Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-15
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Nsniion Gossip.

Especial Dispatch TO tho NEws from our own
C0ucspondohLI
IA. LOUIS, No., Juue ii.-It was
thought very queer by soms Of tue
leading men behind the scenes OF con.
ventlon maticfs that Levi. T.. Morton
should send too ram TO Chauncsy
NJ. Depsw, stating that he could under
no circumstances accept the Vice
Presidency. They think thIt such u
telegram should be cent 10 Norton.
manager Tom Plat. There 10 no
doubt, however. that tho dispatch was
cent Chauncoy Depew has shown II
TOT number VI porous. II 10 dated
Rbineolile, and Il has been suggested
thst Mts. Moron, or some other person
1.-THE family, may have sent the tole.
gram without tho governors ORDER.
This IL a very strange supposilion. hut
otherwife II loohs as though there
might have boon break between
Platt ana Morton.
the, Mir. Dtpow ia the Southern
hotel this afternoon and be TOLD me he
had received the telegram, the last
words Of which are "this IL final"
This leaves New York without a viop
presidential candidate and makes
Chsuncsy NJ. Drpew q possibility II lao
will take II. asked him point blank
To-Day whether no was candidate for
the vice presidency. He replied:
III 1 were candidate for the Vice
presidency | could not consistently
present Governor MOTIONS name To
tbs convention M candidate Tor the
nOminAtioH Of President. l think that
HnswetH your question:"
"lg does IN a wpy, Mt. Dspew, " said
/, "But Governor MorsOn's defeat IN
iofvgonB c0ncluSiou; you know he
cannot be nominated, and, besides, In
the conventions OF tho past, men wh1
have mAdo speeches have accepted
NOMINATIONS, Take the case OF Gar.
field, Tor Instance. l don't want to
insinuAtV that 1 suppsso you have any
thought OF tteachsry TO Governor
Moron, hut | dou't think that the
plsseut situation bars you from teiDg
a candidate On that gr0uut."
81 thiuk," replied MT. Depew, "dii.
fcfentiy. think such u procedure on
my pnrt would be- fully ~ bad NJ what
hA- been charged Of Garfield. | uon't
think dGfheid was troaeherout, you
understand. At any rate, am not
candidate Tor tho vice pfesidsley."
had this chat with Mr. Depew Just
as no was going TO his dinneT. lie Ia
looking we'll and he viii probably
make one Of tho greatest spet ohes OF
tho convention. HE speech viii not
be n long one. Ho once told me that
the platform orator OF today VINO spoke
Tor mole tnAn an hour at u time was
n fool, No alter dinner speech should
ever extend over forty minulcf.
ChAunoey Dvpew looks more Ike 4
preacher than u CLUB man or railroad
president. His hair hud side whiskers
are as white as frosted silver. His
sy n are w blue as the skies Of Greece,
AMI his smile ~ sweet as that Of n
baby. When you soc him on the plat
form his cultured, classical face makes
you wonder II he has not jus. stepped
cut VI the pulpit, anu whether alter all,
II Ii not mistake ana That he Ia not !
Just about 10 ask grace. You change |
your opinion when he DegIns 20 talk. |
His voice 10 strong, but pleasant. Hu |
does not tear the ait, nor uO hia lines |
cut into your nerves like u buzz saw. |
his words O. mo freely Rud naturally.
he tells many stories but each ~ ~ |
tue point anu you mud tDal his taik ~ |
iuli VI ideas ~ we'll ~ wit. | unuot. |
hlanu that he has written Outlhe speech |
which he III make ~ the convention. |
lie often diolatea matter VI this kinu |
ana then goes over 10 before he meets |
hiHauuienCe, The uiutalluu ClATltles his /
thgughisi though he does not mako
tho same speech perhaps that ne has
dictated, the thought Is tho same
uuIy better expressed, Chnuncby
Depew was candidate for the noml-
ha'lon Of President In 1850. lie had u
number Of votes from Now York sui
!llouGud ut one time Hs though New
'eIsoy was going 10 vote for him. Ho
Eau W votes ON the first ballot Rud
frank Hisotck pT,aeniod his name.
! was soon seen, however, tuat New
A"Fh was not SERIOUS in pushing hla
candidacy, anu nia Dgmo was With
tiAWn, ChHulcuy Dupuw lhen
Nhulod TO Hee Sherman nomina. o.
hnd am told that John Sherman
q FlAlnly would have been fieJdeut
had u not been fuT Tom Plat. Chauu'
cey Depow gave dinrur 20 tne New
l1ik delegation In New lurk uHe
Il ght during The convention, aud al
bat dinner II was agreed that the
10 egatts Al large VI New York snoulI
'"0. iuo vote VI tho anilrs delegation.