The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-19
WEAK FOR THE CABINET!
DID sHERMhN IHISK III sEAT IN
THE SENATE WAS
Fart OF the Programme Agreed Upon by
Ohio Politician. Before the 81. Louis
Gonvsntion - Instances OF Hts Failing
Mental Powers-A Tr.nch,rous Memory.

Conysntiou - Instances or His Failing
Mental Powers-A T~reacherous Memory.
wIsp,Snrox lar. 1s-s.na,or sherman has
yeturped 10 Washington from his visit TO Can
ton. hut will say nothing about probable
rab,nst appointments exoept that he has nc.
cep,.d the p~ortfollo OF state. That he would do
po has becn tnovn for some time 10 his intimate
trienda in Washington hut thew. as we'll ms the
nub,io AZ large. arc s,ill unable to understand
,u,, how or why this political deal was brought
about. The pre,identelect knows MIR. Shor-
man. bovever as tborouuhlv and M well rs any
o,bcr man knows him. and lie "a known TO have
desired aimee the day of his election that
the Senator should be tho premier of his
Cab,n,t. The idea was Mt frat distaste-
IN, 70 Mr.. sherman and I'm talking OF
tho matter with hi, Sonata associates
IA. has not besitated TO say that he has been
practically forced into In, place by the press
ure Of the Ohio politicians TO create n vacancy
in the Senate. In other words, Mr.. sherman's
selection 10 the Cabinet is the result Of the ar.
repscment made by the ohio politicians prior
10 the selection OF tho deloea,es to the st. Louis
Convention. The Senator professes 10 be ipno.
rant of such n cut-and.dried programme. and
INDIVIDUALLY he speak. the truth. Neyerthe-
less. the programme WINS made up. and the an
poupcement that he will be the Secretary OF
Slate IA the first step in An effort TO carry IL out.
Mr.. Sherman ia quoted as snying TO a
newspaper reporter at Pittsburgh that he
"knovs nothing about the suggestion of Mr..
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One OF the evidences that Senator Sherman is
failing mentally IA shown in hi. vac,Ia,ino
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that have come before the Senate while he has
ham Chairman of the Committaa nm Fore,gn
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ftoihtions. particularly tho CuDan question. IL