Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1878 — Thomas A Hendricks. [ARTICLE]

Thomas A Hendricks.

[Franklin Herat ’-Dsmocrjrtt.] To-day we have placed the name of »hie ire n tie mi a u at the head of ourcolas our candidate for no.nination

I by the next democratic national coni vention for president. Indofngso we ; do not only announce our own choice, i but we believe he is the choice of a 1 large majority of the p ople of the United States- In Indiana the democMtic party Is for him to a min.— Mr. Hendricks is peculiarly well suited for the democratic candidate for president In 1880. His public record i is without a blemish; his private char j aetfF is without a stain He lives in i the bosom of the great west, the fn- ' tore seat of political power in this I country. He is a citizsn of Indiana, ! the most reliable democratic state in : tlie north. His position upon public questions is sound, and the country would have confidence in his wisdom and discretion. His enemies have sought to make the impression that ho was non-committal on' public questions; but those who have watched his course have seen that he has only baen cautious in taking his po sb ions and consistent in maintaining j them. He does not embrace an idea :to day and reject it to-morrow, If i the position which Mr. Hendricks an- ! noum.'vd on the financial question had j been pursued by the government, thousands of v etims of the unwise poli y of Mr. Sherman would have been spared. Asserting that the timehonored principles of our fathers was correct, that gol I and silver were the true measures of value, Mr. Hendricks could see that forcedjresnmprion must strike hard a the labor and industry of the country, and he was opposed to it. While he desired to reach spe vie resumption in time as being the normal condition of all prosperous and enlightened nations, still he wanted to reach it in a way that should not destroy the debtor classes and impoverish labor. Instead of having it come as the storm or hurricane, leaving destine.ion and ruin in its train, he wanted to see it come as the gentle shower that should bring heal i ing on its wings. One of the best tests of capacity that can be applied to any man is. whether hefllls the position to which he may be called with ability and credit. No public man ever passed this ordeal better than Mr. Hendricks. In all positions he has ever filled, including iiis terms as senator and gov- ■ ernor of Indiana, he has retired with ■ the verdict on the part of the people that he had lis-diarged his duties ably and well. Such a man we present to the country as our candidate for president in 1880.