Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-23
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Sherman Preparing to Resc0rd his False
Frtends-Ch0rIey Foster, Ben Butter
north and Deacon Smith Singled Out for
HIS ReVenge.
Washington Special Gully lS) to Cincinnati
Enquirer
II General Garfield should be elected
President it will be the beginning of some
OF the liveliest hair-pniiing among Ohio Re-
publican politicians. Let it be recorded that
Secretary Sherman will then brace himself
to the task of giving Charles Foster a deal
of political revenge which will probably
make the heart of the calico statesman beat
lively quickstep. Sherman is fully i'm
pressed with the idea that Foster cruelty be-
trsyed him at Chicago, and if ever Foster
looms p for senatorial or other honors in
Ohio, he will find Nemesis in his track
with long memory and elastic conscience.
That Sherman absolutely detests Foster
is illustrated by an incident Nhich took place
after the Chicago convention. have the
details from clerk in the treasury depart
ment. After the adjournment of the con-
ventlon Foster came to Washington at the
time Secretary Sherman was at Fortress
Monroe, but awaited his return. There was
q female employe in the department who de-
sired to get sick leave for some months.
put IN q substitute, and divide the salary. In
some cases this practice is allowed by the
department, and the lady depended on Gov
ernor Fosters good offices to arrange the
matter.
1t so happened that when Sherman re-
turned the clerk, who is my informant, had
business in the secretary's Office. AS be ap-
preached the door leading to the secretary's
Office he saw Gov. Foster go in. "Well,''
said the clerk to himself, s'there is small
chance for my now seeing the secretary
Foster is with him, and he will, of course,
recite the details of the Chicago convention,
and occupy good deal of his time.'' Even
while thus Illuminating Foster came out
with blanched face and in rather q nervous
state.
The secretary, it appears, had hardly
noticed him, and treated him with
an 10y GOODNESS and gave Ohio's
governor to understand that he knew
more about the Chicago convention
than Foster would be apt to tell him. In
the hall Foster met the lady for whom he
was to intercede for the sick leave. He shook
his head omipously and said, 81 can do
nothing; can do nothing; have no infu-
encs with Secretary Sherman
1t Is an open question whether or no
Sherman is pleased with Ben Butterworth's
course at the convention. He dlstrusts
about half the delegation, and think Ben
is under the ban. If this impression is cor
rect, Butterworth will not have the aid of
the treasury to either secure the nomination,
or the election in case of the nomination.
OF all tho do1anokoo bo of loI h.
vention, Sherman thinks Bickham played
the most manly part. At all events he did
not play the hypocrite.
Sherman is also aware of the important
fact that on the night preceding the nomi-
nation of Garfield Richard Smith visited Cen
eral Garfield and asked him what he
would do in case there was break in the
convention for him (Garfeld). The latter
replied: 81 shall rise in my chair and de-
cline to allow myself to be balIoted for -
"That," said Richard, sis just what we don't
want you to do" and the sequel shows that
Garfield did not do it, other than in such q
feeble way that chairman Hoar looked upon
it as a joke, and SO treated it.
If there is a senatorial vacancy in Ohio
next fall, while Secretary Sherman himself
may not be able to pre- empt it for his own
use, he will do what he can to see to it thai
Charles Foster never gets it.
Col. Moulton, who is here, says that if the
late interview with Sherman is authentis,
that Sherman was very foolish to express
himself as he did, as it hurts him in Ohio
He said if Sherman had taken his advice he
would never have made a canvass for the
Presidential nomination, but would have re-
tired from public life when resumption was
assured. Moulton said the Presidential
Office is no place to make reputation, and il
Sherman had rounded his political era with
the bringing about of resumption his repu-
tation was as firmly established as it neeG
be, and could not have been improved ever
if elected to the executive Office.