Kansas City daily journal., 1895-07-15
bankers that I would like to know II they
were not all crazy.
RothschiIL Was Too Proud.

ROthschild Was Too Proud.
You are asking about the Rothschlds," /"
Senator sherman went on. ~ curious in
cident happened in connection with the
head OF the London house in regard to one
OF these low bond issues He had the re
bonds In case they were not subscribed for
In America He was written to and asked
II he would take them. lie replied that he
thought he would take a million dollars,
but that he would like week TO decide
as to whether he would do so or not IN
occurred. and Rothschild then wanted his
sl0W.w0 worth At this time, however.
the bonds had been all sold, and I had 10
tell him that he could not have them. lie
made such a fuss about 1t that August Bel
mont and others OF q New York syndicate
who were dealing with him took $1,000 600
worth OF bonds from their own purchases
ana sent them over TO him. lie was too
proud to accept the bonds In this way. and
story that vas told me. I tried to keep he
bonds as far as possible in the United
states stat and to favor eur own purchasers
what was the difference in the interest
paid by the government through these re-
funding operations
1T WAS enormous" replied senator shcr-
man. You see, the amount of the public
debt which was refunded In the above way
interest amounted TO nearly Sl5Op,c0 a
year.
senator shcrrnnn's Memoirs
] am very fortunate in my visit to Sen
TO Mansfield because had understood that
he was writing his memoirs, and | knew
that his collection OF private papers was
greater than that OF any other man In pub
lie life During my talk with him he told
mo that he was working among his papers,
would publish a book or not and that he
could not allow me to state that he pro-
posed doing. SO. He began the work, he
of his speeches, but he finds his material
so vast and OF such u varied and interest
he viii do with it His letters are numbered
by the tens of thousands, and they cm-
brace the names OF every man who has
been prominent in the United states
great st thinkers of all parts of tho world.
John sherman has been part OF every
public movement in the United States,
and there is scarcely Il millionaire, a
scientist or a. statesman who has not con.
OF autograph letters each N which is as
big as a dictionary. which he has kept
chiefly for the sake Of the names appended
to them; and his private correspondence
embraces n large part of the unwrtten
history of the past generation. James G.
of deeds John sherman has been a man
speeches thar, Blaine; His public work
fairs from that time to this. He has
doubt whether he has ever received a let
ter which he has not answered, and he
has been SO noted for his reserve that
public men have opened their minds and
hearts to him without restraint,
In addition TO his correspondence he
has saved historical material of all kinds:
He has the public speeches OF the men OF
the past fifty years gathered from pamph-
lets and newspapers and hound into vol
selves. He has dozens of volumes OF news
paper scraps about himself. some lauding
him to the skies and some damning him to
hades. His congressional speeches NIL n
score or more of volumes, and all told. he
has the hest collection of historical mate
rial in the United States.
senator sherman at Homo.
During my stay with the senator. spent
some time in his library, and asked him
some questions as to his habits of work
have known him for years and he is one
ever met. He never wastes time, and dur
ing the whole of his life he has been saving
the intellectual pennies. He has four great
works hops-two here and two at Washing
ton, At the top of this Mansfield house
there is room, perhaps thirty feet long,
which is lined with shelves. and which is
scrap books. Here he goes when he wishes
to get away from every one else, and here
similar workshop IN his new house in
Washington, and his library there is of the
same character as the one here. Down
stairs in his Washington home he has "A
tine library filled with well bound books
and containing all the classics. He has a
home here at Mansfieli, and 1t is in this
that he is now working among his papers.
This Mansfield library contains perhaps,
cred with books. and there is no great au-
thor who has not place upon its shelves.
one section is devoted to biography, an
There are books in French and books in
German, and the works Of Huxley and
desk is in the center of the room. 1t was
covered with papers this morning whom |
called, and on the floor there Were about