Orations, addresses and speeches of Chauncey MDepew . or Depews name has become a householdword throughout the English-speaking world for felicitous elo-quence. Decades ago he won deserved renown as an after-dinnerspeaker and as a political orator. His Senate oratory and Senatedebates of course differ from the speeches and addresses whichhe has delivered in other fields of public activity. While havingthe qualities of charm and persuasiveness that characterize all ofhis speeches, his Senate orations may be said to have an addednote of dignity and distinction suggested by and fitting to the en-
Orations, addresses and speeches of Chauncey MDepew . or Depews name has become a householdword throughout the English-speaking world for felicitous elo-quence. Decades ago he won deserved renown as an after-dinnerspeaker and as a political orator. His Senate oratory and Senatedebates of course differ from the speeches and addresses whichhe has delivered in other fields of public activity. While havingthe qualities of charm and persuasiveness that characterize all ofhis speeches, his Senate orations may be said to have an addednote of dignity and distinction suggested by and fitting to the en-vironment of the place in which they are delivered. It is only astatement of the plain truth that Chauncey M. Depews career asan orator in his own country and in foreign lands reaches itsclimax in his Senate orations and debates. In the distinction andvigor of his addresses in the greatest legislative body in the worldhe has maintained and illustrated the oratorical traditions of thathigh forum. Washington, June 22, 191 o. y< V <:-Tr7 1*»/^^^. I 4 fl CONTENTS PAGE Introduction by the Honorable Albert J. Beveridge, United StatesSenator from Indiana. Speech on the Government of the Philippine Islands, February 27, 1900 --_-_----- I Speech on the Question of the Taxation of Porto Rico, April 2, 1900 ----------- 15 Speech on the Ship Subsidy Bill, March 12, 1902 - - - 31 Reply to the Speech of Honorable Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, on the Oleomargarine Bill, April 2, 1902 - - - _ 52 Speech on Submitting an Amendment to the Joint ResolutionProposing an Amendment to the Constitution Providing forthe Election of United States Senators by Direct Vote of thePeople, April 10, 1902 -------- 58 Speech in Favor of the Purchase of a National Forest Reserve in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, June 7, 1902 - - 63 Speech on the Concurrent Resolution Accepting the Statues ofCharles Carroll of Carrollton and of John Hanson, for theNational Statuary Hall, January 31, 1903 - - - - 73 Speec
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