New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-06

LAUGHING AT cLEvELANDs SLAVES.


HE DOES NOT FEEL CALLED UPON TO WRITE A
LETTER AND TELLS WHY.
Cheunccy NJ. Dcpew reported yesterday as be-
ing about TO write a letter defining his position on
the PRESIDENTIAL question BY some II said that
nc intended to refuse the use Of his name to tho
delegates at Chicago BY others II reported that
no would put himself In the hands of his friends Mr..
Depew was found in the morning at his Office IN tho
Grand Central Station. A dozen politicians were
seeking an audience. He was closeted however, with
General James W. Hustled and ex State Senator E. L.
PITTS, and that they were telling stories was proved
by the roars Of laughter that penetrated the partition
and rang over all the building Mr.. Depew was in
special good hnmor because General Hustled, who has
Just come down from the Adirondacks, had brought
with him as an evidence Of his angling skill and his
friendship for the railroad president several three
pound specked trout General Hustled was hooked
first by the reporter and responded:
Il have been up country for a few weeks and
don't know anything about politics beyond this that
careful reading Of the Eapers has convinced mo that
Mr. Depsw can be nominated and elected IL he Will
put himself In the hands Of his friends. You know
he Is not candidate with boom and q machine,
but we are convinced that he Is the available man,
besides being the fl man. Now there you have II all
When Mr.. Dcpew was reached he was swinging one
leg over the other in true American fashion, while
he opened his mall, glanced letters and Incl
dentaliy kept up q running FIRE Of talk with three
or four persons In the room.
30 the old red bandana OF Ohio Is to wave again,
Is itl' he asked, and then continued: 3well, isn't
1t most remarkable exhibition of one-man power
that is seen In the Democratic party todayi Here
is this occupant of the White House. Grover Cleye-
land, who, few years ago, was unknown, telling
tho great Democratic party, which comprises about
half he voters of the country what 1t shall do and
what IT shall not do, and being obeyed as school.
boy minds the wieder Of the birch rod There never
has been such spectacle since Liberty bell rung.
Mr. Cleveland first tells the party that It shall as
semble by It's representatives at St. Louis June
and he obeyed he tells them that hts further In
structions will be forthcoming In due time. Presently
he says to them: ! am the only you can
elect, get down on your knees and swear 1t and
prepare to nominate me- And they all answer So
mote IL be- He writes out a platform and tells
them to have put in typewriter copy so that no
mistake Will be made in passing 1t as he wants IL,
and his Instructions followed They get all
ready to nominate Governor Gray, Of Indiana and
he sends them word that It must DO Thurman, and
they prepare to obey. The man who will nominate
him In convention the man who will second the nomi-
nation, the man who viii present the resolutions,
three fourths Of the delegates and nnetenhs Of the
party wish It was somebody else beside Cleveland.
and yet he rues them with rod Of iron, and they
yell, Long live Grover while under their breath
they whisper the addition, the first and We hope
the last oh, It is a grand spsctaclor
When Mr. Depew was asked about the report that
be intended to write letter, either Withdrawing his
name or putting himself in the hands Of bis friends,
he said:
@No, am not going to write Q letter of any kind
in reference to the Presidential question The writing
Of letter premises two things First, that some
body has demanded answer by letter, and second
lv that somebody wants TO write a letter. Neither
OF these conditions Is fulfilled in my case With
Mr. Blaine It was different. The party had demanded
OF him that be should let It know what he wanted
For that reason he wrote his Florence letter to the
party. The correspondence was continued by the
election of delegates to Chicago sufficient In number
to have nominated Mr. Blaine, and he was thereby
required to write his Paris letter. Now In my case
there is nothing Of all this / am not called upon
10 write a letter and no letter will be written