New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-15
HILL AMONG THE BRAVES
THE EX- -.SENA TOR AT NJNON',S s.
LOVE FEAST.
BACK AT THE CLUE AFTER LONG
ARSENCF-RJTT GENERAL WHEELER
GETS THE CHEERS.

The tOnrtOm of TammanylZed Je1erSOnlah
Democratic harmony was beaten with great
vigor last night the Democratic club, IN
Fifth-ave but not with the success that Lewis
Nixon the new boss of Tammany Hail. had hoped
for Ex-senator David B. Hill. after an alb
sence from the Democratic Club of seven years.
trod its velvet carpets last night once again.
and listened to soft phrases from the unterrihed
Tom" Grady, who, at the last State convention
passed up epithets to NJ. Hill instead of bou-
quets. To the Tammany men who are just be-
ginning to feel the grpes of the poverty coming
from being out of office. 1t was a night OF
! harmony. All kinds of Democrats, with the ex-
ception of Sheehan Democrats, were there Inc
Tammany Democrats no longer call the friends
Of John c. Sheehan by the name of Democrat
They are nothing but ''guerillas." No guerliias
were invited to the harmony feast last night
Senator Hill delivered much the same speech as
he has been giving in the last six or eight years
on the anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth
He started off with a whirlwind of applause
from the Tammany braves and wound up with
another whirlwnd presumably because the
| double whrlwind on the cards, ana was
arranged for by the speakers committee before
| hand But the interim covered by Mr.. HITS
labored outlining of Democratic issues ana priil-
| ciples as he would have them, brought Iorth
only occasional evidences of approval
The real live attraction of the evening was
| General Joe Wheeler who was prevaileu up''
| to attend the dinner on the plea that IL W"s T."
| truly Democratic love feast and that All 'is
Democrats of the United States pretty much
| were to be on hand General Wheeler was III
| troduced as hero and Democrat and as s'on
| as he stepped to the little platform III 'ie
| main parlor of the Democratic CiuD. useu ''7
night as an assembly room, he received cheer
| ing and hand clappng that could be heard ior
| blocks There ring OF the rl8ht hiiu u
| patriotism to his words when he SAID:
Every American mother for two centuries
has taught her son that the greatest honor 'i''l
| is possible for him is to give his hfe. II heeu w.
| for the honor and prestige of his country II
| these teachings coupled with the teachings oI
| Thomas Jefferson that have made our county,
| the magnificent country that 1t is to-nigh''
| THE BRAVES APPLAUD
This was so different from what had been
expected in the line of politics and issues thh'
| the Tammany men broke loose with great vlgor
and sincerity In applauding General Wheeler
The sneakers list last night contained the
| names of ex-senator Hill, James NJ Gr1sgS
| chairman OF the Democratic ConsresSloha' N"'
| paign Committee General Joe" Wheeler Seha-
tor Thomas F. Grady. ex-Governor ROBERT H.
i Pattison of Pennsylvania. and Thomas Ban
| Invitations to attef9 the dinHsr rad been sem
| 70 all the members of the Democratic National
| Democrats in all the counties of the State. DEM
| ocratic Mavors of the State all Democratic
state Senators. Supreme Court Judges ou'S'uV
Of New-York County and sheriffs and county
clerks all over the State. together with rev
Democratic Congressman outside OF TINS county
| The club was profusely decorated with puh'lnE
and cut flowers. AS soon as the guests sliEINou
they were decorated with Jeffersonian badges
Ex-senator Hill started off the love feast by
shaking hands with Judge d. Cady Herrick ms
| old political enemy In Albany County. Only a
| few OF the Kings County Democrats were
| present but these included Senator McCarren
and ex-Police Commissioner York c. v
| Fornes president of the Board of Alderman.
was the only fusion official present Perry Bel
| mont made his appearance at the clup aiter an
| absence of about two years. t.X-ControHer
| Coer Henry d. Hotchkiss Arthur \. Mclean,
! Elliot Danforth and Chairman Frank Camppell.
| of the Democratic State Committee. were among
| the guests Mr. Nixon. who presided, spoke
| briefly about the spirit of harmony which he
| and others in the Democratic Club now seem to
| he striving for Referring to ex-senator HILL he
| said:
We have in our mdst'-and then he stopped
| long enough to notice John F. Carol! wink his
| right eye-"we have in our midst, said Mr.
| Nixon "a distinguished Democratic leader. and
we abate none of our pride in his record as Gov
| of this state When we compare IL viii
the record of his succ ssors.'' Great applause)
HILL COVERS A WIDE RANGE.
| As Mr. Hill stepped forward to speak he
| stepped under the outspreadfng branch OF n
| large palm. leaf of which trembled and be-
| gan tickling MIN in the back Of the neck He
| ducked his head trhe when two Tammany
| braves rescued him from his embarrassment
| ly rushing forward and grabbing the inanimate
| tormentor of the orator from Wolferts Roost
| and jamming the foliage back against the wall.
Mr. Hill then began an analytical discussion of
| the character and teachings of Thomas Jefer-
son. starting with State rights. Mr.. Hill read
his speech from manuscript, and 1t wasn't
many minutes before the corridors began to
hum with conversation. Then Mr.. Hill touched
on centra lization of power viewed by Jeffer-
son; then home rule taxation. public and pri-
yate. opposition to standing armies, interna-
tional bmetallsm. opposition to dangerous com
binations of corporate capital. extension of free
institutions Philippine policy, the election OF
| United States Senators by the people-taking,
in fact a text from all the old Democratic sign
boards reaching back to the time when Inonlas
Jefferson young man
Mr. Hill declared that the Republican organi-
cation in this State has recklessly and au-
daciously sown the wind. and 1t VIII surely
rean the whirlwind this fall He said that the
Republican machine was an oligarchy. and had
intimidated the free and untrammelled judg
ment of the judiciary. In referring to what he
considered a political outrage. he made
"hreak" He scored the State administration
for creating ar officer known as county
ditor for Saratoga County, and then admitted
that Governor Odell had vetoed the bill. He
characterized the Governors policy toward
charitable institutions as a raid upon them. and
closed his long address with discussion of the