The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-19

Cannot Fail to Make u Sensation.
CHICAGO, Oct 1S.-The intrigues,
the jealousies and the traitorous knife
thrusts of the last half century of
American statecraft are revealed in
the fierce light of stern criticism in
John Sherman's Recollections of
Forty Years in the House, Senate and
Cabinet" just published in this city.
The fear that the venerable senator
would reveal secrets long kept from
the public, in his forthcoming work
has been to an extent realized. Grant.
Garfield. Blaine Arthur Harrison and
other Republican leaders are spoken Of
with unstinted praise for their high
personal worth and craftsmanship, put
each is in guarded and covert Ian
light of scheming politicians. The
criticism is almost invariably implied
rather than direct, but it stands out
clearly in the work as whole
Resume.
Owing to the expectation that the
work would be in a measure Sensa-
tional and the anxiety felt in diplo-
matte circles over its forthcoming,
frequent effort has been made to gain
information regarding its contents,
but the Associated Press is enabled to
present today for the first time a re-
sumo of Mr. Sherman'S autobiography.
AS anticipated, the feature of the
book is its extreme frankness, the
style in which Mr. Sherman has eX-
pressed himself showing the states
man rather than the professional book
maker. The work is marked by clear
cut sentences and blunt expressions of
opinion, and but little attempt at lit
erary grace is made. The book is evil
IDENTIFY intended by the author as an
exposition of the financial policy of the
Republican party, which to a great ex-
tent is his own, and about the extern
sive and elaborate history of Ameri-
can finances is woven anecdote and
personal Renaissance replete with in
terest to every student of politics.
About Garfield.
Owing to the close association of Mr..
Sherman and James A. Garfield, the
criticism of the nomination of the lat
ter for president of the United States
is perhaps one of the most striking
features of the book. The author,
while carefully avoiding a direct
charge of treachery on the part of the
eX-president very significantly makes
it plain that Mr.. Garfield was nomi-
mated at q convention to which he had
gone as the trusted leader of the Sher-
man forces. After showing by the
publication of private letters. covering
a period of years of close political and
TO0r a +11o IL
was in reality his political protege,
Mr.. Sherman gives in detail the his
tory of the national convention of
1880 Following the account of his
own struggle for the nomination, he
says:
In time 1 became thoroughly ad-
vised of what occurred at the Chicago
convention and had become entirely
reconciled to the result, though fire.
quently afterwards I heard incidents
and details which occasioned me great
pain and which seemed to establish
the want of sincerity on the part of
some of the delegates and tended to
show that fer some time before the
meeting of the convention the nomina-
ton of General Garfield had been
agreed upon
The Detection.
Inc sung 1elt by Mr. GarHeIdS de-
lection in 1880 is Inadvertently shown
by sentiment expressed during the
discussion of the national convention
of 1892, where the senator remarks:
From later developments I became
satisfied that Harrison could not be
elected; that Plat and powerful
New York influence would defeat him
if nominated I therefore preferred
the nomination of new man. such as
William Mckinley, but he had COM
mitted himself to Harrison. and. ac-
cording to my code of honor, could
not accept nomination even if ten
dered him"
When it was remembered that
Blaine was also a candidate for the
presidency before the convention that
nominated Garfield the significance of
the following explanation on the part
of Senator Sherman of why he was
not reappointed by President Garfield
as secretary of the treasury is readily
understood: Tin the latter part of No
vember, 1880, General Garfield came
to Washington and called upon Mr..
Blaine, who it was understood was to
be secretary Of state. Garfield came
to my house directly from Blaine's
and informed me that he had rendered
that office to Blaine and that it was
I'SNCPtSu liz SdIu bld1ne thought it
would not be polite to continue me as
secretary of the treasury. as it would
be regarded as an unfriendly discrim-
ination by other members of Haves'
cabinet. I promptly replied that 7
agreed with the opinion of Blaine and
was a candidate for the Senate
Was Changed Easily.
Again the author refers to the Chi
chago convention in discussing the
character of President Garfield. Of
his personality and eloquence he
speaks in the highest terms. His will
power. he says, was not up to his
personal magnetism He adds that his
opinion changed easily. In this con-
nertfon he says:
when I proposed to him to be g
delegate at large to the Chicago con.
vention, he no doubt meant it in gooc
faith to support my nomination.
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