New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-23
ENTERTAINED BY MR.. DEPEW
r~rv.F,RsT ANNIVERSARY AS A
REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY.
-. r.,,r>-ns ooNGRATJLATE HIM AT THE
ALBANY Club AND HE RF'0''hS THEN
1871, CHARACTERISTIC SPEECH.

. HOST OF FRIENDS COMMA - 80
,-v ,r,-g. AND HE REJoICEs THEM
WITH A CHARACTERISTIC sFEfCH'
r,rcn,ru TO THE TRInrNE.l
,,h,rv March 22.-Chaunce' VI, D'po" SUI
..o,,,on tonight at the A'oa"! ,''' " "'
-. ,,or,v-hrst anniversary OF MS eiecuoh "s
inc .no r-rivcrslty II was greatly enjoyed
Regent oi n,,n,rcA eminent public OF the
oN -, DorcN twenty-one years ago. on the
sun 49,, election as Regent, gave similar re-
"'e"' -, many Of the men present az the
- racon,ion were at the Albany Cluo tonight
yro,.ou. 10 the reception MI pepe" was uhe
:, ,,o newspaper correspondents at the
-. t1o,cI where a reception was held in his
honor. .,.,,.. .-., ,,.,
,o-. <or ,hc nights entertainment Mr.. Depew
-.,oved his guests In the large parlor. Many
~, ,rsn sent letters OF regret that they could
p "a ,rssent owing 10 their or'cial duties. The
y,u.york congressman were thus detained nj
washington.
,..o.k Secretary OF State Palmer. Lieutenant
n.o-,or Woodruff State Controller Roberts, At
-,ev-Gcneral Hancock. State Engineer Adams.
C,-re W Aldrdge. Superintendent o, Public
v-o,ks. Louis r Payr. Superintendent OF lnsur-
w.. frederick n Klhurn. Superintendent of the
,..r,rr Departments Henry II. Lyman. state
rvr'ss commissioner. Charles r. skinner. Super
..s.-. 81 Public instruction: Cornelius '.
c.n,-e Superintendent Of Prisons, and Ashley w
-, c-l George w. Dunn. Railroad Commits
<.,,o-s Among the Regents Of the University
~oso,. were the Rev. 4. J. Epson. Chancellor
yo-.,r Townsend. Charles f. Fitch. Henry T.
TO- s. clair McKelway. Hamilton Harris
.1-.,u = smith PMnv T. Sexton. Lewis A. slim
49, cvlves,4r Malone and DR.. Albert Vanderveer
80 DoUav secretary OF the Regents, was also
a guest .,.o,
2 Parker ana Associate Judges John Cln'oh cray
MS O.Rrien. Edward T Bartlett. Albert Haight
.s Irving g Vann. 81 the Court OF Appeals and
s.r-ene Cour, Justices d Cady Herrick. Edgar L.
r,-s-,an Alden Chester. Emory A Chase and A
= C.earwateC
rate IN the evening Nj Depew was lured up
s,ai-s 20 he billiard room and there a speech was
demanded % him In responding. he narrated vari-
o,,s experiences % MS public man and
charmed ana greatly entertained his hearers. Since
MS election a. Regent. he said. II was well known
Ina, no ha3 devoted MS entire attention To develop
!-g ne educational Institutions OF the State His
lie as a railroad president had been merely recre-
alton
Then there was politics. That had been his
"s-,userent" He had been a member OF the Leg
stature very young and had then made UP his mind
a poles as profession vas r5 not f d4st 6yc
5ss -, vs., r5rTS,f.n Tn wife was never told OF
r. but MAJ always thought OF what he would have
no ne mao nf3,r Seas sS dreaming Of what
lis career might have been II he had continued
81 il IL.
He himself had made many friends In the p0lit-
zeal world and they were friends always: The
friends II business apt 70 be true friends
The lawyer friend jealous II his friend succeed
ed Tho contentious OF business parted friends But
The friends made in the political world were true
friends There true Chival-y In politics Inc
Democratic leader did not hate the Republican
leader Their contests were manly.
NJ Depew closed his speech. which was frequent
" INTERRUPTED with applause. by saying that he
hoped twenty-one years from now 10 feel as strong
as ne did tonight. and that ne should meet all his
friends present once moro.