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Show lead, voting for his stato ticket and sustaining sus-taining htm iu all his nefarious methods. He now no longer needs them and he laughs at their discomfiture. Hill is a politician of too low a grade to be accepted by the democracy of the country aa a presidential candidate, but he is now able, thanks to the aid of th-Cleveland th-Cleveland democrats lo kill off Clevkla.ni. The Cleveland democrats demo-crats have had their laugh. TBBIB LAI OB is OVKB. Tho ilcm.ier.-ita of tho (ounlry havo la-en quietly 'hucklini ovor the progress prog-ress of Da vid It. Hill as step bo step he lias overturned tho republican senate sen-ate in New York. True, tho business lias at times been a heavy dose for decent de-cent democrats: to swallow, but they liuvo taken it til! down with as good a fare as possible, in view of tho common advantage to bo reaped by tho party at large. Bat now that it is all over, the victors Will have a hilarious old timo with tho spoils. Up to this stage all democrats have been laughing. From this on some democrats will laugh and gome w ou t. Tho chief actor ;n this business lias not boon riglititg so valiantly for the leuclit of tho democratic party alone lie has been planning first of all for David li. Hill. He loves the democratic demo-cratic jiurty ouly in so far as he oao use to promote hij own sellish ambition. Tho Cleveland democrats who have looked on at least in silence if not in open approval of the theft of tho sen-ate sen-ate will now see themselves more oltee-t oltee-t .tally shut out of Jiew York. The ad- I vantajic which Hill has gained will enable en-able him not only to resign if ho wishes to do so, but it will greaily strengthen his already powerful machine in tho siaio of New York. Governor-elect Ki.owe;;. in reappointing Hill's stall' and other ollieers, has shown his complete com-plete sitb-ervienc.) to Hill, and the largo number of appotatra&oU lo In; made ou the senate chaftgo will be m the I Hill interest. The result will be that I Jov York delegation will stand solid! for tho ex-governor and unalterably ! against Cleveland. The Clxv- I i.AM admirers may as well niako i up their minds that their favor-Itfl favor-Itfl ivill he unable to pet a f ingle delegate front his own I .siale, and this will ln.r him out of the luce. The Clkvkland uien iu I Xew York bava meekly followed Hill's |