New-York tribune., 1880-03-08
A CONSPIRACY AGAINST HENDRICKS.

ENGLISH AND Ills HAED-MONEN IHiiNpa-l"H
rrAvs rnEY HAVE OK rOoT AND InE wlM
Tiny HIVE ALREADY LAID.
lVRoM AZ OCCASIONAL CokEE-roNDENT og Tn. rH6UNL,I
INpIANAPoLIs, Feb. 23.--lhe llooaIT pom
ucian OF u,e democratic persu sion nr1rFcs iAa' hls
STATE is uyot one ia the battle of18s0, and MS "s-
topislne.t is great oyer the fact ha' so much is saa
about the importance of carrying New-YoiE' ana n"t'-
Ing abo, Indiana He is Ted 10 believe from ih's CIR
eumstauce that political factor he Is no' appFcc
ated aud more particularly does this seem 3" b' 10 'e
the case, because 20 ile devotion Is paid 10 Mt he-
drirLs who has been supposed carry the Democracy
o iudi4t In his coata pockets ever tince J-sse D.
Bright removed 10 Kentucky, where he could c)oY
purcr Dilno,r.iio atmosphere. The lni''i" D'H-
Ocrat is p,r "a as wei a. dsSut9 lie las "oiheN'
stuffed hal0jooXes, con- uiitod PejuJ "lth"n "l" ~
swearineJa imported voters, and al thc reward 'h''
has bec, offered 10 hin, or MS state e. ride to Washing
tor AND back al tbe EXPENSE of the Untcd states Noot
hecs rs the only ear Democrat who appreciates l"'
achvo abors OF the party ioaEac'rs IN nulH" t ''"
years tho indiana Democracy have troed "p {" Con-
venli0us with the belief that lcro WAS on' one mAh }"
ther party ana state who could MI anv oice' ana t'",
man 10, Hendricks, aud she only reward tDty nave HA
was ,ie1 at the hnG tCtt dt 81. Louis Consequently
fecmg AaS grown up all oyor the STATE that peih'S
Mr. u r Ks might hc iHcGiuC iD something's 1ui a' Hc
has u.ycr committed himself upon auy rnncp"' or
upon aryiaing else, except tlai in tao ah-tc' hr
Democrat dinicalt to icii jas' where lis weakness
lies.
A conspiracy against II ndricAs has grown np right
here IN the state, aud before any OF his nondS were
awaic o. s existence 1t had assumed rather alarming
propuriou, OF course. IL l. composed largely of men
who nave .rown tired ~ tciy uusnccossu efforts under
theleaac ship OF Mr. HcnIuck,. and 10 th'f class may
be- added tine men who have convictions of then own on
the hnpuccs This ltter c~ more mum rogs ~ the
northern part of the state especially 10 the Niih Kiln
aud XIflth Congressional Districts state senator
Winter ,otham me wealthy prison contractor, hives at
Mt tbe al
the state The leader of the hardmonoy Dem"c-
raey. W0terbOtham is candldRte-ou the sy-!or thr
Democratic nomination for Governor. Frank Laudens'
the "hat nAtst," lives II IDdanapols, while
Colonel Gray lives at UgiOn City, almost eas,
OF indianapolis. Gray and Laudens are both
soft-money men. yet Derocrats. The regular
rnossbacL Democrat is for the nominee. whether he
be for SOFT OF hard money, provided he is not agn
nckpr" For six years Democratic managers have
felt therefore that they had only 10 cOncate the soft
money wing and the regul1r would obey orders.
senator Mcdonald is pronounced hard money advo-
cate bnt be has always said MS speeches
ny personal views, but have no policy or principles
gbch wpuld advocate against tue interests OF my
party" and he has been Aed with tue belief tnat
the soft money wing Of the party must be hed IN line
by soft promises he has pronounced IN favor Of Lau'
dens for he knew tnat Laudens was Democrat dr7t,
last and the time Colonel Gray when h. failed t. get
the Congressional nomination u the Sixth Dlstr CT,
bOltcd party and enlisted under the Democratic
banner They recognized his qualities and made dona
ton t. OF the oce Of Lieut. Dant Governor. place
IN which could them and at the same time, a.
they thought, have power to harm thcIn. But this
d not satisfy Gray. lie obeyed all the commands Of the
managers; violated law and deceDcy IN organizing
the last LEGISLATURE. and then had the modification 10
hear Hendricks Mcdonald, Voorhees, and all the mana
rers pronounce III beqnivocay for Laudens. "A VINO
had enjoyed the sweets OF Office and army contrucs.
