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i. ths otrccu : cyjiDAY 7cur,::AU.; rcnTLAWD. Sunday mokning,1 januaiiy i ix ' I 4 Master of Politics Drops Out ame rtf the Ct - f j - - 1 . . .... 1 AVID BENNETT HIIX. tVe sag D Of "Woirert a . BomV lormex United States aenator from New York, swore off on politics New Year's dsy and up to this time has kept ,hm vow to ratlra forsver from tha con vention. -t ha "caucus-the -campaign and all forma and Varieties of politics what- VI ' soever. Bllcty I. .second -year- hi bun In politics continuously since he Waa 21. That gives- him a record or da.'fcreara. In that tlraa there have tean ' only throe greet leaders of the Demo crat to machine In New York state -Samuel J. Tilden,, Daniel Manning and " David B. Hill.; Manning's Urtn of gen eralship was ao short that it might be . . aald that tha politics of the state was vroporly dlvlelble- Into two -epochs, that of Tilden and that of Hill. - l Those 40 years of David 'B, Hill In ' - New York solutes have been years of tress and storm, of great success' and overwhelming defeat, of desperate situ tions and hairbreadth eecaoee, of oni j llajit strategy and forlorn hopes, and .through It all fighting, fighting; tight. int. ?r,i !: '(:,;-'. :7. --:! - There .'never has been political 'fighter hi the atata-qutte-th equal af David B- If ill tor resduicefulriess and 4 " persistency. , .- ( . , Never In hie political tlatdry SI he measure swords wth tils arstwhtle sufo .,. ' 'cessful antagonist' a' second -time--that . ' the antagonist did not "bite the dueti" . ' Thla happened to Richard. Croker three - ittmes and Croker waa, out . In ll4 i ' Croker Joined In the movement which 'forced the nomination., for governor on Hill at a time who defeat waa aa jer , tain is doom. When the nextatate coiv - ventlon wae - held Croker - waa abroad, 'whither he went to' escape embarrassing rfcjueations- by the Tow committee, land no one disputed H1IL who easily ran the ( 'state convention by long distance' tele r , iphone. In S1UI Croker nominated Judge jVanl Wyck for governor, defeating Hill. J I but. Hill next year controlled the state committee.. In 190( Croker once more - defeated HlUMn 4be oonveatloiv-Twt In Itha convention Which followed Hill waa In the saddle and Croker waa once moral an ; i- . . As governor of (the aUte Hill left his ' 7 (Imprint aa governor- (ho followed ' him ttias done." When he went to the 'eenate ha had enemies to -ptiltlah, a mar :' -chine to protect and a repuUtlon aa-a national etatestnan to make. Ha did all -. ---4three-of these things. Flrat. he stood lup in thesenato and single handed de- feated th nomination or William a. i Hornblowef vto ba a Justice- of the su . ; Id re roe court of1 the TTnitad States.'.". Then ,ne entered, tha arena as the opponent of 'tha Income tax. Ha did not defeat It, "hut ha drew the brief wblchwhen uaed ' in ha supreme court f the United tatea.-resulted in a decision that the v Uaw -waa uBconetitutlonaT. - He took, the v position of champion of-tha administra tion, which ha had shortly before de- I f ated on tha Wilson tariff - bill, and plunged in to a debate which baa Kept " 4 himself '. and ; -. Senator Gorman apart polttlcally Tor aeveral yaara. r- ' There la- nothing ' mora striking -tn - -'any American politician' a career, than - Hill's position at Chicago, when ha took "T-itha platform to fight f ra ellver and - - 'made hta famous deolaratlon. "M.Chlr- . 'man. I am a Democrat, bat not a revolu- tioruatand thewhen, deleatad-; left the eonvention and tae political aiage .' 'untn.the voters- aoald pass' on tha prin ciples which ha held to be abhorrerrt. "-Wr 1a" triers a- finer example of self- ffaoement than -that furnished by Mr. jr Hill In the last campaign, when, having nominated' Judge Parker for president. ,he made more saerifloes. than all' other - XDemeorats In tha etate combined In an effort to obtain that r harmonr . which - tnlrht elect hrm. r;v- -t-4 .. And there Js probably no "other In-J r istanoe-on racoad where a state leader, ' ! with' -the machine and ths game entirely In hla own bands and enjoying robuat ,'lhealth" and Strong mental faculttea, y voluntarily drops ths reins. '-Samuel S. . J Tilden dropped them only when old age and decay bad begun ta sap, his vitality, David B. Hill lata them go while ha Tet .;.;.Jls tn hleKveryf prima 7 . - .. .Mr. Hill la a, bacheloBo far as there . . ' la any definite knowledge, he never onpe j. during his eventful career figured in a 1 I romance of any kind. ' If ha ever' had a 1 sweetheart tboae persons most oloeely . 