, 1879-06-03

long time notur1ety OF every description has
boon offensive 10 tne. Not tinnatura!ly, there.
fore, whilst ipwardlY rcsontlnE these unwar-
rantable 1tbcrties-]ibcrtles which are never
taken or tolerated except among journalists,
who, Of all living mrn, are least consilcrate Of
one another, their profession mid themselves
~ haTo shrank frum descending Into
tho ccspool. The truth ia that 1ournai-
Ism waa never fallen 80 low In tonc--,sas never
SO despicably unfair and partisan-as It is now,
went into IN honest effort at reform few
years ago with Sam Bowlcs, ilalstead, uoracc
White, atld Whtelaw Reid, unl the result Is
thnt-Sam Bowles dcal and Horace White rc-
tirel-Rell a,ll Halstead have Eonu 10 the other
extreme, and l, being left alone to tell the tale,
do not find 1t worth tlc telling, but slt upon thu
banks OF the muddy t:c2n,, Ike certain blblt-
cal person, weeping, a!1 sae the poor old Conr-
terJouradl drift, aud drift, md drlft with the
resi-"
"But Of your whack ut Gov, Hendrlcksa"
30, thatl Well, what Of tlnt!n
"You eaw what he said Of itin
ayes"
"And what did you think Of III" =
IT thought he Ind turned editor OF hts oxn
home oreau.r
"But you called him fool and .consplr-
a.or.'"
~ It vera SO, It were gricYous 1ault-iu
Goy. Hendr!cks.''
"ls It not soir
~ certainly thought 50, O. should not have
sa:d so. l take 1t tint tic folly OF Gov, Hen
dricks' conduct the last few months Is apparent
TO every sensible porson. He has no moro
chancc Of the Presidency, except upon the ticket
with Mr.. Tildcn, than you have. OF all 1uen,
bis nomination by National Democratic Con-
ventlon Ia impossible. Whilst afr. Ttdcu lives,
Gov. Hendricks llns no political entft5. atl rep
s.;a 1essots 70 paFisan quantity, saye as Mr. Tt
tton over afr. Tillen would be such rebuke,
and would creoto such schism anu such
9ced'ess aud fatal schisIn, aa no purity would
,ce SO plain ease sufficiently pfoyca his
foollshuess. In suite OF 1t, he has gone OH
~ covert, ilt'tllanly way to bclittlc Mr..
I,!laen, aud, BY datash!ng h'n,selt tro.n
ankle himself the cats paw Of those who secIs
to dethrone It. ln this letter-lookng to hts
own elevation at the expense Vi his chtcf-lle
,, nas played the part Of = ronsp!rator; john
kcpubl1cnne to lose us New 1nrk next fall.
Gov. Hendricks Ia John Kelly's mun, md It n,nt-
ters not how fast or loose the rclnttonship-or
huw familiar llH moy he NTH tho dctuils OF tho
schemc-hu canno& cscape thu association, and
its attendant plan to sct aside and disgrace Mr..
Ii'den. In ny aserlption OF all this might
haYo used miloer language nm curry on ,ny
courtesy But am no more pru0f nganst the
rude prompt!lsgs of nn honest indignation tfun
other men. ull aIl tn the habtt at ttlnes of uans
yernacnlar that weTG better hDnosei III tha
Ureuch than tie uGserYat,ec."
"Gnv. Hendricks aays he always treated you
l4yc been cortlial."
"As to tho matter OF selations, the bout IL
lnalnlv OH the other leg For many years, atd
in the !aco Of much ,proyocallou, liava treated
GOV. nrndfIcss nth! bis friends will, all uosaE-
BIC consideration. When fayors were gol,,g,
they were given. no. asked Or rccrlycl, by ue.
At st. Louis went out Of my way to bc mura
than fu!r. In spite Ut this, Coy. Hendricks, n1,l
the ci!die Immediately about hnt, haye permit
ted bus home organ wausonly AMI unprosulsctl-
", day in and any out, 10 assatl me md detaao
me. Ills paper Itself, save as reflected light,
isot no consequence. Of Itself, It co,lsl III no
Wise fufie me. But Its constant yllitlcatlon was
calculated to 10 q harm altogether tlspropur.
tgne1 to Its influence or eycn ib conception; !;
md, Ia tlle interest Of goDd will, called tt,e
matter to the attention OF the pooplo who affect,
through tle enul'ns Of tlis vi!u st.cct, to mako
TIC cause II Gov. Hendricks their owri. tall;-
cd earnestly with Judge liokc, Of Louisville,
4lid Gen. Mcclure Of TIC artny, TWO Ut Gov.
nendr!eka, closest friends: represented to them
aMer n1er ntsef s @ sus ~ a. assa
was sought 10 be put npoa nc; tilat II rould
only lend to misunderstanding uI hard feeling
f.;t.a estwssn Tx TX frsnds t aM u9y. lsnlrlsks'
merely personal results; TINT In 10 hasl u light
IS tllat Which enguertl the Indiana Democrats,
they SHOULD recclyo help, encouragement, sym.
pathy, not the cold shoulder, from Kentuuky;
tl'at necessarily newspaper war woull disturb
tile operatlons OF thrau kindly Rl,h needn't
agcDclcs, and l begged ttlcm, In the naslia of
eotamon interests a!i.! common irundsiIp 10
Of T.. Tl.e t!lo Of t!Ith continued to tlow. n.l
still flows with unccasing, unyarlca ieebleness
and multce. Nov It Is absurd ~ supuusu That
GOV. Hendricks unI his ffrn.is ~ Indianapolis
mt hnr ntfihr hr.lfh hi 1f 1t,,,
II ts absurd y supposs they could not have
whteh, subslsta upon donations SCENE, YOU
are allowing an obscurs rtupluys to usu your
property to cks out au ola grrdse of Ills own
upuH one who Il tlrelcss III his services to the
Delhocracyo of 1ndiaua.' and that s,,rh u snG-
gestion would not have besn mandatory. Either
uuv Hendricks naa uo influence uycr hla hulnu
orgau, 0r ciso To has heel u party to tts auuso
OF me, or else It is traitT III him. fur Without
suggestion Or proyoeatlon,, and 10 tho vtiest
vpliuets uId fa1sehotls. lllesu wero rrad eurll
suorning With apparent comp,arcncy by tlus,,
who are now hutrtted BY thu thought >iat
hnyu dared to speak words other thnn vi pralss
quarrel with Tit seulliou in the ktcs,rn, haye
gonc ulscctly lor tbs master iu thu parlor."
"Dut Gov Hendricks says t'at lc neither
owns nor clntruls 4 newxpaprr; tint l.u tas
nothing 10 To with newspaper quargelsi tlla
you arc vi cdltor ulIl eau DO your own ts ht!ng.
"Certainty. That is ehcap why out Ut li'
responsibility, for q srt OF irresponsible people
rhu, ureteadlug to Eepredent hm Assail me
5ut there hls been nu auarrel. This !ghtIlt
has been wi un uas aide. Aud llu uni his trieldl
sxrtnl.Iul 1t 10 20 ou when they knew WI!
personally enlfstgdi III work II In01ncnt to thrn,
trtves, AMI In thu lace OF repeated fHun1ly r.
lionstsaucc. There cosIles occasionally IN thl
Forll ttlns whch fortearauce IL not yiTtuo
And sau discover uo REASON wts. when be
huld 0oy. hendricks playing tie pa,k lle hal
been playing for iwo ysa5s and Mote, slouls