The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-02-15
SENATOR DEPEW
Refere to Years Events While
Addressing pepuhlicau Cluls

addressing FepuhlItant tlnis
New York. Feb. 4-Senator-Elect
Chauncey NJ. Depew delivered the fol ow-
Republican Club. I'm celebrating Lincon'i
birthday:
Gentlemen;
For fourteen years the Republican Club
has celebrated the birth Of Abraham Lin
coin At each annual recurrence we have
paid loving tribute 10 the memory Of one
Of the most marvellous men. far sighted
| statesman and the greatest republican
who ever lived Our meeting having on
the platform the representative men Of
our party. have crystalized republican
opinion and sometimes set the pace for
the passage Of republican measures.
One year ago We expressed our conf
dence in the president and our faith In his
administration The basis Of our iudg-
ment was his record and demonstrated
ability in formulating and defending the
Industrial policy Of our party. Tonight
we are proud Of his wisdom and states
manship in the conduct and settlement OF
our war with Spain.
1t "a a wonderful EXHIBIT OF the wis
dom of the practical statesmanshlp that
while many laws have been enacted in
these years vitality affecting the interests
Of the country by the republican major
ity in congress and signed by republican
presidents, they have al worked we'll for
the republic. and when tampered with or
repeald by the opposition have been sub
seQuently restored to the statute boo un-
der the mandate Of the American people.
From Fbruary 18th, lSgs, to February
18th, 1899 has been an epo en- making
var The story Of many decades win be
told IN paragraphs compared with the
pages that win be required by the histo-
rian to describe the events and picture the
results OF this year. when we last met
there had been a trial OF tweive months
OF q return to republican policies and re-
publican statesmanshlp. General Distrust
who had command of our Industrial for
ces. for three years. had been dismissed.
executed and embalmed, and Gneral Con-
idence was In command Of the labor
and capital OF the United States. We had
demonstrated that a political party only
deserves TO live which Keeps the promises
and fulhlls the pledges upon when the
people gave II power. We had restored
protection to American indus ,ries and
while on account OF the senate, we could
not yet formulate into laws currency re-
form, yet, nevertheless, the house OF rep
resentatives, under the ladrshIp Of spak-
er Reed. and the chief magistracy IN the
person Of william Mckinley. made sound
money the policy Of our government. and
secured for years against all assaults Of
it's enemies the gold standard OF values
We had kept the faith, and in keeping It
the country saw the redemption OF our
promises that prosperity should return to
our Industries and employment 10 our peo-
Pile
FACTORY CHIMNEYs SMOKE.
The children in the Sunday schools Of
ten have their imaginations fred and en-
larged by the story OF the CLOUD by day
and the pillar Of fire by night" which guid
ed the children Of Israel througn the will
derness to the promised land. But this
generation saw in 1898 and 1899 the clouds
Of smoke from the factory stacks, and
the flames illuminating the heavens
from the furnaces and the coke ovens.
which told the Joyful story that America
was once more the land Of peace, Of
plenty and Of hope
We left this han one year ago tonight
to join the march and participate In the
benefits OF our Industrial development
To our mortal vision the stage OF the
worlds theatre would be occupied. as II
had been for century, by old World
tragedies. The scene might be placed In
Europe or in Asia II might be enacted In
-. Of fu a faraa oV
on bloody oattlenelds; It might be the de-
struction Of African tribes and the absor-
ption Of African territories or It might be
the dismemberment OF ancient empires in
the East We expected that the actors
would be Salisbury for England faure
and any minister of the hour for France
william for Germany. Nicholas for Rus
sia, Humbert for Italy, with the GurFish
Sultan and the Greciaan king as the viz
Ian and the victim OF the play. Suddenly.
!. wevor the scene shifted, and when the
curtain rose the pictures were OF tho
Western Hemisphere. the drama was a
war OF rescue and Of liberty, me actors
william Mckinley and sagasta, Admiral
Dewey and Monujo A1miraI3 Sampson
and schley and Cerve.l. and General
Miles and shafter and tie forgotten COM
manders OF the spanisn armies. II there
was any haltlnug In the movement on the
stage. II was forgotten hy subordinate
part being changed 70 a leading one 5y
the genius ana brlllian: action Of Coionel
Roosevelt.
When Hungary was making her heroic
struggle in ls4s the congress Of the Unit
ed states expressed It's emphatic sympa-
thv with the Magvts and sent a man "f-
war TO bring Kosm,h from yhe Darad,,-
eles 10 the United States. The rage ti
the Austrian monarch was excited by be- th
our expressions OF sympl;hv nud by 0ur
friendly suconr 20 me pttrio; ana 70 tAe
hero. To the angry remonsttouce OF me
Austrian Ambassllor, Daniel Ws'fieI
framed q reply IA which WIS cinh1liei the
whole spirit OF American liberty and
American sympathw for people every
wehre who are struggling TO be free A
the same time he reminded the Austrian
| minister that "the power OF this republic
at the present moment, Is spread over .
region one OF the richest and most fer
tile on the globe and OF an extent IN com
parison with which the possessions o.
the House OF Hapsburg are but patei
upon the earth's surface" When charged
with the brutal frankness Of this letter
Webster said that his excuse for writinI
il was that the people OF Europe Nigh
kaow who ana what We are and have
lust sense OF the unparalleled growth o
our country" The inabi ity Of the Amen
can people 10 suppress. II they sired te
their sympathy for the people struggiin