The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-04-11
HENDRICKS IN THE WEST.
San Francisco Compliments Him With
a Serenade.
He Makes One Of His Usual Happy
Speeches In Response.
San Francisco Paner.l

The Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks candidate
OF the democracy for the vice presidency of
the United States, was serenaded last even
ing at the Commercial hotel, corner of
kearny street, Montgomery avenue and Pa
citic street. A bare announcement of the
intended compliment was made in only one
of the evening journals, and the rallying
time was too short for an immense throng
of worshipful adherents of the party. Had
there been the fOrethought to announce
the reception in the morning papers
the assemblage would have blocked the
streets. but as things were. from one to two
thousand rendezvoused in front of the hotel.
and when band, limited in pieces, had per-
formed few patriotic and sentimental airs,
Governor Hendricks presented himself in
the handsome parlors of the hotel, accom-
panied by coterie of friends, acouaintances
and sympathizers. The company included
the Hon. w. C. Hendricks, cousin of the
governor, state senator from Butte county;
ID. w. APP Jones, Micadoe, commissioner
from Japan; Mayor Bryant Supervisor ]. H.
Wise, w. L. Coleman Judge provinces, Judge
j. b. Lamar, G.. Pearce, Petaluma; T. J.
Shackleford Major BoOke, I. A. Talbert l..
Quint, Lieutenant Governor johnson, the
Hon. t. Fowler, Tulare; A. C. Lawrence, of
Kern; Judge A. C. Bradford, Pioneer soci.
Major General Vernon and Mr.. Charles
Gildea.
Appearing on the balcony over the en-
trance, Lieutenant Governor Johnson, with
Governor Hendricks by his side, said: at
affords me great pleasure to introduce our
worthy standard bearer, Governor Hen
bricks, of Indiana" The introduction was
welcomed with loud resounding cheers.
Governor Hendricks spoke as follows:
Fellow Citizens of California-The fatigue
which was brought about by official labors
and other engagements during the past year
made II necessary for me to take some rest and
recreation. For that purpose, and also for the
purpose of visiting friends and looking after
some matters of business, decided to visit
your beautiful and attractive country; From
MIA my journey has been or of great pleas
ure to me-great pleasure because of the
beautiful scenery, great pleasure because of
the cordial welcome have received from the
people OF this state. [Cheers.l
congratulate you upon the evidences
which see OF improvement and development
in your state. Six years ago visited Califor-
MIA, and now, upon my return, observe great
improvement. / observe more land brought
your mining operations. observe an in
crease In your great commerce. / congratu-
do, to period when California will be yet
Iicher than she is to-day. congratulate YOU
( How citizens of this wonderful city. upon
Its increased growth and development. /
need not saw TO you that this civ is TO be one
of the mighty cities of the United States.
This harbor, which Is the inlet to the COM
productions of your lands, gives assurance
that San Francisco will be pre-eminently a
mighty city Of the country. LCheers]
My fellow cit izens, | accept with great
pleasure and gratitude this expression
Of Of, your I regards: ssl,o receive II In
myself, but in the main as an expression on
your part of the confidence and support that
you give to the principles and policies of
made representative during the great con-
test of our centennial year. lCheers.l The
achievement of those principles by Their be-
been defeated by policy and a course OF pro-
cedure which history will condemn. Cheers
do not choose tonight in addressing YOU to
speak upon This question at any length. They
have placed Mr.. Hayes In the presidential
chair. do d OF think that the judgment of
the American people is that he was elected
[cheersl, but without election he has been
placed In the presidential chair. He is, for
the purpose of the office, the president of the
United States, and you and will give to his
administration for the good of our country,
that support which Is due to any OH
and the great body of the American peo-
pie believe has been perpetrated must not
pass into precedent to be followed in the flu
voice, "That is ,o"l-and the work of the fu-
ture, in part, is to correct this, and TO prevent
ITS becoming C precedent Hsreafter the man
States. tCheers.I And four years from this
time II will be the business OF the people OF
the United states to express judgment upon
thus question, not to be misunderstood.
lCheers.l
My fellow citizens, | thank you again for
this expression of your regard. / did not in
tend whe N came into your state to make a
single speech, and you will not regard this,
hope, as any sp ech, but simply as an express
sion of my thanks for the compliment that
yon extended to me. lCheers-l
The governor then retired to the parlors
of the hotel, where a number of prominent
democrats were introduced TO him, and to
whom he talked freely on political and
other subjects.