'eesoclated with him never knew of- It, It ean be truthfully said of him that he ' .has had very few , Intimate - friends, 'ff'i though bis acquaJntanea ja parhapa as "".llarge-as that' of any other mn Jd the -United States..' ' - His home life for nearly SO Vears has 'been passed ":. In partial seclusion ' 'at -r. ("Wolfert'S' RooeC a fine estate three :imtiest 'from ( Albany.- which he ' bought -ifrom ths late 3, K. Emmet 'Here, In a fine old chateau, copied from some place -"-In the Swiss TyrotrMr. Hll has lived, lattended by a valet, three matt servants and a housekeeper. Once in : a great 4 - while he entertains 'hie frlondB at dln- ner.' but-otherwlae he does MtUe if . any r entertaining. . .-,)-.. , 1 Th grounds aurroundlng the chateau ' . ' I comprise , five- acres picturesquely laid lout In flower gardena and relieved here " 1 'and there with llfe-stse statues of ani- mala. If Mr. Hill can be aald to have ' any -fad other than politics it la the -. culUvation of flowers. . He spends muchl I ..... . . . From ths NwTork 8un. " f . ;-; ROP.ICHARL.E8 WILUARD. one of the ableat physical instructors ' In Baltimore, argues that any man able to box skillfully can successfully stand off any- exponent 'of (Jiu-jitsu. Professor Wllllara says: i "Now that the, government has issued j orders to have the naval cadets at An napolis Instructed tn Jiu-jitsu. I feel that it wUI'be Interesting te the public to ream Something of its worth, If It Is worth anything. I upheld tha mjrlta of the Amarhtaa nr'tem of self-defense. : "I have studied the American, French 1 and Japanese methods of defense, and I stand ready to jn"ove that a miat having I some knowledge of the American art can easily defend himself agalnat as oppo nent ! the Jg-jHsa- method. wtlt ' object to him if he weighs Z00 pounds, though I am much lighter.! , I have the .science and strength of arm, shoulder and chest to oak up for tha Joss of weight '.-.. . ,- . .. - , ' , "T . "Jlu-Jltsu Is a brutal , System, far li alms to break arms, dislocate Joints and ' 'disfigure en ta the worst manner. If the JIu-JItsu opponent eeauree a hold -he will break tha hoaea In any part ef tha body on whir.h he may secure 'a hold. lf ha geta a hold on the throat be will ehoke the wind out of you or dislocate . the larynx, which will paralyse the vecal .-" - eords and the victim will be speeohleea for weeka If he can get a hold on the ' - fare, the fingers are stuck Into the eyes and tho eyee are puahed fram tha sook- ta . . V; , "Now. this may seem very good ta Me srhe might b held up la a dark street b f bia time whan away from his law of floe la bis garden.. . j,-. During- hie early political life in E1-. mlra. Mr. Hill triad to learn to amoke, drink and play curds. Everybody else in ioltlcs there did. and he did not like to be different. But try aa he would, he hsd auch a distaste for them all that, though he would pretend to amoke or tub. ' jtrlttlr In mm1 ha JlnAtJt mm ftnudr as he Tfrutd."an(t gufih Thin ga were so distasteful to him that be soon stopped entirely. Ha. has never been able to understand why most men . take so much pleasure in liquor, cigars and gambling. ; ' , ' ' - 'I don'tj amoke or drink simply be cause I dn't like it.", he haa aald. Tylnklng doesn't agree with me and I haVe a distaste for It. A cigar leaves a bad taste in my mouth: and I don't liko the amell of it. , I. deserve no credit for l at all. lit la not a matter of principle or anything' Except , persons! : distaste. About -cards, (they don't -Interest me. They -always ' seemed -a waate of time which I could employ better. When I started as s young mat I started right Injfor the realtitles of life." . Mr. Hill's atrength Wa hla weakneaa His' very tgnorfcmjd of j the paaaions Whiow move other, men' made ' hlnr un aympathetio with their weaknesses and unable to cnrapreliend the mainsprings of their motives, v In ppimca he had -wo feeling. A. man could iscoff at him.-as Croker 'did at the Democraiip national eonvention in 1900, and It altered his political Judgment no more 'than woott a friendly act - " . . - !, ' Whsther-at a state, convention mak ing up the ticket, or when he was gov ernor In Albany or aenator.at Washing ton, lie never permitted personal feeling to sway hie political conduct. If his best frlsnd were a candidate for an of-flos-'and-Mi-Htll thought that-by--dta-emboweling him the party would be benefited, the execution would at once takf place.. On the other hand, bis most virulent enemy, would have his 'political support If, lu his Judgment;' Jt would Strengthen ths ticket. " ( ' . 