New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
CUiT ABOTT PRONINENT NEN.

rtor, m. now woman Will solve me leap S'N,
question IL being argued by various magazine '"'
publications tus, now. bu, 20 Chaunc"y VI p"pr"
, ,r,. -. solution I, came Yesterday IN the
~ ~ q letter from woman In Nashing,oh
Who rr.,. as follows: The Iionorab"-Th- 'ft"d
Chauncey ". Depow: Mr.. Dep'w ia the peS'
,chaunc.-v tha, ! know OF In the world lils MOI a.
tone Intellectual excellence yielding cel'sti%1 ,ls,
h.s work in the caus" Of nunAi,liy, "naI, - &
ca.s. OF God together with his general inak'np am
ample means. all make MN most -'t' @ i,r, ~
woman can h' AnythiE n~l i". " - - -
be with profound respect sup-'r.pe iily 9'!l 49,
devoted admircr Please give my I''a l,'
consideration before Ia" snow nr 4pT' Al" i,s "I'
Of hopc come down Win broken "lhs h'I'.,n t
lor tomorrow Is shadowy waste. ana 'fs.t i ,i,i'
human ocean Your bark NAV KISS thr h'@ cn ;
,oy ar eiuk III wil CommOtion. But lei me meet
nv bonnie lad snd in bliss become his lover IsnVi
inr mis- propo. iton. please commit geniiy - mo
ftifhrul fam confrrr.ng An Obligation WIN pro-
fonnd resrec, - Mr Depew laughed heart
lis over the letter. and said that he did not know
woman was always 20 be accepted when she pro-
posed.
P.rhaps there arc more reports about the Illness
and AT times the death Of General Come than any
other Cuban general in the field. The cuban Junta
I'm this city and especially Delegate Palma indr-
n.nfly deny that General Gomez IS I'll. One OF the
pafriots around the Junta yesterday told an IN
cidcni Of the Cuban war In which Gomez WAS CON
ccrned that he learned through private letter
II vas q ter a hard battle In cuba and during the
prorrese Of which General Gomez was wounded.
The Spanish knew that he was wounded ana De-
gan TO c.rc ae the report that he had becn fatally
hurt Gomez heard this report and said Erimly
that he would 'nx' the Spaniard4 lie caused his
men to dig a grave near the battlefield. and he
placed i'm il some Of the garments hat he had worn
during the day. lie then placed N't ot powder AT
th. bottom of the grave and file up with earth.
after making connection with electric wire;
A rude tombstone with the letter -G' was raised
over the grave. The next day the Spaniards came
upon H. At once II nosed around that the
grave Of Gomez had been found they began
digging eagerly and soon Gomez's coat ,as found
.,d All SpanidruS
crow ed around the grave. and then he Cubans.
from their hiding Pas9 touGhGa anera e M Gomez felt
tina he had been repaid for the wound that lie had
suf. red
When n Republican member OF Congress this
Stat. WAS in the city recently he sad tat Gov
ernor Morton had nobody working for i'm In
Washington and pointed out the fact iat Nc
KnIey Reed and all other candidates had agents
busily at work In the Senate and House. THIS APP
paren,Iy roused the New-York members. for 1t has
Just been learned that the New-York Republicans
few days. to deliberate upon Morton's chances as
a candidate. Representative Southwick OF Albany.
Is said TO be the leader in the movement 10 give
The Governors boom an impetus at the National
Capital NJ. Southwick Is enthusiastic In his sup
members Of Congress and has already made rep
utatiOn a hard worker
Ex-senator Warner Miller has seemed ex-
ceedlngly jublan since he returned from the West.
and there are politicians who are inclined to thinN
that he did not find O tidal wave OF sentiment out
there for G yernor Morton Presidential candi-
dale Poll' cans vaguely wondering what Mr..
Miller wal . in a political way. Some intimate
tha, he would like TO be elected Governor upon a
hlgh-license platform that he can write ex-
President Harrison a letter dating II from within
sfhe breast. 1rks." Others say that he has cab
met place "a sight. and Mr.. Miller says nothing.
II il though however. that he does not WISH 10
20 back to the Senate. II II even hinted that Mr..
Miller NAV make a fight for the second place on the
National ticket II the leader is taken from the
West
Ex-Governor William Pitt Kellogg OF Louisiana.
who until lately has been familiar figure around
the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Is being heard from in 4
political way from his State. Mr.. Keoggs hah
Is VIII but his step Is just as firm and his eye az
bright and his mind active twenty years ago.
Mr. Kellogg is strong Reed man. and he is max
ing a campaign for Mr.. Reed In Louisiana and the
South Mr. Kellogg originally from the North.
but he went Louisiana just after the war closed.
Backed by the Federal Government. Mr.. Kellogg
was elected Governor upon the Republican ticket.
Subsequently he was elected to the Senate. but
d!d not take his seat until after lively contest.
After his term In the Senate he served In the
House, and Of the last Of the so-styled
carpet bag Republicans in Washington. For ten
years he has practically been out Of public life
Mr. Kellogg is shrewd politician, and II Is under.
stood that he has made assurances that the Louis
lana dsiAsaf,on will IA fns RAAA Al "A 1onia-