The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-09-07

CHAUNCEY SAYS HE DINED TWICE
WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES,
Saw n '.MiracIe" mt Lourdes-Thinks
than Horses, Mr.. Payne Says.

LONDON. Sept. 6.-Hon. C. NJ. Depew has
returned to London. and he saw Richard
Croker to-day. Mr.. Depew sat in a room at
the Savoy tonight, and talked in a char
acteristic way of his experience abroad. Il
came TO Europe to see nobody he said.
land consequently / see every one. / saw
Mr.. Croker to-day, who told me that he is
returning to New York to take an active
part in the campaign. Mr.. Croker is very
confident that Tammany will elect it's whole
ticket, and he bases his confidence on the
belief that the reformers and the Repub-
leans will not be able TO pull together as
was the case in 1894. If we are unable to
adhere to the combinations of 1894 Mr..
Cookers opinion is right. Tammany in that
event will elect all the judges, the county
ticket. the Senator'S and most Of the As
semblymen. 1 believe that the State will go
Republican, and that we have a pretty sure
thing for electing the Republican presiden-
tial candidate"
Mr.. Depew was asked about an article
which appeared In the London Times Tues
day on Mr.. w. C. Whitney's presidential
chances. Mr.. Depew said on this subject:
Il really don't believe that Mr.. Whitney
wants the Democratic nomination. The fact
tnat the nomination is not DelnS Sought LOT
shows the slim chances OF the Democrats"
Regarding his trip Mr.. Depew said: Il
had the usual good time at Homburg, where
l dined twice with the Prince OF Wales.
miracle-at least they called 1T a miracle.
made quite a lengthy tour.
also. in Germany, France and Belgium.
There is a great Improvement In business
manifest in all three of the countries. and
likewise in England. The whole world will
experience an era Of prosperity in the next
five or six years, the United States espe-
cially. Indeed. it has already started. We
have just reaped the greatest crops in our
history. Wages are voluntarily being in
creased. and our securities are increasing in
value and are being sought for by foreign
investors. / find that Europe is rapidly re-
gaining confidence In American securities"
what his observation showed to be the
status of the Irish question, to which he
replied: 81 think the Conservatives who
have come into power In Ireland will give
just as good as the Liberals would have
done. Like ourselves, the English are Pc
culiar and want to be fooled. 1t is not the
medicine to which they object, providing
the label on the bottle Is satisfactory"
Congressman z. S.. Payne, of New York.
is also in London on his return from a two
months tour of the continent. He said to-
night: MY views as a protectionist have
been greatly strengthened by a tour of Eu-
rope. The cheapest thing on the continent
seems to be men. They are cheaper than
horses"
United States ambassador Bayard gave
a dinner tonight in honor of Hon. j. H..
Eckels. Controller OF the Currency, and his
wife. Several English financiers were pres
ent.
Hon. Benjamin F.. Tracy, ex-Secretary of
the Navy, has changed his plans and will
sail from southampton tomorrow on the
American line steamship Paris, instead of
on the st. Louis, on Sept. IA, as was his
first plan. General Tracy expressed sur
prise at a report which had been published
here that the United States battleship In
diana had to be sent to Novia Scotia to be
locked, as there was no dock large enough
for the purpose in the United States. Gen.
Tracy said: During the time that / was
Secretary of the Navy 1 started to build
docks large enough to hold any war ship.
1t seems astonishing that they have not
been finished. / think there must be some
mistake"