The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-25
TIE v1on pRHsrDENr AT HOME


The Vice President returned to bis home
in this city on Saturday. Many of his
friends gathered to welcome him at his
home. and to them he spoke few words.
He did not intend that they should grow
into formal, conventional address, there.
fore they partook more of the impromptu
utterances OF q gentleman who was simply
entertaining his neighbors in a quiet. un-
ostentatious manner. It was not demanded
that Mr.. Hendricks should give any
reason why he remained in Washington
few weeks after the adjournment of the
Senate. The Democrats OF Indiana were
perfectly satisfied with whatever efforts he
dignity of the Vice Presidential Office could
never suffer in his hands. He might have
shut himself in his Office aud rolled himself
into a robe of conventional GOODNESS aud re-
pulsiveness like Colfax. and refused to see or
do anything for his friends that crowded to
the Capital to welcome him, or like the
fraudulent Vice President OF 1876, slipped
out the back way and gone a hshing. Be.
cause he refused the selfish and easy course
and took upon himself the heat and burden
of the day, when he might very easily have
evaded it ali, We find the Bourbon Republi-
can press by direct attack or by coarse and
vulgar innuendo constantly assailing him.
The attacks were not important, bat Mr..
Hendricks turned aside to give brief reasons
uby he remained in Washington to look
after the interests of the Democrats of Indi-
ana. He said: You have been told in Ger.
tain newspapers that l was beggar for
office; that such course was inconsistent
and unworthy of the position which 1 hold.
Is Ii unbecoming for the Vice President to
plead for the people who elect him to Office?
L. it unbecoming for man to ask for his
people that which they have earned by their
votes? Don't you recollect that asked, dur.
ing the campaign. that IL defeat should come
to the ticket it should not come In Indiana?
A certain gentleman called me a mendicant
because / asked this OF the people. And yet
/ was in a convention with that man
before which he was q candidate, and he
got but thirteen votes. / didn't think he sp-
pealed very strongly. l don't think he wes
q mendicant, and doubt whether he knows
the meaning OF the term. 1 appealed to the
people because thought the time had come
for change, and wanted them to have it.
When the fight was over the result was very
gratifying to me. / got more than thirteen
votes. Indeed / didn't know how many /
did get. ! asked the people for their votes,
and when they asked me for help gave it.
Wouldn't have been an migrate not to have
done eof II commit any fault in this mat.
Ter / am determined that it shall be in
asking and not in refusing to ask for what
our people want. Many men come to Wash
ington perfect strangers. From the President
down they know no man connected with the
administration. Must no one introduce these
men? Must the offices all be psrceled out to
men who have influence? and must these
who are equally worthy get nothing because
no one will introduce them? | am glad
stayed in Washington six weeks after the
adjournment OF the Senate. ! was there
working for my people, and in doing so Ids.
charged as high duty as presiding over the
deliberations OF the Senate. had no pur.
pose save the good of the people. 1 did not
do this for self, for have no idea OF being
connected with any future ticket, believe
in those doctrines which teach that oil the
people should be represented, and upon them
based my acts"
Is there Democrat or an honest Republi.
can in the country who can find fault with
the sentiments expressed by Mr.. Hendricks
OF course the Republican organs will toot
and wheeze. It is expected OF them, and
they will meet the expectation.