As the music ceased, Mr. Depew ascended
tho platform and received an enthusiastic
greeting from the delegates and audience. Ho
said:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen ofthe Convention:
I camo here os a delegate at large from the state or
New York, neither expecting nor desiring tonppear
in this convention or before it in any other capaci
ty. After my arrival the representatives of New
York, by unanimous vote, presented my name to
this convention. It was done for state reasons, in
the belief that because it was the only tim • since
the organization of the republican party that all
divisions should be healed and all interests united
in the empire state, it would secure in that com
monwealth the triumph ofthe ticket. [Appbiuse.]
I nder these conditions, personal considerations
and opinion con’d nave no possible weight. Since
tl.cn discussion has arisen which has con vinced me
that my vocation and associations will raise ques
tions in hitherto certain republican states, which
might enable the enemy to obscure the great issue
of the future industrial prosperity of this counby
[applause] which, unless obscured in some ray.
