The sun., 1900-11-29
DEPEW IS REMINISCENT.
INTERESTING SPEECH ~ THE CAPITOL
AT AIB4NI
The Occasion Was the Hanging Of . Youthful
Portrait Of the senator In the Secretary OF
States once Cidsnts I'm Connection
With the Taking Of the soldiers Vote
In ls8A-An Interview With stanton.


ALBANY. Nov ?s. senator Chaunc"y NJ
Dapew delivered All Interesting address this
afternoon before small audience IN tie oi'ice
OF the secretary OF state at the capitol lhe
occasion was the hanging of an oil portrait Of
the Senator in the main Office OF the Depart
ment. The picture was copy 10y Muller
Try. of a photograph of Mr. Depew, taken in
1884. when he was Secretary OF state OF New
Yorl. ia lsG3-0j There had been a portrait Of
Mr. Depcw IN the gallery o. portraits OF
former Secretaries. but 1t was painted only a
year or two ago.
Among those who gathered to witness
the hanging of the portrait from the old
time photograph were SECRETARY oi State Nc
D"nougn. Deputy ScCrctaiy OF state Monsin'
state Treasurer Ja.CAeI Ahd ten. iion'pan nan
trldsc, Deputy state superintendent ui Pub
lie WORKS Hooker, Assistant state tomms-
soner of Agriculture Flanders, Secretary
NmclAcr of the state Board Il Health. Dr. b, I.
turti, of the state buHId Il HcaIin state IN
gincer Bond. secretary Deyo oi Tie state lax
Commission, and Attorney j. Newton Fiero.
senator Depew arrived from New >ork
with the artist to sui"rIhtend me hanging
OF tn" portrait. anu 80 linany OF his friends
McDoHoush sugg slrd 10 Senator Depew that
those present would ~" sIdd 10 tcdI lew
words IRON hun. The senator said.
There are very Lew nviuI Nnu we're con-
tamporarieS OF ml1c when the picture you see
was taken, seymour was then Goyertpr.
IalI is Robinson WAS Comptroller. Martin
da,e Was Attorney -ticL"rGl. and Schuyler
Statc treasurer. All of these men We're Older
then than | wa. ! was ~ and ana the only
survivor of the state administration oi the tine.
The average axe OF Ill" state olilc+rs and lrgis-
lators then was perhaps -. Good politics.
good habits and iot~ of iun max" me to-day
Just as vigorous as was When IN. picture was
taken.
The photograph from which the pic
turc was made was taken ~ January, 1854
Ia tl lat ftrNt lTNlI
tration II i impossible to picture, 80 tnHt any
one can graz II, tn" situation as u wa at that
time. Intense conditions prevailed Al that
time New York had 3Vu.u,p soldiers in The Il eld.
and the Presidential election was coming on,
with grave doubts a. 10 neither Lincoln could
be- reelected because Of III" many defeats Il
our army aud the prolousHiIon oi the war. In
this state COY. seymour had boon reelected,
and ran for secretary of state The next year
ard was elected 10y Su.pu majority.
In 1854 the .eg Slatur" passed a law 10 au-
thorize the taking of the soldier vote In the
field. In every, state but thl, the Governor
was empowered 10 take the votes of the large
soldier electorate. seymour being Governor
aud Democrat. though an admirable man.
the New York Legislature. assigned to tho
secretary OF state the duty of taking the vote
oi the New York soldier.. seymour felt very
badly about it and sent for me aud asked me
II he couldn't Join IN DOING II, but III. state of
feeling was such IN New York that such thing
Wa az the timc impossible, though | would
haN" been very glad 10 hay" acc"ded 10 his
request.
After the vote w;l- cast | went 20 Wash
ingtun To see about securing the returns on
ihi- trIp paid a visit To- SECRETARY of War stan
ton lie wa th" moi arbitrary, I'M erio,is
and bad hammered uhllc official | have ever
met and have met groat man public on
c.r~ Of nN own Hnd other "oilitrit,- | jlsked
ih. S,sr,tHr1 Of War for Information q, 10 IA.
lncatlon Of III" poll and CainIs where the New
York soldier were lo,9'"d N" that ! could
TO give ~" atN Information whatever. bna
da,. after repeated visii~. hc turned ia me aud
said
'Dul ou know. sir. that the New \ urk troops
ar" IN cvrr army ~ III" cuuntr,. and how
do | know that III" "u"uy would not have the
Information which ] nIgut XIV" Nu'I Informal
tlun which would b" Of yttdl importance tp
them
that after that Insult | Wu..G - back ~ New
York to tel, nav prOp." al hu ur hNw he had re-
tISrI t. Jet oar soldiers vote. and THAT II tn.
Administrator failed thereby of rcrlrcuon II
would be ms fault
stanton merely turned IN his chair and
seemed To consider ia" matter ol llttl" lirIor-
tancr To him. When | l"'t ~" uflo" Of tho
S'","tdry oi War. net in the corridor of he
War u 'piriui"ui Con sr",~luaH N1sht'un, who
ha!ng N" fanlharl;, sad We'll. Chauncey.
what YOU after
4 rel l"d t, Mr. Md-hhuru the ,ircu', .tluccs
of my visit t. NJ Iutu'I and Of how had 4 him
that wa going back e. tell our I"olr t"it h"
would not lrt pUi soldiers vnt'. Mr. WASH
burn az once as""d me vii" ] did not So" rr',i-
dent !. uco!n Nio WHs not only a great and good
man, hu,. wh9t many Iauul" do not know
was n great ro',ti'iAu a. well | said ! would
not 80 TO him, ,as thought h" had other much
NOR" w"ishty natter. on ms hands Al this
Washhurn said that IL would wait nc would
go himself and tell the President al about Il
/ consented, and Tor an hour paced the corri-
dor OF the War Department, Washburn
having told me that the President was such \ |
man that he would go around th" camps per ]