Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12

The ViceTresidents who have succeeded
to the Presidency upon the death of the
Chief Magistrate have been john TYLER
(lS41,) Willard Fillmore (1S5O), Andrew
johnson CSG5), and Chester A. Arthur
(1SS1).
The announcement of the death of Vice..
President Hendricks vas not a surprise to.
some OF his most intimate Indiana friends
here. Indeed, some Of them predicted his
early death some months ago, and no one
realized more fully than the Vice President
himself his frail physical condition. He
remarked to his private secretary some time
ago thai he believed that he had disccrneG
symptoms of apoplcxy of tue heart, and
! that When he died 1t would be of that az
fiction.
ISp1ANAroLIs, Nov 2T.-The funeral of
! Vice. President Hendricks will be held at
| st. Paul's Cathedral, this city, next Tues
day noon, and the remains will be laid in.
Crown Hill Cemetery. The body has been
cmbalmed. Mrs. Hendricks declines to.
permit an autopsy. feeling certain that it
was paralysis of the heart. kilograms of
| coincidence have been received from Samuel
J. Tilden, David Davis, Senators Dawson
and Edmuuis, the japanese Minister, Mrs.
General Mcclellan and many others.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.--Mcetings of
Senators Az! Representatives now in the
! city were herd Thursday, and the follow
ing committees We're appointed to attend
the funeral of ,ile late Vice-Prcsilent
Hendricks:
Senate - Messrs. Edmunds, Sherman,
Harrison. Allison, Voorhees,, PugA' Gull
l0m, Gibson, COngcr, Blair, Dawes. Cam
den and Vest. IIouse--Mcssrs. Carlisle,
Randall. Hiscock, Long. Phelps. Hepburn,
Brown, Byman, Morrison, Holman, lta3-
bert, Blunt, Barbour, Hewitt and G;dGe>.
Thomas Andrew Hendricks was born on g.,
o.. September I. 1919. His father was John,
Hendricks. anative of Western PENNSYLVANIA.
ser in the State Leesisiaturee aud in other
positions of trust; The mother was lane
11h ho,ns i. o of Sc Scotch mhn,n acs see t,s when when
on the Ohio River. This was the house OF the
ernor Of the new State, the first Represcnta-
tive in Congress. aud afterward the prede-
cessor Of his most famous nephew in the
United States Senate. In the year 1892 the
father OF Thomas concluded to move further
into the interior Of the State, and took up his.
residence rs den near s s e. in She; Shelby COUNTY.
ward graduated ftom the. college at South
Hanover. near Msdison. He Immediately be-
Judge Major, u leading attorney Of that day..
and in due time was admitted to the ber. In
ls4s. at the age of twen:y-eight, he was elect
ed to the Legislature. Iu $50 he served as o.
member of the Constitutional Convention,
and here began his acquaintance with
Who 1, were fellow members. N''I He was e Ieila
to represent the Central District of the State
in Congress in 1851. and again in 1852. During
Missouri compromise came, and MIR. Hcna-
ricks voted for it under the plea of popular
sovctaignty, = vote Which SO Outraged his
explain his action, he was defeated for re-
election by Llcien Barbour, now dead, the
first Republican Congressman from the CAPT.
tai district Of Indiana.
President Pierce rendered him the commits.
sionership Of the General Land ONCE in 1855,
and he held this position until 1859, when he
resigned and resumed the practice of law at
Shelbyville. In 1850 Mr.. Hendricks received
the the n Honn,tra!oe ' State u't ConWen I'll me- his nsn opp "r
ncnt being the late Colonel Henry S, Lane. The
Democratic party was split into the Douglas
the election of Lane. Mr.. Hendricks after
this campaign removed TO indianapolis, and
began Ssaa ! the C practice ! OF g , lM% 3, uos nomoou+.
and Jesse d., Bright having been expelled
from his seat in the United States Senate.
eighteen days of the uncxpircd term. while
MIR. Hendricks was unanimously chosen
for the full term Of six years. He took his
served until 1SG9-four years as the colleague
OF sfn Senator mnralL Lane va and for two years with
toral services and record the country is ia
miliar... He b-came in great measure the lead
er OF the small Democratic minority in that
party again nominated him for Governor, the
Republicans nominating Conrad Baker. Aft
about 500 majority, and Senator Hendricks
again went to his law office.
ln1S!2 Mr.. Hendricks was again the NOM
ineebf his party for Governor, his opponent
being General Thomas NJ. Browne. There
was a good deal OF temperance. sentiment in
the State, TO which Mr.. Hendricks made him
| SOFT npnpntnh1p AS tho rncnlf of annthnr.
close election Mr.. Hendricks was chosen Gov
ernor by Il plurality of LOO votes. while all
Superintendent of Public Instruction, were.
Republicans. He made au urbane, careful.
satisfactory, Governor, and retired from the"
State.
The circumstances Of the nomination Of
Governor Hendricks on tho ticket with Gov
ernor Tilden are fresh in the public mind. He
was a candidate for the Presidency, as he also,
was in 1863. in the New York Tammany Hall
by 4 part Of his own State delegation.
beaded ad by hieha ar j.: bright: This oppo;;
organized In his own State. and made it's ap-
pearance in St. Louis. The nomination Of
end place Was vas H'l great h humiIiation tor to NJ.
Hendricks and q sore disappointment. After
the election in November Mr.. Hendricks made
Tilden's course: He wrote a letter the.
purport Of which was that he was op:
poscu ~ tne fIectOrni COMMISSION, and that il
he were Governor Iildcn he would take tho
oath OF Office and demand it of President
Grant, leaving the Supreme Court to adjuGi-
cate the dispute. After the Inauguration of
Hayes and Wheeler Mr.. Hendricks proceeded.
quietly with his law business, Governor Baker
having become a member Of the firm. Mr..
HenurickS was again II candidate for the.
Presidential nomination in Cincinnati in 1850,
and this time had the ardent and enthusiastic;
support OF his entire State delegation, but his
nomination was Impossible. The circum-
stances of his nomination and election on the.
ticket with Mr.. Cleveland are of too recent
date to require elaborate mention.
Mr.. Hendricks was married near Cincinnati,
september 70, 1875, to Miss Eliza {. Morgan
~ whom he had one son. born i'll 1913, who
lived to be only three years Of age. This was.
the only child, and its DEATH greatly affected
the father: He was nurturcd in the Prcsby-
terrain faith, and was Il member of that COM.
mnnion until the organization of St.
Pauls Episcopal Church in In.
dlanapolis in the year 1862. He be-
came a member Of that parish. and was elect.
cd senior warden. He has never belonged
put to one, secret society, the Odd Fellows,
being = charter, member of the Wellsvllle.
Lodge, but for u long time had ceused to par
ucipate actively in its work. After the cleo
ton Of 1876 Mr. Hendricks made an extensive
TOUR OF Europe, meeting with cordial recep-
tons everywhere.