The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-05
THECOURTOr Sr.JAMES
Numerous Candidates For the
Office.
CHAUNCEY DEPEw THE FAvORITE.
The English People Admire Him, and He
Is More Eloquent Than Even Bayard.
But Walter weIlman Sees a snag In
Governor Morton.

iOus candidate for the Enthusiastically at
London. He has his application i'm with
President Fleet Mckinley and is not per
hitting any grass TO grow under his feet
Mr.. Depew has for some years been anxious
TO go abroad i'm a diplomatic role, and of
course Lordon is the place of places for
him. He is already we'll known there and
very popular. Mr.. White who was our
secretary of embassy at London, tells me
the English think Mr.. Depew the greatest
man in America. Their constant marvel
is that he has not ere this been elected
president of the United States. They can
not understand why man of such bril-
liancy has not risen to the very heights of
the political ladder.
Bayard's Popularity.
ambassador Bayard is very popular in
London, and for much the same reason
that Mr.. Depew is You must remember
that in England the public man who can
make good after dinner speech or reel off
an address upon something or nothing at
| all, as circumstances demand, is rara
avis. The average after dinner speaker in
| England hens and haws, clears his throat,
coughs when he wants to stop and think,
repeats his words, drawls TO gain time and
gets through his dull remarks without say
ways without even the semblance of
| good joke TO enliven the scene. Emhassa-
dor Bayard is, as every one in America
knows, fluent talker. He has the divine
| afflatus of a flowing tongue. He can talk
on one subject almost as well as another.
He is never at a loss for words. More
over, he loves TO make speeches and never
misses chance to do so.
The result is that the ambassador Is in
vited everywhere when speechmaking is
wanted. He is the stock orator of the
great metropolis. After certain number
of Fnglishmen have reeled off their stereo-
typed platitudes, hemmed and hawed and
coughed and exclaimed don't you know
the regulation number of times Mr. Bay
ard is introduced Then the company set
ties down to enjoyment. Then it knows it
will get something worth having. Mr.
Bayard opens his mouth, and out roll the
pearls of wisdom, of eloquence, of senti.
ment. The English are not quite able TO
understand how he does it, The process is
msytery to them. 1t is not in their line
But they enjoy it-they love it, in fact
1t is such n refreshing novelty.
They All Like Chauncey.
There are times when the ambassador
rubs it in little too strong, when he
speaks for an hour when 10 or Is minutes
would do good deal better. Sometimes
the audience fails to discern very clearly
what the good man is driving at, for they
are not up TO our American ways. But
they endure it all for the sake of their
favorite and applaud him wildly at the
close, whenever the close comes. 1t stands
to reason thar in city like this Chaurcey
Depew, digni1ed by the title of embcsa-
sl.R "A -, III
simply take the town. / have heard it
said that with Mr.. Depew in London, din
ing out daily and making nightly speech
we should need no arbitration treaty
There would never be any danger of war
between the two nations. The English
wouldn't fight with us for fear of losing
Chauncey.
However this may be, / doubt If DIR.
Depew compasses his ambition. There are
Others. Mr. Platt, the senator elect and
leader of the Republican party in New
York, has "a candidate for ambassador at
London in the person of ex Governor Nor
ton. MIR. Platt seems to be in earnest about
it. He has made his wishes known at
Canton, and Mr. Platt is gentleman who
will be treated by the president elect with |
good deal of consideration. Then there |
Is Whitelaw Reid. He also is candidate |
for the mission to the court of st. James |
be has no particular hacker, but does not |
need one. L hear upon pretty good author |
ity that the man who was originally picked |
out for the London mission, Colonel John |
Hay Of this city, told Major Mckinley he |
would gladly step aside for Mr.. Reid. |
Reid and Hay have been friends for years. |
A snag In the Way.
This Is what is likely to happen: Depew |
and Morton will become such warm rivals |
that the president will not dare give the |
appointment to any New Yorker. Mr.. |
Reid, on the principle that one good turn |
deserves another will resign his chances in |
favor of his friend Hay, and Mr.. Hay will |
get the prize. At least this is my guess. 1t |
will be pity to deprive London of the |
bliss of having DIR. Depew for its prize aft
or dinner talker, but If Mr.. Hay becomes
the successor to Mr.. Bayard this country
will get first class diplomatist Mr.. Hay |
has had great deal of experience in the
diplomatic world. He has been mt Paris,
at Berlin, at Madrid, in diplomatic roles
He knows the ropes
In Washington Colonel Hay Is one of the |
best known and most popular of men. He
Is still young in appearance, although he
was President Lincoln secretary. He lives
great deal. Colonel Hay, as every one
knows, has a genius for literature. His
Pike county ballads are famous through
out the world His and Colonel Nicolay's
life of Lincoln Is IA notable production. l
wish Colonel Hay were not so indolent. If |
he were not rich and had TO work for liv-
ing, he would produce more things which
would reflect credit upon himself and his
country. 1t is in him, but he is too lazy
to bring 1t out.
Senator Allen of Nebraska is gaining
as the hector of the senate. He
dearly loves to take up the political record
Of his fellow senators, TO put them on the
gridiron, blow up slow fire and toast
them. He IS an adept at this business.
The worst of IL is--from the victims point
of view-that he has such n quiet, smooth,
unctuous way. He looks up benignly
from behind his spectacles, apparently as
innocent as lamb and as harmless as u
cooling dove, and then proceeds to make
gaping wounds in the hides Of his advcr-
saries and to pour vinegar into them. Even