4 Nona . of thet many men who ' have come In close political contact with,' Mr. Hill ever fully understood him.' No man with the ordinary human paaatona-and amotions can well conceive of a nature to whom ..money ' has ' no attractions, whom offloe-holdlng does not allure, who does not drink, smoks or play cards sim ply because such things do not Interest him, and who never hsd, any vice or weakneaa except an Inordinate ambition for power in political management, if that ean be called a vtoe or weaknesa. Although Mr. Hill bad held many of ftcea, ha never desired to -hold an office except for the power of political leader- abip whlah the oftoe gave him. There weasvonly two Offlces of, the many whli he haa'1 held which he ver desired for whlah he waa - throukh motives' of personal ambition a candldata .These' two oSlcea are the lleutenant-goyernor-ahlp, to which he was elected n 182. and the governorship, 'to whiofi he was elected In 1886 and l8. There waa a third office which - he wanted most of all, the presidency - He was a candidate, for - that and over reached himself in his efforts to achieve It. -But of thla-aa he said at the time of his formal announcement of his en tended retirement: 1 ,r-- -r - ----- - am "the one 'man InifaFTEfnlted States who had the presidential bee and stut over It. His other "bmces"rm-lmlraTamd'nih Washington were -not -of.. his seeking. His nomination for governor in 18S waa forced upon htm by hla enemies. -and after long deliberation he accepted the nomination only because he felt that to refuse. It would be an abdication of party leadership. . ----- t:; i Jsedarship. not pmce Ttnifling, - hah ("been h! constant -deaire,ambTtitm, Jong. tng and hope thh only , emotion of hla whole life, what ha has'1 always striven for and what even now he may hope soma day,' to regain. - He enjoyed the game-' of potitica,-not the rewarde. 'eir cept the sdlf-satisfactlon that the skill ful antf successful, playing of the game brought -to - him. What the vubllo phought and what the newspapers, aald anotd him not at all personally, but only la the weight whloh such, expres- hilona ef sentiment .would carry- at the primaries, tha oonventtona and the polls. Whether he personal was abused or pralaed, mattered tot him hot at all. Whether the ticket was supported or not was the vital question with which he waa concerned. . Ha wag ..always ready to take the blame for the acta of any body and everybody. 1 . - . 1- ; . It-was when tha oountry. then (oniy vaguely foreseeing the tremendous 'civil combat soon to coma was In the midst of aa exciting presidential campaign whloh waa to put Abraham Lincoln at the head of the nation, that tn a hamlet of Schuy ler county, .this state. Democrats had gathered to raise a pole in honor of Stephen1 A, Pouglas. - There had been the usual artillery- demonstration with 'the aid of ths blacksmith's anvlL ths usual oratory by --the - neighborhood'e "greet man.' and then the chairman, with much zuiaoiiio l in l ivi j, m enjurse, jnvrwiucaa the "next speaker. and a boy nearer ( years than IT came forward.,. Hla ad dress ' was written, hut committed ' to memory., . -.-...-.' -. It was not a -long speech, but It was full of "the little giant." the "boundless west" and the phraaea of the period. It la -more than likely that only ona per- Boxer: Gaii ''Biiat , Jiu "H a murderous highwayman. To cripple him would do no harm.- But the very idea of teaching young men who must be la perfect physical condition, and In tH Service of tha government, an act of defense Which will dlaabla ' a comrade for life, if it' lg used . la .tha 'way It should be! ': Young men naturally lose their tempers la such a contest and in aa instant, without the Blight est thought of doing Injury, one may break aa oppo nent's arm.; : . ? j-..,:, :, --r... -"The why In whloh this defense le used ik first to) watch tha opponent If he at tempts ta striks with the fist to Shoot or to stab, you clutch at the wrist of the' hand holding the weapon, and with both hands twist the arm until the.back.Of the irra nt the elbow rests on your ahouIderTTou turning youflacaTlo ybuT opponent and holding on to hla wrist all the tlrae . ;..;;. -. - - "When you have turned your hack and have put the elbow on your ohoujder, then pull down, the wrist with al your strength.) This breaks the arm at 'the elbow. ' Very good; but consider that your opponent haa- still one arm free alt the time you are holding an to his ether arm with- both- hands.