The times., 1897-06-16
The suppression OF sherman.


/ Whatever his political enemies may have
said OF him In times past. before the cleo
| ton no one ever was heard to claim that
| Major Mckinley was capable OF ingrati-
| tude Indeed, IT has been held by bis
friends that it is one of his marked charac-
| teristics always to remember, recognize
| and reward the services OF his friends and
adherents 1t even Is alleged that this
manly weakness has been thoroughly
| worked, IN persuadlng him 10 consent to
! the settlement of campaign debts, through
| the promotion of measure, the peculiar
conception and formulation OF which have
been designed to abolish public revenue and
| frightfulIy to oppress the plain pe'iple of
the country for the benefit OF those who
contributed sixteen million dollars to his
election.
If true, this Is bad enough, hut from a
Republican party point of view, something
else is infinitely worse, If Mr. Mckinley
has been brought to submit toit Without
stopping TO discuss his personal position
In the matter, 1T is evident TO everybody
connected with political life in Washing
| ton that the overshadowing Hanna in
| fluence has been used to affront, shelve
/ and suppress the Nestor of the oreaniza-
| ton. the venerable former Senator frsan
| Ohio, who nominaIly figures iu the Blue
| Book as Secretary OF State. and is not so
! in any other sense.
This is a combination OF Ohio and ma
| tional Republican ingrautueie impossible 10
| escape public attention and strange 10
| contemplate. The venerable dictator Of
party politics in his state was brushed
| aside in the interests Of a new boss. He
was hunibugged into accepting the State
portfolio. and as soon as he took il lie found
| that it was empty. He hardly was warm
| In his seat before he discovered that his
| supposed assistant bat real chief Judge
Day, was Entrusted, to his complete exclu-
sion, with the Spanish and Cuban Teta
| tions OF this Government. This need not
have surprised him SO much, because it
was said Just after his confirmation that
one OF the most powerful Administration
Influences, Mr.. Dupuy de LONE, had de-
nemced him as IAN cid hog" Naturally
such an opinion, entertained in such
quarter. would tend to make him persona
| Mr. Havemeyer, and the rest might he ex
pected.
But to make his approximation complete,
it is stated that his functions III other Ie-
spects have been turned over to Mr..
William Woodyille Rockhil, the gentle
man accused OF directing our oonsHls in
Cuba to avoid reporting Spanish outrages,
or to send such information unofficially, so
that it could lie kept from the Congress.
1t Is not to be thought that proud old
Statesman like the Hon John Sherman, of
Ohio, with half a century of party service
behind him, could accept such humiliation
without feeling the sting Of its ingrati-
tude: and It is notorious that he does feel
and resent 1t. His personal friends do not
hesitate to say that 1t is breaking As
heart; that he bToods over it continually,
aud that it requires all the force and
persuasion Of which Mark Hanna and his
combination are capable TO keep the
aged Secretary from redgning in disgust
before the Ohio election. After that they
VIII be glad to get rid of him
Far beyond his personal grievances, Sec
retary Sherman mourns the certain de-
struction of the Republican party, which
he sees 10 be inevitable under the heartless
policy of Hanna and the campaign creditors.
He does not hesitate SO to tell the business
manager We are very much mistaken 4
he did not tell him so a couple sif weeks
ago, or such q matter, in the presence
OF two other Republican magnates
We do not believe Mr.. Hanna Will deny
that, ON the occasion referred TO, Secretary
Sherman warned him, in substance, that
the Republican party was marching to its
doom, and that unless he quickly faced
aasout and ceased his warfare ON the masses
nctsiing could prevent the SUCCESS of free
silver in 1900
The clear vision OF the venerable Secre-
tary lis Inaddentng to the man Of money and
menace 1t weie well for him if he could
bring himself to accept the warning; but
there is no danger that he will. People Of
that kind learn nothing from any expert 4
ence short Of a cyclone.