THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY , OCTOBER 18. 1S91-STXTEEN PAGES. 15
"CARP" TALKS WlTfl DEPEW
C Delightful Oosaip About Ono of the Intor-
r cstlng Mon of the Day.
DEPEW MAKES THREE SPEECHES A WEEK.
A Glnnco nt Iho Kvory-Iny Ufo of a
New Yorker His Iin-
of Foreign
ers , Htc.
NEW Vontf , Oct. 15. ( Special Correspond
ence of Tmsnr.B.1 I hud n lone chat today
with ( Jlmunoey M. Llopow on nftor-dlnncr
speaking. He la the greatest nftor-diniior
orntor In the United Stains , ntid , by nnd nil ,
no is oi'o of tlio most remarkable nion In thli
country. An a lawyer , ho stood for yonrs nt
the head of tlio Now York bar and as nu at-
tonioy for the Vnuderbllts nnd for ether
great corporations ho has hold his own ngnlnst
such men M lloscoo Colliding , William M.
Kvorts , David Dudley Field ntid iho ether
great lights of this , the strongest legal center -
tor of the union. As president of the Now
York Control railroad , ho hii ; for years man
aged ono of the biggest rorporatlons In the
country , nnd ns a loading Now York politi
cian , ho hm refused the United States sena-
torshlp and has declined the request of the
republican party of this state to have his
jmmo put before its national conventions ns
Its candidate for the presidency. Uhauncoy
JJopow has all his lifo boon associated with
monopolists nnd capitalists , still tlio masses
nnd the laboring men look upon him as their
friend , nnd though ho Is n .strict lopubllcan
the democrats delight to listen to his
speeches. Ho Is ono of the busiest men In
the United Statoi and apparently the ono of
our greatest Business men having the moat
leisure. Ho attends more dinners perhaps
than nny other great railroad president in
the country , nnd makrs moro speeches thnn
nny professional lecturer or noted statesman.
Ho receives ton requests n ( lay to deliver ad
dresses or to reply to speeches nnd toasts , and
ho told mo this aftornooti tuat ho made
moro than three speeches every week year In
nnd year out , and that his average had boon
moro than n hundred speeches per annum for
years. In these speeches Mr. Uopow novcr
repeats himself. Tim Charge that ho retails
his own stories until they become chestnut * ,
Is not true , for all of his srcach.es nro pub
lished mid bo speaks again nnd ngaln , year
nf tor year , to the same associations , nnd of
course bus to have a now speech every time ; .
How ho does It is n wonder to every one.
The only explanation of it Is that ho is n
genius and that ho knows how to work his
gonlus so that it will produce the greatest re
sults.
Xho I're.iitlcnt of tlio New York Cen
tra I.
The daily lifo of n man like this oucht to
bo Interesting. I have hud sorao chance to
study Mr. Depaw's habits todav. I called
this morning at the Now York Central ofllces
nnd spent a partof the day watching the
president's work , notluir the stream of call
ers which Mowed almost constantly in and
out of his room and chatting with his private
secretary , Mr. Duvnl , about him. You roach
these oftlces by narrow iron stairs. A for
bidding looking nccro , as black ns Krobus ,
opens the door of the president's room , and
your card must pass from him to Mr. Duvnl
Dcforo It gets to Mr. Depow. Air. Duval's
room Is about six foot wide and twenty foot
long , and the desk in the cantor of it runs
almost across the width of tha room , and in
front and behind this are doors which load
into the ofllco of the president of the Now
, York Central. This oQlco is perhaps twenty-
five feet square. Its finishing is of black wal
nut and It bus on three sides walls of glass ex
tending Hvo feet from the coiling down to
whore they muot the malu walls of walnut
or plaster. The room Is simply furnished.
At a rolling top desk sits Mr. Uopow and at
some distance nwny nro taolcs occupied by
bis two stonogrnphors. Mr. Uopew's desk U
littered with papers , nnd you note by the
postage stamps on his letters that his mall
comes from all parts of the world. Hero nro
rabies from England and Franco , there Is u
paokauo of social letters nnd before him
llos n tubulated statement showing the work
ing and progress of some of his latest rail
road manipulations. "Ho receives , " said
Mr. Duval , "an nvorago of fifty personal letter -
tor ? a day , and Ills business mail runs up
into the hundreds. Some of his mall ho
never sees , a part of It ho answers by sten
ographers , but the most of his personal I ot
ters receive replies In bis ow" hand writing.
lie Is a very rapid writer is rarely at loss for
a word to express his inclining and ho dic
tates quite as readily ns hn writes. Ho gets
to his ofilco between t ) nnd 10 o'clock every
morning , and first tnttes up his mull and Ills
newspaper clippings. Ho is probably as
much quoted as any man in the country nnd
ho receives comments upon his work from
newspapers both In this country and in
Kuropo. " Ho is a patron of the clipplnir
bureau , and Mr. Duvul says that ho often
pays those bureaus ns high ns { 100 a month
for newspaper cuttings which they send him
concerning himself , nnd that those cuttings
number from ono hundred and fifty to three
hundred u day. These clippings coma from
foreign papers us well as from American
journals uml yoslordny ono was received
from n London newspaper which severely
criticized Mr. Dopow's remarks on White-
chnpol nnd which In reply quoted a Chicago
newspaper correspondent who stated that
Chicago surpassed \Vliltcchapcl in vice.
