The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-23

was made brigadier general and sent Il
Kentucky. and believed his brother wa!
right when he secuted the idea OF calling
out IS 900 men, contending that it woult
require 100000 to end the struggle II
Kentucky alone. All the time the fighting
brother was under Grant in the West
through his campaign in the Mississippi
Valley. and on his march to the sea. Johr
Sherman wrote letters OF advice as fire.
quently as conditions would permit.
After the fall Of Fort Sumter, under the
call of President Lincoln for $4,000 troops
Senator Sherman rendered his services to
Gen. Robert Patterson. was appointed
aide-de-camp without pay, and remained
with the Ohio regiment till the meeting 81
Congress in July. After the close of this
l extra session he returned to Ohio and re-
| ceived authority from Gov. William
Denison to raise brigade. Largely at
his own expense, he recruited two regi-
ments of infantry. squadron of cavalry
and a battery OF artillery. comprising 1900
men. This force served during the whole
of the civil war and was known as "Sher-
mans Brigade"
On the suspension of specie payments
in January. 1862. the issue of United States
! notes was deemed expedient, and the
question of making them legal tender was
not at first. it is said, received with fav-
or. Mainly through the efforts of Sec
rotary Chase and Senator Sherman this
feature of the bill authorizing their is
sue was carried through Congress. In the
debates on this question Senator Sherman
said:
II do believe there is pressing neces-
sity that these demand notes should be
made legal tender. IL we want to avoid
the evils Of a-depreciated and dishon-
ored paper currency. / do believe We have
provision and that the public safety now
demands its exercise"
Senator Sherman advocated the passage
of the national bank bill. He introduced
the refunding act in 1857, which was
adopted in 1870.
In 1874 a committee of nine, Of which
| he was chairman, was appointed by Re-
| publican caucus to secure a concurrence
of action. They agreed upon a bill fix
| ing the time for the resumption Of specie
pay1nnn.s at January 1, 1879. This bill
+, was reported to the caucus and the Sem
ate with the understanding that there
should be no debate on the side of the Re-
publicans and that Mr. Sherman should he
| left to managed it according to his own
! discretion. The bill was passed, leaving
its execution dependent upon the will of
/ the Secretary of the Treasury for the time
being.
Mr.. Sherman was an active supporter OF
Rutherford B. Hayes for the Presidency
in 1876, and was a member OF the COM
mission that visited Louisiana to witness
the counting of the returns in that State.
He was appointed Secretary of the Treas
ury by President Hayes in March, 1877.
and at once set about providing re-
demption fund by means of loans.
Candidate for the Presidency.
In 1880 Mr.. Sherman was an avowed
candidate for the Presidential nomination,
and his name was presented to the Re-
publican National Convention by James a.
Garfield. During the contest between the
supporters of General Grant and those of !
James G. Blaine. which resulted in Mr..
Garfelds nomination, Mr.. Sherman's vote |
ranged from so to 81.
He returned to the Senate in 1881, was !
reelected in 1887, and again in 1893, re- ,
signing in 1897 to enter President McKin /
ley's Cabinet as Secretary OF State. His ,
advanced age induced him to resign soon
after the outbreak OF war with Spain.
In December, 1885, he was chosen Presi-
dent of the Senate pro tempore, but he
declined reelection at the close OF his
term in 1887. His name was presented
by Joseph B. Foraker in nomination for 7
the Presidency In 1884. but the Ohio dele
CATION was divided between him and Mr..
Blaine. so that he received only 80 votes
from his own State. Again in 1888 his
name was presented by Daniel H. Hast I
ings in behalf OF the Pennsylvania dele
CATION at the National Convention and on
the first ballot he received 229 votes and
on the second 249. being the leading can
didate, and continued SO until Benjamin
Harrison received the support of those
whose names had been withdrawn.
When hostilities with Spain had ceased
Mr. Sherman went In the WeSt Indies
while In Cuba contracted pneumonia
At one time a report of his death was
circulated in the United States. He was
brought to the United States from San
tiago on an American warship. Since that
attack of pneumonia Mr.. Sherman has
never been fully restored In health.
The death Of Mrs. Sherman last year
was a severe blow to Mr.. Sherman. 1t
was after that bereavement that his
daughter, Mrs. Mary Sherman McCallum,
came 70 live With him In the white stone
house on X Street, which faces Franklin /;
Square.
Early in the present year Mr.. Sherman
went as usual to his home at Mansfield,
Ohio. to spend the spring and summer.
He left Mansfield in September with the
intention it is said, of never returning.
Before he left the place where he had {
laid the foundation of his large fortune
by lucky investment in real estate he ;
made arrangements for the transfer OF his
Mansfield property. The homestead, with ;
part of it's splendid grounds. Will be sold.
and the rest of it will be divided into
building lots and placed on the market.
Immediat ely after returning to Washing
ton Mr.. Sherman placed on file deeds con-
veying his Washington residence and the
adjoining property to Mrs. McCallum.
These were dated November IA, 1885, just
before his wife died, and were signed by