New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-23
Hard Labor and Activity in
Politics His Long Life Recipe
Wants to Hear Billy Sun
day, Praises Huerta and Sees
No Really Big Man Looming
Up for u. S. Presidency.

Chauncey NJ Depew, eighty-one
years old to-day, says that plenty OF
hard work and active participation in
politics is his recipe for long life.
Mr.. Depew invited Tribune repre-
sentative 10 motor with him to his
Offices in the Grand Central Terminal
building yesterday. He still had few
hours Of hard work to perform and
could not afford TO loaf, he said even
if the next day was his birthday.
81 am as capable of real strenuous
work as I ever was" he confided, add
ing that there used to be a time when
he thought sixteen hours Of work an
casv matter. "If there was a trade
union for railroad and corporation
heads l might seriously consider join
ing. for / want it distinctly under
stood | am a union man, working, as
do. eight hours daily.
81 believe I am the only living man
who stumped for Fremont in 1856 and
Taft in 1912 To-day, l am sorry to
say. we have no one great man that
stands head and shoulders above all
others as the logical candidate for the
Presidency. As for Wilson, l believe
he has done his worst to hamper the
business welfare Of this country.
Tbree-fourths Of the population Of this
country would be out of work had 1t
not been for the present war. Presl-
cent Wilson's tariff measures would
have ruined the prosperity Of the ma
tion if the war in itself were not a
protective tariff, thus keeping the out
nut of foreign nations from these
shores and giving our own men and
women a chane to exist.
81 am proud Of this country. am
proud Of its institutions. II you were
TO ask me to frame in few words the
most important message J could SEND
TO my American fellow citizens, please
tell them / am proud to be one OF
them. that l always have been and
that | always will be, as long as there
is a breath Of life in me-"
Mr.. Depew is proud too, Of the way
woman suffrage has lowered into
majestic proportions in this country
II has been a healthy growth, he
pointed out, and it will not be long
before every state in tho Union has
given the ballot to women.
"Billy Sunday" he asked in reply
70 query. 81 think Billy Sunday is
the man who can do the Job IN TINS
country. There are th:ce ways re-
Ecion can reach the people: Through
the intellect. through emotions and
NV . particular appeal. Sunday knows
the language Of the baseball fan, the
man of the street, ad nhe can, there
fore. reach him But they don play
baseball in Great Britain. Billy Gun
dav would be a failure there Tor they
wouldn't understand his language.
81 have lived through many reVlValS'
Some of them have done great Goou'
Riilv SUNDAYS is one of them l nave
no doubt tndL ut - ~ ''iNN'-
~ Teecuing people that need rescu--
U""' want TO hear Billy Sunday and
my, - he comes 10 New York. He'll
find me in the front row.
ny "Anotber striking figure is Huerta.
uo is head and shoulders above any
man in Mexico. He is real head
messing r,@n the abilities which the
pvocntive of any country should
roesSs He is the logical man for the
Presidency Of Mexico. u
"Huerta has uttered great truth
n,bon be saws that what Mexico needs
;s - million Jews. They would de
ycIon the country and make it pros
perous. They have contributed their