As soon as Mr. Dopow gets to the olllco his
callers hogn ! to coma. They besiege htm nt
his residence 'oeforo ho starts down town
und they 1110 here in force by the time
he arrives. The number waltincr for htm
ranges from ten to fifty , according to the
times , nnd ho receives nil who huvo nny
biislni b with him. Hois in fact ono of the
most accessible men In Now York , nnd ho Is
so oven tempered that ho remains cool when
all of the rojt of his ofticcrs about him are
angry. Ho never gets worried and tiever
loses his grip and ho works steadily on from
the time be gets to the oulco till about 1 ,
when ho goes out for his lunch.
A Inniuli of Millionaire ) * .
Mr. Dopow takes his lunch nt the Murray
Hill hotel cafe and during the half hour
\\hlcbliospcndsthoro ho meets some of the
biggest millionaires of the country nnd some
of the most noted railroad men of the United
States. At the same tnble with bun sit per
haps Conu'llUs Vnmlorbllt , II. Walter \Vobb
and General Lang , and at other tables are
other men who represent millions. Mr. Do-
pew's ' lunch Is n tumporutoonoandhoisonoof
tno most careful eaters In thocountry , I don't
think hn knows ho has u stomach , but he con-
lines himself to the nubstauttals and a pinto
of oyster soup , a bit of chicken and n cup of
colTeo maku him n good meal. Ho is Just ns
ilmple iis to his breakfasts niut dinners. Ho
oats the tlrst at about half past 7 , ami a plato
of oatmeal , n couple of soft boiled eggs , .somo
buttered toast and u glass of milk
are all that ho needs. If ho takes any coffee ,
it Is not strong , and ho sometimes varies the
repast with tea. Ills dinner is without wine.
As for smoking , hu cnvo that up entirely
yours ago when bo found It hurt him , ana ho
takes no stimulants , I am told , except at it
big dinner when buslpsnllttlocuampagno to
wards the latter part of the feast.
How Oliiuinooy Jlcjiow Speaks.
1 flrnt-hoard Uhauncoy Dopow speak nt an
annual dmr.cr of the Gridiron club ut Wash
ington. The Washington correspondents
who nmko up this club , are the pick of the
newspaper men of the tliiltca States. Their
dinners are noted and United States senators ,
supreme court Justices , famous generals , and
men prominent in nil branches of lifo are
glad to attend them. They como knowing
that what thay say will not ho reported , but
they aUo know that they must leave their
dlRtilty outsldo the club doors , aud the un-
convontloimHty which prevails at the table
Is to thu guests tbo cbarm and the four of the
dinner , In the spseclics in ado , no one Is per *
milled to bo prosy cr dull. If the president
of the United States should toll an old story ,
it would bo erected with the word "chest
nut" from all parts of tha room , and the
iihraso-mougvr and tbo platltudo-poddlor had
bettor keep hit seat , The pooches are
interrupted again and again with the sharp
est of witticism * nnd a chnnco is offered for
the brightest of ropartoo. Mr. Dcpovv'i
speech at this dinner was as full of wit and
Ideas as an egg li full of meat , and ho was
given several speeches during the evening.
His manner of ppuklnir was a surprise to
mo.IIo uses the conversational tone , seldom
makes n gesture and hm no mannerisms nor
trick cards of oratory. His sinking makes
mo think of Joe Jefferson's acting and ho
says hn got his first Ideas of good spcaKlag
irom Wendell I'hlillps , who simply talked to
tha brains of Iho people In front of him.
Lot mo glvo you n plcturo of Clmunccy
Dopnw as ho rnakus nn alter dinner speech.
