Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-06
"REMINISCENCES OF PUBLIC MEN,
BY BEN :eER1EY poonE.

Charles Taylor sherman died at his
residence in Cleveland on New Years
Day, 1879. He WIS the eldest of the
eleven children of tie Sherman family.
Judge Sherman, tie father, died in
1928, aged forty-fof. The death of
Charles 7. Sherman was sudden, but
his health had been Ariously shatter-
ed for several years.A He was of the
old firm of Sherman& Hedges, law
yers, in Mansfield. hhn Sherman,
ex-Secretary OF the Teasury, was a
member of this firm wien he entered
Congress i'll 1854. Chales T. Sher-
man became interested In the Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railrad, through
the relations of his law firm with
that corporation, and lived for
appointed Judge of the Northern
District of Ohio by President( ohuson,
but while on the bench wrotA letters
demanding the payment of ices for
services rendered before he Ewas a
Judge, in connection with associates in
railroad affairs. These l~etters\ came
before the public in such a way\s to
cause reflections to be made upon him
as a Judge, and he resigned, thAlgh
advised by those who knew the Whole
case to wait and appeal to public jusSce
upon all the facts. He was q manpf
strong characteristics, and his sensiti1>-
ness was so keen that he suffered be,
You'd endurance, when men of coarsel
organization could have lived compla
Gently. He left O wife and two sons and
two daughters. The eldest daughter is
Mrs. Gen. Miles. The youngest isMrs
Don Cameron.
MI. Lincoln gavethe first limitation
of q desire for reelection one e-ening
in December, 1863, when he sal chat
ting with Leonard SWEET of Chicago,
and Thurlow Weed of Alban. Mr..
SWEET remarked: II suppose you are
thinking about a re-election?" Mr..
Lincoln replied: @Swett, how did you
know that the bee was buzzirg about
my ears? Until very recently I ex-
pected to see the Union SAB and the
authority of the Government restored
before my term of service expired.
But, as the war has been prolonged, I
confess that I should like to see it out
in this chair. I suppose hateverybody
in my position finds some re,son, good
or bad, to crafty or excue his ap-
bition." MI. Weed, who narrated this
conversation, added that Nh. Lincoln
was not in favor of the nomination of
Andrew johnson as Vice President,
but that his choice was Daniel S. Dick
inson of New York.
When the expedition unde. Gen. A. s.
Johnston was fitted out, in Buchanan's
time, for the conquest of Utah, Capt.
Van Welt of the regular army was the
chief quartermaster. Although a COM
paratively young man, his hair was
perfectly white, while his face, with its
large, square nose. was dark red, re-
calling to the readers of Shakespeare
Falstaf's burly companion Bardolf.
Brigham Young, regarding him as a
man we'll advanced in years, invited
him to his house, and he came back
with many amusing anecdotes Of the
campaign. During the war he was
prominently connected with tie Army
of the Potomac, and his face wa q
familiar n at Washington, where he
settled after he went on the retired
list. A general favorite in society, he
was always seen at balls and parties
Probably no n wa more generally
acquainted with the officers Of of th.
regular army and of the volunteer,
who served in the war for the suppress
sion of the rebellion.
Senator Ben Hill of Georgia made {
speech in the Senate in May, 1879, tina
occupied an entire afternoon, and wa
listened to with marked attention. Hi
speech was an agreeable surprise to hi.
friends. He was often dry and unin'
%teresting as a speaker, repeating him
self. rambling over the subject rough
shod. and boring his listeners without
enlightening them, but on this occasion
he was both interesting and instruct
i've, and held his fine audience until the
close. In some respects it was q strong
speech, and in all respects it was bold
He met all the charges against the
South, regarded the actions of tina
section for the past twenty years, anc
let drop many remarks that would have
caused him and his party trouble there
after. Blaine, Conkling, Logan
Chandler, and Edmunds paid close ut
t%ention, and when Hill made a particu
iarly. bold assertion they jotted it dowr
AaVu1o uo0' 1u0io were S0VcrA
paragraphs in the speech that served
for campaign purposes among the Re
p%ublicans. Hill was complimentet
throughout his effort by the undivided
attention of all the Senators on his
side of the chamber and most of til,
Republicans. As the Senator spok.
almost entirely without notes, the gen
eral impression was that he would b,
led into saying many indiscreet things
but he bridled himself with a good dea
of success, and Democrats were gen
orally pleased with his speech. H,
quoted largely from authorities to sus
tain his assertions, and among otha,
things read a letter from 2. Chandle,
10 the Governor Of Michigan, il
the days of secession, where b,
made the famous assertion tina
a little blood-letting would b.
good for the Union. He solemn,
read the letter, and when he came t
She name of u. Chandler there wa,
loud laughter. Chandler sat quietl,
in his seat, with his hands folded across
his breast, during nearly all the speech
but when Hill injected this letter int,
his remarks Chandler picked himself
up and began sending for documents
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