- - f - "If you- hava a strong arm, It Id Very hard for him to twist it and If bs falls to get the arm In the tight position you have him la a bad ptaoa, for while be Is working on one ana you can use the free arm and beat htm In the face. - "If he turns his back you can heat him In the Jugular vein or on the spina. That will weaken him ao much tha ha will forget to use hla hitld. and If ba falls to turd 'n tn rV cma ehoke him jto.death . m ,')'. -7 p - -v 'J. v; ."r ', ' V 'm; ( ,....(. ... ;... . - , . ', mm m mwmmmmm n 1 1 1 1 1 1 M 11 son "llvlngloday - could recall any of tha phrasing of that BpeecTT. and it would not be or tua. least importance nut xor fne thlngr the meeUng marked the first polUlcal experience of 'David Bennett Hilt - '. - - Pour or five years later 'we f lnd vouna Mill' in i 'Blmira, a etudent In the law of fice of Eraatus B. Hart, a pell-known practitioner, and In 1864, Juat at the age of 21. we find tha young man admitted to' the bar. i.... - . , ,1ir!Hliri first Vea was pity attorn ney 01 Klmlra, to which he was sleeted by the common council at the age of 14. He had already acted aa assistant to the district attorney, breparing and trying cases, although thM waa not ml regular office, but occasional odd legal practice Jobe. -;- - 1. ' T At tha age of 27. Mb. HlU was elected to the assembly, as . Sn. Democrat--from Chemung count y,.n4 re-elected, serving In tha asaemblles of, 1871 and 1872 dur ing the famous Tweed times. Samuel J. Tilden- and Smith M. Weed were tn the assembly, with him. He served on the Judicial committee of the aaaambly of 1871 with, Mr. Tilden. and took a leading part In the reform legislation which Mr. Tilden went to the assembly to father. Indeed, of all Mr.. Tllden'a "bright young, men" Mr. Hill waa one of the 3? - Jitsu with a strangle-hold by sidestepping and drawing yotir ana around his neck. - ' . This is. only one of ths many danger ous holds used, end tha one most freely employed., ft) defense. . The attack Is cowardly, for an opponent will steal upon you without warning and catch you from behind, throwing him arm around the threat until ths elbow meets the larynx. Then he will aqueese-tha-throat until you 'are unconsolooa, at tha asms time pressing the thumb Into the back at the kidneys. - He not only tries to choke you, but to bruise the kidneys, either of which may prove fatal. - " "la teaching' thla method of defense and attack to the young men of America It trains them to attempt something that cannot be mployeir .in tlmepf wrJn Time of peace It teachea them to be hi mm, lu 1 11 j in w una aniniiai sua tu ire cowardly, for there Js nothing more cow ardly than to attack from behind.-- "ft la ,4 If reran t tn the A mirlnan Ua I 4tuck and defense, ifor-thrs'l teachea one to be quick, graceful, strong, honorable, brave. and merciful. The ob ject the American hog In his defense Is to punish his assailant as rapidly as pos sible end yet do him as little Injury as possible; : - ' "The difference between, the American and Japanese systems is that the-American-keeps both hands free.- - He uses them for attack and defensive purposes, and he ran escape t lot of punishment by Jumping forward or "backward, Thla makes him graceful tn .movement and it Is possible to strike aaptdly end hard with tha hands If one knows )how to throw the weight Into the blow. "When ha lands oa a vltij spat the foremost '; In thej" reorganisation of the Democratic party! which Mr. Tuden un dertook after -the, Tweed scandal he sought ta bring together under his lead-' ershlp able and ambitious young men, tP all parts of the stats who had no past political affiliations or history to ham-. per(thenv who-were starttngln political life and whoae future was hound up tn Mrj Tllden'a Success. , '?:..: "J;iz:mi While HH1 was on the Judiciary com mittee, when re-elected to the legislature In 17$. the Bar aawbciatlon of. Wf w York City presented to that committee charges ' agalnat George. C. Barnard and Albert Cardoso, Judges, on tha ground of cor rupt conduct on the bench, a keystone In the great afoyi William M. Tweed, had . butlded In , New York 'City, and around these charges there wared a bit-1 tar-and, relentless battle. tr-''."- r."v There was no doubt In. the minds, of any members of the committee what the report fit ths 'committee would be; the evldenve was plain and convincing.. The committee finished Its work In the case of Cardoso May t. 1172, and the im peachment resolution waa drawn..