IIo looks moro llko a preacher than n club
man , nnd ns ho stands swinging his glasses
In his hand , looking out of bis sober blue
eyes up nnd down the table , his cultured
clerical face makes you wonder when ho
stopped out of the pulpit and whether after
all it is not n mistake nnd bo is not about
to nsk grnce. Ho begin * to talk. His words
como freely nnd naturally. Ho smiles a little -
tlo us ho tells n good story , nnd his blue eyes
t'vmklo ns ho wittily replies to the sally of
ono of the men from the ether side of the
table. As ho goes on , bis fnco Dennis with
Rood fellowship nnd you note that his Ilftv-
eight years have not made him old , nnd that
though hla hair and beard nro frosted
silver , his soul is as young ns thnt of nny
boy about the board. As ho continues , you
find thnt his speeches nroi moro than
stories , You note that ho has Ideas ns well
n.s wit nnd you realize that the speaker is not
only an orator , but a man and that a great
II.
Clinnncoy Dcpotv Talks of the After
Dinner HtnRC.
Upturning to Mr. Dopow's business lifo , I
waited for several hours to have an Inter
view nt his office , but imperative work kept
piling up , nnd It was ; i o'clock before 1 got
access to hlmi At ! ! : ! " > ho luul to nmko Iho
train for his summer homo at Pawling , two
hours from New York. His engagements
wore all full for the morrow , nnd ho finally
suggested thnt I Jump on the cars nnd run
up to Pawling with him nnd wo could have
our talk on the train. Ho ordered a pass for
mo , nnd ton minutes lotor wo wore seated In
n chair car on the Now York Central rail
road , the train going nt forty miles an hour
nnd Mr. Dopow talking In response to my
questions nt the rate of 150 words per mln-
uto. The following is the substance of our
talk :
Said I : "Mr. Dopow , how do you find it
possible to gut'your mind away from your
business and railway down to your after
dinner speech' ! "
"It is hard sometimes , " replied Mr Dopow ,
"bull have the faculty of leaving my busi
ness at my offlco , and such success as I have
had In life I attribute largely to the fact that
I can drop my business and got rest by
thinking of ether things. As a rule , what
ever bo the cures of the day , ten minutes nf-
tor I hnvo gotten to my house I.havo dis
missed them altogether , nnd 1 do not tnko
them up again until the next day. I have
a peculiar theory of the working of the
mind , and that Is that It tends
to keep up the same pace In which Ithas boon
running when it enters a now field. The
trouble with most men is that they have only
one pace and they never got out of it. They
coniino themselves to thinking about three
things , their business , themselves anO their
families. Thy run at this business ami.'par-
sonal pace their lives through , and if they
over chance to speak in public they use busi
ness terms and ihmr language is thut of the
commonplace. They surround their souls
with the most practical environments , nnd
they never got out of It. Now , iho plane of
the dlnnor-tnblo Is n higher one than that of
business life , and in preparing for n speech , I
find I must first got my mind on n different
level from the ouo 1 have been working on
all day. I do this by rending "Mncnulay's
Essays. " Ton minutes' reading turns my
thoughts into a now channel. I cast off tbo
clothes of ovory-dny work and my soul seems
to bo rehabilitated Into a moro Intellectual
and critical garb. I can then think of the
uudionco I am to address , and by roniomber-
ing the people I am to moot , 1 adapt my ro-
marlcs to them. It. doesn't seem to make
much difference which part of Macauloy 1
road , and a few minutes changes the pace of
my mind entirely. "
"Do you write out your speeches , Mr.
Dopow f"
"Not my after-dinner speeches , " was the
reply. "I only write out such as I have
to make for an important occasion , as for
Instance such as my spooctt nt the celebra
tion of the Cnrtholdl statue. I try to think
up my speeches before I go to dinner. On
most occasions I leave my office at 4 o'clock
uni ) I compose my talks between 4 nnd 0. I
first take a taste of Macauloy nnd then go
over my line of thought llxing as far as pos
sible what I am going to say. I find that my
speeches , however , that I make at the din
ner are often far different than those I plan
out. I huvo dictated , I ventureat least n
hticdred speeches In the street cars and un
der the light of the street gas lamps. News
paper reporters who nro assigned to report ,
the dinners find that it is not convenient for
them to bo present and they often como and
ask mo for my speeches the afternoon of tno
evening on which I am to spoilt. They some
times como to the railroad o 111 cos , but as I
haven't composed the speeches I can't , of
course , glvo them to them. When they in
sist , however , I tell them to como to the
house at 0 o'clock and I will dictate the
speech to thorn before going to the dinner.
As n rule , however , I don't get started at my
comoposltion until ncurlj 0 and it is often l !
before I um dressed. If I am not ready for
them when they call , they wait , nnd I often
have them jump in the cars with me and I
dloiato what I am going to say as wo go
along. The dictation Is sometimes concluded
in front of the banquet ball , and 1 think I
dictated ut least twont > speeches in this way
last year. When the speeches nro published ,
the difference between the dictated speech
and that inspired bv the surroundings of the
evening is often apparent , but I find that the
dictation enables mo to make abettor speech.
