Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-13

Sherman has been a man OF action, and
still bc has made more speeches than
( Blame. Ills public work began when
Frank Pierce was President, and he has
been in the very thick Of affairs from
that time to this. lie has always had q
large correspondence. ] doubt whether
lie has ever received letter which he
has not answered, and he has been SO
noted Tor his reserve that public men
have opened their minds and hearts
to him without restraint. In addition to
ms vast spOnience he has saved
historical material o, all kinds. He has
the public speeches OF the men Of the
past nifty years gathered from pamphlets
and newspapers and bound into vol
umcs, so that they make % library Of
themselves. He has dozen, vi volumes
Of newspaper scraps about himself some
lauding him to the skies and some
damuinE him TO hadeN His congress.
iOnai speeches 900 score or more Of
volumes, aui, all to % bee has perhaps
the best collection OF historical material
in tue United States.
SENATOR SHERMAN AT HOME.
DaGng my stay with the Senator I
spcu, oue time IN his library,an asked
aum sUue questions as to his habits uf
vote. have known him for years. and
Dee s one ui the most methOdical pub.
Toe men ! have ever met He never
wastes time, aud during the whole Of
uis Tie ls has been saving the intclleg.
iuIi pennies. lie has four great work.
shupa-tWo here and two at Washing.
ton. Al The top Of this Mansfield house
there is q room perhaps thirty feet long.
which is lined with shelves, and which Is
hlled with cOugTcs .iunal documents and
scrap books. Here he goes when he
wishes 10 get away from every one else,
and here lac has written many a speech.
lie has similar workshop IN his new
house In Washington, and his library
there Is Of the same character as the one
hetH. Down stairs IN his Washington
house he has fine library filled with
wel.-Dound books and containing all
the classics. lie has "a similar library
ON the ground Il1Yr vi his home here
al Mansfield, aud IL is in this that he Is
now working among his papers. This
Mansfield library contains. perhaps, ten
thousand volumes. Its walls are GOV.
cred with books, and there is no great
author who has not a place upon its
shelves. One section IS devoted to
biography another to science aud an.
other to fiction. There are books Ia
French and books Ia German, aud the
works OF Huxley aud Dickens aud
Thlckcfay TIE Senators desk is in
the center Of the room. Il was covered
with papers this morning when | called,
and on the floor there were about fny
volumes Ut Congressional Records and
a number Of scrap books. Just back Of
the Senator'S seat | saw great, open
vault which had been cut into the wall.
and which was so large that Jumbo
could have turned about inside OF IL.
TINS Is Tor the Senator's papers; IL is
ire proof as well as burglar proof. A
little white dog with black ears was
sitting In an armchair on the other side
OF the Senator aud during our conver-
saliun he broke out again aud again
into q yocliefous bark, until the Senator
at last picked him up aud carried him
out Of the room, The Senator's work
ing hours were over when called, by
appointment lie usually rises up early,