The herald., 1896-04-19
IN THE POLITICAL FIELD
Chauncey Depew Pays a Glowing Trib-
ute to Cleveland
Kansas PopuIists Meet to Consider the Good
of the Party and to Formulate
Political Plans

NEW YORK, April 1S.-The Montaull
club of Brooklyn tonight gave dinner
i'll honor of Chauncey M. Dapew's birth
| day. Around the board We're gathered
many of the most distins uished citi-
! Zens Of Brooklyn. Mr.. Depew, who was
the guest of honor, was called upon for
! n speech at the close of the feast. The
| unique feature of his address was his
7 reference to Grover Cleveland Speak
/ ing of the president. he said:
While l differ widely from President
/ Cleveland on almost every part Of his
public policy; while l think his theories.
so far as they have been practically
carried out. have been disastrous. and
if wholly carried out would have been
fatal to our industries; nevertheless, in
| the wfrankaess and the fairness of this
platform, it is due to him to say day
that the rout of the free coinage of sill
Yer policy and the energiziiig & of the ma
tional credit by the triumph of sound
money, are more largely due to his
throwing upon that side with magni-
1icent courage and ability the whole
strength and power of his great office
and of his. administration than to any
thing else.
While we have had period of dis
tress which has brought so much suffer
ing To millions of people, and while the
cost has been more than tnat Of d dis
astrous war. yet the suffering has not
been in vain, and the cost has not been
lost, if it. shall have gained for us in
education, by discussion, and by the ex-
periences of our people, the death Of the
absurdtes of Populism and the tri-
umph of more sound-money currency
which shall keep this, the great trading
business and commercial nation of the
world"
COLORADO POPUIISTS.
DENVER. April 1S.--A meeting of the
prominent Populists of Colorado was
held to-day at which the situation was
discussed. Thomas NJ. Patterson pre-
sided. and General j. $. Weaver ard H.
r. Taubencck, chairman OF the national
Populist committee. were present. Gen
eral Weaver had just come from Ore
gon, where he says he believes the Dem
ocrats and Populists will combine and
carry the state. The general condition
OF the Populist party in the nation and
the relation it should bear toward the
new silver party were discussed.
Chairman Patterson made q strong
plea for an amalgamaton of all the sill
Yer forces. regardless of party.
Mr.. Taubeneok followed IN the same
strain. He counseled conservatism in
the party, arguing that it was best to
secure one plank in the platform first
and then reach out for otrcrs. He ex-
pressed the belief that the silver party
had more than a fighting chance. if only
the proper precautions We're taken to give
the people acceptable cand, dates.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 1S.-Chairman
A. Rosele of the Peoples party state
committee today declared that the Pop
ulists of Missouri would not support
eX-Congressman Bland if the latter
should be nominated for the presidency
on a silver platform. He lid not think
that the adoption of silver platform
by the Democrats at Sedalia the other
day would affect the Populist vote in
this state.
Continuing he said: ''The As, 900 Pop-
ulsts of Missouri are going to stand firm.
no matter what the Democracy does at
Chicago. We will get at least 10, 900 votes
from the Republicans in this state and
with the secession from the Democratic
ranks we are going to mix things might
lily in Missouri this year"
COLUMBUS, o., April 1S--W. w. Lam
ming desires to say that the chairman
of the national advisory board of tn.
A. p. A. made a msstatement to the
Associated Press in Boston, in saying
that Governor Mckinley had turned
Lanning down as a candidate for oil
inspector because of his prominence in
the order