The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-02
NOTES AND INCIDENTS.
Mr.. Hendricks and General Cass-An Irate
Arkansas Gentleman.

| day.
The New York Graphic artist, G. A. Suffrins.
made number of drawings of the interior and
surroundings of ST. Paul's Church, for illustra-
ton in that paper.
| Mayor Carter Harrison and fourteen alder
men, of Chicago, occupied the first seats in the
center line of pews, Immediately south of the
pew in which Mrs. Hendricks sat.
The police, aided by the Metropotans from
| Evansville, and the merchant force Of this city,
| deserve credit for the excellence with which
they performed their duties yesterday
meeting of the Indiana Association, COM
! posed entirely of Hoosiers just formed at Des
| Moines, Ia, adopted appropriate resolutions of
| respect to the memory of the dead Vice-presi-
| dent.
Among the last acts of the late ce-president
| he wrote letter to Harry Francis. of Michigan
| City, agreeing to meet him at Pttsburg on Fri
| day last. The letter was written the day before
| he died
| General kneher, grand marshal of the pro-
| cession, com plmented on all sides yesterday
for his excellent management There was not a
| break or a hitch in the lines, and the compli-
| ments were justified
Among the members of the press from the
neiehboring cities VINO attended the funeral were
| w. ID. Pratt. of the Logansport Journal; A. +.
Phillips, of the Springfield Journal Thomas w.
| 5. Kidd, Springfield Monitor and Mr.. Lukens,
Peoria Transcript
| John r. Mccarthy, of the Cincinnati ENQUIRER
came up yesterday to assist MIR. Gid. g. Thomp-
| son in preparing the special report for that
| paper The train on which he came delayed
| until past noon, and when he reached the city he
was compelled to walk clear to Crown Hill being
| unable to get carriage.
BY a singular coincidence both sergeas-at-
arms William P. Canaday, of the Senate, and
John p. Leedom, of the House of Representa-
tlves, were taken suddenly i'll during the services
| at the church yesterday, and Mr. Canaday. in
| particular, was quite seriously i'll for several
| hours, the attack being acute cholera morbus.
| He feeling somewhat better last evening
when tie party returned to Washington.
| The mistake of referring to ST. Paul's as a
| cathedral has been made on all sides since the
| death of Mr.. Hendricks. Itwas at first desig
! mated cathedral by Bishop Talbot, under an
arrangement made by the episcopal authorities,
| but Mr.. Hendricks was himself the one to move
| for abrogation of the arrangement, which
| was carried at the convention, at Fort Wayne,
| some years ago, and it has since been church,
| in fact and in name.
The new Record the Catholic organ of this
| city, will contain poem in this weeks number
from the pen of P. j. Mahon. 1t is entitled
| "Our Lost Friend" and is tribute to Thomas
A. Hendricks. The final stanza is
| So shall our Erin in her march sublime
| Mourn whom she scarce hath known
While we, her children OF his native cline,
Carve Hendricks worth upon the shafts of time
And hold his fame
| The music attending the services yesterday
| was especially good. The choir consisted of a
| double quartet: Miss Lottie Adam and Mrs W.
&. Lynn, sopranos; Miss Laura Hessling and
| Mrs. 5 l.. Morrison contraltos; Mr. Ora Pear
| son and Mr.. o. W. Williams, tenors; Mr. S. L.
Morrison and Mr.. Fred Loomis. bassos; Mr. Geo.
| Il: Raschig, leader and organist. The solo part
| of the anthem Rock of Ages was sung in ex-
quisite voice by Mrs. Doney. now of Chicago,
| formerly resident of this city.
! By midnight, last night the streets were com
| paratively quiet, and the hotels had, IN great
measure. resumed their accustomed look Here
| and there few drunken brawlers, insensible to
the proprietes of the occasion, reeled along the
sidewalks and the saloons remained open with
out hindrance all night, as they did the night
| before. Each outgoing train carried large
crowds, and by this morning the only reminder
| of the scenes of yesterday will be found in the
mourning embems with which the buildings are
| decorated.
Hon. Will Cumback is in Iowa on lecture
| tour. TO the reporter of the Des Mones Regis
ter. he said of Mr.. Hendricks, of whose death he
| heard of in that city:
1.-THE great power possessed by Mr.. Hendricks lay
in the suavity of his manners and think he was one
| OF the most polished gentlemen have known
| He always the same and all the men he met
socially felt the charm of that presence even though
dramatically opposed to him in politics. His ability
was not of the sort that would place him in the front
rank of our able men, though he possessed strong
character and was far above the average in intellect
ual vigor. The peculiar conditions of Indiana
before the Nation and foisted him into position his
abilities soulo never have commanded Our State has
always been comparatively close, politically, and the
party winning has been obliged to fight for each and
every inch gained. In addition to this we were an
October State, making fight the national battles
beforehand, and in presidential years much attention
was given to our canvass With such condition of
affairs the leader of either party would command at
tention and Hendricks leader. In this way he
came prominently before the people, and there can
| be doubt but he always occupied warm place in
their affections He was strong man. and will be
Nation" 'N''>' 'A' ''-'' u inc 0'a'e anu
| Among the distinguished visitors in attend
ance yesterday Judge Harmon. exMayor of
| Detroit. who relates the following incident of
Mr.. Hendricks career, which will prove inter
estine: During the campaign of 1848, when
! General Cass, of Michigan, was a candidate for
| President nothing had been done toward organ
| izng the party in Indiana and, after consulta-
ton with the party leaders, Judge Harmon was
sent to the State TO look after the party inter
ests. He went to Madison 20 consult with Jesse
D. Bright. mo, said Mr. Bright after hearing the
object of the visit There have been no meet
ings held although the party organization is in
pretty good shape. If you want to hold some
meetings would advise you to 60 to Shelby
vile and take with you young lawyer up there
by the name of Observation-Disclosures A Hen.
bricks. He is young man, but an effective
speaker, and rising man" Judge Harmon
acted on the advice of Senator Bright aud called
upon Mr.. Hendricks, the latter consented
TO accompany him, and together the
two made campaigning tour. On his return
to Michigan Judge Harmon told General Cass of
the very excellent service performed by the
young Indianian and Cass expressed himself as
greatly pleased Not being elected to the pres- |
dency he had no opportunity to reward young
Hendricks until when, in 1858, he was made
Secretary of State under President Blu
s sha ss'n of urgently Hsnas
as Commissioner of the Land Office which DO
sition he filled with great credit Mr.. Hendricks