The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-03
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Mr.. Dcpcw Says He is Not the Author of n
syndicate Article.
Nc,O ror: Tribune
In the year 1915 a speaker of the I'm
tied States house OF representatives
committed suicide because he was Tor a
brief period popularity believed to be
guilty OF plagiarism. In the instance
referred to the man, in the pressure Of
business attending the closing OF SEES.
sion OF Congress, did not have time to
prepare vaedictory address, and asked
| friend to do IL for him. The friend
Undertook the task, but either owing 10
lack OF brains or lack OF time or
lack OF principle, he submitted to the
outgoing speaker in manuscript n copy
Of the vaedictory address Of Aaron Burr
rs Vice President OF the United States.
As soon us the cx.speaker learned OF the
treaChery OF which he was q victim he
went ont and shot himself.
Chauncey NJ. pepew was speaker
Of the house OF representatives, but the
charge OF plagiarism has never been con.
fined exclusively to the membership OF
that body. 1t has shifted in the drec-
ton of Mr.. Depew heretofore, but it
has always dissolved when it came
within the light OF his sunny counte-
nance. Now tho charge comes in pc
culinr and decidedly mixed way against
Mr.. Depew. How Mr., Depew ever got
mixed up in such a mess is probably the
secret OF the sCoundrel who prepared H.
1t is what is called syndicate produC-
ton" The word Syndicate" is de-
fined as a council. Just who took part
in the council or syndicate which pub
iished the article is not yet clear. This
is what Mr. Depew has TO say for him
sell on the subject:
~ received a few days ago an editorial
from some western paper, charging me
with plagiarism in having used maya.
zine syndicate article written by Mr.. t.
I. JelTery, president oil the Denver d
Rio Grande railroad. AS | had not
written any syndicate article, or signed
any, was quite curious to know what
it meant. received a telegram at New
port saying that the article was Il copy
OF an address delivered by Mr.. Jeffrey
before the Railroad Mems Association
at Mr.. Vanderbilt's railroad building,
at Madison-aTe. and Forty.titth street,
at the anniversary last December. l
presided ut that meeting, III the absence
Of MIR. Vanderbilt, and the three adj
dresses we're by Mr. Jeffrey, Mr.. futile,
OF the New York & New Haven
road, and myself These speeches were
afterward published in pamphlet form
by the association and widely distri-
buted among railroad men. The
speeches oil both Mr.. Jeilery and Mr..
futile we're remarkably able aud inter
esting. The syndicate, as ! understand
it. extracted Literally from tho three
speeches and then sold the article as
mine
81 have several times been the VIC
tim OF such business" continued Mr.
Depew, "but never before in exactly
this form. Something like year ago
the western and southwestern press
broke out on me with good deal OF
yigor because OF an alleged article oil
mine on the labor question. AS had
made no deliveranccs on that subject |
caused n search to be made to see what
had been put into my mouth. 1t led to
the discovery OF syndicate article,
with nv name at the bottom, giving
views very different from those which
entertained and had frequently ex-
pressed.
"About month ago one of the New
York syndicates. which is usually care
full in its work, sent me two articles
signed by my name Tor any corrections
might wish to make after the matter
was put in printed form. | told the
parties that neither OF the articles was
mine, and that they had been imposed
upon. believe that both the articles
nave since been sold and are now trav'
cling over the country" m
In conclusion Mr.. Depew said: "There
is no excuse Tor this business, because
any one could ascertain in few hours,
from any part OF the country, whether
or not the article alleged to be mine
was genuine"