New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-26

This Iooket Ike break to the latter, and MS No'o III
creased While that OF PendleTon suffered. On INC "oN
ballot the danger Of Pendlcton's nomination was pa''
Mr. Tlden Quietly announced the vote of New orA lO
erford + church again. amid the laughter OF the con-
yepton On the twenty.frst ballot DR. Hendricks s'oo
peyt TO General Hancock, who led the roll On tue '"e
ty-second HOrato Seymour was Domiha'eu- iio,.
fine Mr. Hendricks was what might DO calleu' "i'uo
disrrsDeot, q professional candidato ior INC
and nil his pblic acts and uteranees were shaped WIN
this object I'm view. He now became an adVoc".e VI w
Grcenback" theory, which he taught on the stump "
tbe Democratic candidate Governor against
Baker in the same year. lilo contlnueu "l'o4 '
time TO he identifedwith the "Greenback, SoH'oney'
Z" Imitation and Silver" theories that were PoPu"i
in the West and became the apostle OF each successive
project for partial evasion OF tho National ooga'lo
Inv having the debt In something worth less than the con
pledged IN the bond, for imitation OF the currency
which demagogucs declared would bring general pros
perity He was defeated for Governor
One of last acts In tho Senate was 10 oPPoSo 'o
nil which npdeed The faith OF the Nation to the pay
ment of the National debt in coin, holding tha IL couu
DO honestly paid IN greenbacks HIS term expiring
in $685. he was enabled to resume his law pfacuce IN
1872 the irresistible movement Cor tho inuorsemene
of uorocc Greeley by the Democratic Convention post
poned any ambition he may have had for the fresden
tal nomination. But he was urged TO leau the parry AZ
home as candidate for Governor aud he demonstrated
his popularity by carrying the state by ll1o, LINUS"
General Grant had II ,OoO majority mohVh i"'N4'
four years administration. ending In January 1870
was of local interest only. lie presided over THO Domo
cratic State Convention OF indianapolis in 1874 and de-
nrecated any effort toward specie payments by legsa
ton urging that the true method was through the
growth OF the country In the following year he went
over into Ohio and abOred for the election OF william
Allen the Democratic nominee for Governor VINO was
running upon q distlncyely imitation platform
BECOMING THE TAIL OF TnE TILDEN TICKET.1
In 1876 the Indiana Democrats prepared to push MIN
I'm the National Convention. The money prestige ana
Influence OF Samuel j. Tden, however were 100 strong
for the candidate OF much older standing lie receou
only 1897 votes against 403a cast for Governor III
den on the first ballot candidate coming pet"oon
them. When Mr. Tden had boon nominated
movement WAS at once begun to force the
nomination for the second place upon Governor
Hendricks His popularity at homo, 1t was hoped Wouu
carry Indiana for tho ticket, while llllen' II was 'o
lieyed would carry New York-0oth plVOIai 0t"'es'
Then too the name Hendricks would help Orecohce
Western innationsts to the name of Tilden. pro
nounced hard money man. Hendricks was uhhhihousiy
for President the ticket thus presenting
IN its union OF these parallel to the deVice III
the platform by which the repeal OF the Resumption Act
was demanded to please the maationsts, the demand
being based upon the prctext, framed 10 ease tnc
cOusccnces of hard-mOney men, that tue Act "a1
.bindrance to resumption Mr.. Hendricks seemed re-
luctant to accept the nomination, but many ui ~
IDENTIFY with the expectation on the att Vi NE ,r 10
that II would lead his promotion FOUR years der ~
the place flo naturally TOOK hr bce ter ny
during the campaign and Upheld reform - INC o'''
During the campaign and tho Electoral contest which
followed 1t there little communication between alr'
hendricks and Governor IlIeh' anu nc "ile -
sed surprise that Mr. Tiden had not consulted nun
more c pccialy after the election, whc the count s
~ Mad been elected But it was not Mr. III
denis habit shore his couhses VITA any man
ton ld not tend cordial relations between tue Two
Mr. hendricks was %, decinrnc ofter
gha'o HAYES Ss h hl Scs s1' inausuraod ihey
