Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-23
HEADS OFF.
Sherman Preparing to Re,cord HIS False
Frtemds-CharIey Foster, Ben Butter
north and Deacon Smith Singled Out for
His Recenge.

Sherman Preparing to Reicord HIS False
Frtemds-CharIey Foster, Ben Butter
north and Deacon Smith Singled Out for
His Repenge.
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-puiiing among Ohio Re-
publican politicians. Let it be recorded that
Secretary Sherman will then brace himself
to the task of giving Charles Foster deal
OF political revenge which will probably
make the heart of the calico statesman beat
a lively quckstep. Sherman is fully i'm
pressed with tbs idea that Foster cruelty be-
trsyed him at Chicago, and if ever Foster
looms up Tor senatorial or other honors in
ONO, he Will ind Nemesis in his track
with q long memory and elastic conscience.
That Sherman absolutely detests Foster
Is illustrated by an incident which took place
atter the Chicago convention. l have the
details from clerk in the treasury depart
ment. After the adjournment of the con-
ventlon roster came to Washington at the
time secretary Sherman was at Fortress
Monroe, but awaited his return. There was
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sired to get sick leave for some months.
put IN 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 he APP
preached the door leading to the secretary's
Office he saw Gov. Foster go in. "Well,"
said the clerk to himself, "there is g 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 a good deal of his time'' Even
while thus Illuminating Foster came out
with bianched face and in rather nervous
state.
The secretary, it appears, had hardly
notlced him, and treated him with
an ICY 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 ball 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; 1 can do nothing; I have no influ-
cuCo Will secretary Sherman"
It Is an open question whether or no
Sherman is pleased with Ben Butterworth's
course at the convention. He dIstrusts
about half the delegation, and I 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 the delegates who attended the con-
vention, Sherman thinks Bickham played
the most manly part. At ell 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 balloted 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 a
feeble way that chairman Hosr looked upon
1t as 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 that
Charles Foster never gets it.
Col. Moulton, who is here, says that if the
late interview with Sherman is authenti.,
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 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 if
Sherman had rounded his political era with
the bringing about of resumption his repu-
tation was as firmly established as it need
be, and could not have been improved even
if elected to the executive office.