It clarifies my thought nnd gives mo a Dotter
control of my ideas. "
"How long , Mr. Depow , do you think nn
after-dinner speech should bo I"
"Tho platform orator of today who speaks
iiiutu umu uuu uuui 111 , u uiiiuluimuu iui.
Dopow , "Is tlresomo aud no nfter-dlnnor
speech should extend over forty minutes.
Twenty minutes is bettor than forty and the
speech should bo short and pithy. "
Tlio Ago of the After-Dinner Speech.
"This is the day of the after-dinner
speech. " Mr. Dopow wont on. "Stump
speaking is to n great extent a thin ? of the
past. "In the days of Webster nnd Clay , tbo
announcement of n speech by a prominent
statesman would bavo tilled any ball in Now
Yorit. Wow , wore It not for the machin
ery of the political clubs , half of our Rroat
po'lltlclans would speak to empty benches.
The lecture platform used to bo the popular
stage for the dissemination of truth. It has ,
however , bean degraded by mountebanks ,
nnd It is fust becoming n thing of the past.
The dinner speech Is now the spoken medium
of the communion of thought among all
bodies of men. When the railroad men of
the country want to discuss the situation In
stead of a convention or a mooting they have
a dinner. When the great politicians want
to lay out tlio Intellectual part of a campaign
they give n dinner , nud it is the same
with the scientists and all classes
and professions of men. The dinner
mooting and dinner speaking is becoming a
Cart of the church work , and some of the
Iggcst churches of Now York Und that
their best method of advancing the cause and
of laying out the plans which wilt produce
the eroalost results Is through ihmr monthly
dinners , at which they discuss too situation
nnd the ways nnd moans to bettor it. It is ,
I think , n much bettor s-tago than either the
lecture platform or tbo stump. You can say
things In an after-dinner speech that you
would not dare to say in a lecture or In the
pulpit , and the varnish of good nature and
politeness permit much sensible advice to bo
administered that mint othurwUo go
unsaid. "
Critical Now York.
"Mr. Dopuwyou have addressed audlonces
In avery city of any sUa In the United
Status. What Is the most difficult after-
dinner audience to plcasol"
"A Now York dinner party by all means , "
was Mr. Dopow's roply. "Thoro is nothing
llko such an audience on the face ot tha
United States. Taku ono of our big dinners
nt which ' , ' 00 distinguished men sit down ,
nnd you have as nblo and as critical an aud-
lenco as you will find In the world , Some
people .sneor at them as a collection of do-
nothing millionaires. They do not under
stand the men they speak of. Ninety-five
l > or cent of the guests at such n dinner If
composed of sotf-mado men. They have
como to Now York from all parts of the
United Status because they have grown too
big for tliolr surroundings elsewhere and
tuwu nooued a lurger field. Now York city
Is muao UP of that sort of men , and thoio
are the successful won of Now York , Do
you know what that moans ) Well , out of
uvory 100 buslnosu men iu Now Yoric , uluuly-
clght fall. Now York takes the cream of the
whole country , and those mon are the cream
of Now York. They nro well read men nnd
they am men of brains. Thor nro men to
whom time Is tnonor , and who appreciate it.
They feel that they can't afford to waite a
minute , nnd If your speech drifts Into prosl *
ness or Is loaded with 'chestnuts , ' tholr
watohos como out and the eyes of ovcry man
call 'time.1 They want now Ideas , nnd
unless you can glvo thorn they don't want
you. The satno speech which will bo ap
plauded in a country town , where the dlnors
cotno in on the broad grin and expect to bo
pleased , will fall Uat In Now York , and most
of our so-called 'silver-tongued orators' fall
when they speak nt ono of our big dinners.
The dinner Itsolt , ton Now York diner-out ,
amounts to nothing. The men at the table
huvo not como to oat. They nro used to good
dinners , nnd many of them have bettor din
ners on their own tables than you will got at
nny club dinner. They hnvo como for the
feast of reason and the How nf soul , nnd they
nro not happy unless they cot It. "
Drpcu'H Klr.-it Al'tcr Dinner Speech.
"Will you toll mo , Mr. DOPOW , the story of
your first nttor-dinnor speech I"
"It was nt Ynlo college , " was the roply.
' 'Myself nnd several of my chums hnd boon
initiated Into a Greek letter society. Wo
found nftor wo had gotten in that the
fraternity was Insolvent. It had boon
made up of a sot of spendthrifts who
had been drinking and sprcolug nnd It wns
loaded with debt. Wo were too poor to
wnsto our money this way nnd wo discussed
thu situation and dobalod whether wo should
change the character of the fraternity or
leave It. Wo decided to make It a good fro-
tornlty. Wo organized n debating society
nnd before the end ol that year wo hnd mndo
It n llrstclass collcgo literary association.
