The evening times., 1899-03-21
GENERAL WASHINGTON
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Inc idlcot doFlceS from JONI oheIiudu 6i'o
! little ground to expect that he will ever
return to this country alive. His long
| public career came to an end just about
| year ago, when he was practically forced
I:out of the Cabinet of President Mckinley
. Many friends Of Mr. Sherman blame Mr..
. Mckinley for what, they characterize as
.his harsh and cruel treatment of Mr..
& Sherman. Mr.. McKinley's friends. how
ever. maintain that the President has been
unjustly censured in this connection; that
events over which Mr.. Mckinley had no
| control were responsible for Mr.. Sher-
| man s. retirement to private life. Bat tor
| the war with Spain, they say. MIR. Sherman
would have been permitted to remain IN
! the Cabinet, il only as fgurehead The
! war. however. they think, made 1t lmpera-
! tive that aSyounger and more active man
i.should be in charge of the State Depart
ement Mr.. Sherman, therefore. had to 60,
as he was not equal physically or mentally
| to the arduous duties that were imposed
| upon the Secretary of State in consequence
of the warN But, OF course, everyone un-
derstands that the chief reason for inviting
Mr.. Sherman into the Cabinet was TO make
.. vacancy in the Senate for Mark Hanna.
| 1t is not believed that Mr.. Sherman had
any desire to exchange his position as
Senator for that of Secretary Of State.
1t is not known at this time what argu-
| menIS were uSeu Oh MI. SHeiiudu W PCi
suade him against his will to leave the
Senate to 60 into the Mckinley Cabinet.
| Probably all OF the facts will come out
some day, and when they are published
the world can judge whether John Sherman
was badly treated in the closing Gays or
his career by the Mckinley Administra-
tion.
u is understood that Mr.. Sherman dur
ing the past year has been engaged in writ
ing extended postscript to his personal
memoirs. In the volume which he publish
ed several years ago he handled Mr.. Alger
and number of other eminent personages
without gloves His later contribution
may prove to be even more interesting
and pointed. However John Sherman viii
! not be estimated in history by the record
he made during the last few years of his
public career. His status will probably
be determined by his acts while Secre-
tary of the Treasury in the Hayes CAB
met and while a Senator during the ex-
citing period following the close of the
civil war.
Mr. Sherman's greatest ambition which
was to be President Of the United was
/ never gratified. He sought the Presiden-
tial nomination at the hands OF his party
many times. but he always missed the
goal. During the session of the Republic
can National Convention in 1880, Mr.. Sher
man and Mr.. Blaine were both in Wash
ington Mr.. Sherman's strength in the
convention was about 125 votes, while
Blaine's was over 200 votes. One day as
the fight at Chicago was approaching
climax Mr.. Sherman sent friend to Mr..
Blaine with message to this effect: "Mr.
Blaine If your friends will vote for me
on the next ballot, | can be nominated.
Mr.. Blaine's comment was: Il wonder
if it has not occurred to Mr.. Sherman that
IL he will throw his votes to me that
can be nominated Then Mr.. Blaine ad-
| 60 NJ fnr
that il | am not nominated today Garheld
; will be tomorrow" In this instance Blaine
, proved to be true prophet.
Mr.. Sherman practically gave up the
Presidential chase after he failed to obtain
, the coveted nomination in 1888. He felt
that he would have won at that time but
for Alger's buying up the Sherman dele
gates from the South. He makes this as
sertion in his book and while Alger has
labored with Sherman time and again to
, correct it or qualify it in some way, he has
steadfastly refused to do so.
, Quay's Senatorial Contest.-The
| friends of Matthew Stanley Quay have run
: up against snag in their scheme to hare
Mr.. Quay reach the Senate by a gubernato-
rial appointment in the event of the Leg
islature at Harrisburg adiourning without
|, electing Senator They have discovered by
! examining the records that Quay voted to
keep out the, three would-be Senators who
applied for admission to the Senate back
in 1898. with, governors certificates in their
pockets. They were all appointed after
their respective State Legislatures had fail
ed to elect. The vote in the Senate on the
case of Lee Mantle. of Montana, which
was made test case, stood 81 to 2S. Mr..
Quay was one of the thirty-one Senators
who voted may 1T only shows that
chickens are, bound to come home to
roost." said a Quay adherent today. ''If
Quay could have foreseen the present sit
uation he probably would have voted the
other way on the Mantle case. However,
while Quay's vote in this instance win
make it little awkward for him If he
applies for admission to the Senate under
similar conditions, it will not be an in
surmountable obstacle. Mr.. Quay can say
that he has studied the legal authorities a
little more closely and is now satisfied that
he made a mistake in voting against ad-
mitting Mantle. The Legislature at Harris
burg has passed a resolution to adjourn
on April 20. but the date can be changed
if desired. However, if no Senator is elect
ed by April 20, l presume the legislature
will adjourn on that date. In the event
of no election of Senator at Harrisburg
Governor Stone will, am satisfied, appoint
Quay for the purpose of having another
test case made in the Senate at Washing
tom
Have Reed and Mckinley Actually
Made Up:-The reports from Jekyl ISL
and of the cordial meeting between the
President and Mr.. Reed would seem TO in
dicate that they have buried the hatchet
and would hereafter or for a time at least
act together. If this is true it means that
Mr.. Reed is to be elected Speaker of the
next House without any opposition from
the White House. and that Mr. McKin-
ley's denomination next year for second
term will not be opposed by the autocrat
from the Pine Tree State. Friends of
both Mckinley and Reed in Washington
are disposed to be skeptlcal as to the ma
ture of the reconciliation" that is sup
posed to have taken place at Jeky1 Island
They say: wait and see. 1t is too soon
to shout yet. Some sort of protocol may
have been signed by the high contracting
parties, but it will be some time before
a formal treaty, of peace is ratified between
the White House and the Capitol
HONOR FOR HELEN GOULD.