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county and city officials, and a large number of citizens, to the funeral of the Vico president. Two coaches will bo taken on at Blnffton, and go through to Indianapolis without stopping, arriving thero tat 10:30. All the coaches will be handsomely decorated From Bloomington, Til. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomi noton, 111., Nov. 30. — Nearly one hundred citizens of Bloomington, the Jefferson Club being the nucleus, departed for Indianapolis tonight, to bo present nt the obsequies of the late Vice-president. Resolutions of deep sorrow were ndopted by the Jeffersonian Club, aud also by the Parnell Division, National Land League, of Bloomington. Arrivals in the City Last Night, The trains yesterday brought in large numbers of strangers from every direction, and early in the day the streets were thronged with people from the neighboring towns, who came to view the remains of the dead Vice president while lying in state. A number of distinguished men, coming to attend the funeral, arrived during the afternoon. The hotels last night were ail crowded. Most of the arrivals were Indiana people, but the delegations from a distance will begin to come in on the early trains this morning. Mayor Francis, of St. Louis, with a party of twenty-five citizens, accompanied by the Busch Zouaves, will arrive at 4:la this morning, and the Common Council of Evansville will come in on the same train. Among the other official delegations which are expected to arrive during the morning are the Iroquois Club, of Chicago; Common Council, of Pittsburg; the Dayton Cleveland and Hendricks Club, numbering 400; the Americus Club, of Teona, 111.; the Jefferson Club, of Bloomington, and others from nearly all of the neighboring Indiana towns. Senator Payne, with a party of ten, will arrive in a private car at 0:40 o’clock this morning. Gov. Proctor Knott, and the State officers of Kentucky, will also be here ihis morning. Forty members of the Tammany Club, of New tfork, headed by P. Henry Dugeo, arrived last night, and are stopping at the Bates House. Twenty members of the Common Council of Cincinnati came in at the same hour and were received at the Union Depot by the committee representing the municipal government and were taken to the Grand Hotel. Governer Hoadly, of Ohio, and his military staff, comprising fifteen gentlemen, came in on the Bee-line train last night, and were conducted direct to the Grand Hotel, where they will make their headquarter. Ex-Governor Bishop arrived during the afternoon, and stopped at the Bates House. General Denver and family, of Ohio, were also amo <g the early arrivals during the day. Last night ex President Hayes arrived, and immediately afterwards retired to his room at the Denison House. Senator Palmer, of Michigan, also came in on the night train, and is stopping at the Denison. Congressman Geddes and ex Civil-service Commissioner Thomau were among the prominent persons arriving during the afternoon who registered at the Denison. The Indiana congressmen who are in the city are Gen. Tom Browne, Kleiner, Lowry, Matson and Cobb, while among the prominent citizens from different parts of the State, registered at the hotels, are Hon. Richard W. Thompson, of Terre Haute; Gen. Geo. B. Williams,of Lafayette; H. S. Bennett, Evansville; U. Z. Wiley, Fowler; Ben L. Smith, Rushville; George Sweetzer, Hiram Brownlee, George W. Harvey, John N. Trum, John M. Wallace, D. Overman, Marion; Milton S. Robinson, Anderson; John T. Scott, Terre Haute, all of whom are stopping at the Denison House; Hon. John R. Cravens, of Madison; Jason B. Brown, Seymour; Judge J. C. Robinson, Spencer; Judge Walpole Colerick, Fort Wayne; B. F. Havens, mayor of Terre Haute; Judge John R. Coffroth and George W. Friedley, Lafayette; Hon. Charles L. Jewett and State Senator Day, New Albany; David Studebaker, South Bend; Judge C. F. McNutt and Isaac Ball, Terre Haute; Calvin E. Cowgill, Wabash; State Senator Rahm, Evansville, and State Senator Lindley, Rockville, all of whom are quartered at the Bates House. A party of nine, headed by S. N. Chaml>ers, came up from Vincennes last evening. Nearly every town in the State is represented. George C. Langdeti, ex-mayor of Detroit, with Joseph Greuzel and John Webster, from that city, were among the arrivals yesterday afternoon. A party of representatives of the press from Washington, including S. N. Clark, of the New York Tribune; Charles T. Murray, of the Philadelphia Times; C. M. Ogden, of the Philadelphia Press; F. P. Ferris, of the Washington Star; A. C. Burton, of the Brooklyn Eagle, and Jap Turpin, of Indiana, came in on a special car yesterday afternoon. The four first warned represent the Gridiron Club, an organization of journalists which recently entertained the dead Vice-president. Among the other newspaper men who arrived in the city ye3 erday were E. E. Mann, managing ditor of the Cincinnati Evening Telegram, Colonel Little, of the Davenport Gaily Gazette; W. H. Elliott, of the New Castle ' ourier; L. L. Defrees, of the Miami Union, Troy, O , J. P. Mahaffay, of the Cambridge (O.) Herald; Joseph B. Bates, of the Bloomington (111.) Pantagraph. The special train bearing the members of the Cabinet will arrive this morning.

