The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10

Hendricks iourneyed down to meet Cleve-
land, and a day or two later IL was hasneo
over the wires that ''of course Mr.. Hen
dricks would accept-that he had never
had any other purpose, ard that he and
Governor Cleveland were in perfect accord
as to policy and all else" l met Mr.. Hen
dricks soon afterward, when he told me
that Mr.. Cleveland promptly and most
cheerfully conceded that his Hendricks
demands were not only reasonable and
right, but that they we're entirely in har-
mony with his own opinion of what reia-
ton the Vice-President should sustain to
the President-''a kind of joint admins
tration OF the affairs of the country" as
Cleveland put ii.
1t was not long after the Inauguration of
Cleveland and Hendricks before hints be-
gan TO fall here ana there that the rela-
tions between the distinguished gentlemen
were very much strained. To me this was
no surprise, for / knew certain of Hen
dricks' friends did not get the positions
that we're promised them, and not one of
them blamed the Vice-President. 1 never
believed for a moment that Cleveland in
tended to keep faith with Hendricks, and
so when | next met Mr.. Hendricks, which
was in the following autumn, made haste
to find out how matters stood between
himself and the President. "It would do no
good and might do much harm to publicly
air our differences" Mr.. Hendricks said,
''but will say for your own information,
but not for the public just now, anyway,
| that Mr.. Cleveland has repudiaied every
promise he made at our interview when L
agreed to accept the nomination for Vice
President. am grieved at this revelation
of his character, most, however, because
he is sure to wreck the party sooner or
| later"
.Do YOU mean" I asked, ''that Mr..
Cleveland is already planning for second
term2"
eyes, and not only for second but
third and as many more as he can get.
| Moreover l am satisfied that he was pre-
paring-to get the machinery of the party
in hand for that purpose at the very time
he accepted my terms as the condltlon OF
my candidacy for Vice-President. My
friends are beginning to understand that
it is no fault of mine when they are turned
down. But if my name helped in any way
to win the victory of November last surely
/ am glad that accepted the nomination,
for the party's good is the first considera-
ton always, but for many other reasons
regret very much that l did not promptly
refuse to accept before leaving Chicago.
[ think Mr.. Cleveland's acts and interpre.
tation of Democratic principles will do
great harm to the party"
l had suspicion at the time, and not
without good reason, that the agreement
between Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Hendricks
included promise from the former that
Tile IldCulueTy O1 Tie party DS Iun
in the interest of the latter's candidacy
for the nomination for President by the
next convention, and the vehement man.
ner of Mr.. Hendricks when he told me of
Cleveland's 8 ambition in that direction re-
moved all doubt from my mind. / felt
confident that Mr.. Hendricks agreed to
run for Vice-President and carry Indiana
for the ticket under promise that he
should head the procession four years
later. And l may add that, in nv opin-
ion, it was his betrayal more than any
thing else that sent Mr.. Hendricks to an
untimely grave. He was the soul of
honor, and to be betrayed by friend was
too much for his great and good heart.
The cold-bloodedness of President Cleve-
lands plan to break with the Vice
President wounded Mr.. Hendricks deeply,
for it was the dragging in of social and
personal matters in way that was calcu-
lated to establish intensely hostile relations
between Mr.. Hendricks and several of the
leaders of the party in Indiana. Ex-United
States Senator Mcdonald and Mr.. Hen.
bricks were good enough friends to work
together for the party's good, but there
was bitter feud between Mrs. Hendricks
"set" and Mrs. McDonald's ''set," and
under no circumstances could they have
met upon common ground in Washing
toms social life. All this was told TO Cleve-
land by misunderstanding friend, who
knew that IL was just the wedge the Presi-
dent was looking for. Mr.. Cleveland had
his strikers give it out that he was ex-
ceedingly anxious to give Mcdonald high |