New-York tribune., 1900-04-22

FOUND place OF honor in front of John NJ. Ryder,
the toastmaster. who acted in place of Charles A.
Moore, the president of the club. is present
in Europe. The bound in leather
which an Indians head, arrows and shield, with a
rural landscape. burned The cover of the
sorbet boxes contained excellent photograph
of Senator Depew's birthplace
On the right of Mr.. Rider Senator Depew
and on the left Observation-Disclosures Woodruff
Others at the table John W. Vrooman. Thom-
as E Stewart, Justice W. ". Goodrich Clinton L.
Rcssiter, Chauncey NJ Depew jr.. and Charles c.
Paulding. Others present were:
George =; Price. wayand Trask.
c. c. Knowton Henry Bristow
n G Ellis Jacob Brenner
: nf5aS B Butcher f1 troy 4eSnone p av5g. Dunne.
charles {. Pauiding. { :; O. Gates
L. W. Seaman R. Ross Appleton
In witty speech Mr. Ryder presented Senator
Depew.
After a few Introductory remarks Mr. Depew
said:
SOCIETY A TERN OF WIDE RANGE.
Society is a OF as wide range civilza-
ton. The social world illustrated by the late Mr..
Ward McAllster has neither touch nor interest in
every week. with LongfeIow James Russell
Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson, oliver Wendell
readers want and n crttinisn Of ne naner should
be directed against the subscriber 1t is a sngu-
lar commentary upon public curiosity that one or
cities and of villages filed with the dongs OF
Fashionable folks, while the feast Of the gods at
Parker's rarely receives paragraph.
People are gregarious and love TO meet each
mutual Improvement and Others for pleasure
Neither of these classes criticse the other.
TnTfYs ana tho sa@es 1ecTT the cav and banDy
nrovYd VIC rbose 7be Feeti7g bo53rS With fvPg
feet as frivolers and fools Both are wrong. Each
which each believes makes life worth the living.
The end TO be attained is happiness and the seek
er is a success, whether he or she finds it by the
head the heels. The happiest men and women
those who sufficiently broad liberal and
cosmopolitan to be al home with the devotees or
fashion, with authors; actors artIsts or Pohtl-
clans, and can enjoy the freedom of bohemia
The Senator declared the society of the National
capitals to be more interesting than that of great
financial and commercial centres. and continued:
COST LITTLE TO DO WITH ENJOYMENT.
The cost of an entertainment has little 70 do with
social enjoyment Luxury is very good. II the host
nave found more pleasure in two-doIiar dinner at
the Lotos Club; when the lights OF literature or
unutterab bJv borons dinner T ever suffered through
cost the giver $50 plate 1 was at General Car
fields home at Mentor. the day after Maine Went
Democratic 1t was believed all over the country
that this presaged the Generals defeat for Presi-
fine Illustration in his experience FROM MS nom
ination up to the day after the election in Maine
but old Army comrades OF the Cen
erals. The noonday dinner was a simple country iL
but story. personal incident ana debate were mem
a word picture of the battle Of Chickamauga which
the realistic description of historic
struggle have ever heard or read. When called
TO & catch & my train found that hat at the Gener2Is 1,
OF my ire / remember sitting beside Brownlng
one evening in London when hours seemed minutes.
nib 70 me nron m sWap Gbas GreeIev
Raymond. have each contributed TO that enrich
ment of my life which I value more than any ma
Lowell. and men and women OF the lyric and
dramatic stage; nave stamped upon my mind recols
the Arabian Nights in boyhoods memory.
The Senate is constantly represented the
mlllionaires' club The persistent repttion this
statement has created general impression that
The reverse is the fact. There are ninety Sen
ators. Ten OF them according to general belief
able to live upon the income of their accumua-
tors have little or no property and income be
yond their salaries and what they can gain IN add
non by limited opportunities from Jhelr punlc
duties for the practice OF heir professions con-
Many of them gave up years ago lucrative and
rapidly increasing incomes from their professions
I for public life They have reached their present
position and prominence by hard work and ability
has become habit There are Conspicuous m
vice familiarity with the needs Of Government ex-
naustVe laoorS upon pt0Ile f ,Se carat nd
critical examinations of bills which get on the cal
ance from the Senate would be a calamity.
SAYS SENATE HAS NOT DETERIORATED.
Mr. Depew touched on the arduous labors of
Senator in answering many letters and working
for places for constituents. He declared that the
Senate not deterorated since the time Of Web
ster and Clay. He continued:
The Congress of their time was legtslatng for
thirty millions OF people and the wants or 4 terri
tory lying between the Atlantic ocean ne4 ana 1ie
Rocky Mountains, while the welfare OF seVeh'S
millions the development ana protection or d
country continental area, the governing OF d4s-
tant possessions and alien races. and complex n
great Powers and the need OF markets for our in
creasing surplus are the problems OF to-o3yc @ .t
Philippine and Porto Rican questions has been on
as high a plane and shown as great aDllty IS any
OF the famous historic discussions In the days
of Webster the congressional the spokes-
b ,iIaii dni % H and he napers He became popular
i,io and tradition always enlarges the proportions
! Of idol; Out now the newspapers are 80 cIleap
that every reads several They discuss and
inform on all public questions with fuIness and
authority. They give scant space TO the debates
In Congress and they have greatly diminished the
reputation and power of the speaker, no matter
how eloquent ne may be with the exception Of
period of Sena toriaI debate read be
of Webster Will make his efforts American classics
for all time The methods Of debate have changed
har and on the platform The preacher is now
more direct and more practical than dOCtrinal The
to be plain and Conversational and the s1yscrape
who enchanted fathers is laughed off the plat
consultations and strewng the floor with star dust
are memories Of the barbartc amusements Of d
ruder age.
PATIENT AND LONG SUFFERING BODY.
The Senate is patient and long suffering, ana will
stand anything but eloqueuce The Senator who
cisiveiy is sure of respectful hearing even if
halting in speech and awkward in manner. 1t is
ana the graees OF good English: cultured style and
fine delivery are appreciated Il Is a most consid-
! tfdle Dody. ana lhrIt. y d Continuing c"uItes3
and Difference to the wishes or the convenience Of
a Senator making a request which Is found in no
other deliberative assembly
! IN. election OF Senator'S by the Legislatures OF
WI m M 1rnior might he eoIaI in th il,IT
and ffa rpVfT lf-g N he lpyye~