- r -, That very; morning Hill received a letter ' from Judga Cardoso's counsel stating . that hla resignation' . had just been Jtlled. .. The young legislator de- chin, sar. bridge f the noaa and the pit of the stomach ha renders hie opponent helpless long enough to call for help, but never Injures or disfigures him. It makes one honorable beoauee you are taught to attack a man face to face, and not from behind, j, It. Is a more health ful, exercise, because It brings more.muc cles Into play, and at no tlms makes one llablb to serious Injury. . - - "I h time of war it csn be used for striking hard and rapid blowa la any di rection, something that no other method af forda To ' give you "an idea of how hard and fast a man or womerran -strike tha different blows. I 'refer you to the world's record I ' made by striking a punchtng-bag 84o blows a minute with a striking force of ISO pound a to each blow.- - , -.: ' ' , .' ......... ; . "It la easy to understand bow Impos sible it is for a man using tha Japaneae defense to bring It Into effect on ah op ponent capable of striking blows with, such speed and force, end tt ia not 1m. possible for the other to accomplish this ramarEablo hitting power,' for 1 nave been knocked down a number of times by voting women pupils. . . 1 t "It Is a surprise to me that more women- do not learn the art of Self-defense. A blow from a woman's delicate hand wilt hurt a man more than a blow from the strong hand of a man.' It la the nervous shock ' that does the harm, not tha sting. "i am not opposed to Americans being progressive, and I am not Jealoua of any method of defense, but I cannttt see that America , can . accomplish anything by studying Japanese Jlu-Jltsu." : . . . ; '- ; '." ' From the Chicago News. "'"' Masks There . goes a successful In ventor. - --r . : Weeks So? What did he Invent?"' Meeks Hs invented s. new excuse to give his wife for remaining out till sfter midnight and, strange to say, It worked. termlned to forestall tha. Impeachment proceedings with the announcement" of the resignation believing that It would end the ease. . His explanation was that . l . . . ...i. 1 enougn sosnau nsu una- pvi ii kuvuv Democrats, and it ;waa good politics to shut off - any mors. . .f '----.--- ... '1 " The "other' members of the committee determined that, -resignation" or no res ignation, the ease ahouldbe-proceeded with. The .session was calledto order and young ; Hilt made -a Jump for the speaker's eVe,:t ,the same time other legislators Rdld likewise., the -Chairman of the Judiciary committee and 'the lead era of the party among the number. Smith looked at Hill and then hesi tated. ' ' - - -"- ." "Mr. Speaker! came Inlfud atad com manding tones from other-' parts of the chamber. i I arisinoiuestlonf'rpersonal privilege," said HI1J. -That 'gave him precedence. , He -was requested to state his querhTrr-r"era6hal privilege. . He aald It would be -stated by a letter which he had sent to -the clerk to be read. ' A hullabaloo arosa . W ; ' ")t is not a ouestlon of personal priv ilege." exclaimed the opposition, well knowing what it waa The. epeaker leaned forward, .. took , the letter , from From the.New-Yofk Sun, . .. hb - sailor's -.trunk." said gn old salt. "la canvas bag .cylindrical rn form and about four .feet long and It inches in diameter, and when he'a got that bag packed with Ms BtaffthcwhDUgutfU, bag and all. conaUtutea hla kit. He couldn't carry .a regula trunk even If ha wanted to for herewould be no place for It In a ship's forecastle. But a dunnage bag takes up only so much room as the staff inside of It takes un that Is to say.. if it's only half full you csn" fold it down' to half Its space, and then If the bag Is full you can preaa It." and "you can bend. and twist It. you can make good stowage with pt (n the place where It hggta ga. rior-oy6u can get It. with as much atu ff In It as 4 If unlTwflUId floia.'- Into "a apace UeW you couldn't get a trunk at all. - t "And then thla bag Is a WghfyVight handier 4o carrx-thaa a.lratUiWQuld ha when the sailor" goes aahora. or wheu be-goea from hla boarding house to a veaael when he ships for a new voyage. He can Juat pick that .bag up and 8llnr it over hla ahoulder, and it's flexible enough to fit -there easily, and aag down a little forward and aft making it. easy to- carry. . ',-v.