Show JJSENATOR HILLS PROGRAMME I David B Hill in Insisting that the Democrats qf New York put a gold plank In their State platform evidently wants to emphasize his contempt for Mr Bryan personally as well as to be first In the new departure he contemplates contem-plates for the Democratic party The State conventions of the Democratic party that have declared for silver this year are so few thai they can he counted count-ed on the llngcisj or one hand even Utah Democrats didnt l declare for silver sil-ver but on the contrary explained in effect thai the free coinage of silver fs not one of the abiding principles of the Kansas City platform which they indorsed In their convention at Provo The ConnectIcut Democrats wouldnt even lei the Kansas City platform be I ncntloned t Massachusetts Democrats I threw out the sliver plank and downed Jwirge Fred Williams the silver char iion And 8 It ROCS Mr Hill no doubt I sees In all thiN the reverse swing of I the pendulum and wants to be first on the gold platform so he can catch It and tie It I to the cross of gold Buteven If I he cant get the New York Democrats to adopt a gold platform In can probably prevent the rcafllrma lon of the Kansas City platform and thai will be a good deaj of n gain from his standpoint |