The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-30
THE DEMOCRATIC DILEMMA.
A Tammany Man Who Thinks Mr..
Hendricks Should Be Nominated,
And Who Gives Many Reasons WhyIt Should
Be DOne-Massachus Will Work
Earnestly for Butler.
HENDRICKS FOR PRESIDENT.

A Tammany Mans Reasons for Desiring His
Nomination.
SGaths' New York Letter.
A friend of John Kelly said to me to-day:
"The true policy for the Chicago convention is
% nominate Thomas A. Hendricks for Presi
lent"
'Why So" asked.
because he was as much defrauded in 1876
Is Mr.. Tilden was. With what decency can we
Try out to right the great wrong in Tildens case
md let Mr.. Hendricks remain unconsideredl 1t
Dnly shows that we wanted Tilden because we
thought we could win with him"
SaidI, but Mr.. Tilden is sick manl'
''What has that got to do with Hendricksp
said the Tammany man. Hendricks is a we'll
man. Tilden only puts his declination the
ground that infrmities have disabled him. But
Hendricks has been all along DESTROYS to run
again. He wanted to run for President in 1880
by himself Now he has been willing to run be-
hind Mr.. Tilden If we cannot have the head
d the ticket let us nominate the tail Depend
upon it, said this man, "a genuine Democrat,
not leaning on Republican support, has better
Shance to be elected than man who is trimming
between the two political parties and does not
flnow whether he is Democrat or not. Every
consideration of honor and consistency call upon
us to nominate Mr.. Hendricks. From all can
hear he is just as strong in Indiana as any
man and think stronger than any Democrat.
There is no scandal about his domestic life any
where He has filled large places with salts
faction. He has been an elective officer ad-
ministered the Land Office with perfect salts
faction and in the United States Senate, where
he was an upright Democrat he made no mis-
takes as patroit He voted for all the war
appropriations right along. He is the best be-
haved man we possess, with better manners than
any person named for the presidency, with less
selfshness and he can command the confidence
of every Democrat in the East If these in
dependents, as they call themselves, really want
a man of high qualities they have got him
in Hendricks Now" continued the Tam
many man, 'you can bet your life that if Cleve-
land gets this nomination he will break
the Democratic party up. The party will
come to an end with him in the presidential
chair. He will run his administration for the
benefit of the few renegades and apostates from
the Republican party who manage newspapers
and write books. The party will quarrel with
its President, and thus having run abreast of
the Republican party for twenty-five years with
hardly anything to separate us, we shall fold
our tents and pass away under man nominally
q Democrat, but who has not uttered one Demo
cratic sentiment since he took the chair by the
aid of Republican votes"
Said |: Your party seems pretty hard up for
candidates. considering the apparent good chance
you haveP
''That only intensifes the fact that we have
one candidate pointed out by nature in Hen
bricks If Mr.. Tlden designed to injure Mr..
Hendricks by declining, so that Mr. Hendricks
could not get the benefit of portion of his term
in Gaze Mr.. Tilden died, he has treated Mr..
Hendricks just as meanly as he claims the Re
publicans treated him 1t was not crime COM
mitted against two individuals, but against the
suffrage against the claims of great party.
I think it shows very little principle in
the Democrats to let Hendricks drop so
easily after they cannot run Tilden. The
true thing is to run Tilden and Hen
bricks and if Mr.. Tilden cannot admin
lister the office Mr.. Hendricks can easily do
so. Indeed" said my friend 81 think that the
great straits their party is in is going to compel
them to do his very thing. Tilden will unite
the Democrats in New York State; Cleveland
will divide them. Tilden and Hendricks is a
ticket already well known. The people only
need to understand that if Mr. Tilden is a very
sick man Mr. Hendricks can take the Office with
credit. When the convention gets to Chicago,
in my Judgment" said the Tammany man,
''they will come to that view. If they donot,
the Republicans will twt them during the whole
campaign with having cheated the man they
claimed had been elected"