Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-03-06
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN, SEcRE-
 TARY or STATE.

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 cured employment in a surveying party
 as rodman. A3terward he got q clerksbin
 in one of the county offices. At the ago
 of T he went to Mansfield, O, and be-
 gan te read Iaw in the office of his brother. It took him four years to per
 feet himself in Blackstone and Kent and
 other w0rthies of the reading schedule
 of that date and pass the examination
 that secured him admission to the bar.
 This eventfuI period was reached on Sherman's twenty-frst birthday, and the
 celebration of that occasion made the
 anniversary fnore than usually pleasant
 and memorable.
 His career as lawyer and statesman is familiar to the merest aohoolboy of
 the land Beginning with his election to tho national house of representatives in 1854, his record has been one of sue cessiye honoFs and promotions. After having served as representative he was made senator, and such was the esteem in which be was held by his constitu- eRts that his reductions to the office were as re8plar as the aspirations of his terms. Indeed, since 1854 thero has been only one day whereon John Sherman was out of office That was March 3.
 1881, the day a1ter he had rendered his resignation as secretary of the treasury uneer the Hayes aI8EIini3 3eration and the day before he took ebo aa4h of office as a reelected senator
 Eot only has BIr. Sherman been thus continuously hon0ro6 in connection with the legislative branch of tho govern mont bu5 ho has been pushed by his friends very hard fol Che presidency time and time again. There is no doubt that Sherman has uuufished a warm and strong ambition for ibis high place, and Ut ono timo i5 seemed almost 8 eer- tainty that he gooId l4a tbo candidate Of his party for the coveted post. This
 was ln 1880, when James A Garfield, Sherman. .s advoeat8 in the convention, builded So muah better than he knew that he himself secured what he sought for his chief
 Four years later, too, there was a strong Sherman sentiment working in tho aatioasl convention. and again it seemed possible thas tho Ohio solon w0Rld be put in the fast place on the ticket, bat Harrison was selected It is generally believed that this was the bit teraat appointment Sherman ever ex- l perieuced.
 Senator sherman is now nearly n years of age, He is white haired and his tall, slender form bends somewhat under the weight of these many years, but thore is grim tonacity in his make i up, and his vitality is many times stronger than 1t appears to be. Mentally i ho is as keen as soimitcr, though his words arc far less acrid now than they were in his younger days. His accept ance of cabinet position is generally | regarded as his political capitulation--a compromise with his higher aspirations | LYMAN ;. GAGE, SECRETARY OF THE l
 TREASURY.
 Lyman J Gage, the man who is to succeed John c. Carlisle as secretary of | the treasury, is q well known and pic turosquo character in the middle west. He is 2 man of energy as well as ideas, and. though he has lived 60 years, he can hardly be called old
 BGr. Gage was born at Deruyter, N. Y, June 28, 1886. His parents were also New Workers, and their ancestors were among tho first settlers of New England Tho father of Lyman Gago was S farmer and afterward Q merchant in q small way
 In 1846 the elder 6age moved with his family to Rome, \ Y., md there Lyman attended school until he was 16 years old. At that time tho Gage family was so large that Lyman thought it would be best for him to begin to make his own way, SO he secured q elerlship in 0 country pos6olIlee. Within q year he was promoted to the position of mail areut on tho Rono and Watertown rail road. In 1856 he withdrew from the railroad and took 2 position in the Oneida Central bank at Rome. Here he acted as junior clerk, office boy and gen. eral factotuin at salary of &l00 D year. After serving has employers in this ca paoity for 9 year or isseg9 young Gage asked for an advance Of salary. This bein9 refused, ho tnreB, up his position. md, acting on an idea which ho had long entertained, started west.
 Chicago was tho objective point which young Gage had in his mind fhlther he made his way, arriving Oct. 5, 1855.
 His efforts to get employment in a bank were fruitless, and so be applied at Nathan Cole s lumber yard and obtained work tfere. It was hard labor. He load ed wagons, steeredbis logs against cir eular saws and HOW and then took his turn at driving q team Of balgy mules The pay was small, and the hours were Iona. After awhile he was promoted to the position of night watchman and put in the long hours between sunset and sunrise patrolling the yard to prevent fires and fhefts. A yeaT later he became bookkeeper Of the concern
 His first step in the remarkable ascent he made to famo and prosperity was faken Aug. 3, 1858 TIe had been quiet Iv looking cut for employment in which bis speeial talents could haye chance to develop. On the day named he walE- ed into the Merchants Savings, Loan and Trust Company bank and asked the cashier for D position. To his JOY ana iis!,naant. his application was looK' od unon with favor. They were Iit'sesssslile3 the services of a bookkeeper ana Wouiu rive Gaze a trial at $500 a year.
 It was an humble beginning, Due U .uas all ctsga wanted. His promotions