The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-12-04

WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Nov. 20
A bulletin announcing that Vice President
Hendricks had fallen dead was received at
the Baltimore & Ohio telegraph Office at $50
tonight. As Mr.. Kelser, the chief ope-
rator. took it from the wire he ran to the
telephone and called up the White House
Tell the president MI. Hendricks is dead" he
exclaimed.
WHATS that?"
Mr.; Hendricks Is dead
Yes. We have Just received a telegram from
indianapolis announcing that he fell dead n few
moments ago
"Oh, my!!" calculated the operator at the
White House.
Dropping the receiving tube. he ran in to
tell the president. Mr.. Cleveland was at
Inner when the operator broke III upon him
with the news. Leaving the table he went
up stairs two steps at n time and went to the
telephone room and asked how the report
came, and whether there was anv contirmu-
ton of it. Being told that the message was
from the manager of the Baltimore & Ohio
Office in Indianapolis, and that its
accuracy was indisputable, he asked
that any further details might be
given him promptly, and returned
to his sister. who remained in the dining
room, in a tlutter of excitement Swallow
Ing a few morseis, the PRESIDENT went up
stairs, wrote a message of coincidence to
Mrs. Hendricks and dispatched messengers
to the residence of cabinet officers, asking
them to come to the White House at once.
THE PRESIDENTS CoNDoLENCB.
The president sent the following telegram
to Mrs. Hendricks:
! Executive Mansion. WASHINGTON. D. c., Nov.
25.,To Mrs; 4, A. Hendricks: indianapolis: This
sudden ard lamcntahle death OF your husband
excites my profound sympathy for you i'll this
hour OF YOUR great bereavement, and sincerely
mourn the deccasc of enc 30 lately associated
with me in the execution of the peoples highest
trust, while the nation mourns tho loss OF an
tonorcd citizen and faithful public servant.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Senator Edmunds was appraised OF the
death of the vice president by u reporter.
End was greatly affected. He SAID that he
lad known Mr.. Hendricks a great many
yeas. and they We're intimate friends in old
lines in the senate, and he added:
l have always had a personal regard for him I
c.ret exceedingly his death. | shall call Il
meeting lu-mcrrow or all the senator's in the
city to make such arrangements to have the
senate represented at the funeral as are proper.
Secretary Bayard said:
The news of Mr.. Hendricks death Ia painful to
us all, but the condition in which the American
people are placed by his death. through the
failure OF congress to pass proper laws regarding
eAN liN iNAS Ia 'utSCSSlNil, OilE V lHNG
is now but one man between the American peo-
pie and no president, is more painful to con-
template.
Secretary Lamar said:
Ny acquaintance with MI. Hendricks was not
Intimate He has been for many years n great
favorite in tho South. and l think vas regarded
statesman, II man of great dignity and force OF
character. He had the faculty of att aching
friends to him Very warmly. Although his
death is very sudden and a great shock to us, |
have often herd hts friends express apprclien-
sion AS to the condition of his health ever since
Ills attack some years ago.
THE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.
When the cabinet ad journed the president
Issued the following:
Executive Mansion, Washington, D. c.. Nov.
%, lSS5.-To the people of the United States;
Thomas A. Hendricks. vice president of TIL,
United States, died to-day at 5 o'clock p. M. AZ
Indianapolis. and it becomes my mournful duty
to announce the distressing fact to his fellow
citizens. In respect To the memory of this Off
clai and patriotic public servant. whose long
career was 80 full OF usefulness and honor tn his
state and to the United States: it is
ordered that the national tias be dis
played at half-mast upon all of the
public buildings OF the United States: that the
executive mansion aud the several executive de.
partments in the city of Washington be closed
on the day of the funeral, and be drapcd in
mourning for the period OF thirty days: that.
the usual and appropriate military and naval
and consularS of the United States in rorciga
countries the national flag shall be displayed al
half-lnast on the reception of this order, and thC
usual emb!cms of mourning be adopted fol-
thirty days. tSiCnedl
GROVER CLEVELAND, President.
IL. BAYARD, Secretary of State.
A NEEDED LAW MAY De PASSED.
The death of Mr.. Hendricks leaving. rs il
does, but one life between the presidency
and Il vacancy IN the Office, to which no one
under the law can succeed, will undoubtedly
impel congress to pass the bill which ma.
been pending so long to provide for Il regular
successor. Several times has such a bill been
reported from committees of both houses
and once a measure for the purpose was
passed bv both; but they were unlike in thu
most essential features. and the senators AM
representatives were no. able to adjust then
differences. This event will renew the
discussion, and it is to be hoped that some
plan of succession will be ecide upon. AT
the cabinet meeting tonight. the subject was
introduced by Mr.. Bayard, who gave tbs
history of congressional action upon il. and
quite a long discussion ensued. The presi.
dent had no intention of referring to this mat
ter III his message, but the painful reminder
OF the uncertainty of human life. coming as
1t does with direct force to him personally.
Will cause an addition to that document i'll
which he will urge congress to act at once.
NEW YORK. Nov. % Senator John Shcr.
man was seen at the Fifth Avenue hotel, and
said:
The death of the vice prcsidcn. wonld not
Affect the organization of the senate in anv way
way. as The casc was cxtremely simple. Dat OF
courtesy Il president pro tenpore was not
elected in the presence of the vice president.
WHO, when a party opposite in politics WAS In
power. could not exercise much influence. He
did not appoint the senate committees, which
were named in caucuses b. the dominant marty
AT present The senate was without a Iresid, M
Officer. IL must be remembered that the senate,
unlike the house. was a prominent body and
VINO will be elected. The matter i. alto.
gether of friendly consultation. was a personal
friend of MIR. Hendricks and knew him yery
we'll. He was a man of marked character, and n
regular attendant OF the Episcopal church. The
death OF Mr.. Hendricks will not probably have
any effect on Indiana politics, and the loss OF no
one man nowadays makes makes mach differ.
cnce to the country. But he was certainly one
OF the most prominent of men in the Democratic
party, and l remember him well when he first
came into congress in 1868 and took 4 leading
part IN tue reconstruction policy. | think that
Hendricks, Thurman. Morton and Mcdonald
were all Ohio men living in Indiana. The CON
tlngcncy has never arisen when the president OF
the senate became president: of the United
states, and only remember one instance where
the vice president has died, and that was King,
who was elected with Pierce. | don't want to
discuss the probabilities, and we on our side
certainly want to see Cleveland serve his term
out.
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-Justice Miller OF
the United States supreme court, in speak
ing of The presidential succession to night.
said.
IF Mr.. Edmnnds had been elected president
pr"tcmporc of the senate at the recent cx. n, scs.
OF that body,hc would now be the constitutional
successor TO The prtsid-nCs in case of the death
or MIR. Cleveland during his term of Office.
though the tenure OF office OF the present pro
tempere can be terminated at will by vote OF the
senate"
DO yon think that the sudden dealt, of the
VIC PRESIDENT VII give rise to IA constitutional
amendment defining more clearly the stains Of
the president pro tempore OF the senator"
NO. 1t Is not needed. The prcsid.n. pro
ne'lI4,s Epius once until the return OF the vico
president or until the senate elects his sue