Grny is a man OF pluck and made 1t his sole
business to visit all parts of the saewhich he could
do at his free passes issued by railroads TO
him aIcutenant ioveFnOrand the first thing the man
aerrs knew about It he had gained over nearly every
esuutv officer III the State This he could easily do
he had the chicf instrument in securing the pas
sage of m outrageous Fee and Salary Bll" by prop
eriy constructing the Senate Committee. careful
eoant of Hanpuators few weeks ago showed Gray In
ne lead aud tended to break the fixed States
aud at the time put IN the lead man who Was not
in harmony with either the soft hardmoney mana
gers.
william T. E0glish, the millionaire banker, has been
or two years a standing TO the managers, and
sst Winter he openly announced that he would be can
date before the next Legislature for the seat Of seua
tor Mcdonald IN the United States Senate Soon after
teis notices of Mr. English eligible candidate foI
the Vice Presidency aud for the first place itself
sppesrcd Somehow notices dd not TO scare
sBy one ana the voice of the Indiana Democracy was
attn blatant for Hendricks aud Western financial idca
In State the fact was recognized that MI EngIsi
could make himself Senator and he was offered taRy IN
the shape the Treasury portfolio he would turn N,
v,heel for Mr. Hendricks. But Mr.. English hat
ssose enough 10 know that Mr.. Hendricks
voIld never have that or any othe
port.clio at his disposal. and he was not Will
ing 70 dispose of his opportunities for PROMISES III
EneW tbe managers would and probably succeed II
manipulating the Convection Tor Landcls az agIlhs
ray and II successful wOuid put "a soit moiey pd1on IL
unOn The state thus almost insure Re'Dncan sue
Cess. lie also aid that the nard money cemelt wa
really stronger than tbe soft, bat that majority was
ha gilg1f -
wagee the dog. He had no enees To repair 10 he st
hui he had scheme for bniidug opera house, ano
whcre could he study theatrical architecture 80 well a.
Mr samuel J. Tildon lives In NegYOrk, and Mr. Thos
Bayard lives IN Delaware Some tine sfter MI Eng
fsh departure The stil small voice o e press 9cgaI
re1cs aud inc on@stion followed: "What caa hr oheI
for It when Indiana is a sotmoney Democratic state.
He determined 70 offer the DemOcatc VOe OF Hui"ns
for g. Ic cpnd not make direct oheI OF tran4 u
Senator Mcdonald who had pinned NJ fortunes - agh
6rfcSs. though against MS cobsolsn,e. , ~ , -
knew that Mcdonald had no nope OF tue domination o
Hendricks 80 either place on the ucAet III eV ne keN
that Hendricks himself had 10 such hope, and he AneN
also that the Senator would not be aVcse 10 any sehe
wni n would leave tho road open to the Senate egan
The wOyk was then begun on the delegation 10 tb'
State Convention. which meets on june w. -, a,
and XiIIth Districts have been fixed for hardnoney o.
that snd Of delegation and Will oe solid Will come e
Josnd a recognition IN the platform. This plan ma
sireaay peen lau oeiDlS % nVSI VI ,, oe % h., ~ '
results be If the hard-inoney managers nak
any show the State, Mr.. English l.
place on the National ticket, matter who gets th
hrst Mr. Hendricks Is TO be Secretary OF State have
either OF the hrstcless Missions, and Mr. Mcdonald
to return 10 the Senate. The Indiana delegation In th
National Convention IS 10 give complimentary vote
bir. Hendricks and then over to the leading man.
In having three districts already, Mr. English show
ing his ability deliver the goods He s the riches
insn In Indiana never does more than one thing
time does his level best TO accomplish H. lie will
recognized In the line marked out, and the boys wi
walk up and vote for the nominee, just as they did
1875.
DIRECTING TO BE RULED BY LAWYERS.
PENSsYLvAYIA DELEGATE TO TIE CHICAGO con
yEYTIoN WHO THINKS THE LRGAL FRATERNIT
HAs EAR TOO MUCH POWER IN POLIIIcs.