The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-23
D. B. HILLS GAME.
by HE SITS BY THE WINDOW AND DREAMS OF PARKER.

4 AND DREAMS OF PARKER. P Man of But One Vice and How He Intends to Business-A Lawyer Whom Hearst Hires, But Cannot Con- roI.
 With his feet on table and his hands his lap, man sits at a window over king the Broadway of Albany every ;ernoon and gazes out on the thor khfare. Men troop up the rickety Hrs, some to say "Howdy'' to him, lie to hold whispered conversations, he as matter of form. some hope of reward to come later. Some of visitors cal the man at the window ! lI|vernor"; some call him senator. :" one calls him by his christian name He in the presence, although outside office they always refer to him as ave."
 he man at the window is David B. |2i He practically has abandoned work and is devoting all his | rgies to his latest ambition or dream l {ae nomination and election of Judge bn B. Parker to the presidency. ps law offices in Albany occupy the Ire second floor of the office building. agrams and letters pour in on him day long. He reads them all. Some ss he dictates an answer; sometimes writes it himself. He has no con hts. He is the sole manager of the ipaign.
 is not until late in the day that he es his seat at the window to chat to dream. Earlier in the day he ets visitors in one of the other of many rooms in the big suite he oc- les, but invariably in the early eve he makes for his favorite loung- place at the window overlooking busy street. Occasionally he will his head and. look into a callers as he responds to a question, but erally the visitor has only a side of the man he is talking to. bose who knew David B. Hill best he is cold, cruel, selfish, unsym- etic and cunning. He hates for all and he has but one love-politics. he has but one one human vice anity. Only those who know him and have seen him when off his d can appreciate to what extent vice is developed He can swear lore ways and in more picturesque bitter language than regiment of women.
 t David E. Hill rarely is off his d. Steadfast of purpose, cajoling necessary, driving and threaten If occasion requires, cold calm and eal, it is only when the fury of his v ion is aroused by some well aimed
 pierces his armor of ice that he ks loose.
 N ve writer has known EiI for twenty NSs. He has been with him in the of campaigns, during lazy vaca- ' days at Normandie-by-th -the-Sea has ged with him on his spacious lawn fOllClL Q INOOol dilI lloo Ql6CQSStu cs with him a hundred times in anctity of the office where Hill sits e window and dreams.
 vid B. Hill never was more ear in his life than he is to-day. It is hst great play in the game of poli- the game that has been the joy the sorrow of his life. He believes CT can win He is certain Parker be nominated.
 ce Hill dreamed of the presidency imself, but that is past and gone. he dreams of being the power be-
 the throne-the Warwick of the Democracy.
 pvernor," said the visitor from York the other day, you seem to
 been resuscitated."
 Esuscitated is not the word" Hill Pd with the ghost of a smile. Re cted is what you mean"
 d Hill is right. For man politi-
 dead, for one who has made so
 egregious political errors, his nued mastery of the Democratic inc is surprising. He is without etism. he holds his followers in mpt and has little regard for les, yet he controls the organiza-
 The secret lies in the game. He
 hand in every county. He works asingly. No petty ward squabble tchogue or in Buffalo is too small s attention. How earnestly he en-
 in his work is shown by one re-
 he made.