The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-14

cd within the Democratic party in New York against ex-Senator David B. Hill,
 who was the recognized leader of the Democracy of the Empire State in the re- cent state and Congressional campaign. while this war will result in the ellmi-
 nation of Hill as a Presidential possibil- ny in lsO4. 1t is to be feared that another Dreacn as disastrous to the party as oth- CTS that have occurred in the past is now Inevitable. The rarty conditions now presented in New York are certainly uepiorabie and will be deeply regretted Dy every Democrat in the country. and will be universal demand that steps VIII be at once taken to put the party mousse hold in New York in order by se- lecting for its leadership men who are mities-men who have mo friends to re- ward and no enemies to punish" With such leadership only is it possible for
 the New York Democracy to hope for 1 paign.
 It appears that the movement to over throw Hill is being directed by ex-Sena- tor Murphy and others who are at the head Of the State Democracy, and are l now seeking an alliance with Tammany and the Democratic organizations south of the Bronx. They charge that Hill has
 persistently sacrificed the success and
 ambition to be President of of the fIJ United States: that he prevented the nomination of Judge Alton B. Parker. who was the choice of the delegates of the State Con- the gubernatorill candidate of the party one whom he knew was less likely to tEwart his plans for the Presidency; that
 he kept Coler in the background and
 made himself the central figure of the 1 campaign. thus stirring up the hates and resentments of his own making; that he diverted the funds of Colers campaign to | the election of Senators and Assembly, l men to Districts in which the party had for years been hopeless and feeble minority.
 These in brief are the charges that
 have been preferred by the Albany Argus, | a newspaper owned by ex-senator Mur- | phy. and which yesterday fired the open | ing gun of the war for the dethronement | of Hill as the leader of the State De- | mocracy. But there Is another side to
 the story which is presented very forci- | bly in the election returns from several 1 counties up the State which for many years have given Democratic majorities and were regarded as safe for the party, sucE counties as Albany, Erie and Rens- | selaer. In these counties reside ex-Sena
 tor Murphy. Judge Cady Herrick and oth- CT men who are prominent in the move ment to down Hill. and 1t was these counties that returned majorities for
 Odell. to the surprise of the whole State
 majorities that gave him the election. It Is charged by the friends of Hin that
 Murphy, Herrick and their followers WOrkeu openly with the HepuDllcanS ana
 against the Democratic ticket, with the result that in Buffalo one of the few Democratic strongholds outside of Great CT New York, a majority of 5000 was re-
 turned for Odell, and the same kind of | work was done in the other up-State | counties where the Democratic majority | was either cut down or wiped out entire- | ly. Figures do not lie, and 1t seems that i the election returns clearly convict Mur- 1 phy, Herrick and others of gross party | treachery in order to destroy David B. | Hill as a political factor.
 The Democratic party in New York or any other State cannot hope to have any | voice in the affairs of the country If it permits itself to follow the leadership of traitors, hence the Democracy of New York should immediately drive from Its councils such marplots and at once seek for is leaders men who command public confidence, who are honest loyal and re- spectacle. If this course is not adopted 1t will be a mere waste of time and energy for the Democrats to make a campaign in New York in 1904.