THE BAR MEETING. Addresses by Judges Gresham, Elliott, Fraser and Others—The Memorial, Tho bar meeting called to take action regardnc the death of Vice-president Hendricks assembled yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the federal court room. Tho meeting was a large one—too large for the capacity of the room—and a number of lawyers who came late were unable to get in, as not only were all the seats taken, but all the available standing-places. In addition to the Indianapolis bai 1 , prominent lawyers from every part of the State took part in the meeting. Among tho latter were Hon. L'. M. Campbell, Hon. John R. Cravens, Judge Thos. P. Davidson, Col. S. Stansifer, Maj. J. B. Mulkey, Hon. Janies A. Now, Hon. Charles L. Jewett, Col. H. C. Gooding. Hon. George W. Friedley, Hon. Delana E. Williamson, Hon. John Knight, Hon. John It. Coffroth, S. R. Downey, T. A. Stuart, C. B. Stuart, W. V. Stuart, Judge D. P. Vinton, Hon. John C. Robinson, George W. Essely, lion. 17. Z. Wiley, H. D. Thompson, Hon. N. O. Ross, R. B. Beauchamp, C. R. Pollard, Hon. Bellamy Sutton and others. Representing the Shelby county bar were Benj. F. Love, James Harrison, James McFadden and L. J. Hackney. ‘JudgeS. Clavpool having obtained the attention of the meeting, moved that Hon. Walter Q. Gresham, judge of the United States Circuit Court, be made chairman. The motion was put by Judge Wm. A. Woods, of the United States District Court, and carried. judge Gresham's remarks. Upon taking the chair, Judge Gresham spoke iB follows: Gentlemen of tho Bar: Wo are assembled to pay >ur tribute of respect to an eminent member of our rofession. Although Mr. Hendricks occupied many iiifh stations it. the State and Nation, finally the second ugliest in the gift of tho people, all of which he filled with distinguished ability, he never lost his fondness for his chosen profession. His triumphs at the bar were, perhaps, fully as satisfactory as his triumphs in tho conflicts of politics. I will not on this occasion speak of his public service, further than to say that intellectually he was the peer of the ablest men of his time, and that he never used official position for private gain—that even in the minds of his political adversaries no stain attaches to his private or official integrity. In capacity for rapid absorption of a ca*e, arrangement of facts in their proper relation, and in the application of principles to facts, Mr. Hendricks greatly excelled. While lie justly stood in the front rank of the profession, perhaps his real sphere was that of the advocate. In this

line be had no superiors, perhaps no equals. Asa tr.al lawyer he was self-reliant and courageous, and when a case took a sudden and unexpected turn, and defeat seemed almost inevitable, he exhibited rare skill and great reserve power. It was on such occasions that he appeared to best advantage. His style of speai ing was admirable; while he was earnest —at times vehement—be was always graceful and dig'iihed, and, therefore, pleasing and persuasive. His equanimity and uniform courtesy to the court and bar. in defeat as well as victory, was worthy' of all praise, and in this and other respects younger ipen, members of this bar—a bar in moral tone and elevation second to none so far as I know—will do well to make him a model for imitation. liis amiable, cheery, genial good nature made him a most agreeable companion and won for him the sympathy and regard or those who were so fortunate as to meet him in social intercourse. I might say more, but, as chairman of the meeting, extended remarks aro not called for on my' part. On motion of Judge Lewis C. Walker, W. A. Ketcham was made secretary and Charles L. Holstein. ex-United States District Attorney, read the following memorial, as prepared by the bar committee: THE MEMORIAL. Thomas A. Hendricks was horn Sept. 7, 1819, in Muskingum county, Ohio. In 1820 his parents removed to Indiana, first to Madison, then to Shelbyville, near which place they' permanently resided. His boyhood and youth were spent in Shelby county', on his father s farm.* b They were those of a pioneer, of an early settler |in a sparsely-populated region of what was then known elsewhere as the far West. His life was thus in every circumstance, coincident with the morning of the State, the beginning of civilization in a new commonwealth. Receiving at home a course of common school education he subsequently attended and graduated at Hanover College, in Jefferson county. Choosing the law as a profession, he prosecuted hi3 studies partly at Shelbyvilie, partly at Gettysburg, Pa., hut was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice at Shelbyvilie, in 1843. His first public position was attained in 1848, by an election, unsolicited, to the House of Representatives of the General Assembly. Having served one term, and declining further service therein, he was, in 1850, elected a member of the constitutional convention, being one of the youngest members of that body, and having in his associates many of the men most eminent in public life at that period. In August, 1851, he was elected a representative in Congress and served two terries. In August, 1855, he was tendered and accepted from President Pierce the position of Commissioner of the General Land Office, at Washington, wherein he served nearly four y'ears, resigning in the year 1859. As tiie unanimous choice of his party on the 12th day of January, 1863, he was elected a senator of the United States for the term of six years, commencing on the 4th day of March, 1883, when he took his seat as such. He soon became in that distinguished body the recognized leader of his party. Alike fitted for council aud debate, endowed with that rare union of qualities, an equal proportion of caution and courage so much needed in the conduct of a parliamentary opposition. In 1872 he was elected Governor of Indiana, the first of his political party chosen to such a position after the close of the war in any Northern State. As Governor he originated the system of making and preserving in that department a permanent record of executive action upon all applications before him. His administration was distinguished for more than ordinary attention to the cause of popular education, for the humane appeals by the executive in behalf of the benevolent institutions of the State, appeals which met a response from the General Assembly alike creditable to themselves and their constituents. In 1877, and again in 1884, he visited Europe, traveling through the British islands, and the principal countries of the continent. A single remark made upon his return from his first tour “that the French were a people much attacked to their country, not at all to their institutions of government.” shows the habit of thoughtful observation which characterized even his leisure. In 1884 he was elected Vico president of the United States, and entered upon his duties as such on the 4th day of March, 1885, serving as the presiding officer of the Senate during the brief executive session held under the new administration. From the farm-house to the. vice presidency—such was the commencement and end of a career untouched by dishonor, unclouded by suspicion. His public acts as a senator and representative in Congress have gone into history. His record has received the highest possible commendation and approval from the vast constituency he served by his subsequent preferment to the second office in the gift of the Nation—from the consideration, also, that begun in one age. another generation of his countrymen arose to do him honor and to complete the full-orbed cycle of his fame. Mr. Hendricks was throughout the whole period of his active life a lawyer, even in his last days concerned in the conduct of causes. His entrance upon and employments in public life were episodes, excursions, useful to himself and others, but did not divert him from the beaten path of forensic labor. On the floor of the Senate, in the halls