The sun., 1892-10-07
MAC IS MIG. OEIGIN.ILIS.
Aecordiug TO tho tIassiAcntion OF His Merry
Frie nd. Dr pow, LID.

According TO tho Classification OF His Merry
Friend. DrPc~, LID.
Wayne Macvcash /, n lifelong friend Of
mine. for whom have the highest regard"
Mr.. Chaunccy Depew said this when SuS
reporter ask oil him yesterday for his opinion
Of Mr. Macvsaghs letter %! renunclstion.
But" added the Doctor. e have not read
his letter.
Then he turned and laughed me.rily to a
reading 4 newspaper.
The gentleman failed to undorsta nd his cue
ifit was q cue. and Kept on reading.
The reporter handed D.. Dcpaw a newspaper
clipping OF the letter. The Doctor did not
glance at the letter for some time. but swung
It gracefully before him In his ri Ght hand. as
he might have swung his eyeglasses had they
not rested on his nose. llo continued:
"MacvsaGh Is one Of t!iuse men who seldom
agree with those whom they are expected TO
agree With. He Is probably the original Mug
wump.'
DIR. Depsw turned to the gentleman by the
window who was ookn: over his newspaper.
but that gentleman lodged behind the paper
whom tho Doctor cv.nced Il purpose OF entrap-
ping him with his marry laugh. and the re-
porter got the benefit Of the laugh.
1t has frequently been described rs merry
laugh: It seemed more than that. The thought
OF Mr. MacVeagh seemeI to make 1t both
merry and mocking.
Dr. Depew resumed: II remombcr thiui:
II was about eixht ycnrs ago. when MacVsaGh
and Charles Francis Adams called II meeting
in Cooper Institute to protes. against the
world as 1t exists and such things Of the next
world as, came within the SCOPE, OF their IN;
DR.. Depew turned slightly toward the gem
tlem.n with the ,newspapcr. who dueked clev-
Aslu DALI IA nnh
Doctor; They made speeches. MaeVeaEh
and spIcy. They were valuable contributions
to the political criticisms Of tho decade. but
the nrnctisn h"ndSd sinners
wlekeo ways IsSsIdIsss, Of ~ iriEhtin copse
tie s result Of their dspi"ratio course" "''' 10
DR.. Depew paused and regarded the Ginning
4 tie craftsman % 'f Gy iho wv" ~naoW @
M.ey.ash,s, 4! G.st essay IL politics wssas
cessfui. and tsmporarly side tracked that dis
Won't t oyer to Psnnsylysniu and helped Mae: lac:
Or. ,Depew read q few lines Of tho letter. cast
afurtirs glance ut the man who was safely be-
tie psps nos sna MhsatRss hSaGRss ST not
voted for Cleveland four years ago. but as the
issues then and now are mainly the same
assume that he did. Anyway. I congratulate
my Democratic friends on having hul!-dozen
wsllknown gentlemen In III, country WJho Who
hut who. for campaign purposes. are made
conspicuous as brand new converts In each
succeeding canvass"
There was something in this last sentence
that caused the man behind the newspaper to
laugh. and before he could recover DIR. Depew
had lsssoed him with his laugh. and the paper
WAS dropped.
continues briskly:
II knew q revivalist once. up in Westchcs-
ter. who kept on cal TO encourage others to
come forward. y number Of presumably hard
rned sinners who had to my know wIedge. been
hhnefuly, converted each season during that
rovivalists ministry"
Or. Dspew ceased tslkinc 70 lot the applIca-
ping for time Then he said:
Now. here is my friend Macveigh scolding
about the Mckinley bill. Why, II ne voted for
Harrison In 1898 he voted knowing that the
Republicsns would do lust what they did do
% TO the tariff. and II he did no, vote for Har-
rison IN 1873 we are getting our shock four
the reporter rose to 60 Mr.. pepew asked
Mhe might keep the clipping. :" Because" he
said. ~ always read what Mac has to say. Ho
ls 90 clever"