he had heard discussed in the House of Commons the cause of humanity against the power and strength of one high in position, who had murdered a subordinate and had not been tried for it; and he felt that he might be proud of the country from which his ancestors in part had come. And he was glad to do honor to the distinguished man who sat at the head of the Judiciary of the British Empire.]

XVI. IMPRESSIONS IN EUROPE.

AN INFORMAL LETTER TO A PERSONAL FRIEND.

Naples, February 8, 1884.

MY DEAR FRIEND: We landed at Southampton, on the southern coast of England, and thence reached London in two hours. London presented nothing of special interest. Parliament was not in session. It is now in session. The debates will be of great interest. I do not think Gladstone will be able to hold his power. He is eloquent and strong in debate, and will prove so in his own vindication, but he will be broken by the Opposition on the charge that he has not maintained a decided policy in the affairs of Egypt, but has allowed the interests and honor of England in that country to suffer for the want of prompt military support.

After remaining in London a few days, we went by Dover and Calais to Paris. We were kindly and handsomely received and entertained by our minister at Paris, Mr. Morton, and his lady. I was gratified to observe that they were popular, not only in society, but also in official circles. I became indebted to M. Brulatour, the Secretary to the Legation, for an opportunity to attend the debates in the Chamber of Deputies and the sittings of the Senate under the most favorable circum

stances. The budget, or bill of appropriations, was being considered, and the debate in relation to some appropriations for the benefit of the church became extremely bitter. It is the custom there, as in the Parliament of England, for the Ministers to appear before the popular branch to defend their measures and policy. Upon this occasion Mr. Ferry, the President of the Council, who is the head of the Cabinet, appeared in defense of the sections of the budget that were being attacked. He is a strong man, an excellent speaker, and possesses great weight in the country; but on this occasion his views were not acceptable, and his manner of presenting them was positively offensive to the section of the house known as the Extreme Left. He was repeatedly interrupted, to such an extent, indeed, that he was unable to proceed with his speech. The efforts of the presiding officer to preserve order seemed to add to the confusion. Finally Mr. Hughes, the Deputy from Marseilles, in extreme passion, denounced the Prime Minister as an insolent fellow. The Premier at once stepped from the tribune, refusing to proceed further with his speech, and the debate closed for that day. But in less time than I have occupied in writing this, a resolution was passed expelling for fifteen days the unruly Deputy from Marseilles. This small man, who writes poetry, and wears a great shock of hair, and loses himself in a tempest of passion and becomes very absurd, represents in the popular branch of the national legislature the city that gave the name to the great Revolutionary hymn, the "Marseillaise," a hundred years ago.

That same afternoon I was at the Senate Chamber in the palace of Luxembourg, and became acquainted with a number of the Senators. Among them was Senator LaFayette, who is a worthy representative of the family whom all Americans delight to honor. I spoke of the scene which I had just witnessed at the Chamber of Depu

ties, and expressed my surprise and fear that stable republican government in France would suffer if legitimate discussion of public measures and policies could thus be interrupted and prevented. He had heard of it by telephone. With considerable warmth he replied that the occurrence was not extraordinary, and that he himself had witnessed scenes quite as discourteous and disturbing in our House of Representatives at Washington.

I am sure he gave too much importance to the scenes he referred to. I may have done the same. They could not be made the subject of further discussion.

The Senate and Chamber of Deputies have each 300 members, as I understand. Together they are the Parliament of France. Before the Parliament had further considered the budget, or Mr. Hughes had returned to his seat, we found ourselves passing down the valley of the Rhine and through one of the loveliest and most fertile countries of the world. It was difficult for us to understand how the people should be cultivating their lands and raising vegetables in the month of January, at a latitude farther north than Indianapolis; yet it was the case, and vegetation was thrifty and beautiful. At Marseilles Judge Rand decided upon a departure in our journey, and a voyage of four hundred miles across the Mediterranean to the shores of Africa. Mrs. Hendricks and William Morgan went on to Nice, while Judge Rand and myself spent a few days among the Arabs and Moors of Algiers. In custom, habits and character the Arabs seem to be unchanged. Returning to Marseilles, and thence through tunnels and amidst olive orchards and vineyards, and along the seashore by Nice, Genoa and Pisa, we reached Rome.

In an off-hand letter like this, any attempt to describe Rome, in any of its periods of existence, would appear quite absurd. The antiquary must locate the site of the

ancient Capitol and of the Forum. The Coliseum, the baths built by the Emperors, and the aqueducts are seen in broken walls and arches, great and strong, but broken. Some of the church architecture of the Middle Ages begins to yield to the influences of time. Beyond the Tiber St. Peter stands, as great and beautiful as ever. And the Tiber, coming down from the Apennines and flowing grandly through the city, repeats to the imagination the story of Horatius and his two companions, so well told by Macaulay in his "Ancient Ballads of Rome." Much of the architecture of that period is now covered and hidden by modern Rome.

No city in Europe so impresses the imagination as Rome. Her armies carried her power from the Danube to the Thames; and at a later period her ecclesiastical authority extended beyond and ruled more supreme. At both periods the civilized and productive world was tributary to her authority and power.

I suppose the art of sculpture has had its highest development and greatest success here, especially in later years. The convenient and cheap supply of the purest marble has greatly contributed to that result. It is a great pleasure to visit the studios of the accomplished artists. There you see the best specimens, either in marble or in plaster. In the sickness of Mr. Rogers, which has disabled him from work, the profession has lost one of its ornaments and masters. He has accomplished a great amount of work in many varieties of style.

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Simmons, the author of the Morton monument, upon several occasions-once in his studio. He has bright prospects before him, and the fact that he is a native of our country adds to my pleasure in saying this. He has been encouraged by the favorable assurances from many quarters in respect to the Morton monument. He was embarrassed in the prosecution of that work, by the fact that he had never seen Governor

Morton. When I saw the original in plaster in his studio, I said to him that I thought his success was decided.

From Rome we came to Naples, passing over a country of unsurpassed fertility, capable of producing two, three and four crops each year. Vegetation is now well advanced. I would have thought it the original Garden of Eden had I not been taught that that charming, but to our race unfortunate, garden had its location somewhere in Northwestern Asia.

This is a charming locality, full of interest. The city is well built, with a jolly people exceeding half a million in number. It encircles the bay, famed for its beauty, for eight or ten miles, in the shape of a horseshoe, and from the bay rises upon the highlands. Pompeii is but twelve miles distant, and Vesuvius overlooks all, appearing to stand guard in the daytime, and at night lighting the beautiful scenery by its ceaseless flame. We return to Rome to-morrow, and thence commence our return to Paris, stopping often at interesting points. Our company has enjoyed our voyage and journey, and we have been mutually happy in our own society. We will probably sail for home early in March or by the middle of March. Respectfully, T. A. HENDRICKS.

XVII. THE NOMINATION OF MCDONALD.

SPEECH IN THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

Exposition Building, Chicago, July 9, 1884.

Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention: This is my first experience as a delegate in a National Convention; and as I rise to present the name of a distinguished citizen of Indiana in connection with the office of Presi dent of the United States, I feel the delicacy and great