The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-21
Depew's Home Coming.

Senator Cllauncey NJ. Depcw Of New
York, is In n, fair way to win fresh
| laurels for himself, In tho capacity OF a
lightning change artist Of repute. Within
tho month he has appeared before the
| public eye in three distinct 'chars ctcrs."
Before the Equitable disclosures he was
| the genial and witty entertainer to the
crowned heads of America. After that
exposure he looked to n great many
people only very like grating and
hypocritical old gentleman. And now,
lastly, We nre treated to the 'Pucks
impersonation Of an injured ncblelnan
travelling 1900 miles to crowd the lies
down his dcfamer's respective Threats.
Tho Honorable Chauncey is now In
Paris, and had planned TO take in the
cure ut Aix-les- Bains before returning
to America, but the type OF rcnlarlsi that
Is being made about him in his native
side OF tho pond has come to BIO too
much for even his celebrated good nature
to endure The intinlation from New
Haven that the Equitable counselor
would probably be dropped from the
Board of Yale Trustees was no doubt
the GROWING straw. II sail next Satur-
day on the, ST. Paul" said the senator
on Wednesday, somewhat y plaintively,
land have put Off curing hy.,rheumatlsm
for another year" And he adds an ex-
preston of his anxiety to learn exactly
of what he is accused.
AS to the nature of the accusations
against him, Mr.. Depew will find livery
easy to satisfy himself. ItTls generally
understood that there are two matters
Of some consequence upon which the
American public would be glad to have
"a littlealight at first hand. They want
| to know first, why as an. EQulta Bile d.
| rector he advocated a $250,O0o loan to the
Depew Improvement Company In con
sheraton of collateral apprais ed at only
50,0oo, and afterwards, despite his verbal
promise to the contrary, suffered the
! foreclosure of this mortgage TO the So
| clety's loss and, presumably, somebody
| else's profit And they want to know In
| detail the character of the services which
| justified him in drawing $4,000 year as
legal adviser 70 the Equitable. The
| senator's explanation that he gave ad-
| vice freely" when asked for 1t is deemed
| scarcely adequate; though It is Of course
| understood that freely as hero used
means literally, in unstinted quantities.
| and not in any sense gratis, for nothing.
While We regret the cntaled postpon-
ment of the rheumatics cure, we are sin
ccrcly glad TO learn that Mr.. Dcpew Is
coming home to face the music. He as
scrts his confidence that he can vlndi-
cate himself, and hope very much that
this confidence is Justified. Clny-footcd
idols are not nice to have around. Despite
his Jokes, the people of America have
hitherto had no particular objection to
Chauncey Mr.. Dcpew; and 1t he can sat
sfactorily explain away the Two ntlle
| difficulties indicated above, no doubt
everybody Will be moro than glad to
have him do SO. AS we say. we person.
ally hope that this rosy state Of things
may shortly come to pass; but we must
confess that conviction follows hope
somewhat laggingly behind. For the
| present, however we content ourselves
with Wishing the returning senator an
agreeable and seasicklcss voyage.
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