The Prescott daily news., 1910-10-21
NEW YORK POLITICIAN WHO ORIGINATED PHRASE, "I AM
 A DEMOCRAT."
HAD A PRESIDENTIAL BEE
One of Old-Time Politicians Who Made Democratic History in New York State When Party First
 Got Control.

Albany, N. Y, Oct. 21.-After an illness of several weeks, David Ben nett Hill, the famous Democratic leader, former governor of New York state and United States senator, died at his home Woolfert's Roost, in the suburbs of Albany, at 3:45 a. n.
 Mir. Hill was 67 years of age, and his weakness, caused by illness from which he had been suffering for some time. was too great to permit him to rally when the final seizure came.
 At the National Democratic conven- tion in 1892 Mir. Hill was prominent candidate for the presidential nomi- nation Mr. Hill was again a candi- date for governor of New York ill 1904 He was defeated and since then has not taken a leading part in Dem ocratic politics, although he always has been factor.
 A Leading Attorney.
 AS lawyer Mir. Hill was considered one of the best in New York state and from 1SS6 to 1888 was president of the State Bar association. pc culiar trait of Mr. Hill was his con- firmed hatred of women. He never married.
 His ultimate ambition was to be the president of the United States. He failed in this, although he tried hard but his failure brought forth no bit terness. He said, philosophically he believed he was the only man in the United States who had the presiden tial bee and got over it.
 David Bennett Hill was the last of the old line politicians who made Democratic history in New York state when that party got control of the state government following the ia nous stalwart and halfbre Repub lican fight which involved President Chester A. Arthur and Senator Roscoe Conlding.
 He was for years in absolute con. trOl of the Democratic party organiza- tion of the state, and his bitter con- f1ict with the Grover Cleveland or ganiZation finally eliminated in Cleveland abandoning New York state as his home
 Hill Was a Fighter.
 As a fighter Hill had no superiors His enemies were implacable haters. while his friends were idol worship CTS. Hill was characterized by the close followers of President Cleveland as a peanut politician, and the country at large accepted this expres- sion as representing the man for many years Since he retired from active participation in political affairs, however, there has been a disposition to give him the place his talents earned for him.
 Born i'll Havana, N. Y, August 29, 1S43, Hill received an academic edu- cation and then moved to Elmira, where he studied law Admitted to the bar in 1864, he at once took an interest in politics, and that very same year he was made city attorney of Elmira. He was a delegate to the Democratic National convention of 1877 and from that time until 1900 he was a conspicuous figure at the big gatherings of his party.
 Tn 1882 Hill was elected mayor of Elmira and in the fall of 1893 he was given second place on the state ticket headed by Grover Cleveland As governor and lieutenant governor, Cleveland and Hill frequently clashed. At the election of 1884 Cleveland was chosen president of the United States and, when he resigned as governor, Hill, under the constitution, became governor.