Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-12-04
6ht essex County 9srala.
DEATH OF HENDRICKS.

AEACkHs WHICH VOSuttSA az AHNthh
Apoiis on the 25th ult., is intensified
by the shock that comes when man
in the full possession of his powers
is suddenly cut off in = career of
activity and usefulness. 1t was
with incredibly that our people re-
eeived the announcement of his
death, but incredibly slowly gave
way to Manifestations of sorrow
when the dread fact could no longer
be gainslid. He died Of paralysis
of the heart. The facts in eonnee-
ton with his death are few and
brief, for be died alone in his bed
room, where his devoted wife had
spent most of the day in his COM
pany. He had not been in his usual
health, bat was about his business
as usual until the day of his death,
when be kept bis room, being tronb-
led with pains in his stomach. The
family physician, DIR. W. G. Thomp-
son, was called and prescribed for
him, but up to the last nothing seri-
Gus was feared. During the day,
Mr.. Hendricks excused himself to
callers, and Mrs. Hendricks did not
leave him. Shortly before O'Clock,
however, she was called down stairs
to receive a lady visitor, who de-
tanned her but short time. When
she returned her husband appeared
to have fallen asleep, so peaceful
was his appearance. That he was
dead was known on the street be-
fore Mrs. Hendricks fully recog-
nized her great loss. A servant
coming into the room instinct
ively OWNED that the great calamity
had fallen upon the household be-
fore Mrs. Hendricks spoke. The
family relatives and intimate friends
were summoned, and the bereaved
widow received the tender ministra-
tions she so much needed at their
hands.
A Brief Sketch Of His Life.
Mr.. Hendricks was born in Musk
ingham County, O., Sept. 7, 1919,
and, consequently, was in his eth
year. After the completion of his
education at Hanover College, one
of the pioneer educational institu.
tions of the West, he studied law,
and, in ls43, was admitted to the
bar, and shortly afterward returned
to Indiana, and entered at once on
the practice of his chosen profes
sion. HIS success was rapid and
we'll earned.
When the delegates of the Ma
tional Democratic party gathered
an Chicago in the summer of 1884
to choose a candidate for President
of the United States, Thomas A.
Hendricks appeared at the head OF
the Indiana delegation. On the
floor of the convention he preseEte d
the name of Joseph E. Mcdonald
whom the Democrats'of Indiana had
directed their delegates to support
But in one of those waves of enthu.
siasm so common in such assemblies
large number of delegates swung
away from Mcdonald to Hendricks
himself, and barely failed of placing
the leader of Indiana's delegation
at the head of the National ticket.
AS it was he secured the second
place on the ticket destined to sue.
cess in November. Mr.. Hendricks
was then IS years old. AS public
man his career had been eventful
in l845 he began his political Ca
reer as a member of the Indiana
legislature. In 1850 he was mem
Der of the State constitutional con
yention; from 1851 till 1854 he sat
in the National Congress. In 1856
he was appointed commissioner of
the general land Office by President
Pierce. Defeated in 1860 as the
Democratic candidate for Governor
of Indiana Mr.. Hendricks removed
from Shelbyville to Indianapoli
and prepared to devote himself to
his profession. But in 1868 he was
sent to the United States Senate
where he became the Dem ocratiC
leader. 1t was during those stormy
years that Mr.. Hendricks figured
most prominently in the affairs oil
bis country; and it was his misfor
tune to bring into the arena pc
jiScal creed totally at variance will
the temper OF the country, and to
endeavor to apply ideas of national
life which the ext gencies of the cri-
sis rendered AZ obsolete and useless
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