Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-11-18

banqueters it was with difficulty that
he gained his feet He spoke but a
few N .nutes, but was eloquent and to
the point Il cannot recall the words
of his short but eloquent speech says
| Sherman, "but it made an impress on
my mind. If his body was affected
by the liquor, his head was clear and
his utterance perfect l met Mr.. Web
ster afterward."
In 1S4S Sherman was a delegate to
the National Whig convention at Phil
adeplhia. Colonel Collyer, chairman
of the Ohio delegation, said there was
young gentleman in that convention
who could never hope to get an Office
unless that convention gave him one.
He then nominated Sherman for Secre-
tary of the convention, and this was
followed by the nomination of Shuy-
Ter ColfaX of Indiana, as assistant
secretary.
In 1854 he was elected to the Lower
House Of Congress, ana at once as
sumed conspicuous place, The re-
mained in the House for three consec-
utive terms, and in 1861 was elected to
the Senate. When he took his seat in
the House In 1854, Timothy Day sat
beside him. Day was the proprietor Of
the Cincinnati Commercial, and wa
kept busy writing for his paper Most
of the new members made brief
speeches Ito air their oratorv,' as
Sherman put it. When new voice
was heard Day would put his hand to
his ear, listen a minute, and then turn
to his writing with the expression,
Another dead cock in the pit" On
the 9th of January Sherman veI'ured
to make a few remarks, and whel he
sat down he turned to Mr. Day and
SAT! 'Iuotnel dead cock in the oil.'
Day relieved MIN by saying, ~ 1t SO
bed"
When tie State Convention met at
Columbus on July 10, 1855, it was
composed of many different elements,
every shade of political opinion being
represented. To his surprise, Sher-
man was selected president, this being
the first meeting he had ever presided
over excepting an Odd Fellows lodge
When The new party, known as the
Republican party, was fully organized,
Sherman cast his lot with them. He,
like Seward, Chase, Stevens and Nc
Lean, shared in the feeling of dis
trust of Fremont, but he gave him his
hearty support.
When the Civil War broke out, Mr.
Sherman was among the many men
who were very bitter against James
Buchanan, but before the war was
over he found that that gentleman was
a patriot after all Mr. Sherman ad-
vocated the election of Lincoln, and
when Lincoln came to Washington
they formed an acquaintance which
lasted for life. Speaking of this Mr..
Sherman said: Abraham Lincoln, the
Fresident-elect, arrived in the city of
Washington on the 23rd day of Febru-
ary, 1861, and with Mrs. Lincoln
stopped at Wizards Hotel, where |
was then living. On the evening of
his arrival, I called upon him; he took
my hands in both of his, drew himself
up to his full height, and, looking at
me steadily, said: you are John Sher-
man! Well, I am taller than you;
let's measured" Thereupon we stood
back to back, and some one present
announced that he was two inches
taller than l. This was correct for he
was six feet three and a half inches
tall when he stood erect"
Sherman thought he could do more
toward helping the war along at home
than at the front, and accordingly got
permission and in September, 1861,
proceeded to raise in Ohio two regi-
ments Of infantry, a battery of artil. .
lery and a squadron of cavalry. There
was some trouble as to VINO should
command the regiments. Mr.. Sher-
man thought they should be command
ed by regular officers, in which he was
opposed by General Scott. President
Lincoln thought as did Mr.. Sherman,
and his plans were carried out.
After Clement L. Vallandingham
had been sent into the Confederate
lines as traitorous copperhead, the
Ohio Democracy nominated him for
Governor, The Republicans placed in
the field Honest" John Brough, a war
Democrat, Mr.. Sherman travelled
through the large cities with Mr..
Brcugh, and spoke at many immense
mass meetings Two days before the
election, Mr.. Brough estimated his
plurality at about 5000, and, much to
his surprise, his majority was 1O1 900
Mr.. Sherman believed that "the poll
cy of this country ought to be to make
everything national as far as posi-
BILE" banks included. Long before
Sherman entered Congress he had
studied the banking laws of severa