The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-03
HENDRICKS AND MDONALD.
The Fool Friends of the Latter Antago-
MIXING the Former.
indianapolis Special to New York Times.

lnulSnapolis Special to New YORK Times.
Mr.. Mcdonald may we'll put in his vaca-
ton praying to be saved from his friends.
He seems to have more fool friends at pres
ert than any other aspiring, not to say per-
spring, statesman in the country. Mr.. Nc
Donald needs the solid and enthusiastic sup
port Of his own State If he wants the nomi-
nation in 1884, and yet his chief fugemen
leave no stone unturned to show that his
candidacy is in direct personal opposition to
Mr.. Hendricks, and by every possible means
they make themselves as offensive to Mr..
Hendricks as can be. Now, Mr. Hendricks
may be more or less in the sere and yellow
leaf, politically speaking, but there is
good deal of life in the old man yet, and he
may turn and serve the surly, barking dogs
that are now yelping at his heels in way
that will surprise them. One of the charges
that is rung against Mr.. Hendricks, in season
and out, is that by his obstinacy he prevented
the nomination of Mr.. Mcdonald at Cincin-
natl We have pictured special express trains
and influential committees riding up to In
dianapolis and begging MIR. Hendricks to take
himself out of the way, all of which that
selfish man declined to do, and thereby not
only lost the nomination for himself but
stood in the way of the honor coming to the
State. This is all very well, but those who
know anything about current political his
tory know that it is all the merest besh and
rot, and Mr.. Hendricks friends are showing
signs of restiveHess under the reiteration of
the nonsense The New Al bany Ledger the
Oldest and probably the ablest, Democratic
paper of the State, takes up this charge and
says:
ut is contended that Mr. McDonald's
nomination was assured if Mr.. Hendricks
was out of the way. Who and what assured
it? 1t is said that all Mr.. Mcdonald needed
to have done would have been to say that he
was candidate to have made his nomination
certain But if there was such strong
pressure In his favor, why ask or need his
consent? Horatio Seymour was nominated
in 1868 against his reiterated refusal. Mr..
Garfield was nominated at Chicago without
his consent. f there had been any strong
movement toward Mr.. Mcdonald the Indi-
ana delegation would probably have offered
their voice and vote at the right time. His
standing faithfully by Mr.. Hendricks added
to rather than detracted from his chances.
But there was no rallying toward Mr.. Nc
Donald on the part of any of the great States,
and there is no good foundation for the con-
slant iteration by few politicians that Hen
driokss obstinacy prevented McDonald's
nomination"
This is the sober solid sense of the matter,
but Mr.. McDouald's boomers" seem deter
mined that Mr.. Hendricks must be both
killed and Inundated in order to advance
the interests of their favorite The action
of the meeting of the Democratic editors of
the State at Logansport is another instance.
There was no call for anything of the sort;
but every one who opened his mouth glori-
fed Mcdonald at the expense of Mr.. Hen
bricks, who was spoken of with ill-disguised
contempt. Whether Intentionally or not the
meeting was arranged so that no one but
McDQRaldtes were present, and of course
MIR HNDdrlckc farad nnArlxy OF THAR hands
Still another means of making the Nc
Donald candidacy as insulting to Mr.. Hen
bricks as possible is the chatter in which
the Mcdonald men indulge about Mr..
Hendricks running for Governor, and
thus making the State sure and solid.
They have also proposed that Mr. Hendricks
shall present the name of MIR. Mcdonald to
the national convention, though that duty is
now assigned to Mr. Voorhees,, in order to
make it appear that there is no chasm be-
tween them on the tariff.
1t was determined at Logansport yesterday
to have one of the brashesu of the McDon-
aldites see Mr.. Hendricks and obtain from
him definite statement whether he would
| accept the gubernatorial. candidacy. Before
the man presents that topic to the con-
sderaton of the lawn mower statesman he
had better take out a tornado policy. Mr..
Hendricks has done a good deal for his
party, but to expect him to make the race
for Governor simply to insure the State for
Mcdonald, who was against him in 1868 and
who has been pushed to the front in the most
unacceptable way to the elder if not better,
party soldier, is asking too much OF human
| nature. Besides, the mere suggestion reveals
the fear that alone Mr.. Mcdonald could not
carry the State-a fear that is well founded,
| for in 1864 ne was defeated for Governor him
self by over 10000 majority. Mr. Hendricks
day in Indiana may have passed away, but
he is still too much of power in his party
| to be treated as he has been by the Mcdonald
movement. If the thing keeps on as it has
been doing forbearance may cease to be
virtue and when the boom is given a good
square and fair kick the little craft will look
as though it had run across full-sized tor
pedo. For some reason or other this phase
of the matter has not addressed itself to the
attention of Mr. Mcdonald and his mana
gers though every body else is talking of it.
A CASHIERS CONFESSION