, 1879-01-03
SHERMAN THE SILENT

tI'tn..h
The Secretary of tho TfeasurY Ia ysry lcsp
man. snl an wIly po,ittcIan "A there IA Ia Tho
,.., - H. n. T. ~. ~ ~. 5.s,.,s,,. ,.s,,
trnu 1"uuy. lag 70 oho u tao asnRe3o"s u.en
OF the country. and Tor the next twelve months,
at least, promises to bo Tho central figure in
American politics, not alone becanse OF l!s
nrom,ncncn In tl,a sttcmnt to hr,nu ,hc conntrv
oack TO specie pasls, oat $50 because oi DIS
ambitions an1 hts ability 10 bring them to q sue
cessfui i,.ne. John Sherman has been one Of
tho most suecessful men II, polittcs, II tc has
.a'ea tnts ~. W a''A.n WY ps..e"ias un1ees u
MS hearts dehlfe, tho outside world uocs
not know It, He Ia not man Of brute force
and fmpertusbabilty, II Grant 10. lie Is not
h.,,,a,. .a.n. III. n,stns H., =, =. . aa.,,-
oHi!tant aetor nRe bla'he. But no IL oeepef
plotter than sny OF them, ~ ambitious a. any,
and more selfish than all the rest together. lie
Talk of Grant =. N. !. ors,t .1,.nt man !, Wnv
80 ,.'." y. u.a"t - sno ktsat o"en. .'a'. Way
10 % ta'k.nR poli-pasr"s COMPARED Win onef-
man; Tor Grant, while silent to the great out
comrades. and bad most remsrksbla fscul.1
of rhoosisg lad contfdaots. mn Hhsrnsn s, IL .
closed book 10 his own brother. OF ali The
political schemes xh!ea b hs. haisasd. No %aa
t.ts I'm s,'.x no nns. u '"' n'H 'pss q"
R"t set o,,t IN oou,to o.,o,,, q rcv foc,, ,na
nrolabi1ttias snent Tia r,,mnr that Hi'ernan uiii
hs '1f roosasF
II serms. sherman eertniniv d..,ircs r. ani' ia r.
friends ara certainiy working for il. Whyi Far
thr hcat rrason In thc wnrjI In inhn Hficrrnnn
Mora thsn yeor aeo took * necsson 10 .sy ti,at
nd Gspsa r. s Ind
nomination ID lSS6 Now say ihst be- d nearsr
aftsfnin1 th.t aesiro ~ III h.srt thar I. III
Blsiuo or coukIioa' su. i Il. 'I sehenes suep 30
thfouuh n he has ti,cneti thom. Grant him.rlf
viii kare to p]nv second fisidls 10 aherman in
tI,e nrrt nennt,ican f,onvrntinn - ~
puSlIesn eandids.a for III aoveTuo1s6ip w W ot
Ohjo. hccsn,e he hss everything tn win .nn NJ
noth,nr 10 loss b1 IL. II ha Ismsins II IN I ahc
Cahfnnt. what nolitical futuro II thrre for him
4 IT, ths clog Il e iIs present. si Admns!I.,ioni
years moro. ont Of Witch be viii have e1tr,ctcti
Hi tha honnr hy fhn III al usrt inv. and ~ ~
~ Iii ~ sheiyed' lin II H. cae,}s. "I nhtn ~
r. III, ths p.S;!lge q TIT yf;tssy, .idsl io
M,mn.tnn wt1 givc lin. vii mt hi,n iar ~ ~.
wn1d In the racn for ths natfonat mnnination. mar
anIt h}s resfunstion ot t,,a Trcosnrr ,,".tfniis,
thn.e wa ara sasinr thst Ia !. sunEins ,ho ~,
Dnnartmrnt for Ella nrrxonai rmnlu.
mant' n shr,man ean p.t Thmrm,n nit,n.1
s1.Ins. hin, IN tis i1h,o 1;mherpstnrtsi ssIJ
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,har VII; ~ hnms,,'on,.l =. ~. w ate
moro than Ills, tho old Senalor. whose head i.
OF tho longest. knows TINT IN Eiicl clHlpa}CJ