had been cheated ont Of the oiIrs 10 @ ne dctsd
mat IL was the Judgment OF the people tual nay Is Hd
not been elected; Dul no sau ped tates and YOU
o win give TO his Administration for the goOa OF our
rtrv mat support which is due any officer DE- Jaco
In Sue he was gwen IA reception at the Manhattan CIdD
49, Yor, ON the eve OF his departure for Europe, at
c made asserting that Tiden and Hendricks had been
elected and that their exclusion from 'e IIesen0S vas
a gross fraud which the people must t,ute's, aud Il,
Nr Hcndrlct, was abroad only Few months ahG 10
presiding over the Democratic 9'.' C0h' III reo
ruary. So. hc spoke IN inc Hdne st'" "ut % o.,
tinuc to o-uouuce the Resumption Att, WulcA d &c"
month. later was 70 be carried INTO eDert wn "o boaf
fhrnugn the water The platform demanded che rctre-
meut OF the National Bank notes The making green,
ilEs le.altrnicr for an debts not expressly made
p,,lnle i coin aud tho unlimited coinage OF silver
i,1e AGor the Resumption Act had gone into such
easy operation Mr. HcLdncSs admitted ma te,upl.oi
hni come sooner than he had expected ut ne insisted
nt n had been through the growth OF the country anu
hot by any elect oi LEGISLATION
FAILING TO CIT ANOTHER NOMINATION..
II had been the theory OF Democrats specially denu
a,d with thc fraud issue that the "od ticket should
bo reuolnated in $780, aud that the people should be
asked t. nut into the Offices Of President and NeeIres
deut the men who had been cheated" out OF them Mt
HcuducsS known, however TO be ayersc to taxing
the second place again. and in 1879 he positively an
unlp,i over hl, own Signature In a ncwspd per card
that he would not do The publication OF the cipher
dispatches and other causes had already destroyed MI
Tden's prospects and when the Cincinnati Convention
ID r..
the first place. But his defeat was more signal than
on any previous occasion. lie had only 49S votes out
of 13s standing seventh on the list or candidates, when
General Hancock headed. on the second ballot "shera
Hancock was nominated, and Mr.. HendrlcSs had ouiy
one vote beside the thirty of the Indiana delegation
which voted sOidly for him The fact was mat Indiana
was low only o-tcuslbly united him. II geuCr
rally believed at the time that strong movement would
have been made Tor ex-senator Joseph r. MrDoHu' %
Indiana, II the delegation had Oeeh Wlihg 70 Ie@u ~
but Mr. Hendricks, II was understood, would not release
tunty passed by This complication ana me nomination
william H.. English. OF Indiana tor Nce.fIesitet',
MEMORIALS OF his state As soon as tie election had
gone by far enough permit the nominations o ISIS 10
Scl3h'i W. w., S,,i' NJ WrDo,oid convIss.G his
chances busiiy Washington and elsewhere, and MI
Ilcudrick, seemed to drop almost out Of sight;
The active part taken by Mr. llendricAs IN tue IN
bcng fatal To nim while speaking he was In the habit
of bonding forward on the up OF his right Iool rests
his nitro weight upon It. From the pressure of right
shor "A swelling arose OF his toes shortly after ne
ralcd ho,n. inter- making speech at Newcastle, Ind
In twcnty-tOar hours erysipelds developed ITSELF
Medical M for a time held 1t in check, but the disease
sprcad until tine entire foot and leg were elected DE-
Suueu of Iousyi was summoned ana gave II as MS
ouuiou that death inevitable from gangrene. ana
SO informed the patient. who received the announce
:, ont with rnmuO-uro. But the next day an
epcc4 In the toe broke. tho patient was relieved from
main and, after Illness or SIX months ne
tcrnverrJ For some time thereafter however, he Wore
q slipshod ru bOcr shoe, ana MS amenoss WAS marked
ELECTED TO THE ylCE-PKESIpENCY.
When tho delegates to tho National Democratic Con-
yention OF 1851 were being elected throughout the
country the majority OF them for want of definite SEN
timont toward any other OF tho candidates, were in
structed to vote the old ticket "-Iden and Hen
bricks The letter OF Mr. Tlen stating that because OF
his bad health he would be unable to accept nOmna
ton left tho delegates free act they saw it,
In. Convention mot Chicuen JnlY Z. Ihreo DAVIS