of legislation he sojourned—at the bar, in the courts, he dwelt. He was engaged in very much of the important litigation at the capital of his Slate. His practice was by no means local, lie attended in the discharge of professional duties nearly every circuit in our own and many of the higher courts of adjoining States and the Supreme Court at Washington. Much of his life, however, was non-professional. His time and thought were at very frequently recurring intervals given to the work of the hustings. There was something in the mere aspect of a large popular assembly which had for him a special attraction. His manner in addressing a mixed audience was peculiarly his own—neither that of conversation nor oratory; something better suited than either to his purpose. He was one of the most impressive and successful of public canvassers. Nor did he disregard the unconsidered trifles of the campaign. There was an affluent grace in his salutations which largely supplemented argument. He was, moreover, a man of normal action ami opinion, following the ordinary bent and tenets of his party; no fanatic, zealot or extremist upon any subject; not such a one as the multitude often follow, but a character smoothly rounded to completeness, without edges or angles, with no corners in his creed political; yet he was and continued to be a popular favorite to the last. To the stores of information acquired by extensive travel and intercourse, both at home and abroad, he added a close acquaintance with the works of the best authors, being a careful habitual reader of books not less than of men. His literary taste was highly cultivated. His excellence as a writer, manifest enough in his messages and state papers, would have earned particular recognition but that it has been overshadowed by his more imposing reputation as a public speaker. In religion he was an Episcopalian, an active member and officer for many years of St. Paul's Church, Indianapolis. Upon this subject he was firm in his convictions, in his life consistent, in his Christian profession unobtrusive. He walked with humility in faith. A man much given to charity, and of the most enlightened and liberal tolerance; nevertheless Le was strongly attached to his church, to his party, to his State, giving voice often with enmhasis to his affection, that men might note not him but these, the so-greatly revered objects of his devotion and regard. The virtues of hi* private life were such as may be most commended in the friend, the neighbor and the citizen. He was naturally of a disposition sedate, though cheerful; in address urbane; in manner extremely affable, but with dignity; in conversation pleasing; in society attracting, but not engrossing the attention of others; to woman deferential with a high degree of courtesy unforced, indicative of respect and interest. Such was Hendricks. Discerning the man, his life and acts at large in the mass, in that respect too most nearly concerning ourselves, we may say, with verity, he was pre eminently a product of Indiana, an offspring of the State, a growth of its laws and institutions, and that the just pride taken in him by the people of this commonwealth was entertained not without reason for a fellow-citizen so illustrious. He died in this city, where he would have wished to die, where ho most really lived; at home; surrounded by tho* 4 * whom he loved; in the metropolis of the State which he served so long and by which he had been so often and sC? highly honored. Not without unavailing sorrow for a Calamity so grievous do we tender to his bereaved consort aivi the kindred of his household our profound condolence and siucerest sympathy in the irreparable loss which hk.s befallen theta. * David Turpie, A. L. Roache, A. C. Harris, Noble C. Butler, Chas. Ij. Holstein, Bar Memorial Committee. On the conclusion of the reading of the memorial, remarks being called for by the chairman, Judge David Turpie addressed the meeting. JUDGE TURPI K'S ADDRESS. Following a long and beautiful analyzation of Mr. Hendricks's character as a lawyer, the brilliancy of his acquirements and the quality of his mind, Judge Turpie closed as follows: In illustration he was sparing in diction, choice, acenrato; upon occasion ornate and elegant; fluent without superfluity. In pronunciation a purist, clear, precise, with an ear of most delicate fancy. In the collocation, or arrangement of words in the clause or sentence, not so capable—as apt to close an important sentence with one of the smallest of English prepositions as with a term whose quantities might give both to the voice aud ear the cadence of repose. For mere humor he found not often a place —though happy when so used—for iuvective or denunciation very seldom. The most malignant miscreant in the record was treated by him usually as one who had but fallen into some mistake or error. His deportment toward his brethren of the bar. the jury, his auditors, and especially toward the officer presiding, was the model of courtesy and complaisance. As an advocate ha must take high rank in the first class, a class not numerous. He was especially üblo in adaptation. Fact was closely fatted to fact and the whole stru ture of circumstance dovetailed into the law of the case. The parts matched like mosaics in the most highly finished mechanism. To this was united a suave plausibility and a subtle economy which made much, the most, of little when little fell to his side. He had * copious command of familiar terms and expressions oven upon abstruse topicß, which bt><arne hist interpreters to the

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jury, and this kind of interpretation had for itself the choicest medium, a voice which persuasion had herself attuned to the very touch. Ilia imagination was strong, active, vivid; not lawless but sedulously tempered to the theme he dealt with. None knew better than he when to use it, when to forbear. His best field lay in those causes involving life, personal freedom, the vindication of character, and in those questions concerning human conduct of either public, private or corporate nature, which beset the ever-shifting line depending upon what is styled discretion or construction. Here the rule is not to bo found in statutes, text-books—only in the mind, heart aud conscience of those who sit in judgment or in the hint? contained in tho~e grand depositories of the law, spoken and unspoken, the constitutional orders and ordinances of the United States. It was his fortune many times to face hatred most deadly, prejudice unsparing, the unreasoning odium and fury of the time—fruits of the great military and civil convulsions which characterized the war. In such conjuncture no difficulty disconcerted him, no peril appalled. He will be remembered as an earnest defender of popular rights, of civil and political liberty as defined by law—as a leader for a quarter of a century, steadfast and discreet—of the constitutional majorities of the North and West., which he found in weakness and which he left in power. His name will be the synonym of professional honor, courage and fidelity. He was a member of the national bar, for many years of the bar of this city and county, and for a yet longer period of the bar of the State. He is one of those who will always continue to be a member here. His association with us can never be lost.. His membership has passed beyond the contingency of employment, of verdict, judgment or appeal His name and presence will here have an assured perpetuity in his blameless life, his eloquent labors, his lofty example, so worthy yet so difficult of all imitation. Thomas A. Hendricks—brave, pure and wise—farewell. EX-SENATOR M’DONALDS REMARKS. Judge Turpie was followed by Ex-Senator McDonald, who spoke as follows; Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Indiana Bar: I need not remind you that the occasion which cabs us together is one of unusual solemnity. The national flag at half-mast, a city draped in