Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-28
DIR. DBPBW TALKS.

A man of close observation IS LIT. Chauncey Depew. and his observations are always racy. whether you agree with them or not He made some discoveries concerning the free silver craze during his trip through Kentucky and Tennes- see, and taking everything together he is much encouraged as to the future prosperity of the country, He said to a reporter of the New York Tribune:
 Kentucky and Tennessee are sup posed to be the pulSating centerS or the free silver sentiment. 1 walked into Nashville with good deal of trepldatlon, and from what l had heard expected to see every man, woman and child wear ing q badge with the figures 16 to l em- blazoned upon it. There is no use deny ing that the sentiment is deep-seated in the South, but the people are reason able and they are trying to solve the problem honestly. Senator Blackburn is making some fine speeches, from ht- erary standpoint, in the interest or sli- yer. A good story is going the rounds down there concerning speech that Senator Blackburn made at free silver convention Senator Blackburn arose and in few moments he had his audi ence under the wtchery of the oratory of which he is master. He spoke for an hour and the audience followed his flights of eloquence in dreamy admira- tion. When his opponent arose even the advocates of sound money shook their heads and said that eloquence had won against reason. The other fellow was a hard headed, hard listed sort of an orator and when he got up he said:
 |" You have all heard Senator Black burn and you all know what a great or ator he is. He reminds me of a swan. A swan looks handsome flying through the air, and it swims gracefully on top of the water-but my friends, remember. it only 1.oN NxTca Q IDnnf q n inch and a half Of water and it has no thought for the depths be- neath.'
 That was a home thrust and showed the audience that it was best to study the question than to be led astray by Will-o'-the-wisp oratory.
 ''1n Kentucky the silver fight seems to be wholly within the Democratic party. and while I am politically opposed to Secretary Carlisle, l am free to confess that without his speeches and arguments made recently, Tennessee and Kentucky would now be overwhelmingly for free silver. It is a peculiar feature of the South that their ideas are always swayed by the men who represent them. With Blackburn for silver and Carlisle op- posed to it, they have choice. The ma jority seem to favor Carlisle because they believe he is more level-headed and more practical than Senator Black burn."
 MT. Depew was asked what he thought about the third term talk concerning President Cleveland, and in reply said:
 MT. Cleveland would get more votes under such circumstances than any man in his party. He has peculiar strength with certain classes of people of both parties, and keeps it despite all things. When it comes down to hazarding guess as to who is the strongest man in the Democratic party for the Presiden- tial nomination the only thing I can say is that the strongest man is the one of half dozen that you would pick out of a hat after shaking them all up to- gether."
 Asked about the Memphis silver con vention and the effect that it would have upon the old political parties, and espe- cially if new silver party should be put into the field, MT. Depew said:
 The formation of silver party would be the funeral note of the Democratic party. South and West the Democrats stand for silver. In the East they stand by the gold standard. If the question were submitted to a vote in New York silver would not receive the support of ,000 people. If the Democratic conven- ton should declare for free silver the party would never carry an Eastern or middle State. would lose some States in the South and West, and would give the Republicans a better chance than they have even now of carrying Kentucky. There are many bimetallists in both par ties, but those in the Republican ranks limit their ideas so that it does not mean free coinage. The campaign now going on is the most instructive and most mag nificent in direct argument since the war. The subject has taken hold of the public mind in every corner of the country. A pamphlet that was adrolt in it's way, but which can hardly be called able has cap tured millions.
 The result was that for the first time in the history of thi natinn the President