Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-02

MAS 70 DC beaten. we went DUCK W
his home, and he was ieered upon the
train and at the depot when we ar
rived. We went into his study, which
vas Uttered with those famous carlca-
tLreg VI Mast representing him as the
embodiment Of all that was evil or vie
in expression OF practice In life Mr.
Greeley glanced them over for a mo-
mont and then said.
MY life Is a failure. | never have
sought 10 accumulate q fortune.
nsvcr have cared for fame, but ] aid
want TO leave a monument Of what ]
had done for my fellow-men, In lifting
them up and In doing away with the
curse of slavery and the curse Of rum,
bar here / am, at the close Of this CAM
palgn, so represented TO my country
mon that the slave will always look
uron me as having been one Of his
owners, and reform win look upon me
as a fraud
Then. his head falling upon his desk
he broke into uncomfortable sobs |
cent for his family. The brain that had
done such splendid work snapped The
next morning he was taken 10 an
asylum, whore he died. His heart lit
orally broke"
Now comes the New York Tribune
and says Mr. Depow's statement IS but
a touching fable There was no con-
feasion Of failure, no uncomfortable
sohs, no broken heart. no swapping Of
tho brain or removal to on asylum the
next morning, as the orator had t.
The story is told as follows:
"On Saturday, oct 70, 1872, there was
political meeting In PleasantVle.
near Chappaqua. which was attended
by many OF Mr. Greelcy's old friends
and neighhors. and owing to that cir
cumstanCe. as he explained Nj Cree
ley took pains 10 be present and made
speech Mr. Dcpew was also there
end spoke AZ that time Mrs Greeley
who hpd long been ill, had become
much worse. and thereafter she failed
rapidly until her death. on oct 30. at
the house Of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin j.
johnson. In this city. During the last
fortnight Mr. Greeley was with her
constantly, refusing to take any further
Part IA the campaign, SO that. as u
Happened, the Pleasantyile speech was
tho last speech he made Immediately
after the meeting Mr. Greeley and Mr..
Depew took the train for New York,
hut Mr. Greeley got or at Williams
fIidge 10 spend the night with Waldo !
Hutchlns while Mr. Depew came on 10 |
New York Mr., Greeley resumed the |
eGilorsllp OF the Tribune IN full pos |
session Of his mental faculties. wrote |
pnd published several articles In the |
course OF the next few DAYS, but after
Nov II abandoned the effort 10 visit |
the Office regularly gradually succumb-
cd To- exhaustion, due chiefly 10 his
sicepless vigil at his wfe's bedside at |
the end Of a hard campaign, and died |
0t The Wsldence Of Or. Choate, near
ChappaQua, Inflammation of the brain
covering having ensued ON Nov ~.
more than ak weeks after the Pleas
meeting nj which he made
MS last speech and Mr. Depew also
spoke"
The Springfield Republican comments
cr this disclosure In the following Ian
gage
SO Mr.. Greeley got on at Williams
Hlldgel While Mr. Depew went on
alone 10 New York. The 'lfe-is-a-
failure speech never was spoken Tho |
scene IN the study carcatures, sobs
lud All, Is merely a clever mans fax
ug No succession Of exclamation
points can adequately express ones
surprise IN learning these things.
faunceyl Chaunceyl And stlll let as
Ut judge the senator harshly lie de-
iyers a great many speeches after
INNER and on otmr occasions when he
'eels the need Of being interesting ami
thle complimentary and euloglstlc In
lrowlng around his posles Of rhetoric,
rs bouquets OF laudatlon, his indies
rlbable plCaeantues and triumphs of |
anciful humor he has acquired dur
ng many years @ habit OF making "a
hing 20 whether or not il Is so, II
II a dinner 10 Mr. Plat he arises to
peak then you may Doe sure that. IN /
,lr Depew's opinion, no salesman ever |
his colleague In service 70
he state on his lips. after dinner
he honored guest becomes invariably
miracle Of genius and success Gen.
raj Otis would rank with Napoleon
ma John Hay would surpass Frank
IN. Metternich and Bismarck COM
lined IN one. The habit OF exaggera-
ion. the fatal glft for taffy. may have !
trious results. as anyone may see.
constant evaporation exercises the
and ultimately makes that
equity a power-hQuse Of uncontrolla- 7
la voltage"
The incident Is a warning to tho
ublic not to accept as truth all that
ators may say on the spur Of the
ioment Even in the halls OF Con
rrss statements are made that win Z
ct stand any closer scrutiny Partic-
larly is this the case when the sub /
ret Of "MoImonism" comes up for
nsiderauon The testimony OF enc
lies has so often been heard that
amy fail 10 realize that such tesu- ,
-cny Is generally absolutely worth Z
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