The sun., 1888-04-19
DEPEW'S BOOM IN ALBANY.
He saw rHE sIzE or IT WHEN HE us
IT1D THE CAPITOL YESTERDAY

aHnktY TOOK = Heeesn - bbokc MS mana
s.a Listen 60 his VIE and wisden-ee..
Husted Calls Al Unnamed Acquaintance
OF Ysunr Mr. Il. Howard Crosby . Liar.
ALBANY, April 1s.-Mr. Depews Presiden-
tial boom took q big Jump In Albany to-day
Mr. Depew came hero to-day to see how II was
eettfng on. With him came Cyrus W. Field
Anthony Drexel OF Philadelphia, and George
Buell. OF Rochester Mr.. Depcw was in fine
form whom he appeared In tho Capitol. He was
freshly shaved. ana his cheeks were pink. He
went to the Senate hrst, and the satellites OF
his boom stood around him while he received
the Senator'S The Senate did not adjourn, but
the Senators who expect patronage during the
administration OF Mr. Depew thronged around
him, while Judge Robertson, who expects to
exchange the title of "the bow-legged Bis
narck OF Katonah' sor "the Attorney-General
Of tho United Btates." acted as sort OF chief
marshal. After the Senators had laid their
tokens OF devotion at his feet accompanied by
afast gathering band OF great men. lobbyists
janitors, and pages. Mr.. Depew took triuniphal
march over to the Assembly.
The Assembly was passing bills and Con-
James William Hustled had just finished say
ing: II will permit no man to lie about me-
Ny answer will be blow. even II no weighs
ton or is sixteen feet high" MIR. Depew COM
mented OF that by saying :" wonder what part
of tho anatomy OF q sixteen foot man Gen.
Hustled would strike" This witticism made
The Assem- olymen who hoard 1t laugh. and the
paces who wcre on the outskirts Of the Depew
gathering roared with mirth. The noise dis
Surbed the Speaker. who does not love Mr..
Depew AS much as he might had Mr.. Depew
made his canvass for the Speakership less vex-
stious. 80 the Speaker thumped more vio-
lently with his gavel than he has done at any
other time since he tried to keep Mr.. sheehan
from making a speech on the high license bill,
and said: THE gentlemen in the rear of the
chamber must sit down." This had little effect.
except to call the attention OF everybody to the
presence OF Mr.. Depew. The Speaker. fearing
that he had said something rude and hurt the
feelings OF a man who may become President.
sbppke ana tRs re a
and tolaugh at the funny things he was saying.
se s xssehsy%eh hsi sod o Hs
and he moved recess Of i've minutes aeS The
the Speaker had hurried to make amends for
far s Prssiaent PE TX" Assem6iymen @ fled around
and tho Speaker introduced them; Mr.: pspew
ssooP Pfns hSna s4s VIII
tho pleasant time they had. One thing thin MAS Xas
u the Mh6
shook hands with him. wv,
dS 6sS NJ hssqa ss9 5aoy T a
and Called each
Rssns aaa maesi Sss
ity report. signed 81 Gen: Hpsted and three
that Mr.. Andrews has done nothing illegal ex-
s Ssoiy Tao 4spsls sSsss
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es ahss1ns %Sss wRhs
sasion sisS thu fsa1 E1seatDe s esa The
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R9saM Raa not Mr. COSBY @ pitch pitched into Cen Hustled.
Mr. Crosby said that he would not have start-
cd Det se to sad
g tness 9spsS5s Ehs'wssn
Wes1ehe ster into lending their names nan to his
1n Was based we're on Sunday On
the following Monday morning an acauaint-
s mns e s
happened to be at the telephone when the
h. slGsifG., hGfs5f;,
Hello
"Yes. "YissnAS Who Hooi is Ah1isS' thereY
Gen. Hustled; | won't be in the Assembly
~ GOOD by lMr Crosbys imitation Of tele;
m9hsy The q Gentleman from % %butchess whose only
The
with the same tyne writer on i which Mr; An, An
drewss let Letter t was written Iae r resolution ~ ion
Ways and Means COMMITTEES. instead @ Of the
on the Ct the Essem
from beginning to end. was a scheme to white
wash the men against whom the inyes,iEatioIR
aesnsa any sS
comes to the Republican leader preparing in
Shame I shall refuse Hereafter 10 follow any
Mr. Husted arose in wrath and replied: II
phone with Mr.; Andrews; never never! ! was
sa, nsn snsb at shs wss to da @a
Whoever, says had any such conversatton oyer oyer
the teephone Is deliberate; rdnaIahed y, iha liar
Ter my yam answer ", nv Would @ be- blow viii permit
no man to lie about me. Ny answer. win be a
RiSh. Ex. Attorney OF General Russell says MI
andrews did not exceed his powers Hamilton
Was anything illegal or irregular done. Tho
present Attorney General has given a similar
make psy '9 r ,h:
gentleman MIRO from I$ New York; but have never
n sh sye Of
tls Assembly have never done anything to be
Gen. Hustled called on Messrs Enz Cottrel
and Cheney to testify that he had not asked
them 70 sign the majority report. and they SO
Mr. Hamilton said that the facts were gene
rally agreed OH. but that the conclusions Of the
majority report wero wrong. The expenditures
were not properly made.
The vote on adopting the majority report
waa 07 to g. A dozen Republicans did not vote.
All the negative votes were Republicans.
Mr. Mckenna,s bill to allow the Comnis-
sioner OF Public Works to discharge his subor-
dinates at pleasure was defeated by 55 to 33,
moi 96 votes In the Affirmative.
There was q bate in tho Senate on the MIL
lion; n;dollar Canal Improvement bill, senator
Belly read statistics to show that Of the pro-
posed appropriation the seven largest can al
eounties.. Erie, Oneida, Monroe, Albany, Rsns-
selasr. kipgS, aud New York would pay s67s-
b0a59. and all tho other counties only s92l,-
49lx. Tho Republican canal and anti-canal
sena.crGs G GwranslsdM M i,r an 9 h9qE Go Then the ap;
1910 1k LauEhlin. O'Connor. and Van Colt Yot.