Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-07-24
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR YICE-
PRESIDENT.


In nominating Thomas A. Hendricks, Of
Indiana, for the Vice-Presidency, the Dem.
ocratic party has done its best to insure the
electoral vote of his State, which went Re.
publican four years ago, and has renewed
public interest in "the old ticket" of 1876
There, are, besides, strong reasons in Mr..
Hendricks record why his party should dc
him honor.
He was born in Ohio on the 9TH of Sep.
tember 1919. He was graduated from South
Hanover College in that State in 1910, when
he removed to Chambersburg, Penn, and
began the study of law. Three years later
he was admitted to the bar and began the
practice of his profession in Indiana. His
career opened auspiciously and in few
years he became a lawyer ofeXcellent stand
ing. In 1S4S he was elected to the State
Legislature, and in 1850 was delegate to
the State Constitutional Convention. The
next year he was elected to the House of
Representatives, and in 1858 his term eX-
pired. He was appointed Commissioner
of the General Land Office by President
Pierce, and from this on he has been one
of the most important political characters
in Indiana. In 1860 he ran for Governor
against Henry S. Lane, and was defeated.
He was elected to the United States Senate
in 1868 for the long term. Here he won con-
siderable distinction as debater and served
with marked ability in the Committees
on Claims, Public Buildings and Grounds,
the Judiciary, Public Lands and Naval
Affairs After leaving the Senate in 1869,
he practiced law in Indianapolis until 1872.
He was then made the candidate for Cover
nor of the State, and was elected by a ma
jority of | ,14S.
His name was presented to the Democrat
ic National Convention in 1868 as candidate
for the presidency, and he would no doubt
have received the nomination but for the
Ohio delegates, who, by persistently voting
for Horatio Seymour, finally caused a stam-
pede in his favor. The friends of Mr.. Hen
bricks have always insisted that the nomi-
nation would have ensured a Democratic
victory. Again, in 1872, he was proposed
as candidate in the Democratic National
Convention, and but for the unexpected ftl-
sions of that time, he would probably have
been the nominee of his party. He was
nominated for Vice President in 1876, and
since that memorable contest his profession
al duties have engrossed the greater part Of
his attention, varied with European travel
of which his interesting accounts have ap-
peared in newspapers. Mr.. Hendricks is a
skillful public speaker and a learned lawyer,
and his services as a statesman give him an
honorable position among puDllc men.
He was married near Cincinnati on the
25th of September, 1915, to Miss Eliza c.
Morgan, by whom he had one son, born in
1913, but who lived to be only three years Of
age. This was the only child, and its death
greatly affected the father. He was nur-
tured in the Presbyterian faith, and was
member of that communion until the Or
ganization of st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
in indianapolis, in the year 1862, when he
became member of that parish and was
elected Senior Warden.
Few men have greater personal populari-
ty than Mr.. Hendricks. Heis genial, kind
ly, always true to his friends, and without
being a professional mixer or a demagogue,
possesses those qualities which give men
strong hold on the people. He is the leader
of the bar in his State and one of the most
engaging stump-spcakers in the country.