New-York tribune., 1900-06-24

Massachusetts, but am not sure about that Tt
may have been Michigan but pretty sure
it began with n If you really want TO print
anything about this affair. perhaps some one OF
your reporters can get enough out of this letter
to make up a short article. In that case, if you
want TO know where this man was from you
probably find out from The Tribune Almanac,
as he is a United States Senator. That is. sup
pose he is, because he couldn't be a Pennsyl-
vania State Senator if he came from Massa-
chusetts or Michigan. His name may have
been Dodge 7 liked his speech very much, but
there was nothing funny about it, and it is
not worth reporting
HOW TROUBLE WAS AVOIDED
After he was done speaking people began to
give him malIets. It struck me as a curious
thing to do. but suppose ii had some sort OF
Masonic significance. Then the chairman OF the
Committee on Rules made a report 7 under
stood that the rules which he read were intended
for the government of the Convention There
were one or two of them which there was a
disagreement about and they got over that in
what 7 thought was a clever manner. They left
those rules TO be considered the next day, when
the Convention would be nearly over. Though
I thought that this was clever, did not think
that it was funny. and it is not worth writ
ing about.
Then the chairman of the Committee on Reso-
lutions made a speech. which consisted of what
I call noble sentiments I could not hear quite
all of IL from where 7 sat but OF the Phila-
deIphia papers published II and I read it The
Philadelphia papers seem 10 have space to pub
Iish anything they want to. I have often wished
that you could do something as TO have more
space. You know that you have often wanted
10 publish articles of mine. but have been un-
bIa ~ do for Ca0r Of nd 7 haJr IL
ways been sorry TO have you miss them, for you
know they have always been capital articles.
and you have always told me how sorry you
were 10 be unable 10 use them
You would not have space for this speech, so
l. is not worth while TO send you the clipping
from the Philadelphia paper The sentiments in
it were all good, as I said, but there was moth
ing funny about it. from one end TO the other.
and the sentiments were all those which the
American people have already agreed 70. and
nobody Of any sense has any doubt about them.
so you might as we'll reprint the Ten Command
ments The needIessness of il all was shown
by the fact that the Convention agreed TO
everything that was said unanimously and
when everybody is agreed about a thing why
bring it up?
a NEw-YORKER NAMED DEPEw
While this man was speaking there was quite
a conmotion and some cheering on the opposite
side OF the house from me. I learned that 1t
was because 4 man named Depew. who seems
to have become quite popular in Philadelphia
was over there. The Philadelphia reporter told
me that this Depew was a New-York man. but I
told him that I did not think that was possible.
as I was from New-YOrk myself. He said that
Depew had been a railroad man till recently
and that that might be why had not heard OF
him This meant, of course that II he has been
in politics long I should surely have known
him and / shows that the Philadelphia re-
porter regarded me q political expert That
comes Of knowing a little about everything.
thought that il best 10 write 10 you about
this pepew, because 1 think that he is going TO
amount to something. that he has taken
up politics. He seems TO be man OF middle
age but he looks healthy. railroad man.
used 10 fresh air and early hours. naturally
would and I think IL would be well for you 10
ask your political department TO keep an eye on