The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-05
VALE. VICE PRESIDENT!
Spirit of Our Exchanges.

Spirit of Our Exchanges.
He was never wanting in ammuni-
ton of the most powerful and incis
i've quality for either political at
tack or defense, nor did he ever flag
in his use of it upon his enemy or
common foe Wheeling Register.
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1t is not easy-indeed it is not de-
sirable-to consider Mr.. Hendricks
apart from his character as a parti-
san. He was a Democrat of the
strict sect. He was a stateman and
a publicist, but he hewed his public
life to the Democratic line.-CinciR-
natl Enquirer.
So
Governor Hendricks. like Morton
and Voorhees, and Harrison, was an
Ohio boy. He was gentlemanly
man-calm, pleasing, courteous, per-
suasive; gifted with brains and in
formation, intelligence and will,
good lawyer, and, as politician, one
who held in a surprising degree,
through personal magnetism and
qualities difficult to define, the conf
dence of the people.-Cincinnah
Com.-Gdz
In his long public life he has filled
the highest posts of honor and trust
in his State and all but the very
highest in the United States. And
he came out of them all with clean,
unsullied record as public servant
and with the increased respect, con
fidence and affection of his party.
The higher the trust bestowed upon
him by his party, the more brilliant
shone the lustre of his Democracy
". Y. World.
~
Mr. Hendricks is the fifth Vice
President who has died in office, and
like all the others-Clinton, Gerry,
King and Wilson-he came to the
Vice Presidency only as the crown
of long career As with them, his
work had been already done in broad
fields of public usefulness, and in
the ordinary course of events the
next four years would have afforded
him no opportunity to win new hon
ors or renown.-PhiL Times.
~
The expressions of regret at his
death have been profound and uni
versal. Public men and journals of
opposing political faith join in eulo-
gising his high character, his great
ability and his answering devotion
to duty during his long and varied
public career. At the close of a
life as stainless as it was full of hon
ors death has claimed its own, and
he has passed to rest revered and
mourned by all Washington Post
m
The death of this notable man and
eminent public officer will be mourn
ed by those who opposed his advance
ment no less than by those who la
bored earnestly and with enthusiasm
to confer upon him an official dignity
the second in the land. There are
no partisan lines drawn around the
bier, and the dead statesman will be
followed to his grave by mourning
train of his countrymen, all sorrwing
Americans together Wheeling Intel
Egencer.
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non,,a+ ha eoiI that NJ. IJo,,
bricks was a great man-great in
the sense that Webster was great as
an orator or statesman, or that Jack
son was great as party leader. Mr.
Hendricks lacked alike the broad
mind and liberal spirit of the Mas
sachusetts giant, and the genius of
leadership which made Old Hickory
paramount in the councils Of his par
ty. Yet, take him all in ALL Mr.
Hendricks by reason of his talents
and the prominence which public
position gave him may well be re-
garded as one of the foremost men of
his day.-Baltimore Herald.
Properly speaking, no one taxes
the place of a dead Vice President
The constitution itself is silent upon
the subject, save that it declares
that ''the Congress may by law pro-
vide for the case of removal, death,
resignation or inability both of the
President and Vice President, de-
claring what officer shall then act as
President, and such officer shall act
accordingly until the disability be
removed or a new President shall be
elected" In pursuance of this au-
thority Congress has by law provid
ed that the President of the Senate
pro tempore shall act as President in
the contingency contemplated by the
constitution, and in the event of
there being no President of the Sen
ate, or of his being under disability,
then the Speaker of the House.
Baltimore Sun.