Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1884-07-15


sympathetic smile and without becoming ami
mated Or brilliant, he = az once interesting. IN
affected aud intensely real.
rnoaouom OFFICIAL.
Though portly, he is tall and has fine pres
ence. lie attends thoroughly and aysteinatieal-
y 70 the affairs Of his ONCE iio Is simple In his
habit. on the day Of his Inauguration he
walled with a friend ironi the Executive man
sion 70 the Capitol, distanc, Of mile; inlme
dlAtey after the ceremony had ended he went
Into the Executive chamber directed that any
bOdy having business should be admitted aud
wuht 10 wsr1 NJ once. Hithctto cafds had 10 be
sent In, nshen con iucied citizens into ante
roans aud other fonnAltes delayed citiz M In
seeing the Executive Hut when Uroser Cieyf-
land took posss sion Of his office he srdofed that
every body calling he admitted ut once, without
am red tape. lie diskes ali ostcniaion and
parade. he walks from the Executive mansion
every morning ~ O'Clock 10 the Capitol aud
goes 10 work. AZ 1.31 he walks back 10 his lunch
which occupies an hour. lie then returns on
foot TO work again, aud remains until o. when
he goes 10 dinner lie IN back at 3, and gener-
ally remains until n or ~. lie keeps no horses
ri'lt since he has been In Albany except for an
occasional pleasure jatnt. Tho amount Of work
he thus accomplishcs " something enormous
lie Is unmarried. lie has no house OF bis osn
Is only moderately well on, and seems 10 think
little Of agguglting money for himself. One Of
the first law cases he had WAS that of wotuan
who lad a portgago on her property that was 70
be fofeelosed. lie himself paid on the mort.
gage and never received any financial return for
his kind act lie has i've sisters and three broth
ers. one Of the latter IL a Presbyterian minister
at forcstport, New YORK. Airs DR.. Hastings,
his sister. Is the wife a missionary TO Ceylon.
Thomas Andrew Hendricks was horn in Mus
kiiguni county. Ohio, on September 7. 1910.
His iather settled In shelby county Ind. In
1872. AZ an early age the subject u thi. bi,g-
raphy evinced astonishing intellectual powers
After most successful and thorough training
In the ublic schools and college he graduated
with high honora In is4i at the South Hanover
College and imlncd ateiy afterward devoted him
self 10 the study Of law at Chambcrsburg, Penn.
There he was admit ed TO the bar In 1913 and he
returned to Indiana to practice. lie soon be-
came Unidentified as one of the foremost atior
neys IN his State, and by disable argument and
cioqnent spceche' was at once brought to the
nOtIlc Of the voters, He was Ia lSi5 elected TO
the Indiana Legislature by large ma ohiy, and
served during hts term Of office TO the entire sat
i.faction Of his constituent, who showed their
gratitude for his honest discourage Of his labor.
Gus duties by oecting him In 1850 delegate to
the State Consttnt onal Convention. His serv.
ices In that body were u such nature, and he
showed himsof 10 su h advantage that he was
elected In 1851 10 rep esent the Indianapolis dis
trct In Congress until 1855, when he was ap-
pointed Commissioner Of the General Land
office. lie served his country In that capacity TO
his utmost ability until 1879, and devoted bt,n.
self 10 the practice Of law until 1868 when he
was elected member Of the United States Sen
ate. His record In that body Is above re
pFolch, and he assumed tbs difficult task
Of leader Of the Democracy In the
the Senate. lie served while In that capacity on
the Committees Of Claims. Pub c Buildings Ju-
dietary, Public Lands and Naval Anails. Ills
fame as a statesman and a leader OF the Dcmoc.
racy was so conspicuous that In the ! emocratic
National Convention In 1868. at Tammany Hal,
in ew FORK, he figured prominently az candi-
dato for President In that contest for the
Presidential nomination he received on the
twenty irst ballot lS2 votes. It seemed rroba-
BILE that he would receive he nomination, when
the name OF Iloratl Seymour was brought
forward. In 1879 he was elected Governor Of the
state OF Indiana for the term ending January |.
1877. In 1876 he entered into the contest Tor
Wee President Of the uditet states and obtained
the nomination by II unanimous vote. At r one
OF the hottest campaigns, the ticket, with Samuel
J. III den as President and Thomas A. Hendricks
ior Nice-President, was elected by an over.
whcimlng majority. IL /, but fresh in the men.
DRY NJ citizen, aud voters Of the Union how the
d mo racy and the people were defrauded OF
their choice. Through Republican tr ckcry,
Hayes and Wheeler were declared elected by a
corrupt Commission. and rather than cnvelop
their country In n struggle for right and justice,
the hemOcratic PRECEDENT ana Vic President
submitted to the report Ct that Commission. A.
tor this injustice done him and tn, American
people, he retired 10 prl, ate life. and will onco
receive again the support OF the voters, who will
unds ubitdly elect him in November next and
adjust the wrong done him.