The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-25
AT YOUR SERVICE. MR.. PLATT.
DIR. DEpEW AND THE UNION LEAGUE
ARE YOUR MOST OBEDIENT.

DIR. DEpEW AND THE UNION LEAGUE
ARE YOUR MOST OBEDIENT.
They Greet the Man who Helped Mr.. Piatt
Scare the Fair Away to Chicago and He
Gives Them TaHy- Money Will Talk Next.
Last night at the Union League Club DIR.
Depew. standing. seemingly. on his fcct, not
on his head. told great audience Of club men
that he had never opposed Candidate Fassctt
in the matter 81 tho Worlds Fair bill for New
York city. II was one Of the greatest
Efforts Of Mr. Depew's life. but the dry
goods and paint statesmen who heard him
did not apparently know nj first how to take IT,
Tho statement provoked silence for an in
slant. aud then finally. led by Secretary j.
Seaver Page. the merchant statesmen decided
to applaud Mr.. Depew's utterances. Mr.. Page,
II IL considered. earned denomination a.
Secretary.
The occasion was the formal introduction Of
Candidate Fassett to the Union League Club
He IL q member of the club The Republican
master Of the State. Thomas c. Plat, is not,
but II was very apparent that the influence Of
the great man Of Tioga was over all the
asscmblage. Early in the evening there was a
dinner. at which Mr. Depew presided. Mr.
Fassett was on his right and John W. vroo-
man. the candidate for Lieutenant Governor
on Mr.. Platts ticket. was on his left. Tho other
guests were John Sloan. tho dry goods mer-
chant: H. o. Armour. the lard exporter: ex-
Collector Joel B. Erhardt. W. b. Clyde. Thomas
o. French, Jesse Selgmnn. y. o. Mills. Henry
W. Cannon. George W. Sheldon. A. c. Wade.
Senator Hiscock. Birdseye Brakeman. Ira NJ
Hedges. one OF the candidates: Eugene
+. O'Connor and Verplanck Colvin. two more
Of the candidates; Col. George Bliss. Bray
ton Ives. Grosvenor p Lowrey. Alfred Van
santvoord. C. l. Tiffany. A. i. Darling. senn-
tor sloan. who WI declined to go on the ticket with
cash results will follow this dinner
tho out
o'u' .'uo nuen .a'"sieu III '"e spa.'ous par,ors
President Depew was formally to Introduce
Candidate Fassett. It was great turnout oftbs
members. but how in the world johnny Brod.
sky and Johnny Simpson. in well-eut evening
constituents could have seen them last night
they would have dehed John Proctor Clarke to
.he'i"a.e axu'n '""I 'he iei'o"s pe'oW four-
teenth street were only gents.
a.. eana mo. was o tuning up all the time; There
were io's =. naules anu lois Vi "hu 'hstru-
ments' all hidden from the gaze Of the m NJ,
'"ea're vi 'he ciup. "here the speeches
were made. was light as day. The
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Of @ @ the merchant s states
men looked on and nodded assent ~ ''''''
feat only Candidate rasssst wa: beside him on
looked the pink of perfection. He was a
nooturne in black and white. His patent
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.h No op power can secure the endorsement Of
fas ths continued Dr. and it Is
narpsse sSs%ns him n SsS We ssfH S5 't to
ssS 3 ian 1Ss pledged s's a5ss
and pedge
to sloat Fassett; wv,
wad de spseSh q Coy mn at p9ughkeepsie on
anT1p o NJ Dr Dencw. The Governor had re-
should he that w m8h Tno
p pair away va from New York would be buried
unH Tba lo ho ma1orittv S,,, .,,o, c.,o
Jury Hyd on h tne World ;n Fair. said Dr. Densw.
ra ana they wish II make the chief wit
ness ness. tnauncey N. Depew propose
rtght mere to give my testimony. and
III y VIII rnsn NOT TIP, De weviIddense In favor OF
inc IN corpse: Inc World FAIR was q measure
IN which en- We s- were all interested. There
never never t WAS r i3r moment any dispute as to
Wnfsf t tue rair snSuld be heia. and that was
right h here I'm IN New York. put the question was
patriotic measure. I admit t that d dii.
Essea IRON hsre my young iriend, senator
iIGs and that the expenditures they
Sory ~ wo%a AT to tn
proposed solution OF the problem; II was
ha mana m% IpptfbEpf,a,1on OF any kind should