election as |
President, Hin filed his unexpired |
term as Governor In 1885 he was |
nominated for the full term and elect |
ed by a great vote. Three years later
his reelection followed and at the !
close of his term he became United
States Senator.
MIR. Hin had been called a peanut
politician" and the phrase stuck. But /,
in point of fact he was no more of a
peanut politician than was Martin Van
Buren, or Henry Clay, or Samuel j.
Tilden. 1t did not take him long when
in the Senate to dispute Gorman's
primary, and before his term had half
ended the Senate regarded him as one
of its three or four ablest men. He .
was adrOit in debate, quick in strata
gem practical in craftsmanship. The
Cleveland influence was against him.
however and he could not hope to get
a Presidential nomination from his
party while Cleveland was available
for second term. So to keep his /
hand in he ran for Governor again, but .
he chose Republican tidal wave year y
for the experiment and was simply en-
quilted Since then he has emerged
but once from retirement, and that was ,
W go as Il delegate TO the Kansas City L
convention. The enthusiasm which /
greeted his appearance on the platform
was intense; and David B. Hill left the Il
great hall with his ambitions all re-
vived When Bryan scored second
defeat Hills prospects cleared Thence
forth the contest for party leadership {
was free for all, and who could do bet
ter in such "a race than the man who
had behind him so fun record of Z
Democratic service, and had run so
many great political heats with tri. {
umph at the end
Shall it be Hill in 1904? II he lives I
and makes no mistakes his bid for the :.
Democratic nomination may easily be Il
the strongest, He is today the leading a
probability; his chances are vastly bet u
ter than Bryan's or Germans or Till ,
mans, while Cleveland has no chance c
at all, Hill stands between the ultra |
conservatism of Cleveland, and the So /
'ialtstic radicalism Of Bryan. He is a 0
Democrat of strong convictions, and of ii
he old Van Buren, and Jacksonian >
school. He could rally his party and 8
cad it with spirit and dash. So why Ct
not Hin? Where is a more available Il
nan? o
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