Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-10
JOHN SHERMAN,

OehSAos
JOHN SHERMAN.
He .Booms for Garfield obviously aud
Tells HOsU He Vas Defeated.
Gath in Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Well, sir" said, "Mr. Sherman, have
been to tho two conventions, both at Chlca-
go and Cincinnati. Is Garfield going to be
elected?'
"It all depends on the State of New
York." said the secretary. After pause he
repeated: "It all lies right here. If this
State wants Garfield he can be elected"
"Mr. Secretary, there is no animation in
the canvass on either side as yet. The Dem
ocrats feel unusually hopeful, having a good
union candidate. The Republicans said,
twill depend great deal on Garfield him.
self. A man of his power on the stump
ought to come to New York and enliven the
campaign"
81 don't know said the secretary,
"whether p9hlic opinion will endorse can
didate taking the stump directly in his own
favor. think Garfield, if he has an errand
i'll the east, might make some incidental
speeches on. the way-short and general in
their character. think that he has made
some good speeches already. That was a
good speech that he made at Painesyille on
the Fourth of July"
".Mr. Sherman, the Republican hope in
the campaign must be in calling the country
to concerns of education and culture, which
Garfield SO well represents. The Republi-
cans may well say that they have finished
out the war and dismissed their oldest gen
erals, and are now ready for an issue of
civilization.
.You are right there" said the secretary;
"that is Garfeld's chance, to arouse the spirit
of education and culture. He can fifty repre-
sent the sch0olmaster abroad in the land;
but then,e said Mr.. Sherman, after mo-
ment, edo you think the people will spring
to an idea of refinement like that?'
1 told the secretary that his doubt was q
rational one; that the people imbibed the
idea of the military and physical heroes
quicker than that of the schoolmaster. After
a pause the secretary said: 81 represented
the idea which would have aroused the peo-
nle. If ] had been nominated I would have
been elected. The idea that l represented
was business development. Having oh.
tanned the confidence of the business class
by my financial work, | could reasonably
have directed their attention to business de-
velopment, to the building and opening
communications to prosperity"
eyes, Mr.. secretary, in this city at least
there are many business Democrats strongly
in your favor"
81 know that" said Mr.. Sherman; "there
were many such called on me before tho
convention and told me that they would as
sist to elect me-. Ispeak in no regret on the
question, because, as told you,my mind and
conduct are again free. But the idea rep
resent in some measure was the idea on
which the Republican party would have a
broad road to success"
"Well, sir, it looked TO one that saw about
the Sunday before the convention mot as if
you were going to be nominated. Your
enemies were particularly alarmed. They
thought Grant would lead off and Blaine
come second, and when they neutralized each
other the Convention would drop to the third
candidate, and you would be nominated. In
diana and Wisconsin, being uncertain, had
the fixing of the nomination on Garfield"
Mr. Sherman replied: "Indiana was desir-
GUS to go for me. l had a telegraphic dis
patch after the Convention was organized
that there were sixteen men in the Indiana
delegation ready to come to me at once. Ah, y
said the Secretary, "my own State was lit
tie wavering."
"WelI, sir" said, "Governor Foster told
me the Sunday before the Convention met
that there would be boom there for Garfield,
but that neither he nor Garfield could give it
any assistance"
The great Secretary of the Treasury shook
his head in practical way, and said: "Mr.
Gath, Foster and those other gentlemen who
ultimately went to Garfield were in that
movement. It is useless to say that they
were drawn into it. Foster was one of them.
He had the Vice Presidential bee in his bon
net. He had an idea of getting On the ticket
with Blaine. When that nomination failed
he thought he would push Garfield up to the
point, that he could take his place in the
Senate.