Evening star., 1908-01-27
Shaw's Manners Disliked.

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Shaw's Manners Disliked.
| The bank sailed through the panic all
| right without a scratch. although Mr.
| Shaw spent many an anxious hour. He
| has not many friends among the other
| bank presidents. They do not like him;
| they do not admire his habits and GUS
toms. and many OF them are very candid
| in expressing their disapproval of what
they consider his fiippant and triflng
manners. Mr.. Shaw is a ''josher' and
| a collier" and likes to tighten up the
| meetings of his directors and other bank
ers with jokes and droll stories. just as
President Lincoln used to do with his
| cabinet during the dark days of the civil
war Shaw is one Of the best story
| tellers in the universe, as everybody
knows-the best since Lincoln. many peo-
| pie think-and his repertoire is mex
haustible. and while his associates and
| neighbors. the mighty moguls of Wall
| street and lower Broadway, the presf-
dents of banks and trust companies, were
amused for the moment. this talent which
| Mr.. Shaw's friends in the west admire
so much was not highly appreciated, and
many of the people he was oper ating
and out of place. In other words. Mr.
Shaw declined to adapt himself to the
solemnity of New York financial circles
and his breezy western way did not win
the commence Oh Tic SCllOuS SollU
doons Of this city
Besides that. New York is a heartIess
place. Every western man who has
come here will tell you that the atmos-
phere is very different from that to
which he has been accustomed. There is
less bonhomie in business circles Every
man of large affairs is looking out for
himself and seldom permits friendships
to get mixed up in his business relations.
The devil is allowed to catch the hind
ttl,0 {p%n frnxr {tnS
who are at the head of the profession.
while in Chicago. st. Louis and else
where the stronger always help the weak
er and lame ducks are protected.
Western Men in New York.
There are many western men occupying
positions of great responsibility and in
f1uence in financial and industrial circles
in this city. If you will look through that
interesting book called the Directory of
Directors. which contains lists of the men
who control the great corporations that
have their headquarters here, you will
be surprised at the number who have
beer educated west of the Allegheny
mountains and have been brought here by
the great financial interests because Of
their ability and experience. And very
few of them have failed. Examine the
lists of members OF the state societies,
IO.+ lflc SOHS OL every western state III
New York have social organization and
meet at least once a year for reunion
to keep up an acquaintance and esprit de
corps. If you will compare the lists Of
men belonging to the Ohio. Illinois. Mis-
souri, and other western societies with
the names in the Directory of Directors,
you will realize the force of what say.
The successful men have adjusted them
selves to the manners and customs OF this
city and have dropped that hearty frank
that Is AnnrQclafa6 the nrairinS
where the horizon is wider and the air Is
more stimulating. for the caution and re-
| serve of the east President Clowry of
| the Western Union Telegraph Company.
Life Insurance Company; President Gary
of the steel trust. George W.. Perkins Of
| j. p. Morgan & Co. Senator Spooner,
| James w. Ellsworth and others can ex-
| plain to you What I mean by. their ex-
| periencet 't !,
Several of the big financial institutions
| here have taken their managers from the
| Treasury Department. The office Of con-
| troller of the currency at Washington
! has been sort of kindergarten for bank
presidents. And Lyman ]. Gage. Henry
w. Cannon. Charles S. Fairchild. A. p.
Hepburn. Frank A. Vanderlip and many
others who have graduated in Washing
ton have made good in New York be-
cause they have attended strictly to bust
ness and have adapted themselves to their
surroundings Mr. Shaw has failed to do
so, because he has attempted to combine
politics and banking.
Mr.. Dickinson's Explanation.
Mr.. Dickinson, the originator of the
Carnegie Trust Company. who invited
Mr.. Shaw to come to New York and
who also invited him to leave. told the
story Of Mr.. Shaw's experience from his
point of view the other day. as follows:
Gov Shaw" said Mr.. Dickinson. was
convinced that he was available pres.den-
tial timber before he resigned from the
cabinet. Conviction has steadily persisted
and has been his chief interest ever since
he assumed the presidency of the COM
pany Recent political developments have,
ii anything, accentuated 1t. He and hts
friends have taken the position that Taft
couldn't be nominated because he was the
administration candidate, and Hughes
couldn't win because he wouldn't work
for the nomination. That left good
chance for the governor to get on the
ticket.
.'All the speeches the governor has made
have been designed to swell his boom.
he has spoken In Hartford. He has
spoken in Philadelphia. He has spoken
in Chicago. and / don't know how many
other places, to say nothing of number
less speeches in this village. Always.
he has been confident that he would get
the second place on the ticket. even Ii
he didn't land as, the nominee for Presi-
dent.
..Latterly the governor has been writing
an autobiography. He has been engaged