The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-10-19
Sherman As AN AUTHOR /!
RecOllectiOnS Of Forty Years in the
Public Service.
HOW He LOST THE PRESIDENCY.
An Indirect Charge That President Garfield
Treated Him Unfairly at the National
Republican Convention of 1880.
Corrupt Bargain.

CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-The intrigues, the
jealousies and the traitorous knife thrusts
of the last half century of American state
craft are revealed in the fierce light Of
stern criticism in John Sherman's Recol-
lections of Forty Years in the House,
Senate and Cabinet,p 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 per-
sonal worth or craftsmanship, but each is
in guarded and covert language shown in
the less commendable light of scheming
politicians. The criticism is almost in
variably implied rather than direct, but it
stands out clearly in the work as a whole.
Owing to the close association of Mr..
Sherman and James A. Garfield the criti-
Cism of the nomination of the latter for
president of the United States is perhaps
one of the most striking features of the
book The author, while carefully avoid
ing a direct charge of treachery on the
part of the ex- president, very significantly
makes 1t plain that Mr.. Garfield was nomi-
mated at n convention to which he had
gone as the trusted leader Of the sherman
forces Mr.. Sherman gives in detail the
history of the national convention of 1880.
Following the account of his own struggle
for the nomination. he says:
I'm time | became thoroughly advised
OF what occurred at the Chicago conven-
tion and had become entirely reconciled
to the result, though frequently afterwards
l heard incidents and details which occa-
stoned 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 for some time before the
meeting of tine convention the nomination
of General Garfield had been agreed upon"
The sting felt by Gariields detection in
1880 is inadvertently shown by senti-
ment expressed during the discussion of
the national convention of 1892, where the
senator remarks:
''From later developments l became sat
isfed that Harrison could not be elected,
that Platt and u powerful New York in
fluence would defeat him if nominated l
therefore preferred the nomination of
new man, like William Mckinley, but he
had committed himself to Harrison, and,
according to my code of honor, could not
accept nomination even if rendered him"
When it was remembered that Blaine
was also a candidate for the presidency be-
fore the convention that nominated Gar
field, the significance of the following ex-
PLANTATION on the part of Senator Sherman
of why he wss not reappointed by Presi-
dent Garfield as secretary of the treasury
is readily understood:
I'm the latter part of November, 1880,
General Garfield came to Washington and
called upon Mr.. Blaine, who, it was under
stood, was to be secretary of state Gar
field came to my house directly from
Blaines and informed me that he had ten
dered that office to Blaine and that it was
accepted. He said that Blaine thought it
would not be politio to continue me as sec
retary Of the treasury, as it would be re-
garded as an unfriendly discrimination by
other members of Hayes cabinet. 1
promptly replied that 1 agreed with the
opinion of Blaine, and was a candidate for
the senate
Somethingof the political soheming that
again resulted in the defeat of the Ohio
statesman in the national convention Of
| 1885, and brought about the nomination of
ex-President Harrison, can be easily be
read between the lines in that part of the
] WOIh uCNObcI w blllh StIuHRAe. III DISGUISE
/ ing the result, Mr.. Sherman says that he
became satisfied that one delegate from
/ New York controlled the entire delegation
from that state, and between Saturday
night, when the nomination seemed GER
| tain to go TO sherman, and Monday morn
/ ing when the tide turned in favor of Har-
rison, a corrupt bargain was made in the
interests of the latter, which secured him
the support of New York and gave him
the nomination. Continuing the author
states; 'It is TO the credit of General Har-
rison to say that if the reputed bargain
was made, il was without his consent at
the time"
On the eve of another national cam
paign, in which ex- President Harrison is
expected to figure prominently Mr., Sher-
man does not hesitate to state that in 1892
he did not consider Harrison a strong can
didate To his cold and abrupt manner
he attributes his unpopularity at that time.
Space is devoted by the author to an
account of the important events of each
administration. In this connection Mr.
/ Sherman lays bare many Of the iealousies,
| political chickering's and clash of ambitions
/ that disturb the harmony of the party i'm
power OF Grants administration he
says it was period Of scandal and slandcr,
and declares that the president rarely ex-
pressed any opinion or took any interest
in public affairs.