Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-30
TALK WITH SHERMAN
THE OHIO STATESMAN SPEAKS ON
 MATTERS OF INTEREST.

He Is a Bimetaliist-Uis Opinion of the z Recent Congress-Reiterates His state-
 mont That He Is Not Presidential Can
 didate-Is Busy on His Memoirs.
 Senator Sherman of Ohio was recently interviewed and said some interesting things on topics of the day as well as con corning some important historical facts which will be found of interest to tho gen eral reader.
 Now, senator, you know tho people of Ohio look to you as an oraole'on monetary matters. Can you not say something so simple that all can understand and yet so clear that none may misunderstandf"
 "Well. we are for bimctallism. That ought to be brief and clear enough. -
 ''What you said at Zanesvillc seems to cover the case. l suppose 1 can quote you as reitcrating what you said thercf"
 ''Yes.n
 Hero it is:
 "The Republican party, in the national platform of 1899, demanded good money of equal purchasing power whether coined of silver or gold or composed of United States notes and national bank notes, based upon the credit of the United States, main- tained at par with coin. This is tho bi- metallic policy. There we stand today. I hope and trust there we will stand forever. We will seek the cooperation of all na- tions and of all parties in maintaining the parity of gold and silver coins If they will not cooperate with us in tl.is policy, tho Republican party can, and l do hope will, do it alone. Good money and plenty of it arc as important to all people as equal ity of rights and privileges" la "The incapacity of the last Democratic congress suggests q good form of attack this fall, docs it not?'
 as "Yes; that is a good point to make. Mover has more incapable body been as- sembcd in Washington. In it's evory branch the Democratic administration has been woeful failure"
 Observing that Frank Carpenters re- .cent letter about the senator and his work iiand tho talk with him incorporated there in was attracting considerable attention, athe senator said it might be thought strange, but he had not read tho article. Tho fact is, be said, he reads the papers but little just now. Hc is giving all his time to his memoirs. He is getting along il in years and wants to complete this great work
 He asked what Carpenter had said and upon my remarkinS that tho story of his threatened retirement to private life at tho time of tho contest with Conkling over Arthur and tho New York custom house seemed to be something entirely new he wanted to know what was said
 ,, Telling him substantially the story, he said it was about right. He had gone to President Hayes and told him if the domi- nation of Conkling was submitted to he should resign and go into retirement. Observing that I had been struck in connection with that incident by the changes in the whirligig of time and poli- tics-how it all camo about in few brief months that Arthur himself was president of the United States and tho then sccre- tary of the treasury was back in the sem ate.
 "Yes," seid MT. Sherman, "poitics do bring about strange changes. Yet do not believe today, nor did l ever believe, that Arthur ought to have been president of the United States. He was only put upon the ticket to placate Conkling, who was disgruntled because of the nomination of Garfield.
 But Arthur made a good president, did he notP'
 -" !" Yes, but the veriest child could have z filled tho place at that time. There was nothing calling for any exhibition of greatness
 - The office of president "hc continued, il' is greatly misunderstood. Tho requisite of u president should be good judgment in the selection of his constitutional advisers. Should he find he has made mistake in choosing any one of these it is easy to ask for a resignation or mako removal. Aside from few of the principal officers, all the work of selection of officeholders should deyolve upon the cabinet and the president himself be left free to devote himself to the consideration of grave ques- tions of party policy'
 tf - That does not seem to be tho view Mir. Cleveland takes of it. Common report is that his cabinet ministers arc merely clerks
 .'Yes, and they let him make them such.
 "There is another thing in the article of which we arc speaking. You are made to say that you have given up all thought of the presidency. You have many friends in Ohio and in the country who sincerely regret you should never have attained that high office"
 "Yes, am thankful to my friends but no man at my age should think of under taking such burden. Twice was a can Gidate, he said, seeming thoughtful; lin 1880 wanted the nomination and in 1888 I was swindled out of it. ''-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette