The Teton peak., 1904-09-08
HILL on ROOSEVELT.
The Nsw-1orker Abana"ns = rinsipls.
to Vilifv the President.

The New-Yorker Abnnions Prinsi,y.
to vilifv the President Z,
Evidence multiplies that the Dem.
cratic party will decline to dis scuss poA
tics or principles In the present cam
paign, but, 20 far as local condition.
permit, will cOnfine itself 70 critici,
ing President Roosevelt. Ex-Sen,to,
David B. Hill, who poses d the d;s
coverer and wet nurse Of the Democr.t,.
nominee, in opening the campaign /,
New York State last week deliberstal,
abandoned one of the chief planks OF th.
st. Louis platform when he said:
II do not care to say much about III.
tariff question, because II u one ..
which very few Of us agree"
So the denunciation Of ''protecticn A.
robbery" Is to be relegated to the scr,s
heap Of irrevocably exploded campair.
nostrums, along with the heaven-seni
ratio Of is to l and the "crime Of '73.~
Senator Hill also concurred with tn.
silent crytogram Of Esopus that, "tb.
coinage question 10 settled" not a. hs
explains, through Republican legisl,
ton, not by the edict of the America,
people twice expressed at National cleo
tions. but by the act Of Almighty God.
in increasing the output Of gold durins
the last few years. From which II /,
legitimate to infer that the Boer WI,
that for two years stopped the rod
production Of South Africa. and the DO,
war in Colorado that has pa artially pan
alyzed the gold yield OF that State, woulA
be classed by Senator Hill A. acts Of
almighty God" to limit the supply q
gold or to rehabiitate IN irrsvocabl,
settled issue.
Having cleared the decks Of the troH
blesome questions Of sound currency and
protection Of American industry, Sens
tor Hill unlimbered the batteries Of VOL
| fcrt's RoOst upon Theodore Roosevelt
He told his audience that the Presidep,
was "a fraud" but shrewdly Withheld
| any specifications. He asserted that b.
had had experience with the Republica,
candidate when he (HilD was Lieutenant
governor and Roosevelt was In the Legs
lature, where he was constantly trim
ming"
AS q matter Of fact, Mt. Roosevelt
was a member of the New York Assem-
bly,, and Lieutenant Governor Hill, q,
presiding officer Of the State Senate, had
no opportunity to gavel the Troublesome
Republican reformer off the door.
But waving the baseless assumptiol
Of knowledge on Mr.. Hills part, hs
should have specified the nature of th.
trimming in which Assemblyman Rooss
velt was constantly engaged. There are
trimmers and trimmers. There are
thmble-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 ot1cial excres
cences here. clipping the ella W. Of danger
GUS beasts there, and everywhere per
forming the highest service to the people
and to the State.
Assemblyman Roosevelt's service t.
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 1SS2-1S84 was an earnes,
Of what he was to achieve In broader
fields as he grew In years and experience
No claim OF infallibility has ever bees
urged for him. But his motives and
methods have always been 20 honest
above board and straight forward thai
they naturally aroused the gonisn
and censure Of David B. Hill, who haa
never pursued q straight course II Z
crooked. underground passage was avail
able.
Ex-senator Hill says he prefers ths
silent judicial Parker to tho aggrsssiv,
Roosevelt. 1t would be strange il he dN
not.
President Roosevelt has nothing \
fear from David b. Hill. except his euls
gies. Should he win these hs NIGH
well begin to suspect himself.