Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-14
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MONDAY svENIao, JULY ID 1884.
The Nomlnee for vice President,


The speech OF Mr. Hendricks to his
neighbOrs and friends on Saturday night
leaves no room for doubt that he will
accept the nomination which the Demo.
cratic national convention rendered him
with such spontaneity and unmistakable
expression Of good will. The attempt
TO stampede the convention to Hendricks
for first place was a preconcerted affair.
II was the last desperate effort to break
down Cleveland, and had 1t been sue
cessful would have been productive Of
bad feeling and led to nomination
which was not in accord with the better
Judgment Of the delegates, but to which
they were moved under the excitement
OF a momentary impulse. To those who
sat in the great hall and watched the
proceedings it was manifest that the
Hendricks presidential boom got its i'm
petus from the galleries, while the great
body of delegates did not respond toit.
II was otherwise with his nomination
for vice president. In that Pennsylva
mia led and, by united and aggressive
action, commanded the result. 1t was a
matter of judgment with them, believing
not only that it was tit Mr.. Hendricks
should be elected to the place out of
which he had been defrauded, but that
he was statesman who would adorn the
place and give greater strength to the
ticket in the West than any
other possible nominee. These views
Of the matter were perspicuously
correct and, when announced on behalf
Of Pennsylvania by Mr.. Wallace, were at
once recognized in their full force by the
convention.
Indiana had brought Mr.. Mac D0nald's
name to the convention on its standards,
not because it esteemed him above Hen
bricks, but simply because it desired to
avoid the constantly recurring factional
quarrel between the friends of these two
eminent citizens OF that state. Mr..
Macdonald and his friends had served
Hendricks at Cincinnati in 1850 and
this time it was deemed fair play for
Hendricks to serve Macdonald.
And he did it faithfully. The as
pensions cast upon Mr.. Hendricks be
cause he was nominated for second |
place, which the candidate of bis state
was understood to he willing to take, are |
totally undeserved. OF all elements in
the convention Mr.. Hendricks aud his |
Indiana friends had the least to do with |
his romiuation. The Pennsylvania dele
CATION, heartily supported by the judg
ment of Mr.. Cleveland's friends in New
York, accomplished it, moved by the
good reasons related.
Mr.. Hendricks is too good 4 man and
too loyal n Democrat to embarrass his
party by obStructing its wish so unani.
mously expressed. He accepts the place
not because his candidacy for it or his
second election to it can add lustre To
his career, but because he has such uni
versal assurance that his name will
make the ticket and the cause of his
party stronger. OF this there can be 10
doubt. lie stands primarily for TIE old
fashioned hickory Democracy of the
country, a representative of its tried and |
true public men of long experience, who |
could not have been excluded from |
on the ticket without
prejudice to its chances of success. But
he likewise represents and satisfies the
sentiment which demanded the renomi
nation and reelection of the old
ticket as the surest way to aycrge the
electoral fraud of 1876 ~. Moreover,
Mr.. Hendricks is man of pure charac.
ter and great ability. His speeches will
give vigor to the campaign; his counsel
will add gravity and wisdom to its man
agement. In all respects his nomination
htly rounds up the good work at Chicago.