The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-03
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Friends.
81. Lois rmes-Jonrnal II
u has pleased the Times-Journal toI
o..cr free ana earnest support 10 thcI
proposition 10 make Hon. Thomas A.
Hendricks. Of Indiana, the next demo-
cratic candidate for president Of the
United states. We have been prompted
Is This c.u.se By the belief. honestly en-
serfaimed. that We would thereby get
nearest "a the popular heart and please
~. largest number of people in the west.
We believe 80 still. We think no other
man na7ned IS possible democrat can
slidafc for the presidency has near SO
many warm f..Gnds among the demo-
cratic nasses Is Mr.. Hendricks. No
other man since The death OF Stephen A
Dnnylas Il so nearly q representative
democrat. or would inspire so enthusias-
sic a campaign: and for the very good
rcason that no inau among them all has
!, more unsnliied record for honesty and
fidelity in every public trust, and not
one has 50 strong hold on the admira-
lion and affection Of the masses Dy reason
Of his kindly manners and his genuine
svmpathy with all good men. however
pcor and humble. II has seemed to us
that everything IN tho Democratic heart
that i laval. warm and ennobIing would
be called into excessive play and be
forni prodigious power among the
snssses ii one 50 purely and honestly
democrat and man Of the people as
Thomas A. Hendricks should be put up
Tor the popular sufirages.
Ii IL true we recognized great discour-
agenent in cspousing the cause Of Mr..
Hendricks when we did. The distin-
puished son Of Indiana, feeling no doubt
the indignity put upon him by Tilden's
money At the St Louis convention in
1876. had declared that he would under
no circumstances again take the second
place on the ticket In saying this, Mr..
Hendricks grievoCsly offended Mr.. Til
den and Mr.. Tilden's friends, whose
chief argument for Mr.. Tilden's renomi-
nation rested In asserting that the ticket
elected in 1876. but counted out. must be
reelected in 1880 and counted ia. That
argument wins very good il Mr.. Tide
had fairly taken the first place in ls-
hui the country now knows well that
Tilien's money isbursed at ST. Louis by
Tilden's agents beat Mr.. Hendricks and
nut Tiiden above him. Believing this
10 he true. Mr.. Hendricks would have
been unmanly indeed to accept now the
fraud OF 1876, and condone II by lending
himself and his friends TO another ma
tional farce. or tragedy, as ii might prove.
Tiliien il mightyin caucus, and bold A.
a lion IN convention of his own party,
where cash Is trumps. but he is weak as
} kitten ia the presence Of G desperate
adversary ready to appeal 10 harsber ar
! b.trament than ballots to settle the title
40 Office.
Mr.. Hendricks stands whore he stood
I'M 1915. He Is a candidate for the presi.
,dsncy, and his name will be presented
for that high honor by all that rallied to
his support in 1876, aud by many thous.
and more. And these earnest friends
arc not likely to be overborne BY any
sudden Eruption Of imported mercenar.
les; as happened in 81. Louis. For dar-
ing 10 resume the place before the peo-
pie that he occupied four years ago, II
has pleased the TiIden organs, notably
the Louisville Couricr-Journal, to make
the most bitter personal attacks on Mr.
Hendricks. All the force Of ridicule and
invective has been brought to bear u
break Mr.. Hendricks down and discour-
are his friends. The ground Of the abuse
simply il that Mr. Hendricks has no
right 20 be anytking else but tail e
1lr. Til1en's kite 50 long as Mr.. Tiiden
has use for him in that capacity. Mr..
Hendricks friends mean to place hin
Just where he stood when the democratic
convention met in 1875. He Is their can.
didafc for the presidency now az then
and viii remain so until fairly beaten.
cur words 20 the friends Of Mr.. Hem
dricks at the present time, are these
Mr.. Tilden Is undoubtedly out of the
contest. His reorganization again Is mos
improbable. His election, If nominated
IS absolutely impossible. The .soiid
son.h~ is solid against him in the con.
vention. The names Of Hendricks and
Bayard are actively discussed In ths
south as possible successors for the Til.
den vacancy. Mr.. Hendricks friends
In the south are numerous. In the west
they are multitudiDous. Wherever they
are-in townships, villages and cities
they should be up and doing, speaking
their preferences loudly aud fearlessly
A. thew arrest s.e.h others attention
north. sonih. cast aud west. thcfr conssi-
on~rr.s uf numbers xiii inspire conf
dcnce and strength. They will find that
instead 81 being isolated individuals and
scattered groups. they constitute a com
pact mass. extending elbow 10 elbow
throughout an the states OF the Mississ
ippi valley. They have only 10 arouse
themselves, Immediately. earnestly, spon.
taneousiy everywhere, TO challenge ma
tional attention, and crystalizei the mn.
fiOuaI choice nm the prottpr and fuvinci.