mourning, and the many sad faces that throng our streets, all attest the fact that one who had enshrined himself in the hearts of the people of this State and had inscribed his name high up in the roll of the distinguished men of our country had closed his earthly career; and while we, his brothers of the bar, have met to pay to his memory that honor to which it is entitled, on account of the high rank he held in our profession, a nation bows its head in sorrow. Monuments may be erected to perpetuate his name, but none will be more enduring than the memorial you will this day enroll upon the records of the courts. It is the lawyers’ monument, and will remain when monuments of brass or stone have crumbled, and fallan, and mingled with t’ne dust. The memorial and resolutions you are about to adopt speak of him, his character and career, and render it unnecesiary for me to more than briefly allude to them. Thomas A. Hendricks has been a conspicouus figure in the public affairs of the State and the Nation for more than the third of a century, and in every position he has filled, whether at the bar or in official station, he has left a record almost free from criticism. He first became known to the people of the State as a member of the constitutional convention of 1850. Two years later he entered Congress as a member from this district, and when his eventful life was ended by his sudden death, he was holding the second highest office in the gift of the American people. The most eventful period of his life, to my mind, was that passed in the Senate of the United States. He entered that body on the 4t,h of March, 18G3, and served the full term of six years. Six more eventful years have never occurred in our history In that time the Rebellion was put down and the Union restored. In the measures and policies of the government, both as to the conduct of the war and in the restoration which followed its successful issue, he took a leading aud distinguished part. ' In the meridan of life his energy and industry had no limit except the demands upon them. Upon the opposing doctrines of “reconstruction” and “restoration” he took the side of “restoration,” and by the ability displayed in behalf of the cause he espoused in that august body made a record that stands out in bold relief, and will grow brighter with time. Although Vice-president Hendricks was much engaged in political lite, he never lost his hold upon the law, but as often as opportunity offered returned to it with a zest and displayed a knowledge and ability in its prac'ice that would lead one who did not know to the contrary to believe that it had been his sole study and pursuit. So that in the legal profession in our State his name will always hold a front rank. It is this that makes the offering of his brethren of the bar of Indiana on this occasion so appropriate. I therefore, Mr. Chairman, second the motion for the adoption of the memorial and resolutions, and that they be entered upon the records of this court, upon the records of the Supremo Court of the State, and that a copy, together with the proceedings of this meeting, be delivered by the secretary to the widow of the late Vice-president. JUDGE WILLIAMSON’S REMARKS. Hon. Delana E. Willismson, of Greencastle, then 3poke as follows: The bar and legal friends have assembled under sad and sorrowful circumstances. Great calamities appall the brain; the heart only gives utterance to its emotions. Again our capital is shrouded in mourning. A distinguished fellow-citizen is dead—one of the truly great men of a nation of 60,000.000 people; one whose fame radiated from this capital to the borders of the land. The people of other States knew Vicepresident Hendricks as a statesman, the party leader, as the representative of a great party. Wo knew him as such a man, a citizen, a lawyer, and, knowing him in these relations, aopreciated his great qualities of head and heart. The private dead are quietly laid away, anti with expressions of sympathy to the immediate friends. The great world moves on without further comment. The deceased takes rank among the dead according to merit in life. This is in accordance with nature’s law. But when a man of public, as well as private worth, a wise counselor, a statesman, and the distinguished leader of men falls, we exclaim, Can it be possible? Such wore the expressions of men, without regard to party relations, when the sad word was given out that Vicepresident Hendricks had just passed over the river of death. Standing at the apex of his fame, within easy reach of the highest honors of his country, surrounded with the brightest prospects, the fatal bolt comes, and without warning to himself or his friends, our beloved and respected fellow citizen passed from this to that other world. To the human mind death has a terror that subdues the hardest heart. And still there is a beautiful after-picture connected with our departed friends. With death the asperities of life cease, personal ambition, party prejudice, with all the strong possessions of our nature, at once surrender to our tender and better emotions. At the tomb we pause and look at the man and his character while living. From this stand-point let us take a view of the character of Vice-president Hendricks. Asa husband his high consideration and' tender devotion to his wife entered into and became a part of his public life. Asa citizen his private character stood without blemish aud without question. His moral and religious virtues were examples for all. Asa lawyer, he was able, learned and eloquent, his private virtures adorning all the walks of his professional life. In his public character as representative in the State Legislature, member of the constitutional convention, representative in Congress. Commissioner of the General Land Office, United States senator, Governor of the State of Indiana and Vicepresident of the United States—in all these stations, demanding the exercise of the highest talent, the greatest discretion of judgment, and in the midst of the greatest human excitement, I have never heard one word uttered against his private or public character. He leaves for our admiration and example a character rich in all the virtues that constitute the Christian gentleman, the able lawyer, the wise statesman, the part}' leader and the public officer. Asa Republican, and party opposed, I am proud of the opportunity of laying this tribute of love and respect upon the altar of his memory. HON. JOHN R. COFFROTH’S REMARKS. Hon. John R. Coffroth, of Lafayette, next spoke to the memorial. His remarks were as follows: Gentlemen of the Bar: Governor Hendricks came amongst us. and the world is better and brighter for hrS having been here. The sunshine was upon his pathway of life, and flowers of affecion bloomed all along its borders. The accepted leader cf his party—not grim, malignant and despotic, but always respecting and loving his great army; not hated and feared as was that great intellectual devil of Europe—his leadership inspired love, confidence and enthusiasm in his followers, while hate came not to the Hearts of his political opponents. His home was happy—as she whose love grew stronger with the fleeting years, and who now mourns, will ever remember, until the angels say to her, “Good morning.” To Shelby county, his old home, he was child, boy, man, representative and friend; and when the sad news came to its sturdy and kindly people, saying: “Hendricks is dead”—like for William the Silent, little children cried in the streets. In Indiana panegyric sinks before the name of Thomas A Hendricks and in the Nation he was in the hearts of its people, as, in fact, the second citizen of America. In that “profession which employs in its theory the noblest faculties of the soul, and exerts in its practice the cardinal virtues of the heart,” the bar, whose representatives wo to-day are, our dead brother was a proud leader. Clear, logical, brilliant and earnest — with him the cause of the wronged and helpless became his own: and the wintry storm which sweeps along the troubled Baltic is not more terrible than was his denunciation of fraud and oppression; while his pleading* in beh.ilf of innocence were the outpourings of a gentle and loving heart. He vas fortunate even in his death. He sunk to rest at his happy home, with millions of loving hearts who would have prayed and pleaded for him, had the occasion been known to them. But lull of years, with honors clustering thickly around him. the second most exalted position on the earth in his holding, he went from his high estate to his peaceful rest. ‘'What! soared the old eagle to die at the sun’. Lies he stiff with spread wings at the goal he had won! Aro there spirits more blest than the ‘Planet of Even’,’

