The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-11-21
Talks Freely of His Book and
Politics.
THEcAMPAIoN OF 1888 DISCUSSED
How He was Beaten for President
Does Not Agree With Carlisle on
the Money Question.

New York. Nov. Ex-senator Shermaa,
of Ohio, talked freely to reporter today
In regard to his recently published book
and other matters. He said in part:
81 would like to read MIR. Platt's answer
| to what i said concerning the national
convention of 1885," he said, in reply to
a question.
1.-The fact is, desire to know Just what
his explanation will be. 1t would be in
teresting to me. Personally 1 have moth
ing against him. and what / stated in the
book was without malice and merely in
troduced as matter OF history"
Have you seen Mr.. Plat since you
arrived?"
II saw hfm at a distance only"
The senator stated that he met ex-
President Harrison and Warner Miller.
He added that Mr. Miller came to his (the
eenator's) room last evening and they
talked over many incidents Of the con-
vention Of 1888. Mr.. AIiler's recollection
OF the events tailed With the senator's.
'"rhe New York delegation" added
Sherman. had "a banquet on the Saturday
before the convention of 1858, and after
Senator Miller had made speech they
all agreed to support me, ! received a
telegram to that effect Sunday inter-
other friends of Harrison got Platt to
agree to vote for him on the first ballot
Monday. The result rs known. have
no charges to make against Mr.. Harrison,
and our relations are pleasant. Whatever
pargaln or promises his friends may have
made, he did not sanction them, because
he absolutely refused to appoint Platt
secretary of the treasury. Prom 'Ses may
have been made In regard to the federal
patronage of this state, and that should
not criticize. Mr.. PlattSs men, 1 believe,
received prominence, notably In the col
lectoq-ship. The acme of Mr.. Platts am
bition seems to be to hold the portfolio
of the secretary of the treasury"
Senator Sherman, speaking Of Secreta-
ry Carlisle's speech at the Chamber OF
Commerce last night, to-day said:
1.-The basic error of THE speech was the
idea that legal tender could
be done away with entirely. 1t could not
be done.
1.-The great mistake was in the way the
had tampered with THE
gold reserve. 1t should have issued short
bonds of, five years duration, which the
people here would have taken up quick
ly, alt 3 per cent, and with this paid the
expenses of the government instead OF
upon the gold reserve The
short bonds. of course, would have been
paid for in legal tender. Instead of doing
this. the administration had permitted
some domestic and foreign bankers to
clear $l1,OOO.000 by selling bonds for gold
at per cent. Carlisle's plan OF laet
night is impnactlcable. There asaa 5000
national banks, and 1t would not do In |
order to have currency to take the gold
Of the treasury and scatter 1t around in
these banks to redeem money that had |
been issued by these banks"
He said me did not know whether the !
would be able to organize the |
senate When it came to an issue in |
regard to money he thought THE East |
would be against the West. AS long as
Cleveland was president he said, there |
would be no silver legislation because |
he favored sound money.