The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-23
X-SECRETARY JOHN
SHERMAN DIES At LAST

for his conservatism. canton. innate
good judgment and power Of effective
execution inspired confidence in any
line of action which he advised. This
was particularly true in later years,
when he held a leading place in the
senate on the questions of fnaL and
foreign affairs. Amid the most heated
arguments and the widest differences,
the entrance of the yenera bic Ohio SEN
atOr into the debate was the signal for
a period of calm and dispassiOnate con
sideratiOn of the serious arguments of
the case. His appearance in a debate
was often like the sudden entrance of
the schOOlmaster into a room full of
Unruly pupils.
Mr.. Sherman was not regarded as
great orator. His forte was more in
the cool analysis OF a proposition -ap
pealing to the Judgment rather than
TO the motions and carrying conviction.
He prosecuted the simple facts without
any attempt to ornate diction. AS a
debater he had few equals OF late
years he seldom entered into the dis
cussion of lesser topics. but reserved
his voice for greater questions. The
appearance of Mr.. Sherman added to
the intellectual force ne eXerted. He
is well remembered as he appeared on
the floor of the senate during the dnan-
cial debates preceding the presidential
election Of 1896. His tail, spare figure
was bent slightly forward over his desk
as, with his index finger extended he
laid down the financial principles of
which he had been so close a student.
During the later months of his service
in the senate, Mr.. Sherman had habit
of speaking, and then retiring from
the chamber, as though all had been
said In earlier years he was most
attentive listener even TO the minor
routine of the senate and was most
deferentiaI and considerate of those
with whom he differed. particularly the
newcomers.
Shrewd in Business.
In private life. Mr.. Sherman was
known as a Shrewd business man,
whose habits of industry, thrift and
economy had built up a large fortune.
When in this city he spent most of the
time in his library. Here he could be
found almost every day, sitting in a
great leathern chair, before a wide fiat
desk of antique pattern. The walls
are covered with books, not, however,
the books of a student or literary man.
but volumes of historical data giving
statistics, and treatises on public ques-
tons with which his mind had been so
long engaged. He gave considerable
time also to looking after his large
property in this city.
Mr.. Sherman was we'll known about
the streets of Washington He was
fond of walking and in his later years
ne drove almost every afternoon in q
large open carriage, accompanied, until
her death, by Mrs. Sherman. The tall,
straight-lined stove pipe hat. not of the
latest design, was invariably worn by
him, and his dress was of simplicity
and dignity, in keeping with the char
acter Of the man.
Flags at Half Mast.
The news of Mr.. Sherman's death
was communicated to the state depart
ment by E. j. BabcOck, for many years
private secretary and clerk to Mr.
Sherman in his various capacities as
secretary of the treasury, United States
senator and secretary of state and
present private secretary to Mr.. Hay
The president was at once informed by
the department and the public build
lnSS in Washington We're lowered to
half mast, so to remain until after the
funeral The president, as mark of
special honor to the deceased, who was
not at the time of his death connected
IN any official opacity with the gov
eminent of the United States, resorted
to the unusual course of personally pre-
pairing an expression of the nations
Srlef in the shape Of a proclamation
descriptive of the personal qualities
and civic abi'+ies of the deceased
statesman.
At the state ,.e tment also a mes
sage was framed - be transmitted in
multiple to the United States ambassa-
doris, ministers and charges abroad. Of
nclaIIy notifying them of the demise of
eG-Secretary Sherman.