, 1877-09-30
SHERM

| 4 Talk with tho sccrctary Of tho Treasury,
T.!r2run. to c.actun.tj Commercial!
WAsu1sG1oS. Sent. a7.-S,rrctary Sherman
! boy1,oon tho obioc+ ,f CO ,,., no..,n.,or ,r;+;
4..N~ w., ~ " ~ o..4 "soale. e,'et
csm u late, tua1 II mas peen tnou@ht aaslsaoIc'
this evening, to get bis side OF the story. He
was, therefore, called upon and put through q
couree of onostior;nr 1Jc ,r,s fou,,1 ,+ homo
-: ~ o., 4...,a~ .sa ,:..
l.. Eooo "uno' uno u4opoee@t " - ...'A' Lac nao
pile OF papers before INN, much like an EDITORS
sanctum. He said large numbers Of newspapers
we're sent to him officially. often marked to at-
tract his attention. some ouite friendly md
some quite the reverse.
ABOUT NEWSPAPERS.
The 1eadinp fla;Iics come II, him rrpu1ar1v tn,t
he had not always time to onen them. mnch las
to read them. But hc dcyotes one or two
hnurs each evening tn them. AMI tried tn krcn
nm With the current events and oninjons Thc
enercy and cnterpr;se of the Drcss we're omaz-
iur, It made and controlled nub]ic onjnit,n.
and could fairly be called the third estate. ns
notent rs either House Of Conurcss F.,rt11. ~
fakes. What tIcy sar that is false is mt to 1ic
ont or be- co1,traIl;rtcj 1hc newt dav- Snme ore
fair and lust. and some make It noint to ncr-
vert md lie. but thev balance cach other vrrv
we'll. '
sr.rrvrsrs Sor wonru coxrp .n,er,ov
The public viii find ont what IN believe in a
very shor, tin,r lie had reod ohout h;rnsc1f
innn,nerah]e falst}oods. but did r,nt contraf]ict
them unless they ininrio11sIy afT.rtcd others.
He had been made n candidot;. .fnr tn. Sennt..
when he INV nevcr ~ mcntioneI ar thouobt of # % He
was chareed with lcyyiug assessments on clerks
for nolitirol nurnoscs yhe,, hn had rcfusc1 oven
20 mention wish on the subject. He inten,lcI
to ro home and vote and cnntr;imtc ia the clrr.
tion. but that was his own busincss.
NOT BUILDING HOUSES TO ANT GREAT EXTENT.
Itwas said that he was building sixty houses.
while the only house he hafl Lulr th;s summer
was new stable in the place Of one that was tor
ping down. He had sold some vacant lots down
by the railroad to IN ASSOCIATION Of en1crnris,na
mechanics, who we're building q fine lot Of
houses an them. and on lots nnrrhusci1 trotn
Others, giving employment to Il rood many mon
He was charged with expressing and grinding
the people, when al, be had done was to reduce
exnenscs. lessen the rate Of interest. a,l add to
the yalue of every dollar of nancr mouc1
NO INTEREST IN THE sYND1cATE
He was falsely cnarped with heinz interested
in the Syndicate. When he had ouIy the sans
interest 1l,at every 5Yood citizen 1os AMI ,uodo
thc hcst nossib1e harrain fnr tbc nnhlic 1v;tI
them, and held them to their contract. These
md other false}1oods he had read. hit ofter ii,
he believed sensible neon1c ,ynni, 1eorn ~
truth, and give him credit if he did right, and
vss rerv 1r,i;nu ~ he hc1d recnonsit1a & ~, 5;d
wrong ~ 0A0
pTr,crrcr !. eo17r rpr.erpr v,rrp,s
Tn renlv In the rc,narl that snrnc nf flo no,rs-
miners prc Iisnosct] to romnl,jn ta+ Ia - -''t;
rert ahon+ noattcr. in tha 'Trooc.r~ 49,; - . ~
: ~ answer questions ha ca;n +tt ~ 49, use uss,
tr,-,. !, er,s he nffcrt ~ .oaI, +hn ',1; vi ~ W.
stontiv adviscd IT the eyo1t cnnd;t;n,, | If ~
Trc.s1rr Hc had ENLARGED +hc nn,,+r11- " 1oht ~
etatamcnt rh oav. iii I'm ;ts,ae ~ ~ uco ,.t
H.; ,1ntt Wthin wool. oft.r IT, ~ ,,a .ue !.n p
shn1 hc md rrrnorr, and n,,,'1;shod ill., "s pun
mcnt showinr the nrincina1 panr,i s1,tis,;c ise
thc TreasnrvHt aunre~ate 1nh, 80, -, ,o,,1
he miro of ro1i ct;3 ~ Oh :. ;t1'
the SANE ;tems nf thc Same tfat, nm rcar W.
vions 7hs statement shows thc oract ,.i,annos
n thc cnudit,on nf The: Trrasmrv ond a":.rH
;tcm vas a favorable one liz had nnh,shcj
ona ;ntendcd hcrnoftcr to nnhI;sh ~, 49,,
13th dav of eoch month thc rxart cash H. in liz
Treasury nt that date. and he n,,rnnsns fnr
rl,irh Il is ncjd T'his Ind MT hcrn I'm. h. ho.
forc TIc alwnys pavc tn th. nress thn da;iv |
ha|onccs in thc Treasury and thc div Teccints
frou customs and infrfnal reyennc' anf1 iii ac. |
tnal occurrences IN the Denartmcnt of intnrast
tn the nuh]ic He sail he vas ratjrent nn1r IN
whot he intended tn do ani, that rct;rcnce was
i,stjfahle and necessary. ~
ALwAYs READY n r17Ry1su rAcrs
But no Secretary was more rca1v than hc to |
rive exact facts as thcr ocrur and This h., hecn
and wo1l]t br friven at the same time tn Tho A.
sociatcd Press aud all c0rrcsnonlcnts aiikc
Without distinction or favor If he refused tn
be cross-cxa,nined and answer questions nremo-
turelF. it was out Of no disrcspect tn the CORE
,pondents, who wished to get ahead in rather
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