Connecticut western news., 1886-11-10

Il respect to hluntneSS, ulrectneSS, ana sort of rough aggressiveness. The subtle, secretive, and cautious habit of John came to him by some other than the Sherman inheritance, and his talent | as a private and public financier as well. | The Shermans as rule were not money keepers. William T. Sherman hasn't the most remote notions of the art of He knows what his sal ary is and what his expenses are and he is content to have them balance. George Frisbie Hoar Is poor, always has been, probably always will be, and his friends say has not escaped embarrassment on that account. He might earn large fees as a lawyer, sometimes does. but is quite likely to put the fee in his trousers pocket and spend lavishly as long as it lasts. MT Evarts earns vast sums, but is not regarded as very wealthy man not near so wealthy as he would have been had he had the moneymaker's gift of knowing what to do with his money.
 But John Sherman, unlike his rela- tives, Is a cunning business man. On the other hand, they all outrank him in legal ability. Honest John is consu- mate politician, shrewd financier, but no great account as a lawyer.
 Mir Evarts, on the other hand, inher- its the legal ability, and lawyers say has improved his inheritance But where does he get that interminable, obscure, involved and highly Latinized diction? That doesn't come from Roger Sher- man, who was clear, blunt, straightfor- ward Old classmates of Evarts at Yale a half century ago say that he develop ed that habit in coll, ge, and it IS tra- dltlon that he was known among the students as ''wordy Evarts" That nick name could not have been given him in mocking spirit exactly, for he seems to have attained that prominence in col lege among his fellows which he very speedily established in the world. He was great debater, great essayist, and gathered the prizes for these attain ments in a way that brought him the gushing admiration of the students.
 "He will be president some day." was the prophecy. There was quiet, re- tiriug, inconspicuous student at Yale at the same time who was elected president 40 years later His name was Tilden. But it was to young Evarts then that the eyes of his mates were turned in ex- pectation of this honor. Perhaps the pleasant predictions of his classmates have been echoing in his memory ever since. Perhaps if he had little more political ability even at the expense of his legal gifts he might have been pres ident ere this. He was prominent be- fore he was 40, was figuring at Chicago in 60 for William H. Stewards nomina- tion and then made the motion to make the nomination of Abraham Lincoln unanimous. Twenty years later his cousin, George Frisbie Hoar, presided over the convention at which another cousin, John Sherman, was prominent candidate for the presidency. The CO., incidence would be moro strikingly car ried on If at the next convention one cousin, MT Evarts, should be chairman, and two other cousins Sherman and Hoar-should be nominated for presi- dent and vice president, or vice versa
 In some respects the Hoar brothers are the most interesting members of this generation of the Sherman family. Some years ago the older brother, Rock. wood, seemed to give the greater prom. ise of future. When the two brothers were in the house together, Rockwood seemed to shadow George. The younger brother-though his hair was whitel than Rockwoods-seemed to be little awed by the older. Redwood sustain ed the family reputation as a lawyer ane Grant made him his attorney general and tried to put him on the suprem, bench. But there cropped out in Rock wood, while he was attorney general, little of the old Roger Sherman brusque ness now and then, and several republi can senators were so deeply offended that they would not let him go on tn, supreme bench. Then Ben Butler bea
 him for congress, and this was adding insult to injury. So Redwood wen
 back to his law office in Boston, and i is suspected that he was mugwump year ago.
 George Frisbie Hoar developed rapid
 ly after he got from under the shadov of Rockwood's s wing. and the Massachu setts people discovered that his face an,
 manner were misleading, for he was n
 innocent in politics, like Rockwood Hoa
 or Evarts, but decidedly adept As h
 aimed, however, to cover up his adept
 ness, some people accused him of
 quality which was possessed in an emi
 nent degree by celebrated creation o
 Charles Dickens brain. MT Hoar, un
 like all the other Sherman relatives, DOS
 sessed a curious streak of almost femi
 nine vanity.
 It is a known fact that he practice
 his formal speeches before a looking
 glass. John Sherman was never accuse,
 of that, nor Evarts, nor Lockwood Hoar
 and the chances are that old Roger Sher
 man scarce ever looked at his own re
 tlection. Then, too, while George Hoa
 was hurt at the fancied resemblance be
 tween himself and Mir Cruikshank's con
 ception of Dickens Pickwick, he was
 on the other hand, really pleased whe | fnlI thnt hn rnsannllnl ,.nr,r rrrnn |