The Russellville Democrat., 1879-06-05
HON. THOS. A. HENDRICKS.

HON. THOS. A. HENDRICKS. We have long had the stronges, confidence in Mir. Hendricks, and we rejoice to read the interview now gwen;
 INDIANAPOLIS, INp., May 23.-An interview is published with Hen dricks on the Courier-Journal at- tack. He says: "I can only say that the article was entirely without truth. 1 never made any combina tion of any kind with Mir. Kelly, ol any one who acted with or for him, never knew of any appointments ol confirmations, and cannot under stand the animus of the attack. Il there were the slightest truth in the charges made by the Courier-Jour' nal, could imagine that the editor had heard an exaggerated story, but as there is not, l can only say it as- tonishes me-" Hendricks further says: q do not propose to be a can didate for vlce- president with any one, and have declared this public | ly; and, so far as am concerned, the old ticket will not be in the field"
 The industrious faction of New Workers were anxious to commit Mir. Hendricks:to the old ticket, with Tilden at the head, and the first answer of Mir. H. was too indefinite. His southern friends were not satis- fled with it. But in this he is very distinct, and is not only firm but mild, and presents himself to the reader with all the dignity and man. hood which does and should belong to the position he occupies, and to the presidency itself, which his friends demand for him.
 MT. Hendricks is brave hearted good man, simple as child in his manners, raised up in the back woods, so he looks, talks and is, just like one of us, sincere frank-spoken gentleman, and not like your bond 1 holding aristocrats at all that look upon men as a herd of interiors, clacquers of men in the state capitals to house them while he runs his herdsmen, like Johnny Coyle, around the country to salt them or lash them and drive them into the fold. Gazette.
 We fully concur with our esteem ed contemporary in tho estimate placed upon Mir. Hendricks worth and integrity. We believe him to be a good and great man--pure, able and honest, but we cannot re, joice with our respected contempo- rary upon the above announcement of Mir. Hendricks intention in re- gard to his probable candidacy on the presidential ticket of 1880. Ii looks too dictatorial, too selfish and too arbitrary to hear one of our pub lie men talk that way. It looks like giving up the ship" . We believe that Mir. Hendricks will yet find that he has acted un- wisely in this matter and that he will sec the day in which he will re- gret having thus interposed his own will between the will of his party and such action as it may see proper to take.
 When 8 man places himself in as prominent a position---or rather when a party makes as prominent man out of one of its members as the democratic party has made out of MT. Hendricks it Is not for him to say to hls party "I will have this, l will have that, or l will not serve you at all" It looks too arrogant. MT. Hendricks may find out that the party is just about as independent of him as he is of the party. We re- gret very much to see a man who we have no doubt MEANS we'll, and who no doubt would at the proper time be amply honored and reward ed by his party for all his eminent services thus antagonizing himself to the wishes and desires of his party.