The sun., 1902-03-12
W.F. SHEEHAN is OUT FOR HILL
SAYS DEMOCRATS MIST NOMI-
NATE ID. u. FOR GOVERNOR.
President Cantor OF Manhattan VIII Concur
lie Is FOnder OF ". =. Sheehan Than
He Is OF John e., 10 whom lie Has Felt
Obliged 10 Refuse Some Appointments.

The Hon. William Francis Sheehan,
former Lieutenant Governor of the State
OF New York under Gov. Roswell Petit
bone Flower, returned last night from a
vacation in Florida and other Southern
States. Mr.. Sheehan does not care to talk
about politics very much nowadays. but
he consented to speak last night on the
Democratic situation in the State Of New
York. Mr.. Sheehan said
THE Democratic party Of the State must
nominate Mr.. Hill for Governor. That
is the only solution of the present problem.
All kinds OF Democrats would support
Mr.. Hill for Governor. This is my esti-
mate Of the situation, and there is no gain
saying it,
Mr.. Hill was Governor two and half
terms. He was t-Governor when
Grover Cleveland was elected President
in 1884 He was elected Governor in 1885
and reelected in 1883 lin which Presidential
year Mr.. Cleveland lost the State Of New
York;. and in 1891, the majority Of Demo-
Gratis wanted Hill to run again. but the
sentiment was for a new man and that new
man was Roswell p. Flower.
In 1894 W. Bourke Cochran and certain
Tammany men stampeded the Democratic
State Convention at Saratoga and nomi-
mated Hill for Governor. Hill was beaten
by 148O 600 by Levi p. Morton. Gov. Hill
would have nothing to do with the Bryan
campaign in 1890. 1t is true that he enter
fert's Roost Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan, but
he took no part in tho campaign,
and the Nebraska statesman ever since
speaks bitterly Of MIR. Hill; but in times
ike these Mr.. Bryan's criticisms Of Mr..
Hill are considered in Democratic camps
a commendation.
Mr. Hill during the campaign of 1900
like Mr.. Croker made bluff at being regular,
and so in the National Democratic Conven-
ton nothing specific can be fired at Mr.
han believes that Mr.. Hill would make
the strongest kind of a Democratic cam
didate for Governor TO be nominated this
fall.
Mr.. Sheehan has a very strong following
in Erie county, He has also sound sup
port in New York city, and he is the personal
friend Of Jacob A. Cantor, President Of the
borough of Manhattan, who until recently
was unfriendly 10 Mr.. Hill. But Mr.. Cantor
and Mr. Hill have had number Of pleasant
conversations, and things are now all right,
il was said. in that direction.
Mr.. Cantor il the real leader OF the Anti
Tammany Democrats in New York city.
The relations between Mr. Cantor and John
c. Sheehan while outwardly friendly, can
not be regarded as intimate. For instance,
Jonn 1, Sneehai, IL was salu ldHl iiRlt, mas
made many requests Of President Cantor
which Mr.. Cantor could not see his way
clear 20 granting.
John G. Shcehan, il was said last night, is
very jealous Of the prominence of Presi-
dent Cantor: Cantor as an old Tamnany
Senator imbibed much Of his politics from
John Kelly and Richard Croker, and while
Richard Croker treated him very shabbily,
it Is understood, Mr.. Cantor is quite capa-
BILE of playing the game of the Greater
New York Democracy for himself and for
the Democrats who surround him,
1t Is a peculiar incident Of the situation
trpdIy Una, Me re ,be Mnn S War, gsiSon66 sSen6ng
and regards the former Lieutenant Gov
ornor's opinion very highly, he does not
seem TO run in the traces with John {. Shec-
han, the brother OF the Hon. William r.
and will not appoint men TO office on the
mere say-so of John {.