The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24

A. The menu sad ChanDcsy n. Depsw
selefra I'D his nInosseuth birthday dinner
~ the NOntAuk CLUB ~ BrOaklyn lASs
nisht Il was left foe William n. English.
president - the club. - intimate that
MIR D-t-W ~ss really more than 10 yes-
'.rCiay = fact that ~ was about TO sst
,Rtt Ipon his -eventy--izth year. The
senator himself further cOnfused the
diners ~ r.tuarSiug thai be Was born
~ 1854. such a. were good at mathe-
matte. figured that he ~ going on n. tut
oth.r. we're Inclined toward the first &E~
neutioH-d.
Mr. English and ssnAt or DspSw had
u,th them At ire had 'ahls Congressman
William VI calder. former Comptroller
Edward VI. Grout. .. =. u. KTacke. James
Matthews. Comptroller Williams A. Prem
cerKnst. Henry l.. sJoddard aud Timothy
l. Woo,Ir1h som. Of the two hundred
others we're Ira WEIGH. Algernon = Hig-
min., Louis n. Reynolds. Otto Kelsey,
n Ross Appleton. DR. Thomas Darling
ton. Alm.t r. Latson. STATE senator
Eursns N. Travis and John n SutPhin.
Mayor Gaynor. VINO lives across the street,
wasn't there
Mr. English told the men 20 ths Mon
aauk Club there were only two women
there that Mr. Dep~w had b-eO a guest
at ms own birthday dinners there Tor
eighteen years. that thus made the nine
tenth straight and that he was looking
cor a good many more. Then he said
that Mr. Depew whenever his turn 10
SPEAK came vas IN the habit of Speaking
about almost everything in the world.
and thai he dld u IN q GENIAL sort OF way
which everybody liked. That was by
way % introduction to the senator nm
elf, who was the only one down for
epoch.
Their. wasn't much 80 anything that
Mr. Depsw didn't touch on literature
industry. bank panics. Inventions. high
prices and longevity He spoke ~ all Oi
the~e and never tn the prejudice Of the
present His optimism ~ he thodght
az things n they Were hack in lisa, when
he wAs born. and compared hem .lth
What they are At present, dldnt nag
Cor a minute. The things that were good
then are better now. and what - bad
now was UOr-- then.
just now said he. there are 10th
Suffering and alarm beca,l-s &c hugh
prices I have not much sympathy with
those Who say that the condition - due
10 national extravegance There Mas
Tremendous complaint 81 high pric~-
N Is3s. There - on fils in the Treasury
AFEAMNNtu-EN - NhRNbbRA ~ NAh"
of a CLERK Who wanted an fncrea-e ~ |
salary because Of the unusually high cost
~ living. His family consisted OF hNe
persons and hi- food for the year cost
him SIS. 10. The bur~au 81 lAhor III thc !
Government estimated last year that
the ford for q similar family nov would I
30 a8l1uo. THIS clerk says that his boOps |
cost him - Is. has cotton sh.etlnR 10 cents |
. yard both nov are about the -auie' !
his lamp uil ~ a gallon tnow 10 centSl. |
hlarkfnar Of .ftr.a. a ahlna
cent-I hOuT - a harT~l NOV 81. trans
portAtipn for hinl-eli and wife from " ash
mRton - MArtInsburg Va, AMI return.
90 ~ ,uoN - T.i Martinsburg being
-syenty--eN~u tnuc- from Na-hingtpn.
az or,itnA-, cooking stove see nov
Atput SO az. and hrkln ~ batter
$50 - tnoW ahout S2i 80. EGtrayagAnr"
5 relative. not a is,sItlve condition.
..,. "ty would live now ~ the whole
COIntry dbd an iN3s and ISL.
AnI the -arne thing about Congress.
