Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-19

the highest praise Of the chief executive.
Tho following incident which occurred near
the close Of Hayes administration, Is related:
when near the close Of his term he
Hayes) gave the usual dinner to the mem
bers Of the outgoing and the incoming cab
inets. II was purely an official dinner, but
Hayes said there were two gentlemen pres
ent who were not In office. We looked around
to see who the unhappy two were, and found
they were Garfield and myself. Garfield had
not yet become president, and had resigned
as secretary the day before. This happened
to be the only day that | was not In public
Office since March 4, 1855"
CANDID ABOUT HIMSELF
There is less of a personal narrative in
the book than might be expected. Mr..
Sherman speaks modestly Of his boyhood
days, OF his family and Of his first appear
ance in public life Many Of his important
public addresses during the slavery agita-
tion and during the political campaigns in
which he took part are embodied in the
book. His account of the civil war and Of
his association with Abraham Lincoln Is
full OF interest as a narrative and as his
torical record OF the stirring events of that
period In writing about himself Mr.. Sher-
man Is candid to the point Of self-critCiSm.
For instance he states that at the age OF
10 years he got into bad company and was
on several occasions conscious OF being in
toxicated. In relating the incident which
influenced his whole life in this respect, he
says. On one OcGdSlOH III Ine Idll VI looU
I went home very sick from drinking. My
mother received me with much surprise and
sorrow, but neither complained nor scolded,
and with the utmost kindness put me to
bed and watched over and cared for me-
was not enough stupefed to be unconscious
OF my degradation and her affection and
then and there resolved never to be in such
condition again.
OF his wealth and the various personal and
political attacks that have been made upon
h.y,, h, VNnlyn lie OF tuf an uff gyf fN nU
his reply to an accusation that score
made years ago: Il have often since been
accused OF the crime of being rich but as
nearly all my possessions are visible to the
naked eye, and their history and acqulsi-
ton are known to SO many | think | am
not required to prove that | have not made
them as the result Of legislation or my hold
Ing of public trusts"
OPINION OF JOHNSON
As showing the singing criticism of which
he Is capable. the following statement, made
by Mr.. Sherman at the time the impeach-
ment proceedings against President Johnson
we're instituted, Is Of interest. He said Of
Mr.. Johnson: THE truth is he is a slave
to his passions and resentments. No man
can confide in him. / regard him a fool
ish and stubborn man, doing even right
things in a wrong way, and in a position
where the evil that he does is immensely
increased by his manner Of doing it,
The views of Mr.. Sherman on the financial
question are so well known that 1t Is not
necessary to repeat them 1t is sufficient to
say he is consistent. All of the legislation
ON this subject during the last half century
is carefully related and analyzed and the facts
concerning the act of 1876 are recorded
In 1877 Mr.. Sherman prepared and delivered
a speech on the repeal Of the resumption
act of 1875. which he says is the best presen-
tation he has ever been able to offer in sup
port of the financial policy Of the government
and especially in support of the resumption
of specie payments. These extracts from the
address are quoted indicating Mr.. Sher-
mans theory OF money:
"All intelligent men agree that every great
commercial nation must have both metal.
lie surrency and paper currency, the one
as the standard value by which all things are
measured, which daily measures your bond:
and notes as IL does wheat, cotton and lands
and also a paper or credit currency which
from it's convenience of handling or trans
fer must be the medium of exchanges in the
great body OF the business Of life.
81 am one of those who believe a United
States note, issued directly by the govern
ment and convertible on demand into golC
coin or a government bond equal in value
to gold, is the best currency. We can adopt
that 1t is to be the currenIH ri the future
not only in the United State, but in Grea
Britain as well, and that such currency
might properly continue to be legal ten
der. except when coin is specifically stipu
lated for"
Another extract from the utterances Of thu