The herald., 1897-02-09
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! Mckinley, in his cablnel coEstr uctloii
would seem to have weakness Tor tai
timber Napoleon, whom the Cantor
man is so fond of resembling, surround
ed himself with the big physical men
Mckinley would appear to follow Ma
poleon in this.
Sherman's story has been set forth il
these columns before. We all heart
how he was IA years of age, began life {
poor boy and how, by frugal. red-squir
rel tricks, to lay up and hoard, he hac
in the past half century, on salary o
$4,000 year, saved up the warm sum o
$4,000 600 Sherman will be secretary o
state Sherman is foreordained. he /.
a distinct case of must" Mark Hanna
/ needs Sherman's seat in the senate, anc
that in the equation of present politics
is equivalent to the country needing
Sherman at the head of the state depart
ment,
YEARS OF NO ACCOUNT NOW.
Fellow senator's are caviling- softly
yet seriously, at the Sherman election
They argue that he is of much and many
years, ard that his memory flutters
not to say fades. a trifle al times" They
fear, these brother senators. that Sher-
/ man may some day, at crisis, overlook
some diplomatic bet, and the country
/ get up loser therefor and therefrom. This
! may be true, but it will not serve to keep
| Sherman out of the cabinet. Hanna
must be a senator, and already those
/ in control as ringmasters for the
| Mckinley circus show that memory
strength of mind and steady consistency
in a course. once adopted. are mere de-
tails and of inferior moment in the make
up of premier. They will provide a
couple of assistant secretaries to Sher-
man. who will bear the same relation to
him that the motor man and conductor
sustain to a trolley car. 1t may be Well;
let ali good people hope so.
Next to Sherman's. tall and slim and
faded gray, McKisley will place Lyman
Gage of Chicago, also tall and gray, and
will make a good companion piece to
Sherman. Gage, who is an ergaginS 3
Mugwump and much relied on by Grow
er Cleveland for money hints, is to be
secretary of the treasury.
Like Sherman, Gage is a many times
millionaire. Mckinley would seem tn
have warm May-day feeling for meE
with money. They come about him like
bears about a honey hive. 1t is to be
hoped no evil takes public root from this.
Perhaps. after all. It is but the natural
ching. Mckinley was SO recently fished
forth by these rich men from the quick
sands of the Walker bankruptcy and
saved. that I marvel not he has gained
a notion that rich folk are, in their way,
liiS anu iiS ~ -
desires them to be sown thicllly along
the coast of his future. Cleveland, wh3
used to be as poor and hopeful as Nc
kinley, had the same superstitions.
Gage is not so old as Sherman and
numbers but 60 years He is native
New Yorker, and began life dollarless.
and mounted to his millions by that lad
der whereof the runs are 10 per cent. H is
appoi. tment is being cursed at and re-
viled in secret by oldline Republicans.
They call Gage Democrat point to his
vote for Grover Cleveland. explain that
he has been thick as thieves with that
unworthy during the past four years,
and wind up their bitterness by saying
that Gage is to be the Gresham of the
coming cabinet
Gage undoubtedly owes his portfolio
when he gets tito Kohlsaat. Our
earnest little man of ovens and editori-
ais. of pies and paragraphs. must DO
somewhat to be saved. Times are dull
and trade is bitter bad in Chicago, Not
alone the poor. but many of the rich
are suffering in Chicago. Under GER
tain clustering and blizzardish condi-
tions Kohlsaat looks to Gage. Kohlsaat
has much. He has papers, he has pies,
he has hopes, but also he has no bank.
And even as the sick kitten leaneth uD
to a hot brick, SO does Kohlsaat yearn
over bank.
EYES ON CAGES UMBRELLA.
And so he loves Gage. who has moth
ing but banks. And so Kohlsaat Pre-
walls on Mckinley to select Gage to he
the nations purse bearer. Then it will
befall on some day to come. when it rains
in trade and there is a business down.
pour in Chicago, Kohlsaat Will so to
Gage and borrow an umbrella You
scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
is motto much hugsed up to in Chica =
go. And both Gage and kohlsaat know
1t by heart. Gage is to be secretary of
the treasury, and this gives joy and glee
to Editor kohlsaat, who flies into his pa
per and tells Of it with much chic, nerve.
elan eclat, not to say aplomb, 1t is all
excellent.
Following these two x-footers-Sher
man and Gage-McKinley confers on
his intimates the wary hunch" that his
notion of war secretary is Russell A
Alger. Alger like Gage. is so years old.
He was born in Ohio in the town of
Medina His childhood was poor Like
Sherman and Gage. he didn't have mon
ey enough to flag a bread wagon But
also he is said to be like them-he has
corrected his poverty. He has amassed
millions These millions Alger achieved
in Michigan pine lands. He plunged
into the lumber business on the heels of
the war. without a dollar, and emerged
viii d puilule VI IIOlley DlS enough 10
choke a COW.
Alger in his boyhood worked for his
board and went to a country school A.
last in 1859, he was admitted to practice
law. and organized to that end in Cleve-
land, Mark Hannas town But fate
took Alger out Of Ohio and the law bust
ness.
He got into Grand Rapids and was be-
ginning to see the beauties Of the lum-
Der business when the war descended
on the country like a storm Alger
went forth to battle in regiment Cf
Michigan cavalry. He went forth a cap
tain and became a colonel. Such, how
ever was his military caution and re-
serve as a soldier that Sheridan-Who
was a headlOng character himself-di1
not like Alger. Sheridan complained
that Alger was too modest. too retir-
ing for a man Of battlefelds and went
about carnage and bloodshed with too
slow and cautious step I don't know
the details. bat Alger got out of thu,
army, and | have never found anybody
who thought the war lasted any longer
because Alger quit.
Alger has not only been among the
pines and WaXed rich, but he has cavort-
ed about in politics. Michigan is a
strong state, a good and wise state, but
Michigan. like men. has her moments
of carelessness. There are days when
Michigan is off her guard and doesn t
care what she does. It was one on Of
these occasions when Alger was made
governor
CHASING A NOMINATION.
\ Following the state house, ,Aleer painted
for the presidency. And Alger pursued
the rresiderCV With such ara1r l1f7d