Thu
Cur ms ttuuons and pottIcA' poi,y came
from tn and ard were -, modified bv orr
ancss'or- A. Ia rus~' roniiiIon- uBder q
republican TORN ~ govern ment and tre
sNpAn-i,s R-~e--''ir- - ne n-0 country
Az power 20 he mother ant NAs originally
~ the fhrons ,, .,i,-,.eding revolutions
the peop'" "a nsI m"rp amt more power
un'il nov tb.y f.y" al. and IN many
Fespe,i- Gr'A Erfafn 70 IT. govsrnmrnt
- the MOS fsrno'ratI' 10 az count r'aa
On me o'her hsnd We b.ysn uifN a di-iru.t
~ sVesutU~ r1g.r srd lvfhOrtfy and orr
svoiutton ha- been 100 other "a With
la k~nr new v"nnr4'trn 'aus mo the
'ID,srnmsnt. a generation removed from
re eIperf"u'~- Hni opinion. ~ ths 70 v~lu-
ion Tho cate o, 49, Esu"ra'ion vas
"n- - tho sfFs'r CO., tfa-' -alf -.-Af I'D
Aut0'rstI' AMI Arb raw ~ men vEo have
sNer rTpears1 90 ''lr UIbtr Nfn He urr
univ ien"i I"n sr--- .rd ne ~our's hut
Won rhc aupi.YSe ~ ne re7pl- and Ranged
pub,i' opinion a. d" he poasr. ann duties
~ 'he President rom his t'tne UNIV nuR
there ha- boon not only 10 10 central ',ov
efnmsnt brat IN ne stairs = gro vins dts
trIs' ~ The rsrrs-snfs'.'e ~ rho people
m '"ngrr-s and ~ the Legislatures and an
tn'resr.rs 'or fdsn'- m Presidents and
Governor 'Vi 80 a0v competent man
-" will 'or ientEDu- AnC inpRr'taiiy /
sIidy 80 1u~-. ipu must come 10 the con
'iu-ion thai %" 'ond tons - our nation a.
Gorgress a." 'o-dAy infinitely hst'eT than
ever before. There - NJ" lobby ~ Washing. |
100. There A." no interests there seektng
- influence ~aaa'"T. and members For !
he time. m hi"h 80 1--we for the varied
ne'e. -i'les ~ cur Government for The /
''gisiA'i"n ~ much more diftc,il, Than 10 |
vas m earlier daE- both Houses % CON /
gf"ss m Shiirr ana patriotism viii stand /
g., ors.hIe comparison ~t'h what are called 4
the Ercs' DAYS Of Webster. ,Iay and al /
h"gn
Dr. u~psw -aId no thought the rorpora
'ions, which our industrial eKTaD-iop
had brought INTO -Aisi.no.. arr gang
g. grow bigger yet
Corporation are - grow larger
AID he, and combinations -trug xar
II - the Inevitable Tendency ~ the time.
The safety IT The T.-"lia - - 10 An HAVING
tho hand ~ the Government thTo,tgk .
Iesponslbs cD'nrn l-sioBs and coIIrra uuon
every prpcea- ~ orgAni ration and opsra
ton. IN frequent IMPORTS and puhlicitv
IN tho pre-s constantly informing -.
people and m tie A'r~-itient and ,,narna.
Governors and m" legislatures b-lrlz m
cDnstant and "rh ght"ns.i touch with the
situation II - ihts that W. can uror,ots
f@ush"sni 90 psil.iOn give upIortunisv
for nd virtual initiative amt prav,nt
WpnopolIstic control
VIZ i-p-w saId thai immigrants who
'r'Fne AMI - a~ay agair with their earn I
mK- c'~t The United Stata- "A hundra1
millions year
by oar System ~ Protection bs, -.,d
We hAv" mad" % p'-,-ihi'. ~ ~. A,p,-yi |
ian wDTkIuginan - rs~eIvs wages IN ,uaDy
cas- dD'Ii'is ant m al ca-.-s much larg.y |
than 10 other cDuntTiT-. But w. hsy. pr,
- yet prpisct"d ham against gutnU-t,tiou
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