The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-10-31
ALL OF ONE FAMILY.
Three Prominent Men Descended from
Roger Sherman.

Three prominent Nheh DesODhuSN
Roger Sherman.
Philadelphia Times
The Ohio Shermans are co1laterally connected
with the Roger Sherman family, as they claim,
tboueh not of his direct blood. They are OF the
Connecticut Shermans. One OF the TWO FAMOUS
brothers. Tecumseh, who is the only one Oh TUG
fer,;lv- who has won renown as soldier, IS the
most like Roger Sherman, in respect OF olunt-
ness directness and sort OF rough aggressive
ness The subtle, secretive and cautious nAol1
of John came to him by some other than the
sherman inheritance, and his talent as private
and nublic financier as WELL The Shermans, as
a rule. were pot ney-keepers. William L.
Sherman hasn't the most remote notion ol Ino
art of accommodating. He knows what MS salary
is and what his expenses are, ana is co1ten'.o
ba~a them balance. George Frisbie Hoar is
moor. always has been, probably always Will De-
and his friends say, has not escaped emoarrass-
ment on that account. He might earn large tees
as lawyer sometimes does, but IS quite llKeiy
to put the fee in his trousers pockei,
lasts. Mr.. Evarts earns vast sums
but he is not regarded as a very wealthy man
not near so wealthy as he would have oeen nao
he had the money makers gift OF knowing WhaS
to do with his money. But John sherman, I'M
like his relatives is a cunning business man.
On the other hand, they all outrank him IN
legal ability. Honest John is a consummate
politician, shrew fnancier, but no great ac
count as lawyer. ,
Mr. Eyarts on the other hand, inherits the
legal ability, and lawyers say has improved his
Inheritance But where does he get that inter
minable, obscure, involved and highly Latlnizeo
dictionG That doesn't come from Roger oner
man. who was clear, blunt, straightforward.
Old classmates of Evarts at ale hair cen
fury ago say that he developed that habit In
college, and it is a tradition that he was known
among the students as "wordy Evarts' !hat
nickname could not have been given him IN
hooking spirit exactly, for he seems to have at
tanned that prominence in college among his
fellows which he very speedily established In the
world. He was great debater. a great essays
ist, and gathered the prizes for those attainments
in way that brought him the gushing admira-
ton of the students
''He will be President some day." was the
prophecy. There was quiet retiring lncon-
spicuous student at Yale at the same time who
was presidential candidate forty years later.
His name was Tiden. But it was to young
Evarts then that the eyes of his mates were
turned in expectation of this honor. Perhaps
the pleasant predictions of his classmates have
been echoing in his memory ever since. Fer
haps if he had little more political ability even
at the expense of his legal gifts, he might have
been President ere this. He was prominent be-
fore he was forty; was figuring at Chicago in
1860 for William III. Stewards nomination, and
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 coincidence would be more
strikingiy carried out if at the next convention
one cousin, Mr.. Evarts. should be chairman, and
two other cousins-Sherman and Hoar-should
be nominated for President 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, lockwood, seemed to give the greatest
promise Of future. When the two brothers
were in the House together, lockwood seemed
to shadow George. The younger brother
though his hair was whittier than Rockwood'S-
seemed 20 be a little awed by the older Rock
wood sustained the family reputation as lawyer,
and Grant made him his Attorney-general, and
| tried to put him upon the Supreme Bench. But
there cropped out in lockwood, while he was
Attorney. general, a little of the old Roger Sher
man brusqueness, now and then, and several
Republican Senators were offended so deeply
that they wouldn't let him go upon the Supreme
Bench. Then Ben Butler beat him for Congress-
and this was adding insult to injury. So Rock
wood went back to his law Office in Boston. and
it is suspected that ne was muewump year
ago.
George Frisbie Hoar developed rapidly after he
got from under the shadow of Rockwoods wing
and the Massachusetts people discovered that his
face and manner were misleading, for he no
innocent in politics. like lockwood Hoar or
Evarts, but decidedly adept. AS he aimed, how
ever, to cover up this adeptness, some people
accused him of quality which was possessed in
eminent degree by celebrated creation Of
Charles Dickens's brain Mr. Hoar, unlike all
the other Sherman relatives, possesses curious
streak of almost feminine vanity.
II is known fact that he practices his formal
speeches before lookinggass. John Sherman
was never accused of that. nor Evarts, nor Rock
wood Hoar, and the chances are that old Roger
Sherman scarce ever looked at his reflection.
Then too, while George Hoar was hurt at the
fancied resemblance between himself and Mr..
Cruikshanks conception of Dickens's Pickwick,
he was, on the other hand, really pleased when
told that he resembled very greatly Horace
Greeley So many people see a resemblance
that there must be one. But George Hoar's
face is not Sherman face. is his shrill, pip
ing voice Sherman voice. John Sherman is
said more closely to resemble Roger.
In these three men we unquestionably see the
influence of location acting upon inherited quail
ties. Evarts, the polished, urbane, witty New
Yorker; George Hoar, the sharp, petulant
| bright, nagging New Highlander; John Sherman
the transformations but persistent Westerner
| But behind all these mannerisms we see the
| Sherman imprint upon the mind of each If
one of them becomes President it will be all in
the family.