The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-08-04
CHAUNCEY ON CLEVELAND.
Germantown, Pa, Independent

in the hands of the Democrats. What
gives Mr.. Depew's opinion of Cleve-
land additional interest is the proml-
ncnt part the famous after dinner
orator and railroad magnate took IN
the Minneapolis convention which
nominated Harrison. The occasion
of the speech in question was a dinner
given by Hon. John Russell Young
in honor of his lifelong friend,
General Roger A. Pryor, at the Astor
House, New York, on Friday evening,
October 10th, 1890, closely following
General Pryor's elevation TO the Bench
by Governor Hill. Among those
present as honosed guests besides Mr..
Depcw were Grover Cleveland, Colo
mel A. X. Mcclure, of the Philadcl-
phia Times, Henry George, John S.
Wise, Of Virginia; General W. 1.
Sherman, Senator German, General
Sickles, Mark Twain, Joseph Jeffer-
son, the late w. ]. Florence, Daniel
Dougherty, Thomas Mast, Murat
Halstead and Colonel Daniel Lamont.
The notable gathering was graph
cally and fully described in the next
days Philadelphia Times. When Mr..
Depcw was called on, after speaking
about the distinguished acts Of various
men about the board, he said:
i'll were asked to name the most
forcetul character in American life,
the answering determination and the
courage of the true American, the
man who knows duty and it alone
when public service commands it, the
man who wars in war and is for peace
in peace, | would name General w. +.
Sherman.
Bat if l am to name the typical
American. the man who loves and
believes in his country beyond every
thing else, the man who, determining
once in what direction his duty leads,
cannot be swerved from the path, the
man who is doggedly persistent IN what
he believes to be right, the man who
thinks not of self but of his country
and its needs, | would name Grover
Cleveland. What he has accomplished
is the very highest tribute to the
possibilities of American citizenship.
A country lawyer in the city of Buffalo,
he shed lustre upon the high profess
sion which he had chosen. AS the
Mayor of his native city he presented
as his record a clean and economical
Coming into the
highest position in the land without
previous experience and with scarcely a
precedent to guide him in the condi-
tons which surrounded him, he won
the affection Of his party and COM
nanded the respect and admiration of
his opponents. | find myself in one of
the proudestpositions ofmy life IN being
permitted to present to you Grover
-leveland as the typical American.
Regarding the manner in which
Mr.. Depew's speech was received, the
Times report said
Needless to say that the warmth Of
his culogy, coming from man who
1as been so frequently suggested as
he Republican candidate for the
Presidency, caused admiring amaze
nent, and his words sent a thrill
through the gathering which found its
vent in long continued applause. Mr..
Cleveland sat next to Mr.. Depew, and
when he arose he bowed first to that
and said feelingly: eff
What has been said of me is true,
occupy a prouder position than l ever
lrcamed of occupying.' He then
quickly dropped the subject of him.
self, and without the slightest reference
% politics or public affairs, spoke
simply as member of the Bar.
Mr.. Depew now comes to the front
with the WORKOUT plea of being "wrong-
" reported" in view of which the
following from as. M. S letter in last
E0ening Star will be read
with doubled interest:
The Democratic Committee are 90
ing to circulate as campaign document
the speech made by Chauncey Depew
at the famous dinner party given by
J Ohm Russell Young about two years
ago. when i'll tOasting eX-President
Cleveland. Depcw spoke of him as the
typical Americana Mr.. Louis n.
the city editor of McClure's
Times, and | sat in adjoining seats at
the dinner, and Megargee made the
report of the speech that was printed
and caused SO much comment. | notice
that Depew is trying to make it appear
that he meant Gen. Sherman and not
Cleveland when he used the phrase
typical Americana The eXplana-
ton will hardly be accepted, as l think
every one of the forty or more persons
who were present will say that he I'M
derstoOd the allusion to be aimed directly |
and pointedly at Cleveland.