The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-11
DEPEW AND HIS CORRESPOND
ENCE.
The Rapid Way in Which He Trans
acts Business.

The Rapid Way in Which He Trans
acts Business.
NEW YORK, March 10.-I had the pleas
ure of spending few minutes III the office
of Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew, one day this
week. had never had a really fair chance
to look at him before, and was on that ac-
count the more impressed by the urbanity
and high intelligence which his features ex-
press. They are very different from the
picture with which this city and consider
able part of the country has recently been
infested | refer to the drawing by De
Grim, which was published in ''1he CuriO. "
It represented Mr.. Depew clothed in an i'm
possibly bad suit of clothes, and apparently
posing himself with difficulty on the side
of steep roof, or possibly the first pitch of
toboggan slide. Nothing else could ac-
count for his extraordinary attitude. In
real life the honorable gentleman is never
found in such position; and on the day
when | saw him, he was wearing a very
nice suit of Globes His face contained no
suggestion OF the picture.
1t was the day when general strike of
railroad engineers was first violently talked
of in New York. and though Mr.. Depew
professed to regard the measure as beyond
the bounds of possibility, the necessity of
finding out all about it had made the day
buster than usual for him. 1t was late in
the afternoon, and yet mass of CORES
pondence remained upon Mr.. Depew's desk
| was never more strongly convinced that
great men occasionally have TO work
'Why can't people write letters on one
pager he exclaimed with pleasant as
sumption of wrath, as he held up the bulky
result of some correspondents efforts 81
never saw anything i'll my life which couldn't
be condensed to fit sheet of good-sized let
ter paper"
The rapidity with which Mr.. Depew went
through his pile of misunderstanding some
and handing others to an assistant-was
truly surprising. He has evidently &C
quired the art of getting at ''the meat" of
a story in the shortest possible time. To
see him do it gives one a sensation similar
to that produced by the wonderful feats of
a iuggler You cannot help adnliring the
perfect control of the faculties necessary to
such celebrity.
e'This | must read myself" Comply
with this request" "Put that with other
papers relating to the case, he said. almost
without pause His assistant retired with
both hands full Of papers. Then Mr.. Depew
turned to his visitors. Two were newspaper
men who had come to ask him what he
thought of the strike. | have never seen
anything neater than the way in which he
refused to say word, and at the same time
put the journalists in good humor. After
wards, when it came to my turn, be
had not the same reason too keep silent
on the subject about which | wished
to question him, ard he discussed clearly
and concisely. In conversation he has a
pleasant way of looking straight into a
mans eyes with such an expression as re-
tains the attention without embarrassing.
1t was evident that be had carefully
weighed the question Of how much time he
could give me, for he so guided the CONVEX
sation that it was entirely at his command,
and when it had reached point which he
had evidently had in view from the first he
rose from his chair courteously, and was
launched, calmly and serenely, without de-
triment to my dignity. 1t was then after
o'clock and at least a half dozen men were
still waiting to be heard.
1t is lucky that Mr.. Depew lives so near
his office in the Grand Central Depot This
house is but three blocks away or he might
very often keep his dinner waiting.
MIR. Depew reaches his Office at 1880 or
earlier every morning. II is a large high
room with windows 70 the west. His desk
stands not far from the centre of the room,
facing in such way that the light from
the window falls upon his left side. Among
the attractions of the apartment in winter
is a handsome fireplace in which cheer
full fire burns behind a screen.
HOWARD FIELDING.