The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-08
Mr.. Sherman Went Too Ear.

The speech Of the Hon. JOHN SHERMAN
ut Columbus. complimenting his defeated
adversary. FORAKER, contained this rather
remarkable PASSAGE:
liam glad to say that in this contest have held in
my language my heart the highest feelings Of 70.
spect and honor for the gentleman who has been my
competitor and who IL now before you. he 10 entitled
the love and the affection Of tho people Of ohio and
You have given this high honor because OF my ex.
perence you not moderated the high qualities
mental and moral. of Governor FORAKER"
In reply. the Hon. JOSEPH BENSON For
AKER spoke Of his ancient enemy and now
successful competitor as grand old JOHN
SHERMAN"
Public sentiment allows q good deal Of
latitude to the amenities OF such occa-
sions. But when Senator SHERMAN went so
far as to pay tribute to the moral great
he entertained for that person the highest
feelings of respect and honor. he went
little too far.
It is less than three years since Mr..
FORAKER procured from political agent of
bis forged document exhibiting grand old
JOHN SHERMAN as a dishonest public SER
want. bribed legislator. and a corrupt man.
The forgery was 30 crude In its execution
that any boy Of eighteen employed in any
bank in Columbus could have detected 1t at
the first glance. The name Of JOHN SHER-
NAN appeared twice on the paper. and the
two false signatures were absolutely iden-
teal. having been traced from the same auto
graph. No man ever writes his name twice
in succession thus. Yet Mr.. FORAKER.
while declaring that he was never SO sur
prised and shocked In all Of his life" as to
discover that grand old JOHN SHERMAN was
. scoundrel. has publicly testified that he
accepted the forged document. signatures
and all. without a suspicion as to their
gcnuineness. III fact" he continued. in his
public statement. lit never occurred to me
that they were otherwise"
What did Mr.. FORAKER do when his agent
had furnished him with clumsily fabricated
evidence Of grand old JOHN SHERMAN's ras-
cality? Did no give tho grand old man an
opportunity to say whether the signatures
were genuine or forged? No. Did he call
In any expert to pass upon the genuineness
OF the discriminating document? No. Sti-
fling as we'll as he could his grief at tho
downfall Of reputation which at that time
stood inccnvenently in the way OF his own
political ambition, FORAKER turned the
koI8Cu uOCuluCuL oNCl " ClC ulpSlCtlOu o~
Field Marshal MURAT HALsTEAD. then the
editor of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
an honest but sometimes overhasty gentle
man who had already informed FORAKER
that. In his opinion. the document ought to
be published. regardless OF consequences.
When We review the contemplate be-
havior Of Mr.. FORAKER toward the Hon.
JOHN SHERMAN less than three years ago.
and when We consider the insult to Senator
SHERMAN that even the most charitable
theory OF FoRAKER's conduct implies we are
filled with amazement ut the fattery EN-.
ployed by the Senator In his speech at Co.
lumbus after the caucus.
But when wo remember the part Of Sena-
ator SHERMAN in the great Presidential
fraud OF 1867. our amazemcnt is consld.
erably qualified.