Telegram-herald., 1888-05-04
A CHAT WITH DEPEW.
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The Detroit ffs3s4<, sf ysslexdzy s2ys
Chaasesy n Dep&s arrived ia Dsuo.l
ffom Cisyeisad win the EsndeSoils party
sAortiy s.fsz q clock sssfsriss s.lsEaoon-
ialm=ilaEsly after registering Al tie Rasss1i
House hs ven. o1s 80 psg bfssf yisiE 10
the family Of nis brother. Laseaes Dspes.
~ last taEszt-sss.. returning 70 TIE hessl
seeomeanird oy his bEolnef Al 6 o'cioeS.
Ins klaa fFisndllaess sifh shieh hs 4lxsys
fxesiYss nssspspes msn sss manifest wasa
ths lriLaas interrupted ths distinguish 81
Ne. leFksr IA conversation with nls
Esaf kinsmsn.
sfbe Tfs5isas, eh2' be said. That il =
goo4 name. u nst would he IfibuA< With
me- / an 10 tTlt1ns VI the p<opis-
You migks snn0unce again tbas you're
posi-. sely neG Presidential candidate
~ asa NOS gcins 70. ! hare let ap oa the
dselinla< business. l have not oesa doing
much u sHythiag else Of ate. and sas
afraid ! soasd sss 70 De worse tran George
W2zbingtOn C1isis. Mr. Chilcs dscsined
the Presidency thirtesn tines IA one day
reeently, ard il vasa't . good day for de-
elinaiions either. he ogt-Csessged tsesar
! saz afraid 1 might do the same. snd
have ssebped. nave sworn on % dsc-lns-
tioos No. that does not mean that an
candidate. Tnls would Dc . mighty poor
place Tor me 10 make such an announce
msnt ss ths. Tisht hese al the bead and
esatsr 81 the Algsr boom. 1 wouldn't dare
30 i. l saat % say that this Alses boom IS
the most vigorous thing l have seen so far
during this Presidential year. It seems 10
bs ehoex fall OF sand and sap. or course.
ss cant tell anything about the quality Of
Presidential lightning or where IL will
strike. Nobody can tell Who is q conductor
or noa-conduetor. There hxyen't been any
pzisats taken out yet on Presidential
lishtIing rods. General Algsrs chances
sie as good as anyoody'a Hs was a
good solder, successful ooyss-
man. With wildly enthusiastic
sssfs behind hin, he has all the requisites
for q very favorable start in the Presiden-
tial race Certainly | believe he could
carry New York State. l am one of
those VINO believe that the Republican
nominee whoever he may be, will carry
that State this yea"
The declining business must be rather
wearing
1T is indeed so. I couldn't begin to tell
yoo. Newspaper calls every hour during
the day ana evening have bean succeeded
| by visitsiions during the hours | generally
and 1 were awakened oy ring at the door
Deii at or O'Clock in the morning. IL
Kept ringing. and finally rad to get up
and poke my head out window.
"'W boa tbere?' | shOated.
Herald reporter. Want TO see you.
Very important
We'll. put some OF my clothes on and
went down stairs. After about half an hour
got to sleep when the ringing At the aoor
began again. There va. another one down
there. My vile got up that time. / bad
taken the pTtcsutioa 10 look after the burg
lar alarm when / rzised the window. She
didn't. She opened the window and the
burglar alarm Immediately did ali IL ives
advertised 10 do in a very reliable snd un-
earthly fashioo. IL aroused the whole
bcuse, and | presume the whole neighbor-
hood Ny vile was almost frantic.
Better go away; everybody's asleep.
she said. with her head ont of the window.
snd he burglar alarm furnished conyiEc-
irg proof that everybody was awake.
Il bal .vo Devspapff men IN TO see me
before breakfast one morning just before
isti NeS York. fheY said tDey mad = series
| of questions trey desired me To answer. /
toiG tnem | Dad Just got sp. but To ire
away and | woEld do the best / could for
them on an empty stomach. They accord
iBgiy 1fed. That interview made column
aud bali and was printed not only in a
New York paper. bGJ in papers in at least
twenty leading cities IN different parts of
the country. II they averaged $40 from
each paper. they mste quite little fortune
out OF IL.