The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-10-19
SHERMAN ASAN AUTHOR
Rasplleotions Of Forty Years in the
Public Service.
now he LOST THE PkEsIDENoY.

An Indirsst Charge That President Gar
nsid Treatsd MIN Unfairly at ths Na-
tionsl nspubiIoan convsatien sf 1880.
A corrups Bargain at ths oenvsntion
Of 1855.
CHICAGO, Oct 1o.-The intrieues, the
jealousies and the traitorous knife thrusts
Of the last half century of American state
craft sre revealed In tho fierce light Of
stern criticism In John Sherman's Recol-
lections Of Forty Years in the House,
Senate and Cabinet" Just published In
this city. The fear that the venerable
senator would reveal secrets long kept
from the public In his forthcoming work
has been to an extent realized. Grant.
Garfield, Blaine, Arthur, Harrison and
other Republican leaders are spoken Of
with unstinted praise for their high per
sonal worth or statesnanship, but each 10
In guarded and covert Language shown Id
the less oommendable Light Of scheming
politicians. The criticism ID almost In
variably implied rather than direct, but 10
stands out clearly In the work as q whole.
Owing to the close association Of Mr..
Sherman and James A. Garfield the criti-
cism Of the domination of the latter for
president of the United States Ii perhaps
one Of the most striking features Of the
book. The author, while carefully avoid.
ing direct charge of treachery on the
part Of the ex-prcsident, very significantly
makes IL plain that Mr. Garfield was nomi.
mated at convention to which he had
gone as the trusted leader of the Sherman
forces. Mr., Sherman gives In detail the
history Of the national convention Of 1880
Following the account of his own struggle
for the nomination, he says:
"In time became thoroughly advised
Of what occurred at the Chicago conyen,
tion and had become entirely rcconciled
to the result, though frequently afterwards
heard incidents and details which occa
stoned me great pain and which seemed
TO establish the want of sincerity on the
part Of some Of the delegates, and tended
to show that for some time before the
meeting Of the convention the nomination
of General Garfield had been agreed upon
The sting felt by Garfield q detection In
1880 Is inadvertently shown by senti
ment expressed during the discussion Of
the national convention Of 1892, where the
senator remarks;
isfled that Harrison could not be elected,
fuenoe would defeat him II nominated.
therefore preferred tho nomination of q
new man, like William Mckinley, but he
had committed himself to Harrison, and,
according to my code Of honor, could not
accept nomination even If rendered him."
When 1t was remembered that Blaine
was also candidate for the presidency be-
fore the convention that nominated Gar.
field, the Significance Of the following ex-
PLANTATION on the part Of Senator Sherman
OF why he was not reappointed by Presi-
dent Garfield as secretary Of the treasury
Is readily understood:
"In the latter part Of November, 1880,
General Garfield came to Washington and
called upon Mr.. Blaine, who, 1t was under.
stood, was to be secretary Of state Gar.
field came to my house directly from
Blaine's and informed me that he had ten.
dered that office to Blaine and that 1t was
accepted. He said that Blaine thought il
would not be politio to continue mo as sec.
Rotary Of the treasury, as Ii would be re.
garded as an unfriendly discrimination by
other members of Hayes cabinet. ]
promptly replied that agreed with the
opinion Of Blaine, and was a candidate for
tAe senate"
Somcthingof the political scheming that
again resulted In the defeat of the Ohio
statesman In the national convention Of
1888, and brought about the nomination OF
OK President Harrison. can be easily be
read between the lines in that part Of the
work devoted to this struggle. In discuss
ing the result, Mr.. Sherman says that he
became satisfied that one delegate from
New York controlled the entire delegation
from that state, and between Saturday
night, when the nomination seemed Ger
tain to go to Sherman, and Monday morn.
ing, when the tide turned in favor OF Har
rison, q corrupt bargain was made In the
Interests of tho latter, which secured him
the support of New York and gave him
the nomination. Continuing, the author
states: "It is to the credit of General Har
rison to say that If the reputed bargain
was made, 1t was without his consent al
the time"
On the eve of another national cam
paign, in which ex-President Harrison Is
expected to figure prominently, Mr.. Sher
man does net hesitate to state that in 1892
he did not consider Harrison strong can.
didate. To his cold and abrupt manner
he attributes his unpopularity at that time.
Space is devoted by the author to an
account OF the important events Of each
administration. In this connection Mr.
Sherman lays bare many of the jealousies
political chickering's, and clash of ambitions
that disturb the harmony of the party In
power. OF Grants administration he
says 10 was aperiod Of scandal and slander
and declares that the president rarely ex
pressed any opinion or took any interest
In public Affairs.