Wo then rented a hall and gave a dinner , nnd
at this dinner I mudo my first after dinner
speech. 1 don't ' remember very much about
It , savuthut I got through with it all right. "
"How about the English ) Are they good
alter dinner speakers i"
"No , they nro not , " replied Mr. Depow.
"Tho English lack that clement of humor
which makes up such an important part of
the American character and they don't ap
preciate the after dinner speech ns wo do.
They mnko some speeches at their dinners ,
but It Is not uncommon for speech to bo
two hours long , and a two hour speech with
out the humorous clement has to bo extraor
dinarily good to bo worth listening to. "
Great ForolK'icrs ns Chauncoy Socs
U'lUMII.
From nftor dinner speaking the conversa
tion drifted to ether matters , and Mr. Dopow
chatted with mo concerning some of the
noted people ncrojs the water. Ho Is a close
friend of the prlnco of Wales. Ho knows
Gladstone Intimately , nnd there is hardly n
prominent man In England with whom ho
iius not been moro or less nssocintcd. I
asked him to give mo an idea of the prince of
\Vnles. Said Mr. Dopew :
"Tho prince of Wales is moro of n man
thnn ho gets credit for bolng. The English
government is so conntituted thnt ho is not
to the great English throne and to that of the
great empire of India , ho has been forced to
spend his moro than fifty yonrs in inactivity.
His solo duties have been to preside at open
ing. ! of expositions , to make speeches ut the
laying of corner-stones nnd to act as an orna
mental figure at charity balls or church
fairs. As far ns ho Has been permitted to do
anything ho has done it perfectly. His
speeches have been excellent und ho Is noted
for being able to say just the right thing at
the right time. Ho has a peed memory for
faces and names , Is personally very popular ,
and ho is a man of great common sense and
of good nvorago abilities. Ho is what wo
would call an all-around good fellow , lie Is
naturally very industrious and ho has not a
lazy hair in his head. Had England a differ
ent system of treating her to-bo rulers , she
might huvo made of him the great bureaucrat
in Europe. Suppose the prince of Wales , on
arriving at his majority , hid been treated as
the son of ono of our great railway managers
Is treated. The railway man's sou is given a
place low down in the oflicos. of the road.
After ho 1ms learned this , ho is advanced
stop by stop to the operating departmont.nnd
if ho shows himself worthy , ho continues
to advance until ho learns the whole
machinery of the railway and is
iittod nt lust to take charge of the road. Sup
pose the prmco of Wales hnd boon given an
assistant secretaryship of the treasury a
place wncro ho would have had to do with
all the routlna ana dotuil ot thoofllco without
being able to affect its policy. After ho had
boon hero for some time , suppose ho had boon
transferred to n similar pluca in the colonial
ofllco , and after some years transferred to an
under mlr.lstorship of war. In this way ho
might have learned the inner worKings of the
great government of which ho is in the
futura to bo the head. Ho would have learned
mon , as well ns parties aud government iua-
chtnery , and bo would now bo fitted to take
charge of the government at any moment.
His nature Is of thai kind that such a lifo
would have been a pleasure to him. His
tastes are all for work and when they put
him on the commission to investigate certain
questions , not long ago , I understand ho
worked lilio a Trojan. "
"How about his love for American girbl"
said I.
"That is true , " replied Mr. Dopcw , ' 'tho
prlnco is fond of American girlsund I am not
surprisnd ut it. IIo likes their vivacltythoir
Independence and tholr originality , nud they
are quite refreshing In English society where
the girls are taught to bo timid and back
ward. I have , however , never hoard of any
scandals bolng connected with the prince of
Wales nnd nny American girl. "
G'liilHtonc's Wnnilorful Versatility.
"How did Mr. Gladstone impress you ) " I
asked.
"Mr. Gladstone , " replied Mr. Depow , "Is
undoubtedly n very great man , but I do not
think ho would bo as great in America as ho
is in England. IIo is In some respects the
most wonderful man I have over hoard of ,
nnd ho is the most versatile man I have ever
known. Wo bavo no ono hero now nor in
our history who compares with him. The
nearest approach to him was Edward Evor-
ott. Daniel Webster wns a great orator , but
ho cammed himseir to politics , uoscoo uonic-
ling was another great orator , but he never
spoke except on , politics. Our greatest
preachers never get out of the pulpit , but
Gladstone can make great speeches in half n
dozen different fields and surprise you by his
wonderful ability iu nil. You may hear him
in the house of commons delivering a great
speech C'lunuiating a new policy of govern
ment for Hi'land ( and her colonies. It is
eloquent nud tull of thou.rht and you are car
ried away with the ro.v.nnlng powers nnd
the statesmanship it displays. It is pornnps
accepted by the house und it may bo that it
does not noqd the immediate attention ot Mr.
