The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
DEPEW INTERVIEWED.
Talks on Marriage. Knee Brooches,
Politics and other Things.
From the New York Herald.


~, Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew, with
Mrs. Depew and his son, Chauncey NJ.
Depew, Jr., arrived by the st. Louis
to-day.
When I saw the senator at the Carl
ton he was in his usual jovial humor,
despite the fatigues of the early jour-
ney from Southampton, and was also,
as usual. interesting.
Yes he replied, in answer to a
comment on his appearance Il have
gained flesh and have regained youth
since my marriage. on the steamer the
other day l was approached by a man
who said he had read an interview
with me which was recently published
in Chicago, advising all single men to
get married.
p" / have taken your advice he said.
My wife and I are now on our honey
moon
L told him I had not expected my
advice to be taken so quickly.
Another experience l had on the
steamer touched me very much. At a
concert the other night 1 presided and
made a speech in which l showed that
realization is sometimes greater than
anticipation, contrary to the accepted
idea. Later the gentleman told me he
had recently lost mis- wife under very
feel that life was not worth living
But, he added, your speech has
put new heart in me-
Progress of journalism
Mr.. Depew thinks the London news
papers are fast learning American
methods
why as soon as I got to my room
this morning" he said. 4 received a
card from a representative of Lon
don newspaper.
] have only just arrived l said to
him, when he was shown up.
Yes, l know it, he replied. 1 have
been waiting for YOU
/ rubbed my eyes. Am l in Eng
land?' l inquired anXiously, but he did
not seem to understand.
Several years ago it was the Gus
tom here for me to receive a note from
the managing editor of newspaper
asking the privilege of an interview.
When l gave it they would send up
their copy to be revised"
Not to See Coronation.
Mr.. Depew told me he would not see
the coronation ceremony. / inferred
from what he said that it was owing
TO his objection to DOMINIC court dress
including the knee breeches and long
silk stockings which are prescribed,
$50 NAiC A0fNioC IESSlOH IL DllSHI
make among his friends and constitu-
ents in America, being foreign to re-
publican IDEAS
1t would involve too many prepara-
tions said the Senator. Then, too. l
would become confused trying 10 rec
oncile the descriptions of my appear
anee by newspaper reporters with those
snap shots of sketch artists who would
undoubtedly be lying in wait for me-"
The senator was much interested in
the costume worn by those who are
presented to the King
1 suppose the idea of knee breaches
Is not fully comprehended on the other
size, he said. Il am afraid if IT were
known that our diplomatic corps wore
court costume said Mr.. Depew, laugh
ing, 1t would raise such a storm of
protest throughout the country that it
would lead to a resolution on the Sub
Ject being introduced in both houses of
Cor gress.'
The Senator was most optimistic on
affairs in America just now.
Prosperity is unprecedented" he
said, and, best of all, it seems built
on solid basis, and that basis is gold
Populism, has been wiped out. You will
remember it arose when there We're
hard times. 1t is the disposition of
man during plague to be willing to
try any sort of patent medicine.
You cannot get him to take medi-
cine when he is i'll. Just so, when
times were hard and money scarce, the
farmers of the West clamored for the
panacea of free silver. The idea pre-
sented itself and spread. Now it has
gone; there is no need of any remedy.
Every body would be afraid now to gof
after such things.
Il cannot enlarge too much on the
general prosperity which in America
is apparent on every hand The rail-
roads cannot get enough cars to ham
die the traffic. Factories cannot work
fast enough to supply the demand for
their products. The farmer is getting
sixty cents per bushel for corn, where
three years ago he could get only thir-
~. Beef on the hoof is bringing sew
en- and eight cents which then brought
only three to five. We hold the balance
of the worlds trade, and consequently
there is plenty of gold. 1t is not long
ago since money was worth thirty to
forty per cent. in Wall street To-day
1t is considered tight when as much as
per cent. is asked.
Our currency question is straight
ened out, our commerce is expanding
and while there may be setbacks, l am
confident there can never be a repeti-
ton of those panics which in past
years visited US.
Yes, those new trains from New
York to Chicago are wonderful" said
Mr.. Depew, enthusiastically, in an
swer to a question. They annihilate
space. Why. it is fully 900 miles from
one city to the other. Now a man
may get away from his Office in New
York in time to catch the o'clock
train, arrive in Chicago at O'Clock
In the afternoon and be back in New
York at the next day. having been
away from his Office practically only
twenty-four hours"
English Roads OvercapftaIized.
do you think there is any saliva
ton for English railroads ?" l asked.
English railroads and ours run on
entirely different plans" replied the
Senator, cautiously. "Overcapitaliza-
ton seems to be the trouble over here.
For ten years back in America we
have pursued the policy of charging
every expenditure we possibly could
TO operating expenses. English rail-
roads, on the contrary, charge it up
to capital
For instance, if a locomotive is re-
paired the cost is added to capitalize
ton. If an eighty-pound rail is laid
in place of a sixty-pound one the TWEEN
~ pounds difference is added to CAPT.
talization. If new bridge is put in
place of an old one the difference be-
tween the new one and the old one
goes to capitalization. Now. in America
these things are charged to operating
expenses; hence ii is easy 10 see why
most English railroads do not pay
large dividends. Their earnings do not
diminish, Of course, but their capital
Is on the increase. and the stockholders
DO not fare as well as they sometimes