St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-14
A Renarka-
bic Man Is
Chauncey
Depew.

them, and to do 1t not only cheerfully,
but with strength and grace, is the pen
atty they pay to their prominence. II
they should happen to possess not only
opulence of mind, but large generosity
of heart as we'll, the chances are many
and great that the burden put upon
their shoulders will be continuously
increased. Just such man as
this apparently is Chauncey M.
Depew, who stood prominently
forth a year ago as one of the most
favored by his countrymen of those
who were thought WOrthiest to carry
through the campaign the standard of
his party as its presidential candidate.
Mr.. Depew is that curious anomaly in
this country-a popular railroad man
ager. He is popular in every character,
and his character is many-sided one.
AS a man of affairs, as president of a
great railroad corporation, as lawyer,
publicist and orator, Mr.. Depew stands
in the very foremost rank of Americans.
He is the servant of every good cause,
religious, political, social. He can
scarcely call himself, his labOrs or his
time his own. He is the faithful, will
ing, valuable servant of the public.
The public calls upon him, and. as the
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its call, and always favorably. His
public spirit knows no limitations. His
brain, heart and hands are always ready
for those who need them to use them for
any wise, generous purpose. Mr.. De
pew does not exalt himself; his coun-
trymen exhalt him; thrust him into
places of honor, trust, usefulness.
They thrust him into the office of his
torical orator the recent Centennial
celebration in New York, and he cheer
fully submitted to their will. But being
so busy a man, he asked an old college
classmate who was in the city of our
national archives to look up and send
him certain data upon which he himself
should build, in accordance with his
marvelousIy harmonious and symmet-
ricaI fashion, that grafton which
still echoes round the world be-
cause OF it's strength of thought and
beauty of diction. His object, it is said,
was not only to secure at the national
capital that which he could not readily
secure at New York, but to assist an old
friend upon whom fortune had
smiled less benignly than upon himself.
His old classmate for some reason de-
layed doing what he was desired to do,
or his data miscarried, and conse-
QuGntly MI. DcptW CUilCCGcl WildI llc
needed with his own head and hands.
But his classmate had done the work
which he was requested to do and asked
to be paid for it. To this proper re-
quest Mr. DepeW responded promptly,
and, as those of good judgment and lib
eral minds think, most generously; but
the gentleman to whom the response
was addressed thought otherwise, and
has preferred claim regarding which
there can scarcely be two opinions.
Experiences of the sort that Mr..
DepeW has had in this matter are likely
to prove discouraging to all who be-
come familiar with them and who want
to do good in practical way. Those
who know the broad, noble nature of
Mr.. Depew know that he is happiest
when quietly doing some good thing,
and that he is never quite so happy as
when sharing his stock and store with
less successful competitors for fortune.
There is not all illiberal drop of blood
in Mr.. Depew's body, it is warmly de-
clared by those who best know him;
and that in this affair, the same adj
mirers say, re desired more to aid his