Gladstone upon the tloor. Thou the great
statesman may leave the bouso of commons
nnd If you follow him , you mav find that ho
gees to some scientific association or circle of
noted lltaratoars. If among the scientists
you may hour him discuss the subject before
the mooting with all the ability that ho dis
played In the house of commons , In scion-
tlllo langunga ho will plant the line shades of
thought in biology or evolution , or with
equal learning glvo you nn opinion on a now
phuso of a discovery in geology , or as to the
constituent elements of the protoplasmic-ago.
Among n body of scholars ho may discuss
the oiToct of Greek literature on the
literatures of Kuropo , or sbow how
the soul of Homer is travelling
through tbo works of the poets of today.
"I roniombor , " Mr. Dopow went on , "an
ovcning I spent with Mr. Gladstone. I was
the only guest ut a dinner which that gentle
man gave to enable mo to become more ac
quainted with him. Wo sat two hours at the
tublo und during the meal Mr. Gladstone
talked of tha great questions of European
and American politics , and I found him
thoroughly versed In all the issues relating
to this country. Ho dUcussod ether matters
with equal facility. After the dinner was
ever it was proposed by our hostess that wo
all co to the opera und Mr. Gludstono con
sented. During I ho opera Mr. Gludstono wns
absorbed. Ho did not speak nor take his
eyes oft the stage , Between the nets bo
talked of music. Ho showed an inoxhaustivo
and critical knowlbdgo of all the great com
posers. Ho entertained us with u Iccturo as
It were on tbo proiont opera nud Its nk
among the ether great operas of the world
aim ho loft mo surprised nt his wonderful
knowledge of music. It Is the same In nrt
and I doubt whether there Is ai versatile
a man in the world today as ho. "
A I'lottiru of Lord Salisbury.
' Can you tell mo anything of tbo Premier ,
Lord Salisbury ! "
"Lord Salisbury Is undoubtedly a very
ahio man , " replied Mr. Dopew 'As to his
foreign policy , both tbo E'tglUh people and
the statesmen of other vounltlos consider It
the ablest England has hud for years. As
to his Ideas of homo rule and ether matters
there U of eourso great difference ot opinion ,
but no ona'dii | < utoa hit ability In foreign nf
fain. I mot Lord Salisbury while I was ui
England nnd I found him n very pleasant
talker and n ninn of Id .jj. Ho is ever six
foot tall , nnd ho Is n man of great Independ
ence of thought nnd riction. This gives you
the Impression at llrstjjieotlng that ho is an
egotist but this wears .flit upon acquaintance.
Elo Is , you know , n mnn of a history. Ho
was for years n writer" ' ) the London Press
nud bis father aava hi In n small allowance
when ho went thraugh-calloga nnd allowed
him to make a largo iSitrt of his own living
thereafter. Ho was cujftipvery well in news
paper work , when hl j lather dlod nnd ho
succeeded to the tltlo and the estate. "
Germany's \ounc Ktnpuror.
"Did you over meot.tho young emperor of
Gorman vl" 1 askod.
"Yes , " replied Mr. IJppow. "I mot him
four years before ho booamo cmporor. At
this time hh father was living and his grand
father , Kaiser Wllholm , was tbo ompuror. I
mot him with them nnd I wns very much Im
pressed with his strength ot obnrcatcr I.
regard him as a great man and n strong one.
No ono but n strong man would have acted
as ho has dona slnco ha has coma to the
throne. The polio v of bis grand father's and
his father's administration have been dictat
ed nnd controlled by ono man , Prlnco Ills-
marck. IIo was In fact the emperor and bis
ability and statesmanship was looked upon
as the greatest in Europe. As soon as the
young emperor was crowned ho began
to think for himself. Ho criticized
tno policy of Dismarck In that
the working man wns oppressed nnd kept
down as a national foo. Ho wanted to glvo
him a chance to sco what ho could do for
himself. Ho wanted to give him moro liberty
but BIs.marcic told him it would never do nnd
If ho acted so ho would lese his throne. Uls-
marck Insisted upon this , but the young emperor -
poror thought differently nnd told Bismarck
that bo Intended to try it. "
" 'In that case , " replied Bismarck , 'I hand
you my resignation. '
" 'All-right , ' replied thoemporor , 'I accept
"This Is plain everyday language , " con
tinued Mr. Dopow , "Is the story of the
trouble between Bismarck and the cmporor.
A weak man would have submitted. Only a
strung ono would have refused , and I bo-
llovo that strength hero was allied to great
ness. "
IV.
Now Stories of Lincoln By Our Grout-
cat Story Toller.
