New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-27
UHAT AN OLD Friend SAYS.
COLONEL wooDARD COMMENTS on THE DEATH
OF MR. HENDRICKS.

COLONEL wooDARD COMMENTS ON THE oH"i u"
OF MIR. HENDRICKS
Co1oreIJ II. Woodland of San Francisco,
ar.I agent of the Wabash road FOR the Pacific Coast
Sas formerly resident OF Indianapolis where ne was
.n,aced I'm journalism and widely known as a newspaper
writer with tho de plume OF Jayha~Ker' TIC was
a reirbor and intimate acquaintance ara irehi VI WIG
President Hendricks although opposed TO MIN poh'o!
Ue ia at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where TRIBUNE re-
or,er asked him last night about the dead officer lie
said: - -
"w. have now reached the point where we can or
bonld sneak canddy of Mr.. Hendricks. For over ten
wears have been intimate terms with him. not ohs
socially but politically My intimacy with him began III
the campaign Of 1872 when he was elected Governor Vi
Indiana, and continued uhIl a''er HIS '
Vce-Presdency'
.What were the features Of his Governor shlpf
AS Governor of Indiana his administration was IT,
markable for Its purity and economy Ihe h'S' wv"
wears of his term with Republican state ohce9 "
Republican lie gsature yet every state oclaI was '
friend II q singular fact that during HIS 'oi "
that Office ne called ont the militia more iiequon'N 'n4
any other Governor OF the He never hesitateu
about employing the military at the nrst appearances VI
trouble and happily prevented any outbreak Dy pehH
able TO suppress one had 1t occurred
How about his politicsf
"He was an extreme partisan. mt lover Oh INC
people He believed mis- party large enough 10 hoiu no
entire voting population of the country ami De maoe MS
beat eorts through his persuasive and plans"ie
ments bring the within the INES Oh HIS P'!
He was lawyer rather Il an politician anu iu al
things believed in the supremacy of legal methods out
was quito ready to fight for his legal rghs II he couu
mt Obtain them in judicial After the Electora
Commission was crsated he held constantly that MI
Tiden had been elected aud that no power could legally
give tho office Mr. Hayes and lie was always free i'll
expressing his contempt for his fellow Democrats VINO
We're AS he sed scared into aquiescence In the crime
OF stealing the Presidency
"You were on intimate terms with him IN pohues al
one timer
"Ycs was quito close to him in the campaign FOR the
nomination in 1850. James Rice, secretary OF the
DemocIac State Committee and myself were selected
hv him t visit several of the States aud inquire into his
stnling With delegates. After the selection OF the de
gates from Iowa, returned to indiana, ana ad
taH of fine ticket OF 1876 This refused to accept
ana his reasons printed 10y me- al his request
remember being present when party OF lllnOl' De
Gratis CO.. ed to urge him tine second place again
with MIR Tien, and finally one OF them SAID But MT
Hendricks Mr. Tlien would not i've six months t II
elected Do yOu think want 70 Green INTO thc resl-
dency thrOugn Mr.. TilGens cOinF asked MI ienIlckS
and the interview was closed Tic was hlIo'oucl III
defeat as much any man ever SAW las WIN NM
the telegraph announced me ho9ha,on VI ti1 iI
cock. suppose You are now ont OF l4irS' 80
Not by any means. I may never again he nDmlnalel
for oice out will always take an active part III '"'
His death seems to have been lutte uneXpec'et
Perhaps 1t TO the public. Int not TO MIN seven
years ago be had attack OF paIa SIS IN the right sac
from which he fnlly recovered He knew MS con
~,
stroke OF a"opeyy. Tue rst attack told some what IN
time upon his mind. hut II All nCl IIlSHch MN =
seldom vent from home without lis wife accompanied
him but this came from desire to have her Win
hiui at the end than frcm any lear OF death. ,,,
Was his mind in any degree affected ny AIS physical
condition. . ,..,.
NUs II grew upOn him. the subject OF remark
among MS friends for years bat during the last
Presidential can pagn II seemed especially hollcea'Ie
Tnt mar snbi ct is one which his Ilsl earnest
political enemies would not discuss in the camp g ne
had an Of drccncy and far pay ~ an inc
personal relations life. ana when the personal ait cKS
were made upon Blaine aud Cleveland III ihe campaign
he was the first public man in the country 10 dti!nhcc
them as infamOus.' / wrote the interview win MN
and printed lie dictated IT, III which he used thIs
term"