New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-13

| arbOrS on the hillside. ana growing TIC si"P''
| where the soil is rocky and not too rich. linen
| again the grape-growers Of California are De-
| ginning to see that their custom of maturing
| wine In the open air Is not the best and they
| are having more patience and reverting to the
| underground tunnels. such as they have IN
France BY digging deep in the rock and put
ting the wine there, a uniform temperature Is
attained that cannot be secured aboveground
| All these changes are being made slowly but
effectually and California wines will soon be.
believe. as good as any that can be secured in
the world"
HIGH PRAISE OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
Mr.. Depew went on to explain that the trip
was one in which accurate information was to be
secured more easily than In ordinary circum-
stances He added THE Southern Pacific Rail-
road ran us on special time and so completely
was our schedule arranged that We were alone
hardly moment. l think that every Board of
Trade and Chamber of Commerce sent us a
warm welcome. We were met at the station by
a delegation wherever we happened TO stop, and
hustled into conveyances. So We had at hand
men who equipped with data and facts
which would be practically inaccessible to an
ordinary tourist California is without doubt
the most beautiful part Of the world that have
ever been in, and have been pretty much all
around. AL THIS time q year tile country 10
all In blossom and bloom. The winter there Is
about like fall. and the summers. while hot.
are not uncomfortable. owing to the dry atmos-
phere. and the nights are always cool 1t sell
dom rains there. and the climate is almost ideal.
What surprises me Is that every one with little
capital has not gone to California to live. San
Francisco is & busting city, and while there is
not the same air Of hurry and stir OF action that
there is in the East. where there are large manu-
featuring interests, the people are wide awake
and energetic
THE SILVER QUESTION.
THE silver question. Of course. Is dominant
one out there yet. When l reached San Fran
cisco 1 was invited to make a speech at the
Union League Club. ] said TO them: I come
from the East, and l believe that am among
men who favor the free coinage OF silver. and
want TO see legislation to that effect Now, /
am not a Presidential candidate. and i have
some views and mean TO express them. man
who has views and expresses them, you Will find
is a Presidential candidate i want TO
say to you that this country can never have free
coinage of silver unless 1t is by international
agreement. We have grown 50 great ana so
large that nothing can be done In that line in
this country without the cooperation of foreign
countries, owing to the position that we hold in
the congress Of nations. You may pass free
coinage bill through the Senate on vote OF
States, but the vote in the House of Representa-
country. must be taken as the exact criterion
OF the Nations feelings That vote showed that
about three-fourths of the country were for the
solid standard. You never elect a Congress
that will pass frce-silver BILL The country Is
too important, and Its interests too vast, 10
jeopardize Its prosperity by passing such bill
Now thank you for your courtesy in listening
to me. and doubt not that you are against me
In this matter Here / broken In upon
by great shout from almost half the people
present, who cried: We are with you promi-
nent politician and recent candidate for Gov
ernor who spoke Immediately after me. spoke
right out for silver. and thought that he
met with faint support from the audience.
SENTIMENT FOR MKINLEY.
I'm this speech l referred to reciprocity, and
the policy was cheered l spoke Of the inan-
cial question. and the supporters Of the gold
standard cheered, but when I referred to pro-
lection was in doubt whether / would be al
lowed to finish my speech. The audience went
wild / said 10 them: There Is an embarrass-
ment of riches in the Republican party for the
Presidential nomination. We have candidates
chasing the nomination. while on the other side
the office seems to be seeking the man had
been warned that II attempted to introduce
the name Of Morton. while would be couite-
ously received, / would have the same treat
ment that Clarkson had when he went out
there and tried to advance the candidacy OF
Senator Allison, and which was also accorded
to Joseph II. Manley. who tried to carry the
Reed boom to the Pacific Coast. but, unds-
mayed l went on: We have such State IA
vorites as Culom. in Illinois not sound;
Quay, in Pennsylvania still silence: and then
In a broader sense We have Morton. In New
York; here there was strong ripple OF APP
plause': Mckinley. in Ohio and that was when
the meeting broke loose. The people out there
are for protection. and they seem to be bent
on having 1t.
STRONG DESIRE FOR PROTECTION.
"I find that the silver sentiment is dying out
in the so-caled silver States in the West, for
two reasons In Colorado and California where
silver was mined the miners have turned from
the quest Of silver to hunting for gold. and they
have been remarkably successful Silver, TO pay
the miner had to yield at least s24 to the ton
Now under cyanide of potash mining
plan gold that nets 50 to the ton can be mined
proftably. You see where the change comes
In and how the sentiment In favor OF silver Is
dying out In the other States. not so much
mining States the silver sentiment is still ram
pant, but change Is gradually and surely
being worked. The business men and solid
financial men Of the different States are fight
ing the sentiment Then. again. this situation
faces the silver men: II they bolt and go for
free silver, all they can do Is to wreck the Re
publican party. II they turn their States which
have always been Republican States. away from
the party they will accomplish nothing and
will simply defeat the one principle which
means so much to them now-that U.s. protec-
ton There is an almost fierce desire all through
that country for protection Take the cattle
raisers In Montana and Nebraska and the graz
ing States. The importation OF cattle from
Mexico has seriously hurt them. The abolitlon
of the duty on wool has practically killed the
sheep industry In the Northwest. With little
protection the fruit growers in that section of
the country could practically command the mar
kets Of the country. to the exclusion OF the
dried fruits imported from abroad These facts
make them strong for protection. They see how
useless II Is to try to effect the election or a
free-silver candidate. They see that II Is better
for them to have protection than to have free
silver. and there Is going TO be no bolt. The
Western free-silver States will stand by the
party and make the fight for protection, and
try for free silver afterward, II they try for
1t at all.
Il find disposition among all the politicians
in the West to say that the best thing to do Is