Milford chronicle., 1904-09-09
HILL ON ROOSEVELT.
The New Yorker Abandons P-;..,,
TO Vi1ify the Preside,. piai

TO Why the President
Evidence multiplies that tbs n.
cratic party will decline to discrs- sHi9 -1o
tics or principles in the presea. poA'
paign, but, so far as local con5,..' 1lm
permit, will confne itself IN r;...a' cr;...!
ing President Roosevelt. Fv-S+ ,''y+
David b. Hill, who poses as tbe - ~
coverer and wet nurse Of the Deroo-s.'.
nominee, in opening the camn,i.,, =
New York State last week deliba.a..,,-- =
abandoned one Of the chief planks of n.
st. Louis platform when he said. '-'
i do not care to say much about fl.
tanh question, because it is one o,
which very few of us agree" vi
SO the denunciation of "protection os
robbery" is to be relegated to the scr,a
heap of irrevoeably exploded can,,,si--
nostrums, along with the heaver..,,..
ratio of 16 to l and the "crina of - y
Senator Hill also concurred with n,
silent crytogram of Esopus that ~,5'
| coinage question is settled" NOT .s h.
explains, through Republican legisra.
ton, not by the edict Of the Amer;..n
people twice expressed ut National alsc.
tons but by the act of Almighty Godp
in increasing the output Of gold dp~i1,
the last few years. From which Il i
legitimate to INFER that the Boer wa-
that for two years stopped tba coi1
production Of South Afr.ca. ard the labor
war in Colorado that has partially par.
alyzed the gold yield of that State Womb
be classed Ly Senator Hill as acts of
Almighty God" to limit the supply a.
gold or to rehabilitate an irreyocabi9
settled issue.
Having cleared the decks Of the from.
blesome questions of sound currency ana
protection of American industry Seno.
tor Hill unlimbered the batteries of VOL
fcrt's ROost upon Theodore Roosevelt
He told his audience that the President
was "A fraud" but shrewdly Withheld
any specifications. He asserted that he
had had experience with the Republican
candidate when he (HilD was lieutenonr
governor and Roosevelt was in the Legis.
lature, where he was constantly trim
ming"
As a matter of fact, Mr.. Roosevelt
was member of the New York Assem-.
bly,, and Lieutenant Governor Hill, as
presiding officer of the State Senate, had
no opportunity to gave the troublesome
Republican reformer off the floor.
But, waving the baseleSs assumption
of knowledge on Mr.. Hills part lie
should have specified the nature Of the
trimming in which Assemblyman Roose-
velt was constantly engaged. There are
trinners and trimmers There are
thimble-rigging politicians like David B.
Hill, for instance, whose entire public
life has been spent trimming his sails
to catch the Tammany gales that riot
around New York City. And there are
other trimmers whose work is done with
honest shears cutting off official excres-
cences here, clipping the claws of danger
GUS beasts there, and everywhere per-
forming the highest service to the people
and to the State.
Assemblyman RoOsevelt's service TO
New York was of the latter description.
The work he did for the reform of the
public service in the State and county Of
New York in 1SS2-1SS4 was an earnest
Of what he was to achieve in broader
fields as he grew in years and experience.
No claim of infallibility has ever been
urged for him. But his motives and
methods have always been so honest,
lbove board and straight forward that
they naturally aroused the antagonism
and censure of David 3. Hill, who has
never pursued a straight course if a
rocked, underground passage was avail
4 bic
Ex-senator Hill says he prefers the
silent judicial Parker to the aggressive
1t would be strange if he did
lot.
President Roosevelt has nothing to
lear from David B. Hill, except his eulo-
sies. Should he win these he might
well begin to suspect himself