The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-11-03
John sherman's Brilliant Career

SoAA oAei man q bIAlllhnl IarsSr
I.. death of John sherman at his
bone 10 Washington October -. removes
ou. nf the conspicuous statesmen Of
American history 10 is the passing uUt
nu.g .f 81 dominant figure, bat the occul-
te..u Hl shining maine That Of Sher-
rHr al- a'-u part of our history from
r.. iuy when Rogey. the shoemaker
snai tho Declaration of Independence
uI eleven months ago. John resigned
a. -..raary of state i'm the Mckinley
,au.t
aHhu sherman was the eighth OF
,.r.u children. His father was a
JHae. & jhc Ohio supreme court. The
-an was noru in Lancaster. o., May 10,
lN-&. and on his fathers death went to
live with cousin At Mount Vernon.
rh,- be- qualified himself TO enter the
sophomore class at Kenyon college.
Later hr studied law with his brother M
Mansfield. was taken into partnership,
aul praytI,,d with success from the time
b. MAS - years OF age until he was 81
when only - years Of age be was a
PROMINENT young whie IN the national
convention which nominated General Tay-
Der for ;ac presidency in lS4S. And again
200 1872 De- was member and secretary
r, ,a, last whie convention. which nomi-
nafad General Scott. Tie was nominated
tu Hc Thirty fourth congress when little
past $50 years of axe. in 1854. and ,e-
- acj iu the public service continuously
u. lN9> au unusual period of forty-four
yea-s.
Mr. sherman. although az that time one
ot ,hy Youngest OF the new members in
"a cousu-S of remarkably able men, took
az ouce a prominent position among the
leaders in bis own party, itself new and
uutri,j ia public Affairs.
ln Dis brst congress Sherman was ap-
pointed with William \. Howard. also
new member upon committee 70 inves-
tiraJs. ou the ground. the crimes that
were ltiUc committed against free peo-
Vl5 on the plains of hansss. The r.
uavkahle report of these two new mem
bgvs was - elesr, 50 convincing and 50
irusfutable that the extension OF slavery
,uto tho new territory became thereafter
impossible and the scale was from that
moment turned in favor of free soil and
fuec men. sherman became At once
leader 50 prominent 10 the next house in
resisting ,he attempts Of the slave power
u rrgaiu is lost ground that al the open
ing Of the rhirty-SiSth congress he was
selected with great unanimiJy by his party
Tor the o.5cv of speaker. and commanded
IS undivided support during one Of the
most memorable struggles over the organ
lEa5ion Of the house Of which there is any
record This contest continued FOR mors |
than six weeks snd for forty Intellectual |
ballots hts party lacking two or thDs |
Votes of e majority. tie finally with |
drew.
Ga the Inauguration Of Lincoln Sher- |
man left the houss 20 take the place in |
the senate made yScant by Salmon 7. !
Chase. who had been called into Lin
coins cabinet rs SECRETARY of the treas
ury. That place be occupied until 1897. |
a pvriod ol thirty -Six years. with the ex
cvpiion Of four years. when he was him
self secretary of the treasury under Presi-
ient Hayes sherman carried into the
senate the sane commanding influence ~
hEd exerted in the house.
Sherman's most important work. and
ihaS with which his name viii slways
b. most closely associated. was with the
of the currency 70 sound
and stable basis To the same origin ami |
support may be traced the redemption act
,f 1874. which put all paper money on q
par With gold in 1879.
After the election Of Mckinley To the