Who mount to their zenith, then melt into heaven— No waning of fire, no quenching of ray. But rising, still rising, when passing away? Farewell, gallant eagle! thou art buried in light! God speed into heaven, lost star of our night.” JUDGE DAVIDSON'S REMARKS. The next speaker was Judge Thomas Davidson, of Crawfordsville, who spoke substantially as follows: Mr. Chairman; The sad event which is the occasion of. our meeting is a striking illustration of the uncertainty of life and of the truth of the saying that ''death loves a shining mark. ” But a few hours ago Vice-president Hendricks was in life, vigorous and in apparent health, and in the full possession of the splendid faculties of mind and heart which had won for him so high a place among his fellow-men and had so loug commanded the admiration of his countrymen, 10-day he is dead, and the sorrow of 50.000,600 of people is manifesting itself in emblems of mourning au l in tender messages of condolence and sympathy to his widowed wife. We say he is dead, but this is not strictly true even in a human sense. He will forever continue to live in the forces and influences which, in life, were set in motion by him. There is another sense in which we may not say that he whose departure we mourn is wholly lost to us. What aworld were this, how unendurable its weight if they whom death hath sundered did uot meet again? To us .who have met here to-day Thomas A. Hendricks was not alone the political leader—the statesman to whom the country looked with pride. Ho was, to us, the companion, neighbor, friend and guide-strong in counsel, sympathetic in nature, charitable. in conduct and expression, and gentle, though firm in reproof. Os all the men in public, or private life whom it has been my fortune to know, no one ever seemed to me more symmetrical in character thap Thomas A. Hendricks. Ha was, in everything, the perfect gentleman. At home or abroad, in office or out of office, and at all times, be was the same. “His life was gentle, and the elements 80 mixed in him that nature might stand up, .And say to all the world, ‘This was a man?’ ” M ith his public career his countrymen are familiar, and but lately it had received their highest commendation and approval. Asa lawyer he was without reproach, and stood—deservedly stood—in the highest rank of his profession. To me it was a pleasure to try causes in which he was engaged as counsel; and, indeed, it was a pleasure to bo with him at all times and in all places. Asa man and as a lawyer hi? purposes were earnest, his convictions strong and his motives pure, and, contrary to much that has been said and written, he had the courage of his convictions, and was never afraid to express them at the proper times and on proper occasions. He was always the firm antagonist of what he conceived to be wrone and the vigorous advocate of what he thought to be right; and he had clear, intelligent and just conceptions of what was right and what was wrong. In his public and in his private life he exemplified the highest type of manhood. In his death the Nation has lost one of its greatest and purest men; Indiana has lost her most distinguished citizen. The people of the United States will not soon forget to honor the name and character of Thomas A. Hendricks. His great talents, his public success, and his eminent position have so connected his name with the institutions of his country that it can never be disassociated with their history. But it is to Indianians, present and future, that the name and fame of Thomas A. Hendricks will be especially dear. To these that “Name shall shine untarnished in the rolls of fame, And stand the example of each distant age, Aud add new lustre to the historic page.” JUDGE JAMES S. FRAZER’S REMARKS. Tho next speaker was the well-known and venerablo Judge Jamos S. Frazer, of Warsaw, who spoke as follows: 1 have known the deceased Vice-president from the very commencement of his public life. Though my junior, we first met as members of the Legislature in the session of 1848-9. He had engaged in the debates occasionally, but not frequently. His speeches were solid and a little dry, rather than showy. His manner was deliberate; his delivery slow and measured, his words well chosen, and his speeches were addressed to the judgment. He was modest, unassuming and somewhat reserved. The cast of his mind was judicial and not partisan, and I cannot remember that during the whole session he participated at all in any of the debates concerning party questions. I knew his political affiliations only by his votes. The graceful and persuasive oratory which so greatly distinguished him afterward were not then his. He did not then contemplate a political career, and though an attentive and very useful member, when the session ended, he said to me that he was glad to get nack to his law office in Shelbyvilie; that his ambition was entirely professional; that he wished only to be a great lawyer, and meant by diligence and careful study to reach as far as might be in that direction, hoping that he would some day be thought fit for a judgeship. Such was the aspiration, the waking dream of the man at twenty-nine. But it is not, easy for such a man to avoid a political career. To a lawyer, whose private life is not subject to criticism, whose every-day demeanor make3 and multiplies personal friends, who takes a citizen's proper interest in public questions, and occasionally at tho hustings advocates the opinions he has formed, without any desire to subserve personal preferment, but with conspicuous ability, the temptations are very great. He will be wanted in politics. The expression of this want is always a gratifying compliment, and if he yields, in very many cases he becomes so disabled that the lawyer is lost forever. But in this case the lawyer was not lost He never abandoned the law except temporarily, and always returned to the praotice with vigor and success. He did not become dwarfed, apparently, by his attention to politics as many do. This shows wonderful capacity. The times of his most active political career were full of new, and difficult, and important problems of statecraft; and in the discussion of these he bore a prominent part, in truth the loading part on his side. And yet he could pass from the floor of the Senate into the forum of justice and be a giant there. I witnessed this once with admiring wonder in our own Supreme Court while a member of it, and hea-d from him what tho judges all regarded as being, in both matter and manner, tho most masterly argument made in that court during a term of service of six years. There was no audience to inspire him—not more than half a dozen persons and the four judges. Popular applause was not to be won by the effort. The great lawyer argued like a lawyer should, before a court, the questions of law in his cause. That was all. But it was much, as attesting the manner of man lie was, as one of our profession. That this divided attention was a disadvantage professionally admits of no question, for the law alone is a subject large enough for all of any life and mind. As it was, he was an honor to the bar, and his place was amongst the highest. Os this demeanor