St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-04
lNDlANA'S FAVORlTE.
Hendricks Addresses Monster Meet
ing at a Fair in Indiana,
And Frankly Tells the People He Wants
Their Support.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 3-Ex- Governor
Henricks addressed audience of 1000 persons
for an hour and half at Connersville to-day at
the fair grounds. Mr.. Hendricks reception was
cordial. After repeating substantially the same
speech delivered at Indianapolis last Saturday,
closed as follows:
You know have been several times candi-
dste. [Cries of '.and elected once.'I Yes, once
or twice. have been before the people of In
diana more frequently than 1 desired. When
was elected governor did not want to be a can
didate: when was nominated for vice president
before did not want to be candidate. But it
is not necessary to talk about that now. Cries
of mo- l did not expect TO be a candidate
this time Cries of ''but wanted YOU
tell you now want your votes the worst in the
world. Laughter, applause, and cries of ''you
will get them
That is what l want. Some people have said
that candidate for vice president ought not to
go about making speeches. Well, l speak to
my equals; to men who have the deciding of the
question, and wish them to say when they
elect me this fall that the act which excluded me
from the Office, to which was elected before,
was an infamous outrage. Republicans believe
it now. Applause and cries, ''we know it. -
have not found one for u long time that was
not perfectly satisfied on that subject, and they
are becoming rapidly satisfied of another, and
that is that it is going to be repeated this fall
They tell you that i'll New York the Irish peo-
pie are going against the Democrats, and that
the laboring party is not going for Clevelond,
and all that. 1t is not worth while to disturb
your minds about that. The Irishman is nat
ural Democrat. Applause and laughter.
am not speaking of that in fun, but am speak
ing of it in earnest He has breathed the breath
anxiously for a better government
in his own country. When he
came here his sympathies were for
popular government, honestly and economi-
cally administered, and there has never been o
time when the rights of foreigners had to be
vindicated in this country that the Democratic
party did not stand by their rights. The Irishman
and Democrat stand together. When was de-
feated in my own district at Shelbyville it was
because would not be a Know Nothing. If
had been willing to have been Know Nothing
aud carry the Know Nothing votes, l would have
done well enough. but would not. would have
felt so mean all the balance of my life l could
not stand it. Applause and laughter. 1t was
impossible.
Now, my fellow citizens, it is not necessary for
me to appeal to you any further. You have
known me more or less for good many years
If l am worthy the high office the party has nom
mated me for, then appeal to You for your sup
port Now, received great honor in the con-
vention which nominated me, such as very few
men receive. 1t was an honor which felt was
extended to the people of my own state,
and when they placed me in nomination
it happened to be at a time when did not know
exactly what going ON in the convention and
l was not drunk either. daughter Then /
could not refuse, and did not desire to refuse it.
But 1 am candidate before you, and l take off
my hat and ask of the ladies and gentlemen their
support. IApplause.1