Waterbury Democrat., 1900-10-22

entrance of the, x Nemerable Ohio sena- tor into the debate was tine signal for d period of calm and diSpaSsionate | consideration of tile serious arguments of the case.
 i Mr Sherman was not regarded as a. great orator, but as d dcbater he had few equals.
 The news of sMr Sherman's death
 was communicated to the state de- partment by F. J. Babcock. for many years private secretary and clerk to Mir sherman in, his various capacities as secretary of the, treasury. United States senator and secretary of state. The president was at once informed by
 the department, and the flags on the public buildings in; Washington were l lowered to half-mest, so to remain
 until after the, funefal. The president as a mark of especial honor to the de- ceased, who was not at the time of his
 death connected in any official capa- city with the government of the United States. resorted to the unusual | course of personally preparing an ex- pression of the nations grief in the shape of q proclamation descriptive of the personal qualities and civic abili- ties of the deceased statesman.
 At tie state department also mes sage was framed to be transmitted to
 the United States ambassadors. minis
 ters and charges abroad. officially mo- tifying them of the demise of EN-Sec-
 retnry Sherman. The department will be closed for business during the fun
 eral services here.
 E1-Secretary sherman was known
 intimately, officially and personally to
 Secretary of State John Hay ever
 since the days of the civil war. In commenting upon the sad event, Sec
 1etary Hay said: ''In the death of MT
 Sherman the country has lost one of
 it's greatest citizens. man whose
 name was inseperably connected with all the great events and policies of the
 latter half of the nineteenth century.
 a man not only of extraordinary abli- ty but of the most spotlcSs charactc and one whose personality. as well as
 his work. will always be a model. and an incentive to the, youth of the coun- try
 The navy department flag will be
 mans memory. Beyond this there will
 be no official action by this depart
 ment. Secretary Long was notified of the death of his former colleague after reaching the department. In speak | ing of the event he said:
 II can only express my deep regret and unlimited respect for MT Sher 1 man. He was a remarkable man. one l of the eminent statesmen of this coun- l try. and his name will be so recorded | in history. The country owes him Il | debt of, gratitude for the service he | rendered while secretary of the treas 1 ury in maintaining the national credit ] on a sound and conservative basis ! London, Oct % - The news of the death of eX5Secretary Sherman reached l here too late for comment in most of | the afternoon newspapers. The Hall Mall Gazette thinks that "While the
 result of his secretaryship in President lMckinley's administration showed MT Sherman had outlived his usefulness,
 his service to his country for the pre- l ceding forty years were great and will be remembered with Gratitude." .- l Washington, Oct 22.-The president 1 this afternoon issued the following proclamation: t. Death of the Honorable John Sher-
 man. By the President of the United States of America.
 A PROCLAMATION.
 To the People of the United States:
 In the fuIlness of years and honors,
 John Sherman. lately secretary of
 state. has passed away. Few among
 our citizens have risen to greater or more deserved emincnce in the nation | al councils than he. The story of his public life and career is as It were the | history of the country for half cen | tury In the congress of the United l States he ranked among the foremost l in the house and later in the senate. He was twice a member Of the eXecu- tive cabinet. first as secretary of the | treasury and afterwards as secretary of state. Whether in debate during the dark hours of our Civil war or as the director of our country's finances during the period of rehabilitation. or as trusted counsellor on framing the nations laws for over forty years, or as the exponent of it's foreign pol icy. his course was ever marked by de- yotion to the best interests of, his be- loved land. and by able and conscien tious efforts to uphold it's dignity and honor. His countrymen will long re- were his memory and see In him type
 of natriotism. the uprightness and the | zeal that go the moulding and strength
 ening of nation. .gt r. In fitting expression of the sense of bereavement that aftlicts the public. I direct that on the day of the funeral tha executive officesof the United StAtes display the national flag at half mast and that the representatives of tho United States in foreign lands
 shall pay in like manner appropriate tribute to the illustrious dead for a period of ton days. ,y.c.
 Done at the cifv' of Washington this
 a2d day of October in the year of our
 Lord nineteen hrndred. and oi the in
 dependencn of the United States of
 America the one hundred and twenty
 fifth. .-.. Fta
 [Seal.l
 WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
 By the President. .,5,.ss~-s ..r...
 JOHN HAY. a,p Secretary of State. .