The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-19

NuiN NNN eNNuVN NuNNAuF No ANhlAuhNpu
his unpopulArlIY AZ that time,
IMPORTANT EyENT&
Space Is devoted by the author to m
account Of the important event OF each
administration, In this connection, Mr..
Sherman lays bare many Of the jealous
les, political chickering's and clash Of
ambitions that disturb the harmony Of
the party ia power. OF Grants admin.
istralion, lie says, 1t was period OF
scandal and SANDER Perhaps the most
severe criticism OF General Grants
slateimanShip ia found in the following
extract from MF. Sherman's work;
"Durng the entire period Of Grants
administration, was chairman OF the
committee on finance OF tie senate, and
had to act upon all questions oil taxa
tion, debt, banking or finance, and had
occasion TO talk with the President
upon such measures, but he rarely sx-
pressed any opinion or took any inter-
est in them"
Al the age OF ssventY.tWo YearI sena.
tor Sherman recalls the affair over the
attempt TO remove Chester A. Arthur
from the collectorshIp Of the port OF
New York with much feeling. The
correspondence bearing on the contrO-
yersy, never before published. is given
In full. Mr.. ShsTmuu's part AS secrO'
tary OF the treasury is given in full.
Arthur IL shown up IN an unenyiable
light and the attitude Of Roscoe Conk.
ling toward the President is caus,iCally
com mented upon.
Throughout that part Of the work 70.
lating TO President Hayes, Mr. Sherman
speaks IN the highest praise Of the chief
executive OF the nation. The following
incident which occurred near the close
Of President. Hayes admlnlItTatiop is
related:
"when near the close OF his term, he
tHaysst gave the usual dinner 10 the
members OF tho outgoing and tho in
coming cabinets. 1t was purely an
official dinner, but Hayes said there
were two gentlemen present who were
not in office. We looked around TO see
who the unhappy two wsre and found
they were Garfield aud myself. Gar
field had not yet become PreIidOnt, and
! had resigned as secretary the day bs.
fore. This happened to DO the only day
that | Wa' not in public office since
March 4, 1855"
FULL OF INTEREST.
There Is less Of a personal narrative
in the book than might be expected.
Mr.. Sherman speaks modeItly Of his
bO yhood dayr, Of his family and Of his
frat appearance in public life. Many
Of his important public addresses dur.
ing the slavery agitation and during the
political campaigns In which he took
part are embodied in the book.
His account Of the civil war aud oi his
association with Abraham Lincoln Is full
Of interest as narrative and as his.
torical record OF tho stirring events Of
that period.
In writing about himself, Mr.. shsr.
man is candid to the point Of sslf.critic.
ism. For instance, he states that Al
the age OF 10 years he got into bad com.
pauy ana was on several occasions con.
scious OF being intoxicated. In relating
the incident which influenced his whole
Lie in this respect, he says:
"On ono occasion. the fall oil 1910,
went home very sick from drinking.
Nv mother received me with much
surprise and sorrow, but neither com.
plainod nor scolded. aud with tho Ut.
most kindness put me TO bed and
watched over aud cared for me. was
not enough stupaded to be unconscious
OF my degradation and her affection,
and then aud there resolved never to
be in such condition again"
OF his wealth and the various per-
soual and political attacks that. have
been mado upon him, he makes this
statement alter giving his reply to an
accusation on that score made yeRrS
ago:
al have often since been accused Of
the crime Of being rich, but as nearly
all my possessions ato vi'ible to the
naked oyo aud their history and Ac.
QUESTION are known to so many. | think
i am not required TO prove that have
not made them as tho result Of leEiIla.
ton or my holding Of public trusts"
The viows OF Mr. Sherman on tho
financial question arc so well known
that IL IL not necessary 10 repeat them.
Il Is sufficient to cav that he is consist
ont. All OF the legislation on this sub.
iect durinE tho last half century is care
fully recited and anAlyzed. Tho details
concerning the passage Of the act Of 1873
arc fully recorded.
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