The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-05-25
mr.. HENDRICKS.
A Brief Bat Pleasant Letter from Hon
Thomas A. Hendricks.

A Brief bat Pleasant Letter from Hon.
Thomas A. Hendricks.
To the Editer OF the SeatiDel:
SIR-I see in your columns an intervie~
with myself, taken f''om the Kansas CiSy
Times was not interviewed. This is the
way il was: Being detained at Kansas CITY
called at the Times-Office to see DIR. Man
ford. the proprietce, and TO deliver a mes
sage Ter friend tine Doctor was absent.
met a gentlemaE en- the Office whom L took
for tie assistant editor; he looked like a
newspaper man 81 considerable rank. An
Other gentleman soon Joined us. OF course,
we soon fell int conversation. Ii was inter
esting to me- and L thought. agreeable to
them. | was not interviewing esther OF
them, and il dil not occur TO nae that was
being interviewed. | had no notice of any
danger.
Had intended to appear befoze the nu-
Irerous readers of that able paper, would
have endeavered to make the appearance as
V-editable as possible. / could not have been
Indifferent 3, their good opinion.
/ suppose that after i left tho office, the
gentleman whom j regarded as the editor
attempted 10 knit into an interview the tam
gled yarn 81 very careless conversation.
No doubt he wished TODD me a kindness, and
what he undertook was done rs well as iro
could; but, of course, he could NOT recall the
sentiments nor command the language OF
the conversation. 1t was a mistake. There
was no interview to be gathered up. think
il would be but fair if newspaper gentlemen
would allow others to choose their own time
and manner of appearing before the public.
We has had delightful journey. 1t has
brought us into section of the cOuRtry
new and very interesting TO us. Since leay-
ing the Missouri River we have risen nearly
100 feet, and are now among the noun
tains where there is no summer. This is an
old Mexican town now being rapidly rlodi-
fed by the new population brought here by
the railroad. The mountains are very grand,
and the streams that flow Smong them, sup
piled ty the melting snow CT the yet higher
regions, is as beautiful as possible. Mr..
Turpen gave me very correct description of
this section before we started. He is un-
uncon monty well informed in respect to it,
We will visit Santa Re in a few days.
That.is a point of considerable interest; per-
maps greater than any other in the Terri
tory. It's structures of adobe present the
condition of Spanish and Mexican archi-
lecture, and the progress; of that civiliZa-
ton in what was Northern Mexico ut the
time of its annexation to the United States.
Wesvill have the pleasure of meeting Gov
erner Wallace, whose Administration,
am glad to find, is well spoken of
On our return We hope to stop at Trinidad,
in the southern part ef'ColoradO. Olney
Newell, formerly of Lebanon, in our State,
and once Secretary Of tbe%Senate, publishes
an admirable newspaper there. l will be
very glad to see him.
We are shocked and srieved to learn Of
the deaths of George Harding and Charles
f, Hunt. They were beth conspicuous in
our city, and will be sadly missed from
their usual walks. l VIII be hardly able to
realize on my return thGt.they arc gone.
T. "A. HENDRICKS.
.IGs Vegas, y. NJ, May r., 1881.