Show SENATOR HILLS XOMIXAVIOX The nomination of Senator David B Hill for governor of New York by the Democrats of that state is the most important political event of the day His nomination for governQr of New York in all probability means his nomination by the Democratic party two years hence for President of the United States V His career has really been a very remarkable one and when he ran on the same ticket with President Cleveland Cleve-land he ran ahead of him He has always al-ways been the idol of the New York Democracy and their faith in him has ever been justified by the victories he has won Senator Hill hurt himself with his party in the Nation in 1888 and many believed he was more or less hostile to Mr Cleveland in that year and had much to do in losing him the election He and his friends always denied this and subsequent events have tended to make those who suspicloned him in 1888 accept that denial de-nial as nol ing but the truth At all events it is no longer held against himAt V At the Chicago convention in 1892 he undoubtedly miscalculated the sentiment senti-ment of the country which was for Mr Cleveland and Mr Cleveland alone His fight there for the nomination nom-ination and the presence of the anti < Snappers did much to injure Mr Hill wIth his party at the time but the hearty and loyal support that he and Tammany gave Mr Cleveland during the campaign removed all prejudice that may have resulted from the opposition op-position of the New York delegation to Mr Clevelands nomination at Chicago Chi-cago And now his party in New York have turned to him to lead them to victory Not only was the nomination not sought but It was forced upon him against his wishes and in the face of his protest No man ever received a heartier and more genuinely unanimous unani-mous call to duty from his party than did David Bennett Hill at Saratoga IJ > < I Wednesday The enthusiasm of that convention has spread to the Democrats Demo-crats of the whole country How could it be otherwise when a great and free S people ask a great leader to march at their head and lead them to victory again as of yore That Mr Hills nomination will fill the Republicans of the Empire state with consternation and dismay there V is no doubt In Mr Morton they chose an able and an eminently respectable candidate a man of affairs and of public experience He gave to his party what no machine Republican could have given and Platt showed his I hhV shrewdness in putting the machine behind V be-hind Mr Morton But it is doubtful if Platt or his party seriously thought that Senator Hill might be the gubernatorial guber-natorial nominee of the Democrats It will compel the Republican boss to bend all his efforts to pushing Mr S Morton and with the consciousness always al-ways that he is fighting against a great political general a general who has always led his followers to victory vic-tory That he will do it again is almost al-most certain V From now until November 6 the eyes I of the whole country will be watching the campaign In New York for the nomination of Senator Hill for governor gover-nor means that the successful candidate candi-date there will be the foremost arM L strongest candidate of his party for the presidential nomination in 1896 |