New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-24
MR. DEPEW COOL AND SMILING.
NO TRACE OF DISAPPOINTMENT IN HIS MAN
NER
RECEIVED WITH CHEERS by THE NEw-YoRK
DELEGATES IN THE CoNvENTION-BUSINESS
OF THE MORNING SESSION.

RECEIVED WITH CHEERS by THE NEw-YoRK
DELEGATES IN THE CoNvENTIoN-BUsINEsS
OF THE MORNING SESSION.
tBY TELEGRAPH To TIE TRIBUNE
Chicago, June 23.-The assembling of the Con-
vention was without incident, except that Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew, coming in cool and smiling, with
jaunty straw hat, was warmly appauded by the
New-York delegation. Mr.. Depew, who is the hap
piest-loolxing unsuccessful Presidential candidate
that ever was seen takes his place at the head of
the delegation. Charles Emory Smith, passing by
stops to congratulate him upon the gracefulness
and good taste of his speech last night withdrawing
his name, which is the subject of common talk
everywhere. Mr.. Dcpew laughingly says that it is
the first time the corpse ever spoke at his own
funeral.
Nobody knows he says, who has never tired
it how queer it sounds TO hear the gravel rafting
on his own coffin. When / was speaking last
night thought of an old classmate of mine who
has become famous a preacher, the Rev. Dr.
Calkins He began preaching in little Congre
gational church. and over the way was little
spiritualistic community which could go of and
have spiritualistic revelations, in which the pas
tor would abuse everybody. One day he died
He was a man who had been bred Puritan and
some of his friends thought he ought to be buried
in a Puritan way They went to my classmate
and asked him TO conduct the funeral service. lie
made a few remarks upon the virtues of decce sed
what few he had-and sang little hymn after
fashion and prayed Just after the prayer his
widow got up and said the spirit of her husband
was there, and was speaking through her, ana
then she began to abuse the preacher, and
the prayer and the hymn. The ser
mon was the worst he had ever
heard, and the prayer was even worse
than the sermon. Then the friends Of the dead
man, who had invited my friend to preach, went
to him and said he must not think anything
about it; that, though it was contrary TO the
ordinary proprieties, yet it was not the WIDOW
who was doing it, but was her husbands spirit
Ny friend said he was not at all hurt. He did
not feel hard toward anybody, but stlll IL was
peculiar experience. lie said that in fifteen years
of funerals it was the first time he had ever
been sassed by the corpse.
81" That was about my relation to the convention
last night
As the laughter over the story is dying away
(even ex-senator Patt, WHO seldom laughs, smiles
at this) ex-senator Miller ;ooms up in the chair
mans place Mr. Estee the permanent chair
| man. has found that his voice was unequal to the
strain of the hail. and so provides himself with a
series Of substitutes.
FOURTH BALLOT.
After the prayer the roll began for the fourth
ballot It proceeded without special incident,
except the steady vote of California for Blaine
and the invarable cheer that followed it, until the
vote for Connecticut had been announced mclud-
! ing one vote for William Mckinley.
At this there was call, Mr. Chairman from
the Ohio delegation and Mr.. Mckinley was recog-
nized with a burst of applause. lie deliberately
mounted his chair and turned his face away from
the Chairman and toward the body OF the Con-
| venton As he stood there, his resemblance TO
| the first Napoleon so often spoken ot was strlK-
! ing lie told the Convention, every VlDratioh Oh
his voice carrying with il conviction OF MS SIN
cerity, that he had come there as representative
Of Ohio to use every worthy effort Tor the nohlh-
tion OF John Sherman, and ne could not, consist
emily with his duty 10 his State o. his candidate
or with his own self-respect, remain Silent while
votes were being cast for him. He therefore de-
manded that no votes should be given TO HIM. 10
was direct, manly, positive speech that evidently
meant what il said and was not DID Tor votes rs
it might easily have been. Yet 1t SO plainly won
the respect and liking of all who heard 1t. that 1t
was not surprising TO see the Mchlhley delegates
persist and even increase IN ndIhpstS'
The next noticeable feature OF the roll-call was
when three votes left the Gresham column in
Illinois TO go TO Harrisoh. ih' was "'Aen W
mean that the Gresham forces were breaking
Colonel Rnrcbard Ingersoll having delivered the
final blow. Then followed old Dick Thomp-
sons announcement that Indiana gave all her
thirty votes to Harrison. This was not great
gain numerically, but it was welcomed by the
Harrison men for what it seemed TO mean Ken
tucky gave Fred Douglnss one vote-there was GER
tainly an element Of the picturesque in this-and
one to Foraker, at which the Ohio Governor and
his friends in the delegation had hearty laugh.
There was a cry of IIushl' when New-fork was
called Chauncey NJ Depew rose in his place,
announced so votes for Harrison, for Blaine
and scattering There was little rattle Of
applause at this. John d. Lawson quickly de-