New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-29
DEPEW'S NEW PORTRAIT
ADORNs THE OFFICE OF THE sECRE-
TARY OF STATE AT ALBANY.
SENATOR TELLS OF HIS TROUBLES IN
SECURING THE NETWORK SOLDIER
VOTE IN 1864

| SENATOR TELLS OF HIS TROUBLES IN
SECURING THE NETWORK SOLDIER
VOTE IN 1864.
Albany Nov. 2S (SpecaD.-senator Chauncey NJ.
Depew came here to-day from New-York to witness
| the placing upon the walls of the office Of the
Secretary of State IN the Capitol of portrait of
! himself taken from a photograph made In 1854.
| when Mr. Depew Secretary of State. When
| Alonzo B. Cornell Governor he initiated the
work of securing and exhibiting in the rooms of
the neads of State departments and bureaus the
portraits former holders Of these Offices and as
a result of this project nearly every room OF a
State official In the Capitol now has many valuable
| portraits exhibition,
Several years ago Mr.. Depew sent portrait OF
himself to Albany at the request OF the then Secre-
try Of State. but, while the likeness was an ex'
| celent one, Mr.. Depew was dlssatlsneo win IL
because 1t did not represent him he looked when
Secretary of State. but he appeared thirty years
| later. In the interest of historical truth. Mr..
Depew has had a portrait of himself painted from
an old photograph and this was substituted for the
old to-day. The artist who painted the first
! picture. Muller-Ury, has painted this second one.
! Mr. Depew twenty-nne years old when elected
| Secretary of State. The members of his family.
Mi Dcoew said to-day think the portrait
ceIlent one.
! There were many State officers present, among
them Secretary OF State McDonough. State En-
gineer Bond State Treasurer Jaeckel, Deputy
Secretary of State Morgan. and John N Partridge.
Superintendent of Public Works. When the por-
trait put in place Mr. McDonough asked Sem
ator Depew say something in relation his
career Secretary of State. In response Senator
Depew said in part:
SENATOR DEPEW'S SPEECH
There are few of my contemporaries in office
Robinson was Controller Of the State John CoGh
was ST, State Treasurer, every one of them. l think,
that 1 am the only survivor of the State admins
tration Of that time. The average age of the mem
islature was about forty five; and was twenty,
Plenty of @ e us as g G aRa
thhirty-Seyen years afterward as was on the day
has not changed in all these years. l notice the
anxeeS tb FOR IT me the ms int
desTe TO return a to the quiet where
taken at his word when the period comes around
The times very much changed since then
Ina mat picture was taken IN January 1851; it was
1t seems impossible to picture that period so that
any one can grasp the exciting conditions which
for two years 4 NeW"Tork state had three h1ndred
PLresldentlal year was coming on with hesitancy
9onI naming Lincoln again-every one was asking
OF the many objections to the prolongation of the
Poll Potics in our ow2 State UNCERTAIN esa Gov
secretaFy of State e and was eeced by 5000 ma
Jority All of the Legislatures of all the States in
1874 passed laws permitting the soldiers to vote
At that time the Army numbered nearer two mill
every state 6a hs ts GovernoP was u
th9rized to take the soldiers vote Seymour being
ike d 5t w 4s6 ne0q5 this
w3d have been very clad to have done it. for
Bgi the tn r ss specific and sd knew the
possible for me to grant his request then Went
to o m re f2r the of citing the
me purpose of securing their vote Each State
our state for the commanding officer of the
regiment or company, of New-York soldiers to open
the proper directions that vote was certified and
e 10 tae S 81 e s9dF f ba
der vote which think | never have told because
R F5g were living and they might be regretted
AN EMPRESS MANAGERS WORK
When was told to get the soldiers vote, went
3a the Go and all declared
no machinery by which a district canvass could
the n9' be
Places The g State s6eTs WERE s
ated in Isolated posts and scattered In foragng
to the Var Department and asked them If they
conId furnish any facilities by which this vote
ered father Of General Daniel B1t ieT who
he fh Began oHa in w
y ae cart ana then the w %agon and finally has de-
M In the country ~ explained the mater to
pany could do the work, or they should surrender
their charter and abandon the business for which
Or eighty years of age, and he said that he would
ballots and Of the returns There was not single
complaint that every company of New-York State
roops was not reached nor as to the returns COM
ng back XII inyolate and it was that vote which
his second election.
| went to Washington to where the express COM
rean6 YOU'D hayf 70 sen9 the BALLOTS IN order TO
| l expected to have difficulty whatever in that
| matter. During those days, when ! engaged in
| New-York and Washington every night One night
the state of the country such that accidents
! all could get upper berth. 1 found myself
| SAILING along the roof of the and the train
covered that the car was on the wrong track; that
some some fifteen Or twenty people had been killed and
| surgeons who on the train were doing the
best Trey could for the injured There was one
| opened ard he was bleeding to death A Von nG
medical student stepped up. got his thumb on the
! enough to save the soldiers life. If this accident
| had happened now every paper in the country
! paper in the country " '
Gus and i'll hammered public Official 1 ever had the
fortune 10 meet He absolutely refused TO give me
meet with the same answer. One day he said To
! me, after had pressed him very much and he
| York State troops are in every cornman nd through
OUT ne country, great and small? And If l give
| in winch they are, how do l know but that in.
| formation might get into the HANDS of the enemy
| campaign" " '-''0
HE HAD ONLY SEEN STANTON.
| I said to him: Sir, have never heard re-
| mark like that before. I am going to Ney-Y6rk
to publish the fact that you refused to allow the
the responsibility where it belongs" He turnep Pm in
ms Ghair ana apparently regarded that indferent!v
ing raS>-a thing very for me; believe have