The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-07
CAREER OVER:
,,r oBIo STATESMAN RETURNS TO
!" WASHINGTON FOR GOOD.
"a. po,.,ea Public Life Porty-nvs Year, AGO
nd Wa, Recognised as a Leader Un,iI HIS
ps,,,,m,n, In Ises-His Great pebhe
he'..,a.rt Of His Careers Close.

- Wa RecOlnlEfu hb tS@e
p.,,,.m.n, In Ises-His Great feohc
NN.s..-Inotdeut Of His Careers Close.
u..u,voroS Dot. e.-When John Sherman
IesH x,oKinley's Cabinet In April. 1903, II
eSar.ad IN Washington that his public
"a come 70 a close, To the American
oa'1I. aansrally that fact was then not so wen
~ -. ~ was 20 those who resided In the
.n.oa.i cspltal. but within the last few weeks
g. CHAIRMAN has made preparations which
ali doubt as 10 his future. lie has re-
100 ~ Warrington with the Intention OF
.-di,s the remainder Of his days here. lie
arrs,sed his affairs at his Ohio home and
"a. nlaced on record In Washington provide
%, The transfer OF his present residence and
o,bor property IN this city 10 his adopted dausn-
"a, II Is understood TO be his purpose not 10
toLc NO his abode again In Ohio. and apparently
no desires to settle down In the place where
n,os, NJ mis- public life has been spent which
hos becone endelred TO him by association.
Mr. Sherman shows the weight OF years.
Ilways ab.temious, he has had 10 make no
change in his method OF living 10 prolong his
lie ne has not become a recluse by any
means although his condition makes II advis-
able that he shall see only a few relatives and
close personal friends. Very recently he pur-
chased an expensive carriage and he expects
10 use Il a great deal. Driving appears 10 be
bis greatest recreation and this has been 80 for
many Years. ne Ia still an object OF interest In
Washington, for the time when he was a power
Phi factor In the affairs Of the nation IL still too
recent to permit people 10 forget how great a
man he was. Even to-day there Is something
about his strong face and peculiar figure that
sissests distinction. and those by whom Mr..
sherman was seen daily during his official SER
-. - I,,b altar hin, uhap ha apnaara in
the streets.
Il, WAS forty-lve years ago that John Sher-
man came to Washington TO begin his public
career. He was then 80, flo had been a dele
gate 20 two national conventions and was deeply
Interested in politics. From Dec. 8. 1855, when
he took his seat in the House Of Representatives
a. a member Of Congress from Ohio. until April
"a. 1905. when he retired from public life, he was
man OF prominence in national affairs. From
the first he was recognized as a ready and for
chile debater. particularly In the ante-bellum
controversies that we're at their height when
he entered Congress. His interest In all legisla-
zion relating TO finance was shown early In his
public career, and In the first few years Of his
service in Congress he had enunciated the
princlple, now recognized. that the system Of
making contracts In advance Of appropriations
was illegal.
Four years after he became a Representative
Mr. sherman was the candidate OF the Repub-
licans for Speaker Of the House and was recog-
nized as the foremost man In that body. He was
then only 30 Suspicion on the part OF some Of
the southern Wings that he was an abolitionist
caused his defeat for the Speakership after he
was within three votes OF the coveted place.
Tho Southern Wings had asked him TO declare
th'' ne was "o. no NM
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