The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-01

rHE VOICE or ora LEADER.

United States Senator John Sherman
entered congress nearly forty years ago.
He was so able man in his youth that he
was made member Of the Kansas COM
mlttee when the question OF the admission
OF that state and Of Nebraska vas pending
With the exception Of his four years Of
service in the cabinet of President Hayes.
John Sherman has served continuously in
congress since the days of the struggle
over the Kansas and Nebraska bill.
He is not an effective orator; he Is not
an imaginative man; he has been satirlzed
time and again as ''cold man.; the
'boys" cannot hug John Sherman; they
cannot clink glasses with him; neverthe-
less John Sherman has been kept in pub
lie service by the great state OF Ohio for
nearly forty years.
He 10 really measured by his capacity to
frame legislation that will stand fire; the
ablest statesman the Republican party
has known in congress since II took the
national field In 1856 He is not an eio-
quenf. ELUSIVE demagogue; he Is the son
OF an able lawyer. who was descended
from the great Roger Sherman. of Con-
necticut; he Is a man who has been trained
both TO the law and to finance, and
above all be has that crucial capacity for
great statesmanship that the great John
A. Andrew, war governor of Massachu-
setts. defined when he wrote an English
friend that Tho difference between
Charles Sumner and himself was that he,
Andrew. believed that compromise was
always spelled craftsmanship IN the
authentic history OF the worlds struggles
for freedom. Sumner would let the negro
starve unless he could feed him one full
loaf of his own baking. while am ready
TO feed the negro on half loaf OF any
mans baking"
Senator Sherman, like his great coll
league. Senator Morrill,. has always been
practical man; he always sought the
statutory rather than the sentimental So
luton of q civic wrong. This practical
quality In John Sherman makes him cas-
lily the ablest man in the United States
senate; he is at once q trained lawyer and
man OF business. and since the death of
Blaine John Sherman Is easily the first
statesman In the ranks of the Republican
party.
In his address on Wednesday Senator
Sherman nit the nail on the head when he
said that the free coinage of silver was not
bi-metallism, but the mono metallism of
silver. Senator Sherman gave the free
xttvaF nafnnrrarv nf the canal. . bt.ok -.
when he said that he consented TO the
passage of the law TO prevent free coinage,
and TO that extent il benefited the coua-
try. but year ago he introduced a bill.
almost in the same words as the Voorhees,
bill, Co repeal Il. Not Democrat voted
for IL. They must answer why"
Senator sherman repudiated the hoary-
headed ''silyerite" lie that the act of 1873
was ''steaithy demonstration. The bill
was printed thirteen times; was discussed
over and ever again for at least eighteen
months before its passage. for the COM
mission that drafted II under John Jaw
kno= was appointed In Is6a.
sherman fairly roasted stewart of Ne.
vada, and the only wonder is that he dad
not roast Voorhees, of Indiana, who
abused sherman without reason or record
in his speech. Probably sherman did not
think Voorhees, "A foeman worthy OF his
steel. bat be did not hesitate to drive the
dagger OF debate home TO the heart of
Stewart Of Nevada.
Senator sherman covered stcwar, Of
Nevada with confusion as with a garment
by showing from the record tina, Stewart
voted for the bill of 1873. while he. sher-
man, did not. Sherman quoted from one
OF Stewards speeches in the debate on the
bin of lisa. in which he declared tha.
gold Is the universal standard OF the
world" and urged the gold dollar as fixing
standard by which the workman knew
exactly what hts labor was worth.
sherman made IL perfectly clear that II
Was not until silver became cheaper dol
lar than gold that anybody demanded II,
and then it was 10 take advantage of cred.
isors.
Senator Sherman's sreeeh was remark.
ably effective as showing that these ",il.
verises" never thought Of bowling abou,
the act Of 1873 until silver fell in price and
then these raseals sought TO take aivant.
sge Of creditors by enacting free silver
coinage. knowing that they could in this
way Pay an honest debt with silver coin
ssc.
Mr.. Stewart is very badly left in this De.
bate over the coinage. His capital is his.
toricai falsehood. economic absur.iities.
and john sherman may be said TO have
completely burnt him ar"