Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-25

Washington, Oct. 23.-Ex- Secretary
John Sherman died at Gas O'Clock
yesterday morning Services viii ba
held both at the residence in this clty
and at Mansfield, where the intermert
will be made in the family buryfug
ground beside the body Of Mrs. sher.
man, who died early in the summer
Services will be held tomorrow H7.
ternoon, the remains to lie at the
house after their conclusion until in
the evening when they viii be put on
special train for Mansfield Arriving
at Mansfield tomorrow, the remains
viii lie in state in the Episcopal church
in that city until Thursday. when the
interment will take place
In his customary proclamation Pres.
ident Mckinley says in part:
Few among our citizens have risen
TO greater or more deserved eminence
in the national councils than he. The
story of his public life and services is
as it were the history of the country
for half a century. In the congress Of
the United States he ranked among
the foremost in the house and later in
the senate. He was twice a member
of the executive cabinet first as sec
rotary of state Whether in debate
during the dark hours of our civil war
or as the director of the country's f.
nances during the period of rehabilita.
ton, or as a trusted councillor in franz
ing the nations laws for over forty
years, or as the exponent of its foreign
policy, his course was ever marked by
devotion to the best interests of his
beloved land and by able and conscien-
tious effort to uphold its dignity and
honor His countrymen will long re.
we're his memory and see in him a type
of the patriotism. the uprightness and
the zeal that 80 to moulding and
strengthening a nation"
Mr.. Sherman was born in Lancaster
O., May TO, 1928 He is a descendant
of Roger Sherman, one Of the signers
of the declaration Of Independence
and a brother of William Tecumseh
Sherman, the illustrious soldier He
entered public life in 1S43 as a dele
gate from Ohio, to the whig conven.
ton which nominated Zachary Taylor
for president From that day until his
resignation in 1897 from President
McKinleys cabinet he was one Of the
foremost statesmen of America,
Twice was he in the cabinet and three
times was he a candidate for president
of the United States. In 1851 he was
elected to the United States senate
from Ohio and served until 1876, when
he became secretary of the treasury
under Hayes administration. He
again entered the senate in 1880 and
continued to be a republican leader
on the floor until his final resignation
to become secretary of state under
President Mckinley and the vacancy
was filled by Senator Marcus A.
Hanna
Mr. Sherman devised the plan for
resuming specie payment and practic-
ally framed the bill by which resump-
ton was to occur June /, 1879. When
he became secretary Of the treasury
in 1876 his first move was to begin the
accumulation of a great stock of gold
with which to pay specie for paper.
Six months before the time he had ac-
cumulated in the treasury $4,000
600 and had the satisfaction of seeing
paper money gradually rise to the
value of gold until gold no longer
brought a premium.
Not only was Mr.. Sherman thus CON
tinuously honored in connection with
the legislative branch Of the govern
ment, but he was pushed by his
friends very hard for the presidency
time and time again. There is no
doubt that Sherman nourished a warm
and strong ambition for this high
place, and at one time it seemed al
most a certainty that he would be the
candidate of his party for the ooyet-
ed post This was in 1880, when
James A, Garfield, Sherman's advo-
cate in the convention, buiIded SO
much better than he knew that be
himself secured what he sought for his
chief
Four years later. too there was a
strong Sherman sentiment working in
the national convention, and again il
seemed possible that the Ohio scion
would be put in the first place in the
ticket. but Harrison was selected. i
is generally believed that this was the
bitterest disappointment Sherman
ever experienced.
The death Of Mrs sherman was
severe blow to the old statesman.
While on a visit 20 Cuba in 1929 be
was himself reported to have died.
lrNnn ~ pn4,trr a. IlIfrnLe