at the bar I can not. upon personel knowledge, speak very fully, tor I saw but little of his practice in the trial courts, but that little was bey nd criticism—respectful to the court, courteous to the other counsel and faithful to his clients. It seemed to me a model for the study and imitation of younger men. Brethren, as one of us, we may be proud of him. His work is done. The professional and friendly ties which bound him closely to us all—very closely to some of us—have been snapped without warning; his voice in our courts is hushed. We give our tribute of sincere respect to his memory. We can do no more. JUDGE MACK’S REMARKS. Judge Win. Mack, of Terre Haute, waR the next speaker, his speech in substance being as follows: Gentlemen of the Bar: Notwithstanding all the advancements that have been made in solving the mysteries of the future, that veil that divides us from the future lias not yet been lifted. Who could have contemplated one short week ago the occasion of our being called together here. As has been said by one who preceded me such are the uncertainties of human life. In joining sincerely with the general mourning over the loss of one so pure, so noble, so eminent in all the walks of public and private life, I do it not with unalloyed grief. My sorrow is mingled with joy. 1 have witnessed the decorations of your city since entering it, and I like those decorations that are interspersed with white. This public building looks too glpomy. The thought that the life of Air. Hendricks terminated so suddenly—that his sun was quenched \vh *n shining with extreme brilliancy midway between the meridian and the Occident, of life—is a solemn ami a mournful thought. But that cloud of grief that hangs over us is not like the mourful drapery of this building. Moon-like, it has its golden border, indicative of the bright, shining lining beyond. To be sure, he has passed away, but he had the rare glory of being snatched by death from the topmost wave of human fortune. With him life is passed. Yonder in the rotunda his heart lies cold and silent. Not so with his character. It lives, and it is that which consoles us in this hour of trouble. Vice-president Hendricks was not only an honest man, but his character for integrity was above suspicion. Mr. Hendricks had well-defined, clearlvconceived, sincere, Christian views. On private occasions I have heard him express himself to the effect that the only advantage our civilization has over that of thfe undents is derived solely from the Christian religion. That our government and our society are based upon it. In an age when great and good men pass religion by as unworthy of notice, and another class treat it with scorn, and sneers, and contempt, and another class with mighty and mysterious power over the human lpind and human intellect, traverse the country f)r private gain, drawing vast assemblages, and seeking to blot out from our hearts that which gives consolation in life and hope in death, to find a man like Vice-president Hendricks, who never faltered, who stood firm on his religious foundation, is a consolation that may well authorize us to mix the white with the black in our m mrning. It has been said that the greatest man dying does not create a ripple. That may be true in regard to material matters, but not as to humanitarian. The life of Mr. Hendricks was a continual ripple for good everywhere and in all places. The purity, the nobleness of the character so worthy of emulation, that lives after him will continue to ripple—riDple for good, ripple down the stream of ages, whilst centuries alter centuries rock like plumes from the unwearied wing of time. JUDGE CRAVENS’S REMARKS. Hon. John R. Cravens, of Madison, then spoke. We come, my friends, to bury rather to praise the distinguished dead. There is much that might be

said, but it is far more difficult to determine what not to say. The life and death of a great and pood man are of themselves a euocry which the loftiest eloquence and the most finished oratory can never equal. Before the swelling sorrow of this Nation the voice of party is hushed into silence: the countenance of the patriot and the heart of the statesman are changed; the grief of the people is universal, and ttieir tears flow in response to their overburdened sorrow. Today, with one accord, anil in humble reverence, we gather about the lifeless remains of a distinguished and beloved citizen of onr own State, who has passed within the shadows of the eternal and now lias fellowship with the patriarchs, the kimrs. prophets, wise men. statesmen and potentates of all time who have gone before him to the tomb; but he has left to ns and to history the beauty of a great and good life. To his friends and kindred it will be a pleasing recollection that the evening of his days was hallowed and glowing with that peace which the perfect and the upright a ! one can realize, understand and enjoy. I said the evening of his days, but he had no evening, for his sun had not passed its zenith far enough to cast lengthened shadows around him; he was suddenly, and without physical suffering, in the maturity of his usefulness and in the ripeness of his wisdom, with his great heart full of noble and grand purposes for the future of his beloved country—he was called hence by a summons he was ready to obey. His career was just on the eve of its completion, from which his countrymen had begun to realize an inspiration of the success that awaited him The same almighty Power which moves in a mysterious wav, and whose footsteps are on the sea. for purposes of His own, not yet revealed to us, permitted President Garfield to maintain a hand-to-hand conflict with death for eighty days, but in a moment of time called Vice-president Hendricks from time to eternity. In the full possession of all his powers, fully developed, and with a purity of life rare as it was beautiful, he was fully equipped for the conflicts of time or the realities of the eternal world. Like the complete lawyer, which he was, his case was ready when the Judge called it for trial; there was no motion for continuance, no plea to the jurisdiction, and no petition for removal to a higher court. The able and persuasive advocate was accomplished in the learning of the law; with its literature and principles he was familiar, and his professional success was only proportioned to his merited distinction at the bar. No less familiar was he with the law and rules of practice, the knowledge of which is so essential to admission in that higher tribunal upon which he now stands. With Holy Wiit he was familiar; he pondered well the revelation which Jehovah has made of himself in the Scriptures, and the will of God he long since made the law of his mind. To the higher law he was no stranger while on earth, and now he is, doubtless, no stranger in the companionship of those whose purity of life has secured for them a place among th% redeemed of the earth. Those who knew the deceased statesman in his childhood, in his boyhood, youth, mature life, and in his more advanced years, will bear witness to the accuracy ot the statement when I affirm that the friendly, genial, kind, charitable, gentle and amiable spirit, which was so marked a feature in his childhood and youth, equally characterized the man in his mature and more advanced years. Even in the conflicts of life, in the midst of its antagonisms, rivalries and combats, professional and political, he always had more smiles for his opponents than either bitterness or unkindly feeling. This characteristic lay in close proximity to the foundation of his success and popularity that followed him in life; it was the reserve force that, gave him the mastery over disappointment: it was the antidote for all those griefs and wrongs which public men encounter in the conflicts of life, and which so often overwhelm those who are so unfortunate as to be without the charity and kindness that so distinguished our friend. I knew him at a