The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-01
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suddenly llarcd ~ on the rcnrh,~
Oh the chamber pne glared ~, VIZ
across the narrow pislc that ras,9
WIN warmth aad espos,ulailonp s'V
una Volce--thc othci stared haottah
ieisnod astonishmon( rho ~ ra..M
sherman. I'"'e iioar III
me spectacle and Oh, sound a. W
iSeu political friends Mus fss,as
o'i'r with bitter ana .arcasiic
dchance and explanation slIrr"a ~
biood OF their associates. and 49,
,alk OF the town for weeks ss.H
me brutality Of the iishiinr
seemed to have infected oven ~.
these old onlookera. and tkev NJ
lght' too bald headed asas,.
much younger man than oIher y
disputants, who had paid thu 49,,
tentlon TO their engagement. re,,s'ss!
deep soto voice that was persse.s'
bic In the gallery overhead. "MP
know what's the matter. John 81.
dying a, the top"
Today the question rccurs w,.t
ran 3 reappoarllce at the mona "a
elgn reld ions committee and ,ho Y
,of Camcrcns rcsolu,ion--js /, ,r,,ss
Is II mat other men are shaLis,
heads In and out of the senate y.
and uttoring the same Thoughts n,
Few days ago marked citizen y
VINO wax twhilc in this city) a,ked ~
man was likely to enter McKInlavs
net, answered the inquiry nv .avla.
man VINO Is dying at the top yill ~ n
younger blood. sir, Will go there.
After sherman passed through I'M 4. <
the Hayes administration. md rsco, IA
rom the scorching ne rccr, ed trn.'
ONO delegation ut chicago I'm lSSn ~
| turned To the senate much di;sruutld
linally became really cmhi tered whss
courtesy OF that body refused Ia an, Il.
>. Morrill, aside rs tho head Of ,Ls ~
| committee, and Who hal s,,c,,ojri n
man as such when the batter wc,,, ,,,s
trtaa"ry. March Z. l'.1. NJ, md ,ns
q seat way down when he went h., 81, h
nnance committee, and second nlace !.
foreign relations was given him. III
to the head of this committee wten N
eral John f. Miller died in 1885, and
ne exception OF that brief nterfegnu,nl
democratic control Of The senate, NJ, N
there ever since.
Since his assignment TO the fotjr,, N
lairs OF the senate, j1nn sherman has an
linGuished himself by ignoring all s,m
or detailed knowledge u the same,
has become notorious among his rctyI
lean brethren Cor thls rcoularrv. nj
ignorance In gcrmane dcnn,c tcnrrl n
PAINFULLY on every occlgiun when the BrI
ing sea dispute. IN, chiiaal and II. n
moan disputes. the Hawaiian and y
cuban questions arse So much 10, n
the tart thrust OF senator Turp,e ID
winter was cruelty enjoyed when he AL
swored Lodge in the following words. I'D
senator asks If can not accept the word
me chairman of his committee lshermssl
NHy? want to say 10 him that the sS,|
ator from Ohio hoes not pretead 10 knot
ANYTHING about this question he has ID
even looked over the fence at III"
he truth is that Sherman serves
one master, That matter is his theory
finance. He began to practice this ,heod
IN 1913, and he has been possessed Of
ana by 1t. body and soul ever since Sha
man has repeatedly snoerei at the hid
tariii dosmas of his party associates. n
rs right-@a high tariff eats up his ml
standard argument. II. is not dying I
me top when he hints ~ that, lie Is I
too close touch with Wall street TO fall d
''h''''hN 'i'A'' Ihiiiui tluiH. anu SO WIG
he gets a little excited. nc sweats II on
as consistent and faithful gold mono
metaliist must do, to keep well and strong
If. therefore, he was only at the head
the finance committee he would. he think
choke that 'hinG down more or lcss-mue
moro than less'
But he is not. He sits however, az
chafes over The spectacle Of his obstrui
non, Justin s. Morrill,, the high prize
OF nigh protection. who. though len yea
Didor than himself, has not yet been poln'
'd out as dying at the top The funn
stories adrift from the senate over Shel
man piquc In this proferment of Morrll
would I'LL small edition OF Young
Night Thoughts" 10 say nothing Of tho
anecdotes which relate to ;hc sessions I
me foreign relations comlniitae, whel
sherman backs one day. and fills tic ney
Rut the chief shadow In John Sherman
thought today is the coming of Forak'
leNt Mar'h. Turing long years Of ~
broken continuity, Sherman las been u
'ole arhiter Of republican patronage an
aw To ohio In the senate of the Unite
states. 1t has given him. by this oppol
unity, great prominence, great Ioliticl
advantages, and II has secured great an
ervilc Difference But 1t practical
'asscs from HIM tomorrow. a youngs
nan, Foraker, with two generations
olers behind him. who really do not kno
much of sherman. except as legent
tops into the senate and speaks up AT ono
or ohio. He Is not faint hearted mai
) this young representative in part OF th
buckeyes. He is not slow. He IS NJ
cvcrenual. AMI he glorios in tn, 'act thu
rs hand has not oecn shaken by Grow
'levoland, Has John Shcrman's7 Ya
many times. They. John anl Grover. al
'ays shake with the irie grip OF gold.
! follow feeling mahcs Them wondrou
ind,'
That John sherman Is passing into III
lean and slippered pantaloon" is literal
rue IN the ~ ,,nn nj his liz, he was
pare man lilo is so much more so no
nat there is but little left. and the com
lent So often made In the chamber by hi
tothcr solons that he Is not wcarin
lentaily or physically as well as the age
ermonter Morrill,. seems TO be we
rounded, Sherman frets over this. II
not wise In so doing. for he has his
Dry that viii always link his name prom
nently with the great events OF our na
IoNal life, ever since the days OF the lie
pihpton constitution. and. IN almost ever
ph''lct OF Political opinion during all ines
'hS years since then John sherman ha
cen on the right side. The reflected Ign
I the glory OF his brother, General Sher
IAN, has also helped him. and he has beef
armed and nourished by it's pfulgenc'
ANY and many time since the war. Te
uihseh was generous. open hfarted II
neech, while John is selfish ard rcticent
ne general was impulsive and utterly III