Mr. Chauncey Depew made a speech to the New York
Chamber of Commerce, on Tuesday, at a dinner attended by Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Depew is a strong Republican, but he is also a humourist, and he was equal to the occasion. "I ex- pected to have been here to-night attending the obsequies of a distinguished friend, and had prepared a eulogium which would have been satisfactory to the spirit of the deceased. Instead, I discover that I am a listener at a Democratic rati- fication meeting. I find that places are changed, and that I am the corpse." That is good-humoured. Mr. Depew agreed that the country had decided for Free-trade, and hoped it would be tried at once, and that America would survive it ; but it appears certain that delay has been decided on. The new President will not, it is said, call a special Session of Congress, and the Protectionists in the Senate boast that they will alter nothing until they must. This means that the McKinley Tariff will last until 1894.
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