period of his life when visions of office, and honor, and power had not yet disturbed his latent ambition, and know that these noble qualities of the boy became more complete in the lawyer, the politician, the statesman and the Christian. He left the world, his homo and his country while yet on the right hand of supreme power, and will be laid fn the tomb by kind friends, while a grateful Republic will mourn its loss and honor his memory. BENJAMIN F. LOVE’S REMARKS. Hon. Benjamin F. Love, of Slielbyville, was the next speaker. Mr. Love said: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen; The bar of Shelby county has conferred upon me the honor and privilege of representing it here at this meeting in honor of our noble dead and it is with the utmost sorrow that I do so, when I think of his death so unforseenby his relatives and friends. Death came to him alone there in his bed-chamber, and silently struck him a blow with his icy hand, which in the twinkling of an eye has robbed the Nation of a Vice-president, the State of Indiana of our illustrious statesman and lawyer, Shelby county of its idol, and the bar of Indiana of one of its members, who, by his eloquence, hy his ability and by his wondrous kindness to those with whom he came in contact, has become a shining light, reflecting lustre on the Indiana bar, and a monument for the rising lawyers of the State. I think I know the depth of attachment for him felt by the Shelby county bar, and the citizens in general of Shelby county. He was brought to the county when a child and grew up there to man’s estate. He was admitted to the bar, I think, in 1845. He was a man remarkably well adapted to the profession. He was a powerful advocate before a jury. I never saw his superior; indeed, I would say, I never saw his equal Now he is gone. His ability, his integrity, his honesty and his unspotted morality let the record show. No wonder the Nation mourns; no wonder the people of Indiana are bowed down with grief; no wonder the people of Shelby county feel a sense of grief and sorrow; no wonder that the bar of Indiana feel that a great and shining light, who reflected honor and glory upon the profession, has been forever extinguished. And now, in conclusion, let us say, well done, thou good and faithful servant of the people, we miss thee, and we are constrained with unutterable sorrow to say we give thee a long farewell. JUDGE ELLIOTT’S REMARKS. Hon. Byron K. Elliott, judge of the Indiana Supreme Court, then spoke as follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Bar of the State of Indiana: The memory of one who has lived a great and good life deserves high honor from all classes and conditions of society, from all creeds and from all parties, and from us of the bar of Indiana the highest honor that man can pay to the noble dead. The memory of the illustrious brother whose death we mourn desorves the high honor in which it is held by the bar of Indiana. Thomas A. Hendricks, his great talents have adorned it and have given it character throughout all the land; his manliness of character, his power, his pure and elevated integrity have brought to it honor and respect from every quarter. It has been said again and again by the poet, and sometimes by the philosopher, that a legal education unfits a man to battle with the great problems of government and state policy, but the life and achievements of such a man as Vice-president Hendricks is a complete and unanswerable refutation of this statement. We have living members of our bar; we have the great and honored dead—Morton, Baker and Hendricks—proving that the lawyer’s education does not unfit him to grapple with the greatest problems concerning the rights of men, or the needs of nations. But, Mr. Chairman, time would fail to speak of Mr. Hendricks as a lawyer and a statesman, ana it needs not that that, should be done this day, for his great acts, his noble record will live forever fresh in the memories of the people of Indiana. Mr. Hendricks was not only a man of rugged honesty and sterling purity of character, but he had that high and chivalrous sense of honor which feels a stain as a wound. Honor is to honesty as the court of chancery to the court of common law. More delicate, more sensitive, more refined, more elevated. Mr. Hendricks, in a marvelous degree, in a grand degree, combined these elements of honor and honesty. Everywhere. in all the contests of life, whether upon the hustings or in the forum, we find him a manly and a courageous antagonist, yet a chiyalrous and honorable foo. ’1 he intellect and talents of Mr. Hendricks were such as to bring him the admirations, not only of the people of his own State, but of the Nation, to secure for him high and distinguished honors. But we, who knew him at home, honored him more for his personal nobility of character than we did for his great intellect, great as it confessedly was—borrowing something of a thought from-one of our American authors, who says: “Weighing a pure heart against a great brain is like weighing the bubble against a weight of pure gold.” And those who miss Mr. Hendricks from social life, miss him from the gatherings of the benevolent and charity societies, miss him from such gatherin gs as this, miss him from the forum, miss him from, all these places where he was so useful, will think leas of his intellect and more of his character. Mr. Chairman, so much has been said in praise of Mr. Hendricks that I feel that I can add nothing more I am sure, however, that the consolations which will be dearer to those who were near and dear to him will not be found in the honor and respect which the Nation pays to his memory. great as they are. but they will be found in the full assurance that so noble and pure was his life, so grand and true his faith that he shall pass through to the land of darkness, through the shadow of death, and at last find an eternal abiding place in the city of the Great King. judge r. s. taylok’s letter. The following letter from Judge Robert S. Taylor, of Fort Wayne, was then read: Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 28. w. H. 11. Miller, of the Committee on Arrangements: Dear Sir—lt is with deep regret that I find it impossible to be present at the bar meeting, of which your telegram advises me. I hope it may be largely attended. No other men know each other so well as lawyers. And in all the assemblies of the people that will bo held in memory of the deceased Vice president, there wiil nowhere be present so true an appreciation of the qualities cf the man himself as iu the meeting of the bar of Indiana. As Governor, senator. Vice-presi-dent he was known to all the world, and his fame in those high places is p.art of the common heritage of the American people. Hut as a lawyer he was, in a peculiar sense, our associate, our friend, our brother. I accord to him a place on the highest seat in our profession. He was my ideal of an advocate. His style was clear, calm, dignified to the border of reserve, and yet dangerously persuasive. There are few

