The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-07
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t5s Kansas Investigating committee L a.
;As DEBATES ca tae L1zsoz-i COZ rg-o-1sss,
fugitive save law, slavery II Kansas. t1s
D-e9 SCgEE decision, John Sae-nza xss
- tas fire. ED1 80 radical Ezs Ms Rspzb.i-
c&1zs-1 ~: i spoiled rs chances Tor bs-
iEg the seoo-d Esp1bllca1 speaker q the
House IA 155s Tae parties were 50 evenly
divided II Ehs Tht-fy-s5xta congress that
fae scz.ts-11g votes were necessary 20 yin
Sherman KS TIE NOMINEES fc- speaker,
&1a came within che o. Two votes OF
winning, bzs Mr.. Pennington Of View
Jersey, 2 less radical Republican. vas
finally elected, and Sherman became chair-
man OF the 6omniEt=e O. WAYS .nd means.
As lsz1e- o. the House hs fought the SIS
ten Of putting riders On appropriation
bills. He ID 10. believe IN imposing
political legislation upoa scts for keeping
tAs government sliTe. lie said: The
theory Of appropriation bills Is sha. they
shall provide money 20 carry On the gov
eminent, % execute existing laws, and no.
20 change existing laws O. provide new
ones"
cha-msaEas one Of the frs. 70 appre-
ciate the necessity and discern the feast
billsy Of q railroad 70 tie Pacific coast
IN lie Thl-ty-Ejx:h congress he introduced
resolution ordering al investigation Of
the sshsDe, and he is therefore one OF Ire
fathers q the great traascoa.inent2l
scheme Of railway Communication twas
Sherman who IN 1850 introduced the bill
authorizing the issue Of treasury notes.
In March, 1851, John Sherman entered
the United States Senate. He tough. the
proposition 20 increase the pay OF con-
gresslnsn, holding that the servants Of the
people ought not az thar time 20 increase
their own pay when other officials we're
lef! with dispropo-tionate compensation.
In the Senate he wes 81 TIE head
OF tae finance committee, and IS
early as Tsp he vas recognized
IS the leading financial authority Of that
body and Of congress. He supported the
Morrill, war tariff and secured lis adoption.
II the great legal tender fight Sherman
va. opposed By two very able Republican
lawyers, Senator Fessenden, Of Maine,
and Judge Collamer. Of Vermont, who de-
nouueed the legal tender plank and mis-
trusted il. Sherman believed n is pro-
prieiy and necessity snd carried i through.
although Senator Charles Sumner, OF
Massachusetts, refused TO vote for il.
without tina; legal tender Issue il IS doubt
iul FIVE could have obtained money rap
/ idly enough 70 have put down the rebel
lion. Senator Sherman was one OF the
earliest and most earnest advocates o.
arTninE the blacks against the Confeie-acy,
and he continued - urge this war measure
until congress adopted i. Soon after The
legal tender notes were authorized in ISsi2.
Senator Sherman began 70 urge the aiop-
ton q the scheme for the national bank
system. His great speech carried the day
. February 9. ls62. by majority OF bat two
N the Senate, and in the House the b1l
passed by 9 vote OF bat 5 70 81. In ls57
Sherman proposed the refunding act ard
saw IL adopted in ls70.
The crowning triumph or She-man's
career Tas realized January I. 1879, when
the United States resumed suecie paw
ments snd pa: an end 70 speculation in
gold. After his retirement: from the head
% the treasury, Sherman wss acain sent
70 the United States Senate in ISL. and
reelected IN f.S7. During the last session
OF congress John Sherman wcs easily the
most conspicuous statesman OF the party.
HIS capacity for leadership was shown bv
lis securing the enactment q the act OF
July Ii, $3.50 as = breakwater against
the food tide OF free silver coinage
He vas also the a5.es. advocate OF the
completion Of the Nicaragua canal. u-rinr
that the United States government could
vel afford 70 guarantee It's bonds 70 the
extent Of $Ioo. 0oo. 900. even as it aided the
Union Paci6c railroad by loan of some
-. oo0. COO.
Az able lawyer. great fnan cier. meas
ured by his capacity 70 write the policy OF
the Republican party IN saving statutes Of
Federal legislation, John Sherman Is the
greatest statesman the party has ever had
n either house Of congress. AS popu-
Isr leader he cannot be compared with
Mr.. Blaine; he IS not eloquent:
he Is nor-zagnetic; bus he has sarac-
i;y. moral courage, cool Judgment, the
firm grasp of public affairs born Of Also
lutte knowledge. and sublime common
sense. lie Is not . popular man, bat il
should not be forgotten that popularity
may rest on great and sterling qualities OF
mind and heart, as in the case Of Henry
Clay and James 6. Blaine, or may be won
and used by rlen without character enough
20 command the confidence Of good men
and true Men who have made the world
weep and freedom writhe in pain have
been popular idols. Napoleon was more
popular than Cromwell. John Wilkes more
popular than WlIberfozce, Aaron Burr
more popular than John Adams, Stephen
l.. Douglas more popular than Lincoln II