Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-11-21

that he never warns up to any person,
even of his own political party. Let
that story be denied emphatically right
here. While it is true that, in his pub
lie capacities, he has always been ex-
tremely dignified and guarded, it is at
the same time true that John Sherman
is man of warm and generous inn
pulses, and always true to his friends.
He has been accused of being rich.
That is also true; and he has accumu-
lated his own fortune. He was adj
mitted to the bar when 81 years old,
and Immediately began political ca
reer. He was one of the leaders of the
young men in the old wing party of
Ohio, and presided over the first re-
publican convention held in that state
IN 1855. He then went to congress, and
was the republican caucus candidate
for speaker in 1S59-60, when Nathaniel
+. Banks was elected as a compromise
candidate. He was elected to the SEN
ate in 1861, and has been member Of
that august body ever since, with the
exception of the four years of the Hayes
administration, when he was secretary
CT the treasury. 1t is generally con-
coded that he is one of the greatest
financiers of this age, and that his adj
ministration of the treasury was
marked by distinguished ability and
fidelity to the great trust reposed in
him at u time when our national credit
was threatened. He is very tall man,
very slender and of commanding pres
ence. His public utterances have al
ways been patriotic and his counsels
have always been solicited by his col
leagues. He was three times u candi-
date for the presidency, and recently
published book giving his views con-
corning public men who were connect
ed with his aspirations and disappoint-
ments.
Roger q. Mills, of Texas, is a misun-
derstood man. He is democrat, and
one of the forceful, aggressive kind.
Such men are bound to excite criticism
and fault-tinding from the opposition.
Personally, L do not like Senator Mills,
because of one little circumstance. In
the summer of 1858, when Samuel j.
Randall, of Pennsylvania, a lifelong
democrat, asked unanimous consent
for Is minutes, time to complete his
protective tariff speech, Senator Mills
rushed down the aisle of the house of
representatives shouting II object"
thereby shutting off the great Randall.
1t was unkind. 1t was unfair. 1t was
unwise. sat in the press gallery, wit
messed the scene, and took dislike to
Senator Mills which will always last. |
But l have been so long dealing with
public men and measures as writer
and critic that it is not difficult to set
aside personal prejudice and tell the
truth. Senator Mills is an intensely
nervous man. He was born in Vir-
ginia in 1929, and is now &C years of
age. He is by nature an athlete physi-
cally, and his intellectual force is phe-
nominal. He is student. He is
scholar. He is hard worker and q |
splendid orator. He is personally one |
OF the most honest and honorable men |
have ever known. No suspicion OF
jobbery ever was attached to him dur
ing his long public career. His tariff |
bill was a model from a democratic |
standpoint; and, If he had not been q
confederate soldier. it would have
brought him into prominence as a fac
tor in democratic presidential nominal
ing conventions. 1t was a free trade |
measure, based upon the declarations
of democratic platforms. AS chair
man of the committee on ways and |
means he was the leader of his party on |
the floor of the house of representa-
tives and carried his bill through with |
a practically unanimous democratic |
vote. He was alert, active and earnest. |
No man ever struggled harder to at
tain party victory. He was success
full. His bill did not become law, but |
that was not his fault. He did his part,
and did it magnifcently. No party |