The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-06-30


i Mr.. Hendricks at once took tile lead among
! the Democrats md made for himself nj
tional reputation. Itfsn common criticism
uron him that he Is tinid and cautious. lie
those who think 80 read the debates during
! his term Of Office, and they will be aston
/ ished to find the Indiana senator ever active
land aggressive. He was active in opposi
ton to the. measure oyertlrning the State
4 governments, the imposition OF test-oaths
| the civil-rights bill, the Freedman's Bureau
bill, and kindred Legislation.
In the memorable episode OF the Presi
dents impeachment he played an important
part. and added greatly to his reputation as
an able lawyer.
/ s AMONG THE FOREMOST.
It is q sufficient proof OF the ability and
success Of Mr.. Hendricks in the Senate that
! towards the close OF single term he had
placed himself among the foremost men Of
his party, and become prominent candi
date for the presidency. In the Conven.
ton OF 1868 he was brought forward, and al
one time led all other candidates, receiving
the solid vote Of New York and the North
west. Ohio, however, which had been COM
PEELED to- abandon its own candidate, was
| determined to defeat all other western men,
4
tyotes for Horatio Seymour persistently, and
finally produced q stampede OF the whole
| Convention to his support.
The same year he ran for Governor Sc.
tcond time and was asecond time defeated.
His opponent was Governor Conrad Baker,
and so close was the contest that Mr. Hen.
bricks only fell 061 votes behind. No one
familiar with the politics OF the State ever
supposed, however, that Bakers majority
was an honest one.
AS GOVERNOR. III.
After his retirement from the Senate in
1869 Mr. Hendricks returned to the practice
of his profession at Indianapolis. Mr.. Hen
bricks acquiesced in what appeared to be
the popular will in the Greeley movement,
and gave in his hearty approval to the new
| departure. He was not allowed to remain
| idle during the canvass. Against his earnest
| protest he was again nominated for the gov
ernorship. The Republicans carried the
| Legislature and elected all OF their State
ticket except the Governor and Superinten-
dent OF Public instruction. The maiorities
were very small, but they were enough. The
pers onal popularity Of Governor Hendricks
carried him through.
| The fact that Republican Lieutenant
Governor would succeed him in case OF
| vacancy kept Mr.. Hendricks from any
| thought OF the senatorship two years after
wards, and chains him to his post until the
end Of his term.
In general terms it may be said OF his adj
ministration that it has teen able, consci-
entious, higll-minded. He has aimed fairly
| to do his duty, and his official conduct can
not be criticised ...-,..'..
! nr. Hendricks course OH the liquor
question may be summed up by saying that
he concurred in popular temperance lcgsla-
ton, which he could not prevent.
POSITION ON CURRENCY QUESTION.
Governor Hendricks presided over the
| Democratic Convention held in July, 1874.
at Indianapolis, and in his address on taking
| the chair argued that gold and silver were
the true basis of our currency, and that the
proper method OF returning to specle-pay-
ments was through the growing-up pro
cess-the development OF the resources OF
the South, the increase Of production, ana
the retrenchment OF public and private eS-
penditures. The platform adopted by the
Convention was IN essentially unsound one
so far as the financial planks are concerned,
and, in the subsequent canvass Mr.. lien
bricks took occasion to define distinctly the
points of difference between its doctrines
ana his own Opinions. -. a.
In reality Governor Hendricks is proba-
bly, more genuine hard-money man than
Governor Hayes, and would perhaps ditler
from him on financial policy only in his op-
POSITION to national banks and his willing
ness to substitute Government notes Tor
bank circulation. ..7.. yga.
His action in going into the Ohio canvass
in 1876 in support OF Mr. Allen was based
upon the desire for the success OF the De-
mocracy. He deemed the triumph OF the
party in that State essential, and threw him.
self into the canvass heartily, holding that
the financial issue was not the oIershadoW-
ing ono. Tho great thing to gain was VIC
tory, no matter whether some OF the men in
the same ranks agreed with him on all fine
points in politics or not.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
Governor Hendricks is man OF medium
height and symmetrical form. He is erect,
active, and vigorous. His face is manly and
handsome. The features are large and eX-
pressive; and while there is 4 soft, good
humored expression in the large blue eye
and in the mouth and dimped chin, the
brow, forehead, and full heavy jaw show
wisdom and resolution. His complexion is
florid, and his hair and side-whiskers are
vet untouched with gray. He looks like one
| who has lived q happy life, encountered no
great sorrows, and yielded to no great vices.
His disposition is as sunny as his complex
ion, and in social life lie is Il great fayorite
10 acquaintance he Is atfable and easy; to
close friends warm and loyable; to political
partsans courteous but cautious. He would
rather conciIiate an enemy than obige an
| ally. His habits are such that he found
$4,000 year ample for his expenditures du-
ring his senatorial term at Washington.
He appears to the best advantage before a
crowd. for then he kindles with the excite
ment of the occasion, and an interruption
| or n Jest from some dissenting auditor is all
that is necessary to make him forget his ha-
bitual deliberative cast OF thought, and fling
himself into dashing and aggressive argu-
ment One OF the features OF his career has
! been the long rivalry between him and Nor
ton--a rivalry in which the bitterness was
all on one side. In all combinations in his
behalf his friends nave taken the possibility
Of the continuance OF that rivalry for the
highest prize in the nation into account.
Now that Morton is out Of the field they
can probably promise, without mental re-
| servation, to carry Indiana for their favor
| lite. .... -.l ..f.i-.:
DIr. Hendricks is an Episeopalian in rell-
gion. His wife is Il woman OF great culture
and force OF character-one formed to be
mans comrade in the path OF honor rather
than q source OF emItation. They nave
no children Condensed from Ne1o fork
! World. .s.,; as-sf D1&". Il @s3f'
Hew Titdcn Received tho News.
A dispatch from Albany Wednesday night
/ saws: Governor Tilden passed the day at