great orators who are safe patterns for others. Usnall v their success is due largely to'some striking idiosyncrasy or peculiarity of style or matter, which can be caricatured, but not imitated. Not so with Mr. Hendricks. He had no mannerisms—no tricks of speech, no oddities of thought. His oratory was clean, strong, convincing, nersansivo English, without touch of meretricious ornament. His speeches were fit models for us all. and, as models, safe to imitate, however impossible to emulate. Ho was toward me as an elder brother in a family too large for close intimacy all around; but no kinder one ever stood in that relation. I desire to express my concurrence in whatever action may be taken by the meeting. Sincerely yours, R. S. TaYLOR. Judge Gresham said that Judge David Davis, of Bloomington, Illinois, had expected to be here, but he (the chairman) had received a letter from Judge Davis which informed him that on account of sickness it would be impossible for him to attend. The chair then put the motion on the adoption of the memorial. The motion carried unanimously, with the amendment proposed by exSenator McDonald. The meeting then adjourned. ADDITIONAL, TRIBUTES. Organizations Continue to Adopt Tributes to the Dead Man’s Character. At a special meeting of the Union Fraternelle Francaise, held Sunday atternoon, Nov. 29, 1885, it was unanimously resolved to send a full delegation to attend the funeral of the late Vicepresident of the United States, Thomas A. Hendricks, and the following resolution was also adopted: The Union Fraternelle Francaise. of Indianapolis, as an organizatl n. end the members thereof as individuals, in common with all other organizations, and with the people of the United Slates of America, deeply deplore the death of the late Vice-president ot the United States, Thomas A. Hendricks, and they now acknowledge with pleasure his many kindnesses to them, and especially do they recall his action at a time when an attempt was made to denounce the French people and their country, and his refusal to join in such denunciation. In his death they appreciate the loss of an honored citizen, a distinguished statesman, and a true advocate of liberty. It is moved that the foregoing be spread upon the records of the society, and a copy thereof furnished to the widow of the late Vico president. Meeting of Mexican Veterans. The Mexican war veterans met last night. The meeting was called to order by Major Gordon, and on his motion Gen. James W. Denver, president of the National Association of Mexican Veterans, was elected chairman, and James B. Mulkey secretary. General Denver made very feeling and impressive remarks on the sudden and unexpected death of the late Vice-president, and remarks were made by General Manson, Major Gordon and others. Ou motion a committee of three was appointed to draft and report resolutions. The committee reported the following resolutions, which wore unanimously adopted: We, the surviving veterans of the Mexican war. desiring to unite with our fellow-citizens of the whole country in paying due honor to the life and public services of our distinguished countryman, Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, late Vice-president of the United States, lament his death as a great public loss, while we cherish the example of his life as of priceless value to all future generations. A model of personal and social excellence; an officer true to his ideal of duty in administration; faithful and fearless in his adherence to, and maintenance of his convictions; kind, courteous and admirable in his intercourse with all men in every relation, we cherish the memory of his career as worthy of admiration and honor from all men, without regard to differences of pursuits or opinions. He has stood “four square” before the country fox* more than thirty years, and without personal resentments gone to his grave without blame or stain that will survive him. We shall cherish his life and example as jewels in the crown of our country that years cannot wear out nor ages dim. With the rest of our fellow-citizens, we unite in giving our tibute of grief and love to the just man, the public-spirited citizen, the great advocate, the brave and faultless executive, the incorruptible legislator, and the model man; and will, as a body, follow his remains to the grave, which the love of his friends and the gratitude of his country will forever consecrate as a shrine. J. W. Gordon, ) M. D. Manson. > Committee. James M. Hoskins, ) On motion, tho meetine adjourned to meet at the Grand Hotel at 10 o’clock this morning.

At Madison. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Madison, Ind., Nov. 30. —The meeting in the city hall Saturday evening to take action on the death of the late Vice president Thomas A. Hendricks was called to order by Judge J. Y. Allison, and on his motion, Mayor J. T. Brashear was made chairman and John A. Crozier and John McGregor secretaries. On taking the chair the mayor explained the object of the meeting. Hon. John R Cravens moved the appointment of a committee to consist of ten gentlemen, to draft resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting, which was carried, and the following gentlemen appointed by the president of the meeting, to-wit: Judge J. R. Cravens, chairman; Judge J. Y. Allison, Col. J. H. Woolford, Judge C. E. Walker, Rev. J. H. Barnard, M. A. Marks, Alonzo Chapman, Capt. H. B. Foster, C. A. Korbly and Sidney E. Haigh. The committee immediately retired, and in due time reported the following preamble and resolutions: When, in the wisdom of God, an illustrious citizens is suddenly removed from earth in the maturity of his usefulness and in the full possession of his powers, it becomes the people to bow with submissive reverence to that will which they should make the law of their minds while they mourn their loss in the Providence which afflicts them. In the death of Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice-presi-dent of the United States, and a beloved and illustrious citizen of Indiana, on the evening of the 25th of November, the people of the United States were startled with the sudden and unexpected announcement of the sad fact. And, whereajyit is eminently proper that the people should giv#wppropriate expression to their sorrow for the distinguished dead, it is especially becoming that the citizens of Madison, the first home of the deceased in Indiana, should unite with their fellowcitizens throughout the Republic in bearing witness to the goodness and greatness of the departed statesman, and to express their own profound grief in the loss to themselves, to the State, and to the Nation, of one who was so uniformly honorable and so universally honored. Therefore, resolved, That in the death of Thomas A. Hendricks the people of the United States have lost a faithful public servant, the Republic an honest statesman, the United States Senate an accomplished, patient and impartial presiding officer, and humanity a representative man, whose life work, achievements and nobility of character justly entitle him to rank hereafter with those who have been declared to be the great of the earth. Resolved, That Indiana laments her loss in thedeath of a citizen whose genial influence, purity of life, noble character, youthful patriotism and exalted purpose her people will ever hold in affectionate iemombranoe and cherish as a life for the emulation of her sons. Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the daily papers of the city, and that, as an expression of the sympathy of the citizens of Madison in this, the hour of her. deep affliction, that this committee present the widow of the deceased statesman a copy of the same. Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the city hall be draped in mourning for the usual length of time. At the conclusion of the reading Judge Cravens spoke appropriately of his long acquaintance with the deceased, aud moved the adoption of the resolutions. Judges C. E. Walker and J. Y. Allison, Rev. J. H. Barnard and C. A Korbly followed in appropriate and eulogist ic remarks of the deceased, and seconded the motion for the adoption of the resolutions. The vote being taken, they were unanimously adopted, and the meeting adjourned. At LaPorte. Special to the Indlauapolia Journal. LaPokte, Ind., Nov. 30.—Mayor Nye has issued a proclamation requesting the closing of all places of business in our city to-morrow, during the hours of the funeral of Vice president Hendricks, and that all good citizens appropriately observe the occasion and recognize the great loss to the Nation, believing it is for the best interests of the living to show a proper respect for the distinguished dead. The pastors of the churches, yesterday, paid a fitting tribute to tho memory of the dead Vicepresident, referring especially to his many moral and social virtues, and the high position ho had