I asked Mr. Dopow something as to his con
nection with President Lincoln. Ho replied :
"I became well acquainted with Lincoln
during the war. I was secretary of state for
Now York and wont to Washington to take
the vote of our soldiers , and I think this vote
carried Now York for Lincoln at his second
election. I hoard n number of stories of him
nt this time , some of which have never boon
published. One 1 remember related to Johu
Ganson. a democratic congressman from wes
tern Now York. Ganson was a war demo
crat , and when ho came hero to Wash
ington , ho rather felt that the re
publican president was under obligations to
him for supporting him. Lincoln was anx
ious to please this class of northerners , and
* tm w lfittsiim nf tlin * t ? rt Minn Itnrtfitnn ntlttn
intimate. As the war wont on , howovor.dis-
asters continued to como. and in the darkest
days of the struggle when calamity followed
calamity and when congress was asked to
vote inonoy nnd men , only to sno the llrst ap
parently lost and the latter destroyed , many
of the members became anxious to know
what the president's policy wns. Guuson
was among them nnd bo called at the white
house nnd had on interview with President
Lincoln. Mr. Ganson was peculiar In thnt
ho bad not n hair on hh head. His pate was
as bald ns an ostrichi egg and his face ,
whether fromshavingor fromnnturbsbowod
neither a hair nor a bristle. Ho came in to
Presidnnt Lincoln's room , was received cor
dially , and made a most earnest plea for in
formation. After saying what ho had given
up for the cause of the rcpuolican party and
tor President Lincoln , > bo continued :
" 'Now , Mr.I'residont.you know what I'vo
done for you and the unlon. I don't want
you to do anything for me , but I do want you
to take rae into your .qpnllaonco. You're a
lawyer nud I'm a lawyer and you know you
can trust any secret to'tne. Now , won't you
tell mo your plans V
"As Ganson said this , his bare sober face
became moro sober ttian ever and the serious
look in his eves seemed' ' to crawl up ever the
front of his"forehead until his white bald
cranium became the personification of anx
ious inquirv. The "president looked nt him
half a mlnuto and then his homely mouth
twitched , a laughing look crept Into his eves
and ho loaned ever nnd , putting his band on
Ganson's Icnco , said in the most quizzical
tones these words :
' "Cans , why don't you shavol'
"This was all Ganson could got out of him ,
nnd there was. in fact , no moro cautious
president in our history than Abraham Lin
coln. "
How Lincoln \Voii n Cnso.
"President Lincoln. " continued Mr. Dopow ,
"was ono of the greatest men I have ever
mot , und ho was the host story-toller I have
over listened to. Ho know bow to fraqio a
story and ho located his anecdotes so they
seemed to bo made for the very occasion upon
which ho uttered them , and whan llnishot ! ,
they fitted the question nt issue llko a glove
and supported Lincoln's idea better than
volumes of logio. I remember ono of the
storlos ho told mo which 1 found of use to mo
in a speech I made concerning Henry Ward
Weedier. The stoiy was ooout a trial In
which Lincoln wns defending a man for hav
ing committed assault nnd buttery. Lincoln's
client pleaded not guilty of the charge , but
the circumstantial evidence waa against htm.
Said ho to mo :
" 'Thoro had boon no witnesses to the as
sault , but the plaintiff had boon battered and
mashed out of all recognition. His eyes were
blacked , bis right oar cut , and his nose was
broken. My man , on the other hand , did not
show a scratch , and I saw at once that I could
not clear mv client unless I could turn the
whole affair into ridicule. The plaintiff wns
in court , nnd ho had the sympathy of the
tury. I saw. howovor. that ho was rather a
conceited follow , und I hoped by charting him
to got him to say something thnt would lot us
off. Hoyas put on the stand , and 1 said
rather jocularly , 'Now , John , I reckon this
ivn nrnl.tv ninnli of n ii"ht that VOU Ulld Jim
had hero. Now wasn't it , John ! '
" 'Yes , ' said the wounded man with a grin ,
falling in with my mood , 'it was a dovll of a
light. '
" 'Well , now John,1 said I , 'I want you to
toll the Jury bora just how many acres Jim
nnd you fought ever in this light. "
'John did not see ir.y point. Ho laughed
and tuld
" 'Well , Mr. Lincoln , 1 suppose it might
have been six acres. '
" 'Well , ' 1 continued , us I looked nt his battered -
torod face und then at the uninjured condl- .
lion of rav client , 'now , John , don't you think
you got a mighty small crop of lighting off of
u mighty big farm ? '
" 'At this the crowd burst Into a laugh , the
jurv laughed , the lawvors laughed , and
finally the plaintiff got to laughing , and In
fact wo laughed the whole case out of court. '
"I used the story nt tha close of the Boochor-
Tllton trial. The trial hung on for six
months und the Jury did not agree at the
close of It. Boocuor w4s a resident of Peeks-
kill , where I was liviiiu , nud nt the close of
the trial the people thnrogavo him a congrat
ulatory mooting vlmjifcitlng tholr faith in
him. I was among top audience , and after
the loading butcher , the baker and cnudln-
stlck maker , the leading merchant nnd
undertaker , etc. , had 'made speeches In favor
of Mr. Uocchor , they happened to see mo In
the crowd. 1 had ] list , ' arrived from Now
York and Henry Ward Jleochor sent down a
man to sco mo , and un6d ! ; mo to coma up and
make a speech. I said I wa not prepared
but upon the man's saying that Beech or had
said that n speech from'mo ' would bo of moro
weight than all the speeches together , I wont
upon the platform and.Ttold Lincoln's story ,
applying it to the llruonor-TIHon trial and
saying , that for the 'irt > o of tha farm ever
which the trial was ftfught , it seemed to mo
thnt the enemies ot MnlJecuhor had gotten
n mighty small crop. The storv took. It was
telegraphed off that night to tno newspapers ,
aim It was published tu nearly all the big
papers of Kuropo. "
Why Oliuuiicoy Dopnw llofiiHcll tlio
Japan MlnKion.
Chauncoy Depow was .offered bv President
Lincoln the mission to Japan when ho was
still under thirty , Had bo accepted It , ho
would probably have been the youngest for
eign minister In our history. Ills mime was
sent Into the senate und ho was confirmed
but ho refused to take tbo place and I asxcd
him this afternoon why ho did so.
Ho replied : "My refusal to take the mis
sion to Japan was the turning point in my
lifo. I considered It so then and as 1 look
back I see that it was so now. I reasoned in
thU way. If I go to Japan my career must
bo a political ouo. I will have fourynars of
diplomatic service in the east and then if I
do well I may possibly be transferred to ono
of the missions of Kuropa , . I will bo nopt
tbnro four years and l.ticn whether the and
iulmstr tlo changes or uot , I am sura to bo
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One of our main efforts this season has been on
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one in it with us on that score. The popular line for
the Workingman is a Fine Heavy garment , All Wool
at that , at $1 a garment and we have Four different
Weights and Colors in this line , and they are corkers.
Two shades of Balbriggan go at the same price. And
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Corner Thirteenth and Farnam Streets.
recalled for wo never keep a minister abroad
moro than eight years nt a time. As it is , I
um about ! )0 ) years old , I huva n fair practice
and a good acquaintance. Mr. Vnndorbllt
has offered mo the attornoyshlp of tha Now
York Central railroad. It is a small corpora
tion , but it may grow and if It does I
may grow with it , If I stay abroad eight
Tears I will lese my practice and after hav
ing hnd barolv enough to.hvo upon abroad
I will como back with changed habits , no
money and lit for nothing bu't politics. If I
stay iu politics I-muy then got to congress
and the sonata , but these places will not pay
mo and when I got to about 51) 1 will bo
dropped out and llko as not will got to bo a
government clerk nnd will end by going
ever the hills to the poor houso. On the
ether hand If I stay my practice will crow
and I will soon have enough to got married
and if 1 want to go to the somuo or gat a
mission when I grow old , I can get it , and so
I decided to stay at homo nud I have never
regretted It. "
"Yes , " said I , "and after you had mailo a
reputation and a competency you bad a
chance to go to the senate. Why did you not
accept thaU"
"Well , " ropllod Mr. Dopow , "I had not
then gotten to bo president of tbo Now York
Central railroad. "
' "And how about the futuro' ' "
"A wise man bos no time to think about the
futuro. As for me , I find it kcop * mo busy
to keep up with the present. "
Dy this time the train had reached Pawling
nnd our conversation was ovor. Mr. Dopow
and myself got out of tba cars together. The
arms ot tno rich railroad president were full
of bundles which ho was carrying homo to
his children , nnd as ho stopped across the
street to tlio hotel , Mrs. Dopow , n couple of
bright looking littlogirls and young Chuuncoy
Mitchell Depow were on the slept to meet
him. As I stood on tbo stops of the car going
back to Now York I saw him kiss them nil
around , ami 'is ' the cars whisked mo away his
hearty laugh mingled with that of his chil
dren rang out , nnd ho seemed ns far away
from capitalists , railroads , politics ami so
ciety us though these things were not In ex
istence and his only world K.IJ homo.
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goods made In Nebraska factories and pro
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spirits ol any kind manufactured by I lor &
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consuming 11,000 bushels i > or day. Insist
unon your dealer furnishing homo made
goo-Js ; they are oquul to the host and cent no
moro. Assist homo Inauitrlos.
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