Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1885 — THE Nation Mourns [ARTICLE]

THE Nation Mourns

THOMAS A. Hendws Indiana’s Favorite Son, VicePresident of the United States is Dead! Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks died very suddenly at his residence, in Indianapolis, Wednesday, at 5:30 p. m., of paralysis of the heart, and the nation is in grief. The sad news flashed over the wires and for the moment the people were struck dumb. He was peerless as a Christian, statesman, officer, citizen and neighbor, and the tributes paid dm by his colleagues, of all partisan shades, show the high esteem in which he he was held.

•‘Thomas A. Hendricks was born on the 7th day of September, 1819, in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. The Hendricks family removed to Madison, Indiana, and subsequently about the year 1822 to Shelbyville, Indiana, where they took up their permanent residence. Thomas, with his brother and eh ter were pupils of the village school of Shelbyville, and from the very outset Thomas was a favorite among his companions. He had that rare faculty of linking friends when a boy, which has char cterized h s subsequent career. He entered Hanover College in the year 18b7 and graduated in the year 1841. In earlier years he had shown a decided passion for the law. He studied under Judge Major, and afterward with his uncle Thompson at Chambersburg, Pa. After he was admitted to the bar, in 184 J, he returned to Indiana, an 1 began the practice of his profession at Shelbyville. His path henceforth was upward and onward. He had only been a little more than two years engaged in the legal profession when he was elected a member of the State Legislature. In the year 1850 he was elected a member of the State Constitutional Convention, and in 1851 was elected a member of Congress from the district of Indianapolis. This position he held until appointed by President Pierce Commissioner of the General Land Odice. He was the Democratic candidate for Governor in 1860. He was e ected U. S. Senator in 1862 for the term ending 1869. In 1872 he was elected Governor of Indiana. In 1876 he was elected Vice President of the United States, and again ir 1884.

All these position* of trust he held with honor to himself an I entire satisfaction to his constituent . It is very questionable whether any man ever excelled Mr. Hendricks in the power to convince and sway an audience. A man of simple habits, with a graceful bearing and a manly, handsome face, in which genlleness and d termination blended in such a manner as to charm any audience which he addressed. Nature endowed him with all the elements of the true orator.” Gov. Gray, by proclamation, announces to the people of Indiana the loss they sustain, and requests Memorial Services to be held all over the State at the hour fixed for the Funeral Services at Indianapolis—Tuesclsy next, at 12 o’clock M.

Editor Sentinel: Please announce that there are 8 or 10 young Democrats living in Renhselaer and vicinity, who are anxious to meet any of the Protection Republicans of Rensselaer and vicinity •nd discuss the tariff question, from the standpoint of Tariff for Revenue only, the discussion to be governed by Clark’s Parliamentary Rules, and the 10th census to be taken for all estimates of exports, imports, and prices of all manufactured articles. The arrangements to be agreed to by the Chairmen and Secretaries of the Democratic and Republican Cen tral Committees By order, Ezra C. Nowels, Chairman Dem. Cen. Com. Jas. W. Douthit, Ssc’y Dem. Cen. Com.

The Chicago Grocery, R. F. Priest, proprietor, i, now in full blast, in the Williams-Stockton block. Extensive'stock, new, fresh and at prices that defy competition. Everybody respectfully invited to call and see for themselves. It was General McClellan who first used the phrase “Short, sharp and decisi> e.” Since Leopold reduced prices on all his Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes below all competition, his goods go off like hot cakes. Joe Mackin, the Chicago ballot box stuffer, has been furnished lodging and occupation in the Joliet penitentiary. To similar institutions should have been sent the Presidential rapists of 1876-7.

It L a notorious fact that Leopold gives greater bargains than any other house in town. Call and examine for yourself.

Hon. George L. Converse, of Columbus, in a speech delivered in ew York City a few days before the e ection, presented an array of facts showing why the Republican party has been drawn from power and why it should be kept out of power, that should startle the most prejudiced adherent of the Republican organization. It has collected since the close of the war SB,500,000, yet has paid of only $900,000,000 of the National debt. It has quadrupled the cost of carrying on the Government. It has incubated scores of millionaires out of officials receiving moderate salaries. It has doubled the number of Federal officeholders. It has plundered and squandered the public domain. It has shielded thieving officials in high and low places, including all the members of the Whisky Ring except McDonald. It has wronged and cheated the Indians. It has left v.s without a uavy after spending hundreds of millions appropriated to build one. It has honeycombed the District of Columbia wbh local frauds and scandals. It has been the prolific parent of Star route, frauds, custom house frauds and various other frauds which reached a climax in the audacious larceny of the Presidential office e ght years ago. No intelligent student of political events dare attempt to deny the justness of this arraignment, and the best an only excuse any advocate of Republican supremacy can make for adhering to the party is that of ignorance ot the poli:ical history of the country during die past twenty years. So shameless is the organization that in its efforts to again secure national con‘rol it offers n< -thing better for the f itnre. In response to the abundantly pr.-.ven charges of the vilest corruption and most recaless extravagance, its defenders prate of the “wah,” and other issues that have been dead tor more than twenty years. That, and their false but specious claims of “protection to American industry,” is their o'dv stock in trade. *U’?nu those alone they base their claims to the consideration and support of the people, thousands of whom were born since ihe causes ending to: he war were an issue, and the millions of whom, in their poverty and distress, have felt the influence of a political policy that, while claiming to protect American

; industries, have built up giant mo- ' nopolies that have enabled a few undeserving to accumulate collosal fortunes while the many have struggled hopelessl / along, glad to receive the pittance of a mere living and happy when able to withstand the oft-repeated attacks of grim want. This is what the Republican party has «kne for the people of this cou try. ■ ■ ... - A ca 1 has been issued for a meeting to be held at the Court : ouse Saturday evening to make necessary arrangements for appropriate Memorial Services next Tuesday.

From the remarks of a very few low down in the scale of humanity it is very evident the Guitaus are not -11 dead yet.

E. E. Quivey, who has practiced dentistry in this city for the past six years, moved, this week, to Pensselaer where he opens a dental office. Ed is a young man and a good dentist withal, and although he has done a good business in this city he tells us he has prospects for something better in hia new location. We can cheerfully recommend him to the people of Rensselaer and vicinity, who have aching molars and to the general pub lie. —North Manchester Journal.

Dr. Q. is located in rooms over the Hardware store of N. 'Warner & Sons.