Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-04-07

Until within a few weeks Govern

- HILL "AsuiH d lew WcckS OOVerIlOf
Hendricks, of Indiana, has been a
prominent and growing candidate for
the Democratic nomination for the
Presidency. A month ago the Du-
buque Herald, whose editor is a
member of the Democratic National
Committee, in set article intended
to give the key note to the Democ-
racy OF Iowa, came out strongly for
Gov. Hendricks, as the zone man
who stands head and shoulders above
all other candidates." vouching for
his record as "unexceptionable," and
declaring that his consistency to Dem
ocratic principles is " unquestioned;;"
which is true, but which might have
the appropriate addenda that his con-
stancy to Democratic practices Of
doubtful character is equally well
established.
The prominence thus given to Mr..
Hendricks as possible candidate
has induced a rigid scrutiny of his
record, and from present appearances
that record does not justify the eu-
logy bestowed upon it by the Herald.
Some very questionable practices have
been laid at Mr.. Hendricks door,
practices not at all consistent with
the character which a candidate for
the Presidency should possess. The
accusation against his integrity is
thus stated by Gen. Geo. F. McGin-
mis-, gentleman of known veracity
and neighbor of Gov. Hendricks
1t is not my purpose to restate all the
points of this controversy, but now reit-
crate, and will prove in court, that Mr..
Hendricks is identified with transactions
that will not bear the light. AS one of
the Directors of the Waterworks Company
in 1870, he voted himself and several 9th
ers $35, 900 each of paid up stock, for
which he never paid cent. He permit
ted his name to be used for years in bols-
tering up an empty corporation. He gave
his hearty co cooperation to the work of en-
rlching himself and the other stockholders
mot one of whom had paid cent, and he
knew it) out of the public. He was privy
to my being induced, through fraudulent
Misrepresentation, to purchase $4,000 of
this stock at fifty cents on the dollar -
Subsequently, when discovered the fraud,
and brought suit against the Waterworks
Directors, Hendricks among the rest he
privately offered me 5000 to release him
as defendant, and not as q compromise,
he knowing full we'll that my acceptance
of his offer would have resulted in loss
to me of $4,000 in cost paid, and the in
terest on 81 600 for more than one year.
Within the last ten days have received
an open proposition from another of the
defendants land l have reason to believe
that Mr. Hendricks was knowing to the
proposition, to pay me So, 500 in cash, and
$2,831 IN six, twelve, and eighteen months
if l would dismiss my suit. These are
some of the facts which l will prove, and
which neither Mr.. Hendricks nor Mr..
Henderson dare deny. The limits of this
letter will not allow me, nor have time
at present, to go into other phases of this
but they will be brought out
IN due time.
These charges have been before
the public now three or four weeks,
and as yet have not elected from
Gov. Hendricks or his friends any
explanation or refutation.
They may, therefore, be regarded as
truthful, and thus another Democratic
candidate for the Presidency goes to
Join PendIeton in the shades of dis
honorable retirement.