Show SUDDEN DEATH OF D B HILL man who wa was long the ruling spirit of new now york democracy expire expires after brief illness albany N Y david bennett hill ie Is dead senator had been suf ferine fering from a cold and billious at tack of three weeks standing he lie waa was sitting up in bed to take a drink of water when he was seized with acute dilation ot at th the heart death followed quickly with no one but a nurse at hia his bedside darld bennett was born au an gust 29 1843 he ile was elected to the assembly in 1870 and again in 1871 for many ye scire tre mr hill waa was a mem her ber of the democratic state committee and in 1876 and 1884 2884 he was a delegate to the national convention which nominated tilden and cleve land respectively in 1882 he aias as elected lieutenant governor on the same ticket with grover cleveland cleeland and following Clev cleveland elands a election to the presidency of the united states mr became governor subsequently elected tor for two terms he was governor for seven year years in 1891 mr air was elected united states senator and in 1894 he be was once more the candidate for governor but wag was defeated by lea P morton bis his republican opponent mr bir was the candidate for the nomination tor for president in 1892 but grovia cleveland was elected for that office in 1894 mr was credited with being the political sponsor of alton B parker who ae wj nominated for the presidency by the democratic na lional convention at st louis fol lowing that election mr JIM an bounced his permanent retirement from politics and since that time had devoted himself to his law practice |