The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-05-29
HILL THE SILENT MAN OF WOLFERTS ROOST,
PLANS TO FILL THE SHOES OF MARCUS HANNA
His Idea Is to Become the WAR
wick Of a Democratic Admin 4
istration at Washington.

hopes TO swing enough Democratic votes
to elect Legislature which Will elect
him Senator. On this programme the man Y
or steel and Ice Ia liamuierlng away day
and night. working aud planning ut att
times. either at his handsome country
homo near the cemetery or else In his
dingy law office on Broadway. Albany,
Tho Office is one OF those old fashioned
affairs In an old fashioned building, and
never Il ray Of bright sunshine or Of
wholesome life invades 1t. Hill Is essen-i
TALLY man of dinSy methods and lie Y
prefers to work nmong these surround
ings. Either at his office Or In his mora
comfortable study ut his home he res
ceiveR his political associates and fol-8
lowers and mnpsiout the programme his
brain has evolved. All his visitors are
associates or followers; none are friends.
A Magnificent Lawyer.
No relatives live with Hill, no one at
all calls his house a home, save the serv- 4
ants who are employed at tho place It b
Is distinctly bncheor's hail. and very
benighted and lonesome bachelors hall ap
that. The home Itself. a. beautiful spot
was built and owned for years by Fritz
Emmett. the actor. After I1mmets death
some political admirers OF Kill bought
the place and gave It to the Senator. Flo
rcchristened It ns Wolfert's Roost. and
made It his own.
Hills law practice is almost wholly
confined to the Court of Appeals. over
which Judge Parker presldes. but the,
record OF cases which Hill has tried there
since Judge Parker took his seat as Its
head. shows that the cour., and Judge
Parker himself. has not hcsitated OF any
time to take Il view Of a. case entirely
different than as Hill presented It. How
ever, be 1t said to the credit OF Hill that
he is seldom wrong on n legal point and
his knowledge of constitutional matters
Is the wonder and admiration OF the on
tire legal profession 1t will be remein-
bered that tho decision Of the United
States Supreme court some years ago 4
In the Income Tax case read as though
tho learned Justices had taken Hills
Senate speech against the income tax
bill on passage, and had made It the sis
for the decision. In tho speech OF Hill
lie had declared tho act unconstitutional
and on exactly the same grounds that he
gave the court 80 found. AT the time OF \
the speech Hills position generally was
ridiculed.
As to the People.
AS a corporation lawyer he would rank
at the top. yet with these talents he
refused to practice except just enough to y
supply his needs, and for twenty years
had kept steadfastly to the passion OF /
his life. Will, the qualification OF his am !
bitions further and further away with
each new year. 3@38 is4
OF course putting nil partisan state
nents aside. no man can tell what Is to
be the outcome of the tons that
are soon to excite the country at large,
nor indeed after that forecast certainly
the action OF the voters of the country.
SO far as the chances of Judge Parker
arc concerned this alone can be said with
safety--the magnetism OF Hill with tho
Democrats of the country Is not OF 5sut-
nc!ent volume alone TO bring success TO
his candidate Should Parker ever be-
/ come chief magistrate OF the United
\ Suites it will he because Of his own ater-'
Cling record. his own personality aud he
i cause the people believe in him for him
/ self, and with this belief exercise their
\ rights as citizens of the great repub-
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