Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-12-02

their candidate for Governor. The Demo
cratic party was divided by the contest be-
| tween Douglass and Breckenridge, and Mr.
Hendricks was defeated Again he re-
turned to his law practice, which he now
transferred from Shelbyville to Indianopo-
lis He entered into partnership there
with Oscar b. Hord.
At the beginning Of the rebellion, Mr.
Hendricks deprecated civil war, and ia
vored an honorable constitutional COM
promise to avert its horrors. At n meeting
Of the Indiana Democracy, held in Janu-
airy, 1861, the Committee on Resolutions
Of which Mr.. Hendricks was Chairman
moved that il was the highest aim and duty
Of patriotism TO preserve the Union in lis
integrity and maintain the Federal com
pact in its spirit
Early in 1868 Mr.. Hendricks was chosen
to the United States Senate 90 succeed
David S. Turpin, and took his scat on
March 4th, 1863 and sat until 1869. He
early gained place among the Democratic
leaders in Congress, and served with dis
tinction on the Committees on Claims, tho
Judiciary, Public Lands, and Naval Affairs
He was active in opposition 20 the measure
ovcrturning the old State Governments, the
imposition of test oaths, the Civil Rights
bill, the Freemans Bureau bill, and other
similar acts.
In the impeachment trial of President
johnson, Senator Hendricks took a leading
part for the defense, and objected to Sena-
tor Wade, the acting Nice-President, taxi
ing his seat rs one of the triers and voting,
when he was himself the next in succession
in case the President were found guilty.
In 1872 he was again unanimously nom
mated for Governor was elected by Jas
majority, and, except the Superintendent
of Public Instruction, was the only Demo-
crat elected to State Office in Indiana.
At the Democratic National Convention
in St. Louis in 1876, which nominated Mr..
Tilden for President, Mr.. Hendricks was
nominated for the Office of Vice-President
on the first ballot. In the election of that
year Tilden and Hendricks received 4,2S4,-
8S5 popular votes to 4033,950 cast for
Hayes and Wheeler. The story Of how
Mr.. Tilden and Mr.. Hendricks were de-
frauded out of the Offices to which they had
been elected need not be repeated. Mr..
Hendricks returned once more to his law
practice in indianapolis, his firm now be-
coming Baker, Hendricks, Hord 81 Hen
bricks. Conrad Baker the Vice-Presidenfs
old political opponent was member of the
firm.
In 1884 the Democratic National Conven-
ton met in Chicago, Mr.. Hendricks for the
first time attending it as a delegate. He
placed the name of Senator Mcdonald be-
fore the Convention rs candidate for the
Presidency, but on the second ballot re-
ceived himself the votes of all the Indiana
delegates except his own. Gov. Cleveland,
however, had more supporters in the con-
vention than Mr.. Hendricks, and received
the nomination for President. When the
was ready to receive nomina-
tions for the Vice Presidency Mr.. Wallace
Of Pennsylvania arose and presented Mr..
Hendricks name. Gov. Waller of Con-
necticut, Gov. Hubbard of Texas and other
prominent delegates supported the nomina-
tion and, upon the roll call, every vote of
every delegation was cast for him. The
of the Convention passed all
bounds, and finally all present Joined in
singing "Old Hundred"