Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-23

John sherman was Oorn at Lancas-
ter. o., May 10, 1923, and from 1854
was continually in the public service as
senator and cabinet officer. His last
post was that of secretary of state in
the cabinet Of President Mckinley,
which he resigned because of failing
health. He came of remarkable
family and was himself in every way
Il remarkable man. HG entry into pub
lie life was made, practically. in 1S4S
when he was sent as Il delegate to the
Wing national convention at Philadel-
phia, 50 that at the time of his retire
ment lie had been a full fifty years in
the harness.
After receiving n general and irre%.
ular but not particularly complete co
ucatioIz, lie studied law ana began prac
tice at che age of p ut Mansfield. O.,
where he afterWard made his home;
then he drifted into polict:cS naturally.
The Free Sellers sent him tU the ma
tional house for three terms, and the
Republicans elected him to the senate
in 1861, his service III the upper body
of the national legislature WAS con
tinuouS until 1877. when he resigned
to become President Hayes secretary
of the treasury, and when President
Garfield came i'll Sherman re-entered
the senate. He again resigned in 1897
To assume the portfolio OF secretary
of state in President Mckinley'S Cabi-
net. but after 4 year or more he
found his strