The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-22
THE "Lc CCSr xSH HEND*'cA"

The announcement that the Demo
cratic candidates for president and vice
president had met at Saratoga. had dis
cussed the issues of the canvass. had
found irreconcilable differences OF opin'
ion existing between them. and had
parted without coming To any under
standing. was fiction developed in the
brain OF some Republican newsvender
with whom the wish was father TO the
| thought. The conference between Mr.. III
den and MIR. Hendricks. at Saratoga. was
perfectly harmonious. Concerning the
financial question. MIR. Hendricks stated
that the division in the States of Indiana
and Ohio induced The politicians on both
sides, in local conventions and meetings.
to tamper with it as a bid for local sup
port. This, he said, was done just as
much by Republicans as by Democrats;
just as frequently by the supporters OF
Hayes and Wheeler as by those Of Tilden
and Hendricks. Speaking for himself.
Mr.. Hendricks said: 1.-The national
convention, authorized to speak for the
party. had made declaration of the prin-
ciples of the party, and that foreclosed
the matter 50 far as the candidates for
the national offices were concerned"
But he believed the repeal OF the re-
sumption act would benefit the party in
Ohio and Indiana without iniuring the
ticket with hard-money men. rs the act
had been thrown overheard by the Gin
cinnati convention and was conceded
by all sensible business men and compe-
tent financiers in both parties to be I'M
practicable and inefficient. With that
concession he believed the October
States would give large Democratic ma
joritics. Mr.. Tildcn believed this course
would be an expression in opposition to
the national Democratic platform just
laid down. which declares only in favor
of the repeal Of that clause of the law
fixing the date for resumption positively
on January ], 1879. He admitted that
congress would have a perfect right TO
repeal that or any other law 1t
might see tit 10 repeal. without regard 10
precedents or platforms. if it had the
power to do so and believed il to be for
the public interest. But in this instance
the one house had not the power even if
it had the disposition TO repeal
this law. and no man of sense.
so mistaken as to be honestly in
favor OF Initiation, could tail to recognize
the deceptive character Of such policy.
1t would not satisfy any inhationist and
would offend the hard money sentiment
of the country not the less. because it
would be known from the forme pol
icy OF congress and from the recent utter
ances o! the national convention to be i'm
direct antagonism to the principles of
the Democracy. After very full dis
custom Mr.. Hendricks declared
his concurrence in Mr.. Tilden's views,
at the same time stating that his
remarks in regard to the repeal had been
made not as representing bis own senti-
ments, but in Difference 10 the opinions
OF prominent Democrats in his own state
and in Ohio.
Ait.r some further conversation in
regard to the details OF the canvass in
Ohio and Indiana with which Mr. Til
den showeda familiarity that astonished
Mr.. Hendricks" the president and
'vice-president of the United States that
will be, parted company in the expecta-
'tion OF meeting again at Washington on
the 4th OF March, 1871"