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SOCIETY TAKING SIDES. PR. DEPBW’S EMPHATIC DENIAL, ASTONISHES THE “400.” Ciubdora Gravely Discusses Mrs. Whit ney's Statement “Our Chauncey’’ Explains His Position in the Matter— Mr. Whitney Doesn’t Care to Talk of It. From the .Veto York IForW. Society and. clubdom are aghast at Dr. Chauncey M. Depew’s very vigorous denial of a statement accredited to Mrs. William C Whitney, wife of the Secretary of the Navy. Neither Mr. Depew nor Mr. Whit ney is excited over the matter, however, and nothing save a nine-days’ social wonder is likely to come of it. Is Chauncey M. Dcpew, that prominent and popular citizen of the metropolis, to be sacrificed socially as Sackville-West was politically t Or has Mrs. Whitney, the popular wife of the Secretary of the Navy, committed an indiscretion which may, from a social standpoint, be termed as serious a blunder as was Lord Sackvilie’s* These were the questions which agitated the drawing-rooms, parlors and club houses of the city all through the dreary hours of yesterday afternoon and evening, started by the comments of a society woman in yesterday’s World on Mrs. Whitney’s now famous refutation of the stories regarding President and Mrs. Cleveland’s private life; her charges against Air. Depew of uttering these, aud that gentloman’s vigorous re joinder. The questions produced a wide difference of opinion which, as was perhaps natural, was colored in most cases bv the politica 1 feeling or bias of those who discussed them. It was also evident that Mr. Depew’s pop ularity in New York made evep tha warm est of Mrs. Whitney’s defenders chary in their blame of the after-dinner orator. Mrs. Whituey made what was construed as a di rect charge of ungentlemanly conduct against Mr. Depew in accusing him of hav ing, at an after-dinner talk between gentle men, repeated some of the most offensive of the stories about the President’s treat ment of his wife, and of giving Henry Watterson as his informant; and Mr. Depew, when told of this charge, stated to a Tribune reporter that Mrs. Whitney, in plain English, had repeated a falsehood. MR. DEPEW TALKS. Chauncey M. Depew sat in his private study at his home, No. 22 East Forty-fifth street, yesterday afternoon, with a troubled look on bis usually merry face. A frugal lunch was on a little table in front of him, and remained almost untasted. A crutch was beside his chair, and occasionally Mr. Depew would seize his crutch —for his in jured leg still compels him to use help in getting about —and hobble about the room in search of documents in an impatient way totally unknown to him heretofore. Concerning the controversy in which he and Mrs. Whituey are the principals, he said: “I don’t caro to discuss the matter. I have been very much annoyed about it.” But after a time he continued: “Of course 1 don’t blame Mrs. Whitney. She heard that I had been talking about Mr. Cleve land and his wife, and woman-like, she went off with a bang, without waiting for investigation. She altogether missed the air which surrounded the stories when they were told. “It occurred at a dinner party. The ladies had left the gentlemen to the wine aud the cigars, and some odb mentioned the President, and wondered what he would do when he left the white house. The conver sation broadened, as it w ill under such cir cumstances, and drifted into the personal relations of the President to his wife. Now, when I was out speaking during the last campaign, wherever I went I heard these stories about Mr. Cleveland’s treatment of his wife. Every one who came from Wash ington was loaded down with them. They originated and were spread by democrats who hated the President, and not by lepublicans; and so, while the matter was under discussion, I mentioned these widely circulated stories, marveled at the thor oughness with which they had been spread over the country, and said that I did not believe there was any foundation for them. I had no idea that my random words would ever pass beyond the door, and I certainly took no malicious delight in spreading scandalous stories, for the stories were already on every tongue. They were as widely circulated as It is possible for any thing of that kind to be, and I simply com mented on something that was almost uni versally known. THE COMPLETE FACTS. “The Watterson story I heard in Chicago, in St. Louis, in New York, and, in fact, all over the country. I did not sanction it, and when it was being discussed said that 1 did not believe it. One of the gentlemen who was present —and, by the way, there were only six there besides myself, and they are all gentlemen of the highest social position—has since heard through a friend from Mr. Watterson on the subject. Mr. Watterson writes that the story is all a lie; that he heard of it moDths ago, and did not deny it publicly because it was one of those peculiar kind of stories which it is difficult to deny without making the