The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-31

now. and as q consequences there Is ground
for the charge made by some Cabinet offic GERS
and department. gentry that Mr.. Hendricks
10 too busy In the interests OF ofice-seeklng.
He pleads guilty TO the charge. 1t is his ma
ture 60 10 be. he has ever been busy with
his money, with bis tongue, and also with
his influence earned through a glorious span
Of public life and active years, bat be has
always, as now. directed his eoergies sud ex-
pended his forces in the right direction.
Ofice.seekers are tom among the people,
lust where the official growler should be
now IL be had his due These applicants for
position have q right to bs heard and helped.
They labored to give the victory to the
Democratic party and the people. and be-
cause some few OF the extra fne-nair type
have clembered over the heads OF the ma sss
10 positions. ofice-seekers, and the Vice
President who trests them courteously, are
not TO be frowaed at for their persistence.
The Vice President Is not q favorite OF
his own State alone but also of the several
States, and it is to be expected that men
seeking preferments will anxiously desire
the use Of his name, q favor which Mr.. Hen
ducks is not at liberty to refuse to men OF
standing and merit who know him person
ally, and who have been his ardent admirers
for more than q quarter of a century.
THE INDIANAPOLIS PosToFFICE.
This morsel of patronage has oc-
casioned the Vice President not
n little displeasure, not be-
cause of the importance of the affair in it
self, but because OF the fuss made about it.
1t is reported that since he had promised the
Office to Mr.. Jones he had exceeded the limit
OF his power, and was therefore occupying
a most unpleasant position before the pub
lie. Representative Bynum, by his persist
ence and his desire to down Mr.. Hendricks,
added net q little to this un~pleasantness. In
the face OF all this the Vice President was
forced to show his strength even against the
ruling Of the Postmaster General, aud, as q
result. he got his request granted, and there
by contradictee forever the report that he is
withou. influence or po YER witn the admin
is.ratiOn.
Mr. Hendricks has been panied not a little
5y this attempt to deprive him OF the priv
j eye of dispensing a mite of patronage in
his Cwn city, but | nave seen such mani.
fsstEii0n OF ccDgratuiation because of this
and other matters as must more than eom-
rensate him for his sufferings. TIE Vice
President has been honored and Endorsed by
the people from the very dawn of his public
career, and it is a hazardous undertaking to
even indirectly attempt to de priye him of
the good faver that has been popularity be-
slowed upon him.
SENATOR VOORHEES, oyERwoRKED.
Ihaye not spoken with Mr.. Voorhees, but
twice during the past month. He has
been overwhelmed with callers and ap.
plicants for positions, and beside his
official duties are numerous and
onerous. He Is worn out from many
cares and long hours of labor; but, like the
tIue man that he is, he continues to be at
home to Indianians and to the thousands
from other States who are anxious for the
measure of his influence. He is q power
with the administration because of his
standing as q statesman and a Democratic
leader, and TO refuse his requests with any
thing like a show OF cause or seeming grace
would imply such evasion as can not be
charged to President Cleveland. Ali this
Mr.. VOORHEES, borrows in the line of po1
from the people whom he represents, and
from the general correctness and acceptable
lty of his notions of Democratic government.
Hls f~aIthfufness, too, is largely to his credit,
for be is as lynx-eyed in detecting
vicious legislation and as powerful in
is constant in his guarding of the
treasury. He has not been known 70 weaken
in the hour of severest trial, but at all times
his power have been marshalled in obedi-
ence to his strong will so as to best promote
the general good and at the same time re-
while discussing Mr.. Voorhees,, q prominent
New York gentleman, who meant more than
he expressed, said to q party OF friends at
the Ebbitt House: "Ah. Dan is a splendid
fellow" Yes. he is q splendid fellow in
the 81 ciaI round, In the off-duty hours with
AAA1 F1O WA0 VIZ O08AC6N ACSa - NaO
garden of his mellow nature Is opened up
TO explorers. But take him in the halls of
legislation when the rights of tie people are
at stake, when the touch-stone OF the Con
stitutjon is TO be applied, when statesman
ship and greatness ara N demand, then
Dan" Is more than e splendid fellow"
Behold him at the bar of Justice,
when the fate o: a fellow being
is TO De ~decided-and, by the way, Mr.. Voor-
bees is the most noted criminal lawyer in
the country or see him at the popular as
~semblages preceding elections, when men
and measures are discussed; then the aver.
age man can excel the New Yorker above
mentioned in correctly estimating the splen.
Did ability, the versatility, the genius, the
~sloqueDce and the commanding and match.
less powers of 1.-The Tall Sycamore of the
Wabash"
'THE PICTURESQUE B. AND O."
OF The many things of interest in and
about Washington there is not one so en-
crossing to tie observing stranger as the
beautiful scenery of the B. and o.. Railroad
and the mstchless management OF the grand
old iron highway and its biased lines. 1t il
the Oldest and best railroad in the United
States. 1t is the best equipped to be found
anywhere, and every mile of its track is pa
troled day and night by careful ~watchmen tc
guard against even the possibility OF an &C
cident. lis magnificent curves and grades
and circuiteus route through the mountains
are simply the wonder of the travelling pub
lie. Ii is many miles and some hours tht
shortest route to Washington and the sea
board from the West, and for the splendid
accommodations afforded not one cent of ex
ira toll is charged. Other lines with no bet
ter trains and no faster time demand extrs
tariff from psssen gers, bat the old 3 and o
will never tarnish its glorious history by de
scending to such s~tealings. The Sentine
can afford to make known these facts in tn.
interest Of the travelling public