The times., 1898-04-25
JUDGE Day THE MAN.
Authoritative announcement That
He is 10 Succeed MIR. sherman.

Authoritative announcement That
He is 10 succeed Mr.. sherman
The resigna: ion of Secretary John
Sherman of the State Department, is in
The hands of the President This state
ment can be made upon the highest au-
thority, and it further can be said au-
thoritatively that Judge William r. Day,
the present First Assistant Secretary of
State, viii succeed him.
Judge Day left last night for his home
in Canton, Ohio. to straighten out his
law practice preparatory to entering upon
the duties which will devolve upon him
in assuming the office which he prac-
tically has held ever since the present
difficulties with Spain arose. He will.
while at Canton, complete arrangements
with his law partnersto carry on his eX-
tensiye- practice there without his as
sistance and the julge also has agreed
to forego the appointment to a Federal
judgeship which, it is well known, was
to be his as soon as the war cloud had
passed over and ended in the triumph of
the American arms.
When seen at his residence last night,
he talked freely and said that he left the
Cabinet freely and retired to private life
cheerfully hoping that he might spend
the remainder OF his days in the enjoy
ment of such pleasures as might
be his portion without the embarrass-
ments and cares of public life.
Mr. Sherman said he wished to make
the statement with all the emphasis pos
sibIe that there was no ill-feelinG be-
tween himself and the President. Mr..
Mckinley was man whom he had
known and esteemed for many years and
their relations today were as cordial as
at any time during their lives. Nor did
he retire. Mr.. Sherman said. on account
Of ill-health. He was not 4 sick man.
but he did appreciate the fact that he
was getting old and that he could not
stand the strain of continued service in
these trying times of war.
There was 10 indication of a war with
Spain when he entered the Cabinet. The
conditions had changed. Hard and per-
sistent work was required of the head of
/ the State Department, and he felt that
the time had now come when he should
! make way for younger and more active
+ person. That said Mr.. Sherman. was the
motive that actuated him in leaving the
] 1I6SluSIl : oLltld1 IdHlllN anu ISlui
! TO a life which he has not known for
many long years.
Mr.. Sherman has been a commanding
figure in the history Of this country for
! forty-two years. He was elected to Con-
gress in 1850 and during the civil war
/ was advanced to the Senate For the
/ forty-two years he has never been out of
public life or out of the public eye. As
member of the House of Representatives
as a United States senator; as Secretary
Of the Treasury in the Cabinet of Presi-
dent Hayes; again as United States SEN
ator; as a Republican candidate for the
Presidency of the United States. and
! finally as Secretary of State, he has
served his country and his party well
He deserves the rest and quiet that viii
come TO him after he has laid down the
cares Of official life which, to a man ac-
( tive as he has been. have not proven in
considerable. He realizes that he is nc
longer young and as he said last night
/ resigns the premiership to make way foI
one who is younger and sturdier and who
| can more firmly hold up the hands of The
| President in this trying hour.
Mr.. Sherman has no fixed plans for the
future. He will go to his old home ir
viii probably spend his winters in Wash
ington and his summers where his fancy
may take him, but to Mr.. Sherman's
mind there is no place quite so agreeable
10 him as his fine old home in the Ohio
city, which has so many years been his
place of abode.