-'-' . "Ih the days when deep sea salting ships were commonly used, before the day of ateem kettles." ta the old days when' tha Jlbbooms of ahlpe .along ' tha waterfront used ta atlck out acroaa the street hi long rows for bloca-after block, you Could aea a ahlp captain' walking down South street-with a dosen men trailing after htm, his sew crew, each : - the reading olrk. , glanced at ' U and tossed it. back. -., ' ,' :.. . "The chair rules that it is not a Question of personal privilege.'" was the decision. '.There ware exclamations of Joy. and -triumph about the Chamber.'"' "I desire to appeal from the derision of the chalr." aald Hill, calmly. There waa. laughter." "In order that tha ap peal may he undeiatood tlie cleik must read tha letter upon which I baae my request." ; . ' . r There was a atlr, an angry mutter, but th letter had to be read) 1 under the rules and. Albert Cardoso' j resig nation staved off further real lnvestl" gatloii. ' ' 1. . U waa by following, a precedent-ea-tabllahed by Hill that the late Thomaa B. Reed, won the. title "of ."can 1-" . yeara afterward In congress. HIU waa elected lieutenant-governor In 18s:. when Grover Cleveland waa chnaen govfriior, - The Dermic rata had a. majority' In the' senate, but It was. not a three fifths mi-, Jorlty.- There rm up ia bill "for the reorganiBKtin:rof the capital, "snd"Tni thta was to take Sway" much Republican patronage, there vaa bitter ' opposition. Aa It waa a- bill In which money wea to rte appropriated. t ro.lre.d a majority er-tne-voteathree-Tiftha "or the- sens tors being present. The Republican seh atora announced that -tht would refuse to vote. ' Rnd -$hlt -therefore ' thehlirTd weuid not pasa.i Tiles' wouiff not. remain way, because thai would havo. neceaat iated sending for hemu , They would simply sit in their-ses fa' s nd not aay.a word. ". . i -. . , -'.-"-!'.;': f . The bill, cam -up'for consideration. Tlse Republican t-. jsenatorat jimlllng blandly, sat silent as their -names? were called, and the IJemoerata voted. The moment the rollem! had been finished the presiding officer leaned "over, "iou present, but not voting." Thla being done amid a buxa of aurprise, he further announced, with the legal formula: "And now. Jhe bill having recelveita majority of the ,votea, three f If tha being "present, it Is peaaed." Mr. Hill reed a jongiand carefully weighed opinion , lr ;' which he Justified hirdeeiaion. ' -' ' - In the prellnTtnary campaign' for Mr. Clevajand'a nomination- for president "in 3 884. Mr. Hill took a mtst actlpart. Both the fact that he belonged- to tha Manning antl-Tammaity - whig-df-thc party, and the further faot tnst if Mr. Cleveland Was elected - president , b would become governor, combined to in duce him to do his utmost for Mr. Cleveland. -.-- .'.-'7J:'.'..-' : -Mr. Cleveland was- elected-preaidenl and Mr. Hill, waa painfully -surprised to Qnif that Mr, Cleveland waa not inclined to do his utmont.to.aocure Mr. Hill's nomination and election as, governor in 1886. i, . ' '-" ''-;-: To fmd out thr time when-the turn of tha tide in the 'political , campaign -of I so. came is not aimcuiu . it ia sais to say it came In. a night and it waa one single sentence, but the aentence lives today and-will be attached t Mr.-HIU by-aveTy cartoonist so. long aaC Hill jcar-toons- sre djrawn..-. "!'-. "!- - j- -. The campaign flagged1 In IntereatThe mugwumpa," tha labor yote- the 'Irish -vote, ao called,- Were on! the fence. It became a campaign in w'hlch ta organi sation would aak the r4spectiv candi dates, In "turn.. "What would r you do In auoh and such a-caaeT' The old soldiers demanded --to--know what Mr - ravnprt would do in -thel-ase and tbey-likewlae aaked Governor HIU. Nobody , seemed. to care -much. Alton iirooKs faraer. tnn surrogate of iVlater.countywas made chairman -of the executive committee and ran the campaign. - . , t - A meeting waa arranged for Brooklyn by- the late . Hugh. .McLaughlin, long veara the leader of the Klnss county hemooraoyrlt waa held at the Academy of Muster"" r, ; m m-issrc: A,lthoughthe ratrr ju red "that- right of October 30, 188.fi. the academy waa crowded. - But - It ' waa not a n ' enthuslaa tlo audience. - Listlessly It sat -through tha eloquent speech of th5 Indiana sen ator, of Mr. Converse, and almost list lessly, hut with perfunctory -'.applause. It received Mr.- Hlltt: - - - ; , Mr- Hill knew tht night-rare4a orlsla. It-waa "up to him" to do some thing and say something to awaken Tn tereatsv Quietly: he came forward. He thanked them for thai reception in wdrds gpoken so quietly" aa to be hardly heard in the t rear ot the audltOTlum. Then suddenly hla manner changed, hla face paled, be straightened up,' and every man, woman and child-there nearq triat sentence "I -am a Democrat" .. ' - The effect waa -' electrical. 