New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-04


he died suddenly Of cholera. or two out Oh '"'
eleven children thus left without support IN 'he
house Of the b.reaved widow. the country anu
world have heard something for more ''''''
generation. The sixth Of these children was zen
eral william Tecumseh sherman The e'R"." ~
Them then = lad of six seven. was '""''
Sherman
Mfr Shernan's biography in Tn" con-reS-
sional Directory covers barely Twelve ''''' '''
Than half of the spdcr appropriated by many d
budding statesman Of one-thnd MS |'"'S 49,
what a record of political activity ana achieve
ments those tw,.yc lives m"destly '"hcea'' "
l. I.pate to the Wig National Convention ia
ISIS when only twenty-five years "ld "e''N"'
again To- tn. convention Of 49,; PRESIDENT "i 'h'
FIRST Republican state convention held IN 'h'''
in lSnJ: elected "A Representative in congress III
sd and reelected IN i>:'i. 49, and l>6' the
,,epuIlican and Free Soil candidate FOR speaker
N I>.? losing an election 10y only three N'i"I
entering thu senate in 1851 and serving there
continuously until 1877 devoting foui years a
Secretary of tn. Treasury in President Hayes
Cabinet ia CARRYING into execution the bold and
far-sightcd financial legislation when NJ had
I..n I'M. chief factor in passing through CON
gross. returning To- the Senate in 1881. and re-
tanning his seat there through three succeSSN'
r.-.I.rtions. a candidate for the Republican,
Presidential nomination in 1850 lNNi ana iN>>'
receiving in the convention of lNNN 40 votes
leader Of his party in the Senate ana on" 81 us
recognized and authoritative spokesman on inc
public platform all TN 'se phases # useful
h, norrd larorous and eminently successful I"-
litical career can hc traced between the INES
of THE Drectorys" concise and unassumlnS
autobiographicdl sketch.
Senator Sherman. though fast approaching
Lis seventy fourth birthday-which will be May
10 1897 shows to-day few traces Of his advanc-
ing years he has displayed ~ much alertness
and vigor in the prosecution of his legislative
duties this winter ~ at any time in ten years
past In sp.rch i'm December last on the con
dition of the Treasury and the urgent need Of
legislation To- maxi good the annual Deficiencies
NJ disclosed all tn, ire and spirit 10 which
discussion Of this sort H. sure To- stimulate him.
~ recent years Mr.. sherman has taken n" very
considerable, sharr in the routine debates IN tho
senate but he il rarely absent from the Capitol
and on all financial measures he has spoken both
freely and effectively. His speeches in oppo-
sition To- the various free coinage bills which
have been pushed 10 the front in the "deliber-
alive branch" have attracted universal atten-
tion. and many of his appeals To the Senate I"
put aside demagogy and factionalism and to leg
islate with prudence and moderation have been
both noticeably dramatic and Of genuine poti-
cal effect
That AT the age Of seventy three Mr.. sherman
should cesrc To- leave the scene of his many
legislative triumphs and seek to round out his
career by a term in the state Department-the
# ppli no
to the Presidency itsef-is not perhaps To be-
wondered at But What will be a gain to the eX-
"cutve branch of the Government through Mr.
Sherman's long eXperienc, and training will b.
equally distinc, and sensible loss to the leg
islatve branch--a loss the more irr-parable be-
cause it breaks, perhaps, the last vital connec-
ton in the two houses of Congress between the
older school Of politics and politicians and the
new.
Senator Shcrman's great reputation as a leg
slator was built up chiefly through his mastery
management of financial measures yet he has
always been close and earnest student of for
eisn relations. and since his return to the senate
in 1851 H. has been a leading member-and for
the greater part of tn time charman-of the
Foreign Relations Committee He has taken
active part in the consideration Of every treaty
SupHItt"u 10 III" 'thdlc' anu Has ndu l" NeiSh
and discuss time and time again the veXed prob
lens with which successive Secretaries Of State
have been called upon to deal.
His selection for n" chief post in Major Nc
Knley's Cabinet has Therefore. both logic and
common SENSE To commend ii. and the new Sec
rotary Of State will enter his office with the
added advantage Of q wholly friendly interest in
and cooperation with his purposes on the part
of the colleagues whom h. leaves behind in the
coordinate treaty-makng branch of Congress