New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-01
MR. DEPEW SAILS TODAY.
CONFIDENT OF REPUBLICAN SUCCESS
THIS FALL.
M.KlNLEY THE ONLY BrLwARK AGAINST THE
FREE COINAGE WAVE

M.KINIEY THE ONLY BrlwARK AGAINST TIE
FREE COINAGE WAVE.
Chauncey NJ Depew will be passenger on the
American Line steamship st. Pau, which sails at
10 o'clock this forenoon. This is Mr. Depew's regu-
lar summer tour TO Europe and. as usual he VIII
spend his Fourth Of July on the ocean. He will be
accompanied by his son. Chauncey NJ Depew. jr
his niece Miss Anne Depew Pauldng: his nephew
Charles Pauldng. and lis secretary Edward sun
dell Mr. Depew viii go direct 10 Homburg. and
spend most Of his time there He at his desk
until late hour yesterday closing up his business
preparatory 10 starting. He just cheerful
and serene II the cry OF the free silver;e
abroad in the land. and If the vail of the calam-
i,v bowler had not had some effect on stocks ana
business generally
Mr. Depew returned from the s.. Louis Conven-
ton Pleased With the ticket nominated. and ready
10 take hold and work for II with al his strength
He hasn't changed Bit and when tremu.ous
friend. who had been frightened by the chrp of
the free-coinage man. leaned over the desk and
asked Mr. Depew IN awe-struck whispers II there
was any possibility of the freo-coinage winning
and defeating the Republican party, Mr. Depew re-
sponded cheerly:
What? With ticket like and platform
Ike ours Never We have" he went on "a
ticket which gives feeling OF security that is ac-
centuated by the platform. That Platform is not
evasive. and there are CROUCH people in the coun-
try who believe just what that platform enuncates
The silver question is acute. and is being made
great factor The silver question is always nercest
in the summer. and dies down when empoymen;
comes in the fall. II viii not be nearly acute at
election time az II Is now The matter is being over
estimated. however and when II comes 10 standing
Up and being counted the truth viii be apparent,
AMI the silver men WIZ not muster the army that
they claim 10 have.
You have fair example Of that in our own
Convention. Before the Convention assembled the
air was charged with rumors about the silver
and what they wol.d do If they not placated
II was whispered around that If bmetal.sm
not Endorsed all the silver men would walk out
and that they would muster an imposing array
With the consciousness of right the party declared
on record The silver men saw no hope, and the
free-cc!nage Democrats waited breathlessly for the
great division OF the Republican party 1t dd not
few men, nineteen in all, think. left the
sach formidsb;e army. after all 1t disheartenei
the free colnage Democrats.
The fact is now evident that the Democratic
party has been captured bag and bnssage by the
fiee.coinage men They Will nominate their San.
will not heed the warning cry from the East. They
must be dishear,ened to that the freedom
them owAg TO the other features embraced IN their
party creed. Mckinney is now the on,y bu'fGr be-
tween the free-coinage nal MIA and the W lite House
For every vote that the Republicans lose on ac-
of it's manly and direct reputation of free
coinage. it will gain two three or more votes from
the gOld-standard Democrats. The business men of
the country must join together and eject Mckinley;
ansard 81 ssant the wave Of se Coinage he also
tyr.fes the most popular policy in the country in
coinage that 1t is much more important that
hey hav4 protection than free coinage and will
When the fight within party lines was mentioned
Mr. Depew had no comment to make. He said that
ne would be back this fall in time TO take hand
in the hard part of the campaign and would exert
himself TO hep the ticket to carry this state He
said that the majority in this State would be almost
unprecedented.