1 In the twinkling of aa' eye the old academy wa trembling - from the roars of the mul tltuda.) Mea Jn fHefi-hoxea ' who Jiad been - 'sitting quietly alilng . I far out waving - their hands ; ,5men in - the orchestra were standing on toe seat Wa vinC their hands, too; the - galleries were a forest of waving hands and hats. The keynote had been found, and-when af tet an impassioned address, In which he called "upon ovary Democrat worthy the name to-aupport the administration they went out Into the night. - McLaugh lin himself put his hand on.tbe Democratic.- candidate's shoulder. ' SrYoti'va won It." You've got It said the aged leader..; And he had. Ira Dev. enport t Weht -down , In defeat and Mr. Hill was returned as, state executive. Since CleVeland tried to-break HIU s machine in New fTork the ex-preaidentj man with his carivaa trunk, or dunnage bag, hie III t, on his shoulder, making for a veaael lying af a wharf, or for a tug to- take the men IJ txwii vessel lying .put in tba atraanr ready to sail. . y'Vou can't aea auch processions much nowadays'. 'for the 'day .of the square Btlll you can even now, occasionally meet a man walking .along South street wttbr hlr dunnage bag over-hia -ahoulder. -Thera'are still some-: ships, and - the aallor man haan't quite gone out. yet v , tfou can buy dunnage bags In any of the Bailor' outfitting stores, land you an also . buy .them second-hand, Juat as" you can anything else -In the. world that I know, of. And then some Bailors . - r make theii'uwii dunnage' baga. many sailors being .mighty handy .with the sMe bag a housewife, with," needles and thread and buttons and such things. Juat as every soldier everywhere carries one lia hla knapaack. - 1 11 me sanor -man ma aea t ma oag at aea he geta the material for it of jiew canvas from the ship's eanvaa supplies )H charge'of the aailmaker, or, maybe the captain gives him for It a piece out of an old wornout skyaall one thafper-" I haps the aallor has more than .once furrer hlmeelf tba eanvae from th bigger lower an lis being too heavy for It "The bag is made with - a shlrringj string, at ths open end. by -which it cent ba closed, there. Sometimes 4f his bag Is packed ao plumb full that he can't close 'the end the sailor puts over hla stuff, on top, a canvas disk for a step per, and tbeq draws -the shirring string oa that .'..'" ; and the ex-senator have been apart Mr. . mu mi maim overtures from- time to time, but Mr. Cleveland has gone on the -theory thaj heyWoa atrpnger with Mr..' 11111 for a poHtrcar nemyj tha a ad- ' vtaer and aMnager, Tberet la where Mr. -' I Hill thlnka Mr. Cleveland made-a great ' mistake, to Vhtch Mr. Hilt nrlmsrllv at"" trlbutea th Demoorutln dlsaaters of the Mr. Cleveland had only let him be man- t agar and taken hla advice In practical po- . , iiiichi mauera, everytning would bare been different - When in 1888 both Mr, Cleveland atld Mr. Hill were candidates, eaenmenased hla own campaign. Senator Quay mn- aged the Reptbllcan campaign.; and his efforts were' 'cunrentntted,. on carrying ' t the state' for?Mr Harrison,: wtthout (-,'. : turbing himself over , the pfoaperts of ' Warner -lllller. who, as the Republican.. candidate for-governor,, made high 1I-- " cense the leading state issue. - On, thla ' local issue and hy the superiority of hla( ' political management over, the manage- i ment nf Calvin H. Brlce. who fatuously " sought to conduct the national campaign, Mr. HU1 wat elected governor by shmit ... , 18.000, although Mr, Cleveland failed to,' , carry the stata.- ' ' -.'",'V -'.'" . As regards thla campaign, lir. Hni has atwayi denied that there was any t reach- VV , ery or seOTiSi' wutj --j . 1 '. .Xfteiyn.tcr.ma for.WMoh hfwii w Wert, -, I governor, -combined with the tiiiaa--... plred part of Mr. Cleveland's terra, put Mr. Hill for seven years In supreme eon-.,- trol ef the sf fairs Of the state as wall as . of tha party organisation.. , ' It la these yeara of Mr. Hill's political ' career to which he pftltvte with, pride. , -' White-Mf.-- Hill was" governor (he v Derenerats carried every atetet election.'! - - rand finally earrled the asnerebly. giving - " inem cnnimi of me tegisiaiue on joint -ballot and a United , BtatW senator for - ir. Hi(l was elected to the senate In " 11. ...... v While In the senate Mr. Hill occupied the anomalous position "--rv enemy-, to " PresltlPiit Cleveland, yet friend to the t .-admlnhrtratlon.