, 1884-07-31
THE FORMAL STORY.
Mr.. Hendricks Hears 1t From
the Committee.
Other Notable Matters of a
Political Nature.
No Danger Now Apprehended
From Texas Cattle.
Mr.. Hendricks Formally Notified.

'NAg W . HlA vi lllC Viii
mittee appointed by the recent Demo
cratic National Convention for the pur-
pose OF notifying the candidates of their
nomination arrived last night, the bal
ance this morning. Hendricks is at the
Grand Union Hotel and the committee
held a private consultation at ll:3O to
take action on the matter. A committee
consisting of Villas of Wisconsin, Waller
of Connecticut, Hooker of Mississippi and
Stockton of New Jersey was appointed to
confer with Hendricks and ascertain which
would be the most feasible hour to make
the formal notification. The committee
returned and stated that Hendricks
would be ready at > o clock and the cere-
monies would take place in a large parlor
at that time. Mr.. Waller, of Connecticut,
introduced 4 resolution extending thanks
to w. +. Villas, Chairman, and Nicholas
NJ. Bell, Secre,ery of the Committee, for
the dignifed and intelligent manner in
which they performed their duties.
Long before the hour for the ceremony
to take place the parlors of the hotel we're
filed with handsomely dressed ladies' and
gentlemen seated in Il circle around the
space reserved for the committee. At
2:lO a. M, amid loud applause from the
guests, the committee marched in and
stood in u circle and Immediately after
Mr., Hendricks followed and took a posi-
ton in the center. Upon his arrival
Chairman Villas delivered a long and elo-
quent address, officially notifying Governor
Hendricks of his nomination for the Vice
Presidency by the National Democratic
Convention, r~ecounting the interesting
circumstance of that nomination and
dwelling particularly upon the enthusiasm
and unanimity manifested in the conven-
ton hall. Colonel Villas closed with the
declaration hat it was the especial desire
of the Democrats to see Governor Hen
bricks invested with this dignity, because
they know that once he was given the
title to it by the people and wrongfully
denied its possession,
Mr.. Hendricks replied AS follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Commit
tee
l cannot realize that a man should ever
stand in the presence of a committee rep
resenting a more august body Of men
than that which you represent. In the
language of another, the convention was
huge in numbers, august in culture, and
patriotic in sentiment, and may l not add
to that, that because of the power
and the greatness and the virtues of the
party which it represented it was itself in
every respect a very great convention.
Applause. The delegates came from all
the States and Territories, and | believe,
too, from the District of Columbia. They
came clothed with authority to express
judgment and opinions which are not set
tied by constitutional law. For the pur-
pose of passing upon these questions and
selecting a ticket for the people'that con
~venticn assembled. They decided upon
the principles they would adopt as a plat
form and they selected the candidates
that they would propose to the
party for support and that conven-
tons work was theirs. ! have
not reached the period when it is proper
for me to consider the strength and force
of the statements made in the platform.
1t is enough for me to know that it comes
at your hands from hat convention add
dressed to my patriotic devotion to the
Democratic party. Applause. | APP
p%reciate the honor that is done me. |
need'not question but at the same time
that | accept the honor from you and
from the convention, | feel that the du-
ties and responsibility of the office rest
upon me also. | know that sometimes it
is understood that a particular office,
that of Vice President, does
not involve much responsibility,
and as a general thing that it is so, but
sometimes it comes to represent very
great responsibilities, and it may be so in
the near future, for at this time the Sen
ate of the United States stands almost
equally divided between the great parties,
and it may be that those two great par
ties shall SO exactly differ that the Vice
President of the United States shall have
to decide upon questions of interest to
all by the exercise of the casting vote.
Applause The responsibility would
then become very great, and thatthe vote,
when thus cast. would be in obedi-
ence to the just expectations
and requirements of the people
of the United States. 1t might be, gentle.
men, that upon another OCCASION great re.
sponsibility would attach to this office,
1t mightoccur that under circumstances q
+, some difficulty, | don't think it will bt
: next election, hut it may occur, the Pre-
; sident of the Senate will have to take hi.
part in the counting of the electoral vote
and, allow me to say, that that duty is no
to be disparaged.
: Gentlemen-Yeu haze eeieped 10 tn
! fact that I am holared by this nomination
in a very special degree. I accept tn
Suggestion that in this candidacy | wi
represent the rights of the people I
choose their own rulers. That Fight tina
a Is above all, that lies beneath all, for
people are denied the right to choose the