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Show UIL (001-11. (IM MIL1IMI. Aewat foretbtdowid by nnarllcle In the I)raiHKTNw tewdayeago, the action of Benator David II. Hill It, figuratively teaklng, bilnglng hornet'a nett about hit ran. Our Thurtdty'e lelegrat bio reKrt glvea tho Information that a large meeting wat held In Cooper Union, .-Sew Vork, on Wednerday evening, to rotctt agalntt the "midwinter convention" called for tbe l.mptre Htate ritumably In the Interert of tbe Henalor'a uplratlont for Hit Proildency. Itlaclalmeillhat the meeting wat really In the Inlerett of exl'retldenl Cleveland, though undoubtedly without with-out hit connivance. The building wat crowded Io Hi ulniotcapfw.lty,end Iheleuor of the ipeeohti made wat, at will bo teen by a perutal of the pro ceedlnit, atrongly denunciatory of the courts taken by tho ex-(.ovtrnor ant lilt henchmen. Tblt It omlnout, anl the Hetuocratlo party, relying upon New loikrilatotowln the 1'rctlden tlal election, will doubtlett tale a tober aecond thought upon the waytblngi political are drifting. -JbeworlJ It thronged with peojle who Inttlnctlvcl) admire aud uphold aucceta without galng back of the mere facta pneented aud lnJlrlng Into merltt, iurpotea or oljectt. Tho ntkM presentment that au a Irani or a claimant hat gained what lie Ind to or alined at, It enough to till tbe air with plaudlla and exclude all cumlderatlon of the meant by which tbe end wat wrought. We don't tay that tblt It Benator HIII'i catebul unqueillonably It It that of many who, It la claimed, are nw In roindJcrately leaillng Ih.lr party to the brink offtnabyti. They aJmlre him, rrtHCt lilm,and wll) do whatever It itiUlrrdofthem to further lilt lAtite without Inqulrlug at to tho right or tbe wronir of tbe cate. There are a good many othera who alto aJmlre and retpoct hliu beiaute of lilt touceJeil ability, hit fearleta publlo methedi, lilt tnttlor organizing organiz-ing qualltln and lilt general fltneti to occupy exalted atatlont. Theau admit that be would make anadmlrable I'm Ident becaute he hat magnified every calling ao far reaeted In him, but a great many of Ibeiu (and tbo promo tera of and apealer nt the Cooper Union im cling are of Ibe number) In alit upon It that he la overreaching hltme.ll and It, In a word, repeating In one form the career of Htephen A, Douglat that It, belt tacrlflcltig lilt parly upon the altar of lilt own pir-aonal pir-aonal ambition, aud they demand to know why It ihould be. No ouu can galmey the eminence of tbo autject or decry hit comprehen live faculllea of leidenblp. Ho may properly be termed the Naioleoii of jolltlct; but Napoleon'a unbrldletl am billon brought lilt Waterloo at latt. That It the manner In which thoto who aro the Hcnator't frlendt up to the point at which he teemi to tutko of hit arty a tle lug ttone to Ibe high-ett high-ett lxco the people have to beatow, wlibed the cate to bo looker) at. And they claim, furthermore, that II be thould bo nominated by a national convention In which no Irlckery or treichery fouu I I late, they would atlll be hlifrlenla and do all they lould toaecuro lilttrlunih, Aa the Htate convention la to be held on tbe SIM I int., thoto who u polo Mr. Hill and thin ly parity of noun lug are tuppoted to eupport Mr. Clove land, wlllbavotnactvlKoroutly If they accomi Dili an) thing at all. |