- The' atory in told that he. once saved fhe-administration a V serious' dilemma. " It was just after the )" first bond issue, ever which there had j , beeri"a"atorm of protest.' It was alleged4 that certain me la, Wall Street had been , enabled to make ah Immense aora of money by it and the second) Issue be came imminent. - " . : . " A resolution and a bin had been H, ; sen ted In" the senate, tone - by Senator.' Ulklna of West Virginia, and tha other by Marion- Butler of j South Carolina. 'i Bath provided that no bonds should be taaaad thereafter- wlthont - the ronsent of pongress. -That would 'have .tied thdt hsndsi of the prealdent and made It : Impossible for him to face the crisis. - It was pn -Thursday.- the. sens te was.-:', soon to adjourn to Monday, and Senator HWl tutd been called -tv the- chair . by the president With fe to pay , at ten- -tlon and without warning, .Senator But ler called up hla resolution,. asking unan imous consent for. Its .immediate onsld eratlcin. s-i''''--;- !-' "?- -. ; . Tho .president -pro tem. waai In. ,ar' quandary, and "hla eyes at once traveled toward the -few administration senators jux-' the, "chamber. '--'.. :. "The -aanator from South----Carolina . asks uoanlrheus consent to the irome-. diafe consideration -of mentioning V the' resolution' by title, r The -necessary - form' was gone1 through wtthont- senttng voice , and there waa a murmur - - of Joy from, the opposition. -f- ' - 'The clerk will-record the senior sen--ator from-New YorkaiolJeitrng," -eme -the sharp voice of the presiding officer. Immediately there waa a great ahout of protest that? the : chair : had ho Vdt- . There was an argument .which, was ho sooner settled than Senator hUkins called -ap-hte-biU.-and there waa evei 7 proaperr of great.-atrlfe when -a-motlon -to ad- -Journ was made and the aenatf waa de clared adjourned ThereJ-' wis afrery ' prospect -of another attempt to take up" the Butler bill oalMondayi-.but .Sunday... -bight at midnight came Mr. -Cleveland a famous call for a popular-roah and the ' crisis was passed. "', ;;" r One of the great fights of Senato I1UL Tn' tha ienatC'"" th' agalnat the In-,, come tax. in", this he tnrpecT dlametrt- , ; dally agalnat his party, and tha storm that" followed the -action resulted In threats to "read him out. of the' party." , -When the senate decided to investi gate the, bond deal.- so called. Senator HIU was a strong opponent o the idea. Just as he 'strongly favored the sugar " .Investigation. ' "It Is useless." he aald. - iqu can accnrapiian noming. ipui iw bond deaj was. Investigated, and there never waa even a report of the commit- tee's work, i J i - i.'"',"- It .was. whlls he wasln the senate that Senator IHlll forS the H third time iwaai . Induced to run for. the governorship of"1 New York. St, was -a hopeless fig la and he was defeated. Following that came the campaign of 18, whan "the party. faUtng Jnto the banda of the radical element.' swept everything before It at theChlhga corrwaiorr ann-tiomtnate William Jennings Bryan... Hill was the leader of the opposition at the time and . fought tha Nebraska until swept down by the tnajority" on the other side. He -was likewise the leader of the opposition, in 1800. almost h-s4 survivor of tha , men who had once presided at national conventlona, and It waa lp 1804 that his leadership asserted ttsalf f again, when t Judge Alton B. Parker was' homlnated. j "Sometimes the aallor Cjfrrles hla dun-. : nage bag 'always Just aa it Waa made, lit' -the plain, eanvaa, .'and tfcen sometimes h paints tt' to make It wVrrproof. And sometimes they 'ornamerSt 'em., "A.' common way of doing thlaita to paint! on the butt or cloae end ef tha ' bit V sU.TflybaB-- double- irrar.t-ona -inslde of the -other and tn---dlfferen 6 colora. the Inner star In- a ring.. and out- ,. side the' ring the -ray a uf another atar. running round like the points of a eoav passv. Sometimes they paint pictures v ' them, maybe pictures of ahlpe. -'."A Wltor might paint en his dunnage -bag a picture pf his favorite ahlp, Jttr.t as he might Have such a picture tst- elf." Or if be couldn't no It hrmaelh end .he wanted such a phv' tnep, he .mlabt,, Ylnd somphndv lt , tli forecastle who cuuUl do It lot Llm, al yalnt-a very pretty -ahlp, too; how, be. ame bv hla art nobody knows. ' ' '"But whatever thay may .in about auch details ' as': these.', the -sailors ot whatever country use a dubnage beg 'n which to carry their personal belong- , Inge. The world over,, tn. the ships af every nation, a dunnag beg aervea a ' trra-saitorrs trttnk.-" rr " -- - . Wea aad Teg Se Far. r' Trom the Chicago New.; Blgga-I was born the heat if ; Roosevelt was horn. '. - nieas So. By the w- -.'; what yeu remind me t.t Biggs No. Dlgga You rer ' - ' number to the e, prise In lgt:rv.
