New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-03
MR.. DEPEW SAILS TO-DAY.
OFF ON HIS ANNUAL TRIP TO EUROPE.
HIS EXPERIENCES AS A FOURTH OF JULY ORA
TOR ON sHIPBoARD-A NEW PoIlT1:

TOR ON SHIPBoARD-A NEW POLlTl-
CAL STORY
Chauncey NJ Depew will sail for Europe this
morning on the steamship Adratc. lie Will be
accompanied by Mrs Depew, Chauncey NJ Depew'
jr., and Mrs. Hegeman, Mrs. Depews mother
They expect to remain abroad until September
spending the time in London, Paris and Homourg.
Mr.. Depew finds from experience that ne can ma
rest and recreation better in the SWIM" as he
expresses it. of the great cities of the Old World
than In any other way. AS he put 1T last night
find that when one wants 10 Ioai III ne'e'
crowd to help him TO do it,
For six wears he has taken his annual vacation
in the form of European trips, and with the most
satisfactory results.
"Yess said he. in discussing the subject, "
have delivered nv Fourth of July grafton at sea
on an English ship for half dozen years, and I'll
do il snnpose again this season. i can't say that
lilo il altopether The auditors hardly salts
factory. There are, as rule, three classes of
them First. the EDglishmen, whose enthusiasm
over nv remarks is apt to be of q decidedly per-
functorv character. | remember once saying in a
sneech of this kind when referring to the gradual
disan rance of the rabid antl-Eng1Sh sentiment
in this country, that twenty-five years ago no
American orator felt that he had done the Fourth
NJ .Julv iustice unless he had twisted the British
Lions tail half off. But row, l added, man
who would devote himself to that sort OF thing
would find half his audience leaving him. An
Fnglshman who heard me turned away in disgust
.I1non nv soul he said TO a friend, I'm awfully
disappointed in this man Depew. lis illusions to
The lions tail are positively vulgar Ny friend
FASTENED to explain my meaning TO the English
man, When he finally grasped the idea his face
lIightened up wonderfully. All, yes, L sec,' he
,eplied. Il see now. Very clever, isn't he /? Very
dever, indeed
Now this is the first class of those 1
haze TO address The second class are
tho foreigners. They care nothing and
I1ndv nothing of our institutions, nor of what
I'm elking about. The third class are Americans
and hey are all seaslck
tn, conversation took more serious turn.
" How do You feel about the business situation 7"
was asSed.
| rever left the country feeling better salts
fed thih do this time. Everything IS In good
condnol Good crops are assured. The railroads
in relation to one another and in relation to the
shape. altogether I do not see q
single element to cause alarm, a single cloud on
the horizol We are going to have one Of the
most prosperous years in the history of the
country. LEO away without a single misgiv1ng
on this poin
Reference vas made to the Administration
nave TOTO yOuRlreauy WnaJ Jnnh OF NTelleli Al"i-
rison's success thus far. 1t is needless for me
to repeat it nov, but I'll tell you new political
story. A gentleman from Iowa, who had waited
patiently for al Office that never came, met an
Office seeking fri;nd from Missouri at the Airing e
asked the iowa man. We'll, if you mean
by the Cabine,, replied the man from
Missouri, those allows ClarllsOn and Tanner,
who are cbopring off Democratic heads by the
hundreds. why 1 say they are simply Jim
Dandies.'
just then the bel rang A servant came IN
with a bill from the newsdealer. II amounted
TO five or ten dollars. Mr.. Depew smiled as he
paid it. one with any sense Of Justice he re-
marked with smie, might think that in con
sideration of my gmerus contributions to the
press ought to he supplied with The papers free
But you see ] have " pay just like. the rest"
In closing, Mr. Depey pferred again TO the rest
he found in mingling viii the crowds of London
and Paris, meeting bright PEOPLE and finding new
acquaintances | hold that is the best rest for
anv man whose brain is active and keyed up all
the time This rest in a sylvan dell or by a
purling stream is all non'eIse so far as / am
concerned. Why, I'd go crazy if l had to loll
around hotel piazza all sumner"