New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-11

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Buffalo conducted their business undAF pooling
arrangement by which twenty-fouF remained
idle and the Others Charged enough TO pay large
diriderfds orfhe stesE OF all the evators. hurt
ing tbeyr >e7or ej4Snt charges ahe business of
the canals AID Of the State. The pill was TO
break up the monopoly. aud Hils vote secured
Its defeat :,
During one campaign 'The Independent SAID
OF Hi:
Goye-nor nm is rot only smell MAJ in the he
succeeded the Office. has made It hiet chief bqSi-
ness 10 secure ihc nomina ton OF David & Hlll,
eo eiets q the Democratic PATTY and
Tern ls,.le without any regard 70 Inc caaT
His brief career as Governor ana his career sae
fer the honor he seeks. and ought to settle the
question against him with the voters Of this state;
be tho preeteaI'res0it ~, ~
In 1888 Hill had a plurality of s9.1T1 over
Warner 8fill&T, but Benjamin Harrison defeated
Grover Cleveland by. peagly 10000 This defec-
tion OF about 81, 900 IN the Democratic vote was
widely attributed to:a, betrayal Of Cleveland by
HiH. who it was declared, succeeded only be-
cause he able 10 sell Presidency for a
GoEerporship." Henry Wattersor, yvriting TO
Nj. IfnI*m 1890 fsaid he knew the Export that
Hin defeated the election Of Cleveland was
false. but said:
II VIII cling 10 you as long as you I'VE
ana will meet you in every -Rational convention,
il if be not disspated by some act on your part
great enough. to blot it out:t In default OF this
II you have any hope Of the Presidency it VIII
defea: that. ..
This is a gIImps5; Tor tiie most pa.s seen With
e,eyes O5eS-Judge1 Parke-'s supporters, OF the
kind of man his political sponsor was at the
tin6 Or his earlier artfvity 4rhfter he had be-
come Governor Mr.. Hnfs doings became more
generally known. His part IN the canal scandal.
In which the note Endorsed by Mr.. Parker played
so prominent part. his reelection to the Gov
ernorship in 1883. obtained, according 10 many,
by betray al of Grover Cleveland then candidate
for reelection TO the Presidency; his theft of
the legislature in 1S9I- through agents working
under typewritten instructions; and the famous
snap convention" are. ali matters of common
knowledge His plank for the government
ownership % coal mines., inserted in the Demo-
cratic State platform two years ago to catch
the, votes OF those made restless by the coal
strike, and Bird s Coers public remuneration
of that plank. on Which he was supposed 10 be
running for Governor. are still fresh in the public
mind - : T 30 1902
Perhaps of these later notorious acts Of Mr..
Hill the stealing az the,State Assembly is the
one that showed most clearly the kind of citizen
he was-and is. A Democratic legislature was
needed by Hill TO carry out properly his schemes
as Governor When the regular press returns
or the State election OF 1891 showed the As
seIlfply Republican by small margin Hill and
his adherents refused to accept the returns.
They first claimed the State for their party and
then set about to steal H.
On December %, 1891, Isaac H. MAYNARD then
Deputy Attorney, acting under Hilrs instruc-
lions, stole one of the three copies of the cleo
ton returns Of Dutchess County from the Office
Of the State Controller and Storm Emans, clerk
OF the board of canvassers of the county. who
had been sent to Maynard by Hill removed IL
other copy of the returns from the mail sent to
Hill in his official capacity Governor Of the
state The third and remaining copy Emans
took from Frank Rice in 1892.
The regular returns of the votes cast having
been thus got out Of the way. Maynard. still
acting under Hills orders. advised the Board Of
State Canvassers TO receive another set of fig
ures. which had been declared fraudulent ami
had been barred out by order OF the Court
OF Appeals The Board OF State Csnvassers. OF
when Masnard was. himself - .mcTnber. disre-
garded the ruling Of the Court Of Appeals and
following ,tkes advk4. of.Hfll4 henchman ac-
cepted the returns declared fraudulent.
This feat of political dishonesty gave the XVIII
Senate District to the Democrats and made the
Senate Democratic. Hill made no pretence OF
ffs He sVs defss Meyar ds al action hS ne eBd
the whole steal saying publicly: Whether any
law was strained spr not. justice did in fact pre-
For his part in this astste bit OF political Job
berry, Maynard was rewarded by mis- employer
court Of Ws the aane bench N f,s Of the
thought Of Maynard they showed when on No
Nember z. 1893. they had a chance TO vote for
highe9f
court OF the State; He was showed under by
plurality OF f01 0i3
No one knows the utter insincerity Of Hill
better than the members Of his own party No
one esteems the veracity of the Sage Of VOL
ferts Ro0st" less than he men who have com
muned closest with him.
For example. in the State campaign Of 1900
the faction Of tine Democratic party hostile 10
Hi charged him repeatedly with duplicity. On
august ~ Richard Croker, James Shevlin.
United States Senator Murphy State Senator
McCarren and other members Of the combina-
ton opposing Golfer for Governor gave out a
statement that Ny. Hill was insincere in his sup
port Of Coler and was PLAYING crooked politics.
Furthermore. ex-senator Murphy charged Hill
with secretly obtaining delegates TO vote for
Mayor Mcclure OF Syracuse for Governor, and
the ex-senator added that Hill doing this
through a brfber
an accusation Ex-senator, Murphy said that no
had letter the writer OF which declared that
a certain Syracuse politician was buying dele
DO you believe that the writer OF this letter
is telling the TRUTH" Mr.. Murphy was asked;
August ~, 1900, wds:
Yes: and knew It all along. Mcclure Is the
real candidate and Coer is only bluff"
The portrait which Croker painted OF Hill in
this campaign also reveals how little he is re.
P'TSed By Democrats Y LaRoI Day speech
and ol: the following day, September 4. Croker
"iini did not come right out out and attack me
style Of doing business Mp mn never does
things in the open He always hides behind
and leaves loophole to crawl ont
Of. He IS deceitfu tricky. and couldn't tell the
truth II he wanted to. He is a picayune politi-
cian ana he wouldn't be a captain OF 2 district
II he lived In NcW-York City
''Tammany Hall wouldn't have 2 deceitful
sneak like Dave Hill in it's organi-
zat.on What We want In a leader Is a man who
is bravo and with~the courage 10 stand by what
he means and mot go 'shsakinG around in the
dark and hiding behind anything"