public believe there is something in it. He thought it would die out and be forgotten; but instead it kept growing. “The simple facts as Mr. Watterson writes, are that he and Mrs. Cleveland and Mr. and Mrs. Speaker Carlisle went to the theater together. While there they were introduced to an actress eminent in her profession. When they returned to the While House, the President was told of io, and he appeared very much gratified, thanking Mr. Watterson for his courtesy. * >ut of this grew the story of the Presi dent’s brutality.” “What are your own relations with the President!” Mr. Depew was asked. here’s the sting. "That’s the injustice in this matter,” said he, while a loon of whimsical annoyance came into his face. “I have always de fended Cleveland’s private character in public and in private. In my speeches in I*B4 I refused to pay any attention to the scandals then being circulated, and I was criticised in my own party for my out spoken admiration of his honesty of pur pose and his many fine qualities. I never made a personal attack on the President during the last campaign, and said more kindly things about him than any other republican speaker. Why, look here,” anil Mr. Depew took his crutch and hobbled across the room to where Col. Shepard’s Vail and Express lay on the table and handed the reporter a marked copy of his speech at the Union League Club Thursday evening, Nov. 8, in which he said: We, the members of the Union League Club, while radically differing from Air. Cleveland upon almost every point of his policy at home and abroad, express our satisfaction with the dignity and integrity with which he has held the presidency, our gratification that he squarely presented the issue which his friends have evaded for twenty-five years, and which, once fairly met, the people have settled for the pres ent political memory,and our hope that in the Private station to which he is for the future destined, ho may during a long life enjoy all lhe honor and regard which tielong to a citizen who has tieen President of the United States. To the young and gracious lady whose marriage at. the white house gave unwonted romance to |he cold realism of our politics, and who, an the ' nation's bride,” with rare grace and tact has Illustrated in a most conspicuous way the won derful power of the American girl, suddenly translated from the school to the capitol, to modestly yet triumphantly meet tne require ments of the loftiest position, we tender our cordial res|H)ct anil regard, and unite with men ol all parties in the prayer that God's choicest blessing may attend her during a happy future. I Cheer*. ] “Now, that doe* not look malicious, does >tl” said Mr. Depew, "aud yet that wns only two day* beforo the dinner party. 1 regret this, because it is the first time I nave ever been accused of nuch a thing, and * don’t think 1 deserve it. Hereafter." and n quizzical look crept into the corners of hi* eyes, “1 shall confine myseif, when I •m dining out, to purely scientific discus sions 1 shall make knowledge of the con dition of the weather my specialty, and no mm on Manhattan Island shall surpass me in meteorological erudition. HE DOESN’T BLAME AIRS. WHITNEY. Then, as if the whole thing had been cast off hL mind, he went on in the same vein cheerily and suggested with a laugh that it would probably be a good thing to have a phonograph at each dinner table, which could be sent to the different news paper offices. His good humor being thoroughly restored, he began on his frugal lunch again and soon despatched it. He called down the stairs as the reporter was leaving; “Be sure aud say I don’t blame Mrs. Whitney; she only did what she thought was right.” WHAT MR. WHITNEY SAYS. Secretary Whitney was found at his re-idence. No. 3 West Fifty-seventh street. “I don’t know anything about my wife’s interview,” said he, “because she is in Washington and I have not seen her since it appeared. You can say, however, that it sounds very much like her, and is prob ably correct. She has mentioned the sub ject to me very often, and begged me to let her say something publicly about the way the President was being slandered. Several days ago the correspondent of tee Chicago Tribune came to seo Mrs. Whit ney and said he was going to get statements from the leading social ladies of Washington on the subject of the Cleveland stories so as to effectually and forever set them at rest. Mrs. Whitney understood that she was only to be one of many. She will doubtless be surprised to see hei'self so extensively quoted. Still, I must sav that it sounds exactly like her,” and the Secretary smiled. “She was very much incensed about the many stories that were circulated, and doubtless talked very freely.” The secretary did not care to discuss the matter himself. A World reporter called upon several prominent society women and men, but one and all declined to express any opinion on the subject, stating in every case that they did not wish to take part in any controversy between Mrs. Wbitnoy and Mr. Depew. THE VERDICT AT THE CLUBS. The feeling in the clubs was on the whole in Mr. Depew’s favo'. There was muci discussion as to the privileged nature of an after-dinner talk between gentlemen in a gentleman’s house, and while it was con ceded that Mr. Depew might have been in discreet in mentioning or relating any stories about Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland’s private life, the facts that these stories were in universal circulation and probablv well known to the other gentlemen prosen , and that the conveisatlon was a privilege,, one, relieved him of blame. The gentleman who wrote to Air. Watterson afterward and asked him whether Air. Depew’s giving him as authority for one of the o stories was authorized, was severely cri i cised, especially by republicans and am - Cleveland men. Had he any reason to ques tion Air. Depew’s veracity or the reliability ot his sources of information, they argued, he should have done it politely then and there, or at least he should have asked Mr. Depew’s permission to write Mr. Watter son. His not doing so, it is held, was hypo critical, insulting to Mr. Depew and an abuse of the hospitalities of his host. He was really the man whom Mrs. Whitney should have attacked, as his letter to Mr. Watterson was the indirect cause of Mrs. Whitney’s statements and the attention it again called to the very stories it aimed to refute, and which, with tne echoes of the election, were fast dying away. WHY MR. DEPEW ? Said a prominent clubman, who, althou; h a Cleveland man in 1884, voted for Hart i son this year: “There is no doubt that Airs. Whitney's interview, as printed in the Chi cago Tribune, was an inspired one. I know personally, and I certainly do not blame him for it, that Cleveland has smarted under these stories regarding his treatment of Mrs. Cleveland and the unhappiness of his married life. Mrs. Whitney, lam told, undertook the task of refutingthese stories with pleasure. With true womanly feeling and lack of business judgment, and perhaps unconsciously smarting herself a little as the wife of a cabinet official whose party—and in consequence himself—was about to go out of power, and whose defeat was due, perchance, she thought, among other causes to these very in jurious stories, went too far and attacked Mr. Depew and Senator Ingalls without sufficient grounds for so doing. Air. Depew makes such a vigorous, if not polite.rejoinder that I do not blame him for a momentary want of courtesy. His position in the New York business, social and political world is too well assured to be injured by this affair. These stories which Mrs. Whitney accuses Mr. Depew of circulating have been told, repeated and discussed in every club of the laud. Ido not believe them. I do not ap prove of their circulation, but why shouid Mr. Depew be singled out for attack be cause Ue repeated a story in a private house, in a private conversation, which was public property and which I myself have heard democrats themselves tell and repeat in public places!” AS ETIQUETTE PROVIDES. The etiquette of after-dinner conversa tions which bears directly on the sensational episode above related was naturally much discussed yesterday. Said an old club man and diner-out. “There are no set rules which govern the conversations indulged in by the male guests at a dinner party after the ladies bave left the room and the coffee, liquors and cigars are brought in. Asa rule it varies with the personnel of the men present and with their number. At a large dinner, say of twenty to thirty covers, the men generally separate into small knots of three or four, or into couples, those who know each other best drawing their chairs together, but at a smaller dinner, such as was probably that at which Mr. Dapew committed the fault for which he is accused by Mrs. Whitney, the conversation generally takes in the en tire company and is informal in character. Asa rule, political and religious subjects are tabooed, but if the men aro weil ac quainted, and especially if they are nil friends, much latitude is permitted, and any subject that comes to hand may bo dis cussed, unless some guest or the host, who is supposed to keep his hand on the lever of the social engine and watch the track ahead, objects. Such an informal after dinner conversation is an unu sually privileged one, much more so than one in a club parlor, and, although there is an unwritten law that ladies’ names should not be used in general conversation among gentlomen, it is more and constantly honored in the breach than in the observ ance at such times, with rarely any result ant ill effect, as in the present case. The fact of a lady’s occupying a prominent po sition, such os that of mistress of the white house, for example, would be more apt to make her a subject of pleasant conversa tion than if *he were an humbler member of her sox. THINKS THE PRESS TO BLAME. “There is no doubt also that Americans have been so accustomed to seeing constant attacks upon men in public life in the daily press that attack or reflect upon even the ladies of these men’s families, that such stories as these in point do not seem the same thing as they would if directed against ladies of more private life. I do not mean to say or even intimate that Airs. Cleveland should be attacked or reflected upon, or that stories should be circulated which might cause her unhappiness, simply bee u use she is the Presi dent’s wife, but she cannot expect to be spared what many of her predecessors have endurod. She herself has never been spoken of either in public it private except with respect. Has she n< t fared better than Mr*. Lincoln,Mrs. Hayes, or even Mrs. Grant I It seems to me Airs. Whitney’s interview shows undue sensi tiveness, which is, perhaps, not all her own, and it is the man who wrote to Mr. Watterson, aud not so much Mr. Dopew, who committed a breach of etiquette. Other club men seen took subaUntiaUv the same view* of the case outlined above, and there was a general consensus of opinion that Mrs. Whitney’* interview would revise a subject that had best be dropped, and that soon. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1888. 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Tan. etc.; Silk, Velvet and Plush Operus. in a I toe latest shades; real Alligator Operas, in Green. Wine. Tortoise, Black, lan, etc.; ladles’ Fancy Beaded Operas, Oxfords, etc , in Bronze and Black; Fancy lan, Plush, Felt arid Kid Slip|*>re, both for toilet and evening wear. Good Help, like good goods, is scarce, but we are rapidly adding to our force, and before many days wiil not keep any customers waiting. Nimble lingers are requisite to cope with our active prices and eager purchasers. Special 1,000 Beautiful Plush Photograph Album*, well bound, different colors, $1; cheap al $2. 1 .000 Elegant Plush Dressing Cases, Celluloid Brush. Comb and Mirror, $1 03; worth $4. Seen in BASEMENT. ALTMAYER’S CLOTHING. WHAT 5] CHRIST- Si MAS? * * * * * * * * * WE HAVE FIFTY DOZEN FINE White Japanese ) sit i tv v ders, at □ . , ,• r l 50c. EACH; Handkerchiefs, ) worthtsc. Also a lot lovely INITIAL HANDKER CHIEFS, three in a beautiful Russian Leather Box, at $2 25 per box. GOLD-HEADED UMBRELLAS CHEAP. ‘‘BY THE WAY,” We introduce anew feature, which will con tinue till Christmas. We will allow a discount of 10 per cent, on all articles (except E. & W. Collars and Knox Hats). Prices, which are very low, plainly marked on everything. 10 Off—Remember It. C DRESS SUITS and OVERCOATS; largest H assortment ever shown in Savannah. 1 Ij SEPARATE KNEE PANTS a specialty. Ft TO CLOSE OUT IU 100 BOYS’ SUITS’! S at $1 80. ) ■■■■i ■■■ TIMELY TOPICS. IO OFF- Many merchants begin to offer inducements after the harvest has been reaped. We believe in giving purchasers the advantages while they are supPLviNo thoir wants, hence our liberal offer of TEN PER CENT. DISCOUNT on all purchases. Now, even at marked prices, our goods are chea)>er than any competitors. 10 PER CENT. OFF. OVERCOATS. A Good Union Cassimere $ 6 50 A Good Kersey 8 00 An Elegant Kersey 12 50 A Nice Fancy Worsted 15 00 (With Silk Facing). Our SATIN LINED COATS are the hand somest ever shown here. “WOULD 1 WERE A BOY AGAIN,” BOYS’ SHIRT WAISTS in FLANNELS and PERCALES. BOYS’ FURNISHINGS. KNOX AND FLEXOR HATS. Gold and Silver Shirts. Gents' Business and Dress Suits. 800 Tnirs Nice DRESS PANTS bought at cut prices aud to go the same way. REUrr&Bn, 161 Congress Street. PU LBICATIONS. Magazines for December AT ESTILL'S NEWS DEPOT am btilXa street. Price. The Centuiy 35c The Atlantic Monthly Sic The Forum 50c Outing 25c The Popular Science Monthly 50c Scribner’s Magazine 25c Harper's Monthly 35c St. Nicholas 25c Lippincott's Magazine 25c Cosmopolitan 25c The Eclectic Magazine 50c The North American Review 50c The Southern Cultivator 15c The Home Maker 2()c Magazine of American History 50c Frank Leslie’* Sunday Magazine 25c Frank Budget of Fun 20c Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours 15c Frank L she's Popular Muulhly 25c S' imething to Read 25c The Princess 20c Family l.inrary 15e The Indies Home Journal 10c Tiie Poultry World !5c The Southern Farmer. 15c The Universal Review 75c Address sll orders to WILLIAM ESTILL. Savannah, Ga. Fashion Magazines for December Estill’s News Depot, NO, STREET. Price. Young Ladles’ Journal 300 •*Le Guide de la Mode” *sc Peterson’s Magazine 2So Oodey's Lady's Book 25c Demorest's Monthly Magazine ,25c New York Fashion Bazar 25c "L'Art de la Mode” 36c The Seasons 35c “Le Bon Ton” 0c Revue de la Mode 350 Demorest's Port Folio of the Fashion* 250 The Delineator 20c arper’s Baza r 100 Address all orders to WILLIAM ESTILL, Savannah, Ga. l a. McCarthy, BARNARD STREET. (Under Knights of Pythias’ Hall), PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING. steam abating a specialty. 5