The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-02-22


me that his principal purpose in declaring
himself absolutely in favor of Mr.. Blaine
for the next Republican nomination, ss!he
had done in the most positive terms in an
interview published in the Times, was bis
desire to put an end to the suggestions
shoat that he, Depew, was a candidate.
He said that he had no ambition In that
direction; that the Presidency of the New
York Central Railway was the only Office
he desired to hold, and apparently ne
burned all his political bridges behind
him.
Mr.. Depew is a confirmed, chronic declin-
CT of public office. was personally aware
of the tender to him, by President John
son, of the Collectorship of the Port Of
New York, under circumstances of the
nest hattering character to Mr.. Depew,
and know that he promptly declined the
offer for business reasons although these
reasons involved the retention of the At
torneyship and not the Presidency, of the
Central railroad. Later on he declined
another desirable appointment at President
Johnson's hands for the same Business rea.
sons. He has since declined other propo.
sitions to become the Republican candidate
for high offices in this State; and have
no doubt that he has been absolutely SIM
cere in doing this. In spite, however, OF
his positive declarations in favor of Mr.
Blaine, and his reiterations that he cannot
be a candidate, the declaration OF Mr.
Blaine that his name viii not go before the
next convention has resulted n spon-
tsneous call for Mr.. Depew to become a
candidate, This new boom" for Mr.. De-
pew was started at dinner
of the Republican League, of
Brooklyn, on Monday night last, when
Hon. Stewart L. Woodford declared that
now that Mr.. Blaine was oct of
the field, the Republicans must follow
the standard of the one man who
could certainly carry New York against
any Democrat who could be nominated.
The name of Depew was not mentioned by
the speaker before it was shouted from
every lip at the table; and instantly tn
candidacy OF Mr.. Depew becams once more
a possibility. A nomination under the
circumstances could hardly be declined by
Mr.. Depew; and In spite of his position In
the past it is not an unlikely thing now
that: he will be forced into the candidacy.
Reelection prophecies that the election
OF Colonel John r. Fellows would result
IN several undesirable things have proven
the new public prosecutor have been quite
surprising to those who did not fully trust
the possession OF sterling merit by Colonel
Fellows. No boodlers have returned from
Canada; the indicted ones are to be tried;
Jacob Sharp must again appear at the bar,
and for the first time in our history the
acts of the many millionaires, Jay. Gould,
Russell Sage, are to be investigated by a
grand jury, Is would not be surprising,
too, if they were indicted; the point OF
law which may save them this humiliation
is the question of the Limitation of the
statutes, and this Colonel Fellows has per-
sonally decided against Gould and Sage.
though the grand jury may hold other
wise.
The dissolution of Wallack's Theatrical
Company is the one interesting event of
the week. Mr.. Aboey announces that it is
to be seen for the last time in a number OF
old comedies, and that this will be its last
season as an organization. The theatre will
change in the character of the perform
ances to be given there, and instead OF
maintaining stock company in original
plays, the house will be devoted to the stars
of the greatest magnitude in long engage
ments. The decadence of Wallack's has
long been visible, and this end of
il has long been anticipated.
The verdict as to the real
cause is "too English, you know
Mr.. Wallack always had the Eaglish
mania, but recently it was confined to
English &C tors and actresses bet within q
few years he was afflicted with the man Ia
I in a more acute form, and fell into the
modern British melodrama madness. DE
gave his house mp to dramas and actors of
al Indifferent sort, and the entertainments
and the audiences OF the house changed
| the old clientele, abandoned the place, and
| when, after the brief craze for extravaganza
melodramas was past, Mr. Wallack en-
| deavoured to reclaim his old friends by
returning to legitimate comedy. He dis
covered that he had lost them forever.
And thus patses away one OF the famous
| old companies and theatres of New York
And with the disappearance of Lester
| Wallack himself. the family OF Wallace
will terminate its long theatrical career
| He has neither son nor daughter with dra
matte ambitions-possibly none OF theH
have the dramatic talent. Arthur WallacE
| has managed his fathers stage; he hai
| done, in collaboration with others, some
| dramatic writing, though nothing ha
| been produced as from his pen; but he ha
no disposition to act. The other children
are in commercial pursuits OF yariou
kinds. Lester Wallack is now well-nigl
seventy years of age. He is seldom seeI
on The stage, and when ne Is, MS grea
feebleness marks him as an obi ect of sym
patty rather than admiration. He wa
once the idol of feminine New York. IN
deed, it is not decade since he was thu
held in rather extravagant enthusiasm b,
young girls and old women, too, but he N
longer attempts to conceal the ravages o
age, and his gray hairs do not comman'
the signs and chances which his dyed raVel
locks once evoked.
Strangers visiting here find the lates
fad the organization of parties to witnes
elevated railroad accidents. Some hori
BILE death on one of the IL roads can b
witnessed nearly every day, and the publ
is becoming hardened 10 them. Durln
the past six months at least fifty accidents
more or less serious, have been printed
The one in Brooklyn on Tuesday, wher
an entire section of the new road beln
built by the Cornells along Broadway, lei
and crushed a score of people and hors
Car. Five of the injured have died, and
fatal result is expected in the case oil som
of the others. This was not an accident
il was piece of criminal carelessness, 10
which those responsible should he mad
to suffer. The foreman OF the gang q
work at the time has been arrested, an'
will pI Vi ably be held for the grand Jury
You would hardly suppose that an
man was too busy to read the newspaper
and yet there are Zoo on record In tn
city to that effect. The "record" consist
in The fact that they are subscribers to
local company, whose peculiar business
is 20 read the publications for men to