Show MORE THAN MATCHED CHAUKCET M DEPEW one of the big four of Now York politics was present at the Albany Republican convention on Thursday where ho was elected delegate at large to Minneapolis In a speech ho was quite eulogistic ol BENJAJIIH HARRISON HARRI-SON referring to him as the choice of the American people Ho meant of course the choice of the Republican part of the 1 American people as he was speaking on thin occasion in a party sense But there was an occasion about eighteen months ago when Mr DEPEW had an opportunity to speak of Americans at large and give his opinion as to the most exalted typo of the American citizen It was at a dinner in New York city civen by JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG an eminent lawyer who had received re-ceived an important judicial appointment There was a large and brilliant company present which included BENny GEORGE General SHEUMAK DANIEL DOUGHERTY and men of that intellectual calibre In one of his celebrated afterdinner speeches Mr DEPEW said If I am to name the typical American tho man who lives and believes in his country beyond be-yond everything else the man who determining determin-ing once In what direction his duty leads cannot can-not bo swerved from the paththe man who is doggedly nersisteat in what he believes to be rightthe man who thinks not of himself but of the country and its needs I would name Whom could he havo named to Jill a measure meas-ure so large but GROVER CLEVELAND And then ho went on did this splendid Republican Republi-can orator to speak of what CLEVELAND bad accomplished as the very highest attribute attri-bute to the possibilities of American citi zenihip CLEVELAND had shed lustre on his profession as a country lawyer as mayor of his homo city his administration was clean and economical as President he won the affection of his party and commanded com-manded the respect and admiration of his opponents Mr DEPEW said in a partisan conversation to partisans on the eve of a partisan election Wo say to hereditary legislators there is the choice of the people peo-ple BENJAMIN HARRISON match him But DEPEW himself with no election pending pend-ing in a nonpartisan company and as an American citizen more than matched him with GROVER CLEVELAND I |