The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-13

Depew's assembly district, the 18th OF
New York, seconded the nomination
Senator Benjamin Wilcox of Auburn
also seconded the nomination of Mr.
Depew. He moved that the secretary
be directed to cast one ballot for Mr.
Depew. The secretary having cast the
ballot, Chairman Krum declared: 'It is
my pleasure as well as my duty to de-
clare Chauncey NJ. Depew the unani-
nous choice of this joint caucus for
United States senator, and I declare
HIM the nominee of the republican par
ty."
The caucus then adjourned.
The election will be held in both hou-
SEES next Tuesday, and on Wednesday
both houses will meet in joint session
to declare the result.
Chauncey Mitchell Depew, chairman
of the board of directors of the Van
derblt system of railroads, was born in
Peekskill, N Y, April %, 1884 Mr.. De-
pews boyhood was spent in his native
village, and there he was prepared for
college. At the age Of Is Mr.. Depew
entered Yale College, and in 1856 was
graduated with one of the first honors
of his class. On June Is, 1887, the de-
gree of LII. D. was conferred upon him
by Yale, The year of his graduation
was signalized in a political way by the
organization of the republican party
and his first vote for president of the
United States was cast for John c.
Fremont. Although of democratic ante
cedents, his early interest in politics LED
him to promptly affiliate with the new
party.
Mr.. Depew was admitted to the bar
in 1858, and in that year he was elected
a delegate to the republican state con-
vention. In 1860 he took the stump for
Abraham Lincoln for president, and
during the campaign addressed many
large and enthusiastic audiences in the
ninth congressional district and in
other parts Of the state in which he
was best known.
In 1851 Mr.. DepeW was nominated for
the assembly in the third West Ches-
ter county district, and although the
democrats We're largely in the ascend
ant In the county, and hopeful of the
district, he was elected by a majority
of 259. He was reelected in 1862, and
his name was prominently associated
with the speakership. He was made
chairman of the committee on ways
and means and was part of the time
during the session speaker pro tenn.
In 1854 Mr.. Depew was nominated by
the republican party as it's candidate
for secretary Of state, and the cam
paign was an exciting one from it's in
ceptlOn to it's close. Mr. Depew was
elected by majority of 10000, Upon
the expiration of his term, he was
rendered a denomination by his party,
but he declined it, During the Andrew
Johnson administration the secretary of
state, William III. Seward, appointed
Mr.. Depew United States minister to
Japan, and he was confirmed by the
Senate, and for a time he was disposed
to accept, but after holding his COM
mission for four weeks, Mr. Depew de-
clined the office with the evident de-
termination to withdraw from political
life. He had already won the attention
of Commodore Vanderbilt, and the
warm friendship of his eldest son, VIM.
H. Vanderbilt. In 1866 Mr.. Depew was
appointed the attorney for the New
York and Harlem Railroad Company,
and in 1869, when this company and
the New York Central were consolidate
ed and became the New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad Company,
with Commodore Nandebilt at its
head Mr. Depew was made the attor-
ney of the new organization and was
afterward elected a member of the
board OF directors. In 1875 he was pro-
NOTED to be general counsel for the
entire Vanderbilt system and elected
to a dictatorship in each Of the lines
comprised in it.
In 1872 Mr.. Depew was the candidate
for lieutenant governor on the liberal
republican or Greeley ticket. but his
party was unsuccessful and he shared
its fate. but acted with the republican
party the next year, and has canyassed