New-York tribune., 1899-02-14
sENATOB-ELEcT DEPEW's SPEECH.

WILLIAM " kINLEY.
Hon broHdwa2 %am HwY5TE r MY95Tsyt ty Chairman etc. No. "
SENATOR-ELECT DEPEW'S SPEECH.
Nj Depew then made one Of his character
stic. eloquen, addresses. which was frequently
Interrupted by applause. He said:
Gentlemen: For thirteen years the Republican
Club has celebrated the birthday OF Abraham Lin
coin. At each annual recurrence We nave paid ioV-
Ing tribute TO the memory o. one OF the most mar
veIous men, far-sighted statesmen and the greatest
Republican VINO ever lived. oar meetings, having
party. have crys;auized RepuDAcan opinion and
sometimes set the pace for the passage or Kepuoll-
one year ago We expressed our confidence in the
President and our faitn in his administrator. The
ba. o. our Judgment MS record and demon
strated ability IN formulatng and defending me IN
G-s,l4dl loey o. on paI lO-!IsHL We -'e - 80 J-
OF his wisdom and s-atesmenship in the conduct
and settlement OF our war with Spain.
Il Is WondsrtuI exh.2t O. tLe "lsaom o. s lts
been enacted III these years vtay affecting the IN
ie Congress ~ ' and signed by RepuBican Presidents,
they have all worked well for the Republic. and
hcve been sabsoqueny restored TO the statute book
under the mandate of the American people
been al epocu-.nGk.ng year. The story OF many
decades W.. be told IL paragraphs compared with
describe the events and picture the results OF this
year. When we last met there had been trial tor
and Re1u6iitar statesnanship General Distrust
VINO had command of our industrial forces for three
a. r oI6 ei az he 1ni,ed s'a.ds W. Rad
70 live which keeps the promises and fuhls the
pledges upon which the people gave it power. We
had restored protection 70 American Industries, and
while on account OF the Senate. We could not yet
formulate into avs currency reform. yet never,he-
less the House OF Representatives under he lead
ersnip of Sneaker Reed and the Chier Mac!stracv n
the person - william Mckinley made sound money
the policy o. our Government and secured for years
acaus. al assaults OF It's enemies the gold standard
Of values We had kept the faith. ana n keeping
w
that prosperity should return 10 our Industries ana
employment 10 our people
LAND OF PEACE. PLENTY AND HOPE.
The children IN tho sunday-schools often have
their imasnauons fired and enlarged ~ the story
Of the cloud by day and the pillar Of fire by nigA.
which guided -he children of Israel through the
wilderness 20 the Promised Land. But this genera
ton in 1se; and 1899 the clouds OK smoke from
tho factory SACKS, ana me hanes Illuminating ne
heavens from the furnaces ana me coke ovens
wl.cu 'ola the joyful story that America was once
We left tbs !all one year ago o-nlght 70 JOIN the
march auL participate ~ the benefits o; our IN
stare os The worlds theatre would be occupied as
\ mad been for q century 10y old World tragedies
II 1ibi he a1,el In The chan,elleries OF foreign
Ministers or on bloody hatueneids it might be me
OF African territories, or !, might be the dismem-
bormeLt 4 ancient empires IN the t.ast- W e cA-
Ran5 FGHso and any Minister Of the hour for
France. William fOr Germany, NichoIas for RUSSIA
tic G,ecian King as the villain and the victim Of
the ploy Suddenly howeDet me sGene sal'eo
tie w e@s.ei @ tbc tors William Mckinley
a,d cacae.o a1rlir3ls Dewey and NOntOjO Ad-
miraIs sampson and Sohley and Cervera. and Gen
s,rls Nile ana Shaf.er and the forgotten com
,,e4o-e oe ne snanieh armies II there was any
haltng in the mo- oment on the stage, u was 10Y
POTTER by Il subordinate part being changed 10
leading ono by thc genius ana priIihht acuhh o.
I cannot zee how the Administration or the Peace
Commissioners repre- seuting the United Statesaould
nave made any milder o. any different terms trom
thore which were embodied IN that treaty which
was happily ra ned by the Senate last Tuesday.
as TO NEW STARS AND STATES.
me United states will not go beyond this CONT
nent for new sars for our flag new States for
our Union. Cuba may in time be the exception
because o. rs proximity TO our shores. and hc
cause a ferry will be between our coast and
that beautiful island But that event VIII no, % oc.
'cu~ uutU American emigration and settlement nave
made free cuba a prosperous american lrPuDlIes
American spirit and clamoriug for admission as
d fully demonstrated American state 10 the Anvl
alien races with alien civilizations. VII never never p9
Incorporated a. pait oa our - American
law and Justice VIII when understood IN the
Pnuinuines gradually educate these peoples 10 the
poirt where fhev can be safely intrusted with the
and n native police offcered hy American oficers
and supported by the revenues OF the ISLANDS IL
which thcy serve. viii keep the peace and protect
lives and properties. American courts ahc Alhe,- A
lean schoo.houses VIII rear generation which % can IAN
auurcciafe value Of liberty. Whlch docs rot
mean license but does mean law Whl!e ,tHe
United states il meeting the destiny and running
the mission which God has so mybterloualy &c
we'd iiuou H. The American Congress- Will i0rinu
la-o laws and organize governments tOr thess hcW
roesessions which while developing them. VIII pre-
v..f anv Interference Wit the rights or the posi-
non or tn. income OF American labor. on me
contrary, these new possessions ana the ioothSll
yye have ln them Tor the extension or our tFtdo
viii open the markets of the far hast shG s Ils
markets IN these islands 10 The products or our
Griis and our factories. Abraham Lincoln struck
M ,ieDs ,o,S ", ~ american development when he said
,Iot t1t civil War must be prosecuted until me
Nissiselprl RIVER runs unveXed 10 the sea. ne
eaVv fbat while the United states was mo grehleht
,,rlef within itself of the world the surplus ol
our production must become 20 great thht 10 pr pr
,,eit stiffocati0n We musk seek ana ma the coui-
tries ana The peoples whcn would need Inc p''-
ucts o. our labor 49,. ..o-,o,r
N,,,, and the American Army dltu away III
1ordvyide empire OF Charles PhiIP ~ It,u ra
Ic'ffunnd and Isabella had vanished II hru be-
cona a mirage OF history. The guns u Oe"V