The Washington times., 1922-12-17

gled until their funds were ex.
hausted, and then they werc
ashamed to return homo and con-
fess their failure.
presided at this remarkable
banquet and made not only one
speech but several. BY encourag.
ing the guests we had several ex.
cellent addresses from breaches
without pulpits. lawyers without
clients. doctors without patients.
and travellers without funds. One
man arose and. said: "Chauncey
Depew.. the world has given us
such an excellent dinner, and you
have given US such q merry
Christmas Eve. we would like to
shake hands with you as We 60
out"
! had long learned the art of
shaking hands with the public.
Many candidate has had his
hands crushed and been perman.
emily hurt BY the vise-like grip
of an ardent admirer or q vicious
opponent. I remember General
Grant complaining of this, of
how he suffered, and I told him
Of my discovery of grasping the
hand first and dropping it quickly.
The people about me were look.
ing at these men as they came
along. to see IL there was any
possible danger. Toward the end
Of the procession one man said
to me: 'Chauncey Depew. don't
belong to this crowd. am we'll
enough off and can take care of
myself. / am an anarchist. My
business IL to stir up unrest and
discomfort, and that brings me
every night to mingle with the
crowd waiting for their dole of
bread from Fleischmann's bakery.
You do more than any one else in
the whole country to create good
feeling and dispel unrest. and you
have done a lot of 1t tonight. l
made up my mind to kill you
right here, but you are such an
Internal good fellow that 1 have
not the heart to do It, 20 here's
my hand"
SPEAKING TO THE BOWERY.
During one of our Presidential
campaigns some young men came
UP from the Bowery to see me.
They said: I'VE have q very hard
time down in our district. The
crowd il q tough one but intslli.
gent. and we think would b re-
ceptivs Of the truth IL they could
hear II put to them in an attrac-
tive form. We will engage q
large theatSc attached to . Bow
cry beer saloon IL you viii come
down and address the meeting.
The novelty Of your appearance
, will Till the theater."
I knew there was considerable
risk. and yet it was q great op-
portunity. I believe that In meet.
ing a crowd Of that sort one
should appear - they expect him
to look when addressing the best
Of audiences. These people are
very proud. and they resent any
attempt on your part to be what
they know you are not. but that
you are coming down to their
level by assuming . character
which you presume to be theirs.
So I dressed with unusual care.
and when I went on the platform
a short-sleeved. short-haired genius
In the theater shouted: ''Chauncey
thinks he II In Carnegis Hail"
The famous Tim Sullivan. who
was several times = state senator
and congressman. and . mighty
good fellow was the leader Of the
Bowery and controlled its political
actions. He came to see me and
said: II hope you viii withdraw
from that appointment. DO not
want you to come down there.
In the first place. 1 cannot pro-
tect you. and I don't think It 10
safe. In the second place. you
are % well Known and popular
among our people that I en- afraif
you viii produce an impression.
and II you ret away with It thst
will hurt our machine"
In the course Of my speech .
man arose whom I knew very
well a q district leader. and who
was frequently IN my sffice. sssk.
ing positiens for his eonstitushts
ana other favors.,
That night he Wa in his shirt
sleeves among the boys. With
the old volunteer firsmAn'a svas.
ger and the peculiar patois Of
that part Of New Ydfk. hs Aid,
"Chauaosy Dspsv. you have Ne
business here. Y6u ere the prssl.
dent of the New York Central
railroad. ain't you, hsys ZEN
are . rich man. ain't you, hsys
We ere poor boys. You don't
know IN and can't teach w any.
49, Va. NnA k>tHer - os.s