Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-10-26

public life and services is as It were the
history of the country for half century.
In the congress Of the United States he
ranked among the foremost in the house
and later in the senate. He was twice
member of the executive cabinet, first as
secretary OF the treasury and afterwards
as secretary of state. Whether In debate
during the dark hours OF our civil war, or
the director of the country's finances
during the period of rehabilitation, or as
a trusted councillor in framing the ma
tiou's law for over 40 years, or as the eX-
ponent OF its foreign policy, his course was
ever marked by devotion to the best inter-
ests of his beloved land. and by able and
conscientious effort to uphold its dignity
and honor His countrymen will long re-
we're his memory and see in him type
of the patriotism. the uprightress and the
zeal that go to molding and strengthening
nation.
"In fitting expression of the sense OF be-
reavement that affiicts the republic. di-
rect that on the day of the funeral the
executive offices of the United States dis
play the national flag at half-mast and
that the representatives of the United
States in foreign countries shall pay in
like manner appropriate tribute to the
illustrious dead for period of ten days.
Done at the city OF Washington this
twenty-second day of October in the year
of our Lord one thousand and nine hundred
and of the independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and
twenty-fifth.
tseaD WILLIAM MKINLEY.
''By the President: JOHN HAY,
Secretary of State"
The statcsmnn's Career.
John Sherman was rs years of age. He
was born at Lancaster. o.. and when he
was six years of age his father died. In
the spring of 1887 he set out to do some
thing for himself, and obtained the posi-
tion of Junior rodman with the engineer
corps working on the improvements of
the Musk,ngum river. When 10 he went
to Mansfield to study law with brother.
He was prepared for practice before he
was n and practlced law actively until
he was elected to congress in 1854,
Sherman and ColfaI happened to enter
public life together. They We're both dele
gates to the national convention in Phil
adelphla, which nominated Zachariah
Taylor in lSiS. During that summer Mr.
Sherman was married to Miss Cecilia
Stewart, the only daughter of Judge Stew
art of Mansfield. He was president of
the hrst republican state convention held
In Ohio which met in 1855 and nominated
S. p. Chase for governor.
Mr.. Sherman took his seat in the Thir-
ty-fourth congress six years before the
war. In the Thirty-fifth congress he
made n number of able speeches and be-
came much interested in the finances of
the country. He was elected to the
United States senate in 1861 to fill the
Chase.
Made Secretary of Treasury.
Mr. Sherman can almost be called the
author and the founder of the financial
policy of the republican party. President
hayes made Mr.. Sherman his secretary
of the treasury because he knew him to
be the foremost financier of the age.
Returning to the senate on the close of
his term in President Hayes cabinet, Mr..
Sherman took up the work of active leg
islation again, and for 16 years more was
one of the leaders of the body in which
he had previously spent other l6 years of
usefulness.
Mr.. Sherman again resigned from the
senate in March. 1897, to ACCEPT the most
important position in the gift of Presi-
dent Mckinley. the secretaryship OF
I state, from which he retired in April
. 1895.
While secretary of the treasury in Pres
ident Hayes cabinet MIR. Sherman sci
himself to the task of providing a re-
demption fund to meet the resumption
demands on the date already fixed by the
sep,Vte. He sold 50.000O0O of Az per cent
bonds to the Rothschild syndicate at lO912
The business of the country began to ad
Just itself on the assured basis of specie
payments after January /, 1879 During
the four years he was at the head of tn,
treasury department he refunded nearly
$S50OO0,OOO of the public debt, making {
saving in annual interest of nearly SIS.
1900 per annum.
Fifty Killed.
London, Oct. 23.-According to the
st. Petersburg correspondent of tn,
Daily Express, so persons were killet
and many others terribly scalded by