New-York tribune., 1911-04-08
DEPEW DINNER CROWDED
Ex-senator Tells Republican
Club of His II Years Service.
SURE TAFT WILL RUN IN 1912
Expresses Belief in Party Organ
ization and Says He Soon
Got Over Insurgency.

The seating capacity OF the banquet hall
at the Republican club in West 10Th street
was taxed 10 its limit last night at the
subscription dinner given for Chauncey NJ.
Depew who has just retired from the
United States Senate after twelve years
service. In addressing his friends who hao
Iathercd e. DO him honor. Mr. Depew said
in part:
| My Friends When man enters upon
great Office he has doubts, when he re-
| tires he still has doubts, but II ms heish-
bors, among whom he has nved ana Wn'
| have known him always, gather 10 gree
! TO welcome. 10 honor and to congratulate.
| all doubts are removed. ANY one properly
constituted regards the consummatlon oi
| 2 successful life to he happiness lfaPpi-
ness is not m accident nor purely CUES
| ton Of temperament and environment nor
can IL he secured b. cultivation. IL *
gift both from within and Wlthout' from
! without in unselhsh friendship. from wlthin
| IN appreciation and gratitude. Inere u
vast difference between going out WIZ
| your party or being beaten within your
party. For Republican TO be stepped on
| by the elephant is death, but 10 De NJ, heu
| by the democratic donkey means onlN d
( period In the hospital.
J ! have Just closed twelve years IN rHe
: United States Senate. very eventful ones ih
/ legislation and very happy ones 70 me
! Mr Depcw reviewed the principal legis-
latiOn which had been passed by Congress
during MS period in the Senate and spoke
/ hopefully OF the future Of the country. The
/ former senator rendered al account OF niS
| stewardship in the Senate in general
wav and traced the history of the legis-
Iative measures in which he had taken q
! part!cuI,rlv active interest He said
During NV twelve wears we have nearly
sottlod the railway question and taken J.
1 ont # politics by the Roosevelt railway
| ratc bil the Elkins anti-rehate hiil ana
/ the Tai; railroad bill OF The last session.
| legislation aCe worked out from thelr
present crudlues-and there always will
be crudtties in the hlesinning of 1, new
| greater benefits and more security 10 ral'-
way investors and efficiency NJ rall"a!
management.
\ home and abroad upon the unlimited de-
/ bate permitted IN the Senate. During tne
| 6lst Congress. which has just closed. there
I were 2.g9f bills Introduce ana one NlV
/ became laws. ! believe In the JenersOnlan
doctrine Of ,he least possible legislation
and / think that : IN accord with the pesI
! sentimcE; Of the country. Many and many
| OF them diod because unlimited debate left
lnO time for consideration. During my
| twelve years experience kno" o. NJ
I measure Of importance which mas laled
! because the Senate has no rules 10 limit
debate. II a measure Is worthy means
are found before In il lost to bring minor
| years of experience and much study and
I thought, / believe Il would be unfortunate
To- charge the custom OF the Senate
One OF the most confirmed results In his
ffty-four years OF public and sem-public
! life Mr.. Depew said. was belief IN party
organization. He had tried insurgency early
q in lie and got over IL Immediately. The
speaker predicted that President Taft would
90 renoninated az the Republican National
Convention next year.
II have always felt, both In the senate
and out. that in working for the Empire
State. which il the financial and CONNER
cial centre Of the United States, | was do
ing the best service possible FOR my coun-
try" the speaker said in closing.
President sherman and ex-senator
John NJ Thurston. Of Nebraska. both
spoke in high praise OF Mr. Depews ca
reer in the senate Mr Sherman recalled
tbe many committees on which Senator
Depew had served. and the answering de-
votion 10 duty which he had always
shown. He said that the United States
Senate suffered a great loss when Senator
Depow stepped down from public life.
Ex-senator Thurston spoke in the same
strain as Mr. Sherman. reviewing the use
fulness OF Nj. Depews work q Senator,
and saying that his career was al example
that all might follow with profit 10 them
selves and the country AT large. Mr. De
pew was cheered for many minutes By the
two hundred and fifty guests present. all
OF whom joined in singing For He's
jolly Good Fellow
At the guests table were Charles II.
Sheriff.. United States Minister To Argen-
tina. John NJ Thurston. ex-senator from
Nebraska, Chauncey ~ Depew. Seth LOW
Vice-President Sherman, State Chairman
William Barnes, jr., and Timothy l.. Wood
ruff.
Among those present were George r.
Agnew, Borough President Cromwell, Bene-
dict J. Greenhut job t. Hedges. Samuel :
Koenig. Edgar J. Leaycraft Robert C.
Morris. Charles O. Mas. Taylor More, Con-
troller Prendergast John \. Slecher. VII
/, al nj