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Show PtAlrl Iff D. I HILL Famous Democrat Suddenly Sud-denly Called-Aspired to the Presidency New York. Oct. 20. David B. Hill, ex-United Slates senator and former governor of New York, died suddenly today at WoolfcrTs Roost, his country coun-try home. About I wo weeks ago Mr. Ilill was sb.zi d with a bllous attack, and, although his condition was not considered serious, his physician ad-! vised h'm to remain at homo until lie I recovered A cold developed ami 1 a t - er alarming report of hiv condition were circulated. These r ports, however, how-ever, wr-ro denied by friends. The senator appeared to lie on the road to recovery until Inst night, when be had a jinking spell which resulted in his death. David Bennett Hill was bo-n Aug. 29. I8in. When 17 yeirs old he entered ent-ered the law office of Col .lohn I. Lawrence of Havana. N. Y, and when 21 was admitted to Hie bar Later he was thosen city attorney of F.lmira, then being elected alderman and still later mayor. He was elected to the assembly In 170 and again in 1S71. In his f rst term in the assembly he made his memorable fight to abolish contract convict 1 n I j . r and in his- second ho was n member of the Judiciary committee com-mittee with Samuel J TiMen, they beine the onlv Demr.rrat'c nn-mliTS which had the ta.;i; of Investigating the alb-cid scandalous an 1 mrrmt conduct of certain New York rlty Judges. For mnnv years Mr Ilill wns a member if the Democratic state committee and. in Is7i. ami 1 s S I , be was n delegate to the national ccn-vention ccn-vention which nominate 1 Tibb-n and Cleveland respr et; vely. In 1SS2 be was elected lieutenant, governor on tic s-,ne ticket with Cnnor Cleveland ari.i. following Mr, Cleveland's election to tbe presidency. Mr. Ilill became goornor, subsequently subsequent-ly elected for two terms. He wa.-i governor Sir seven years. In 1S91 Mr! Ilill was elected United States senator nnd iu 191 he was once more the candidate for governor but was defea'e 1 bv Levi P. Morton, bis Republican opponent. Mr. Ilill was the candidate for the notn'nation for president In IVJ'J. but (Imver Cleveland wns eVcted tn that office. In 19U Mr. Ili'l was credits! with being the political s; onsor cf A'ton B Barker, who va nominated for t!te ( presidency by th" Democratic national convention at St. I o lis Following that electiuti, Mr. Ulil announced his permanent retirement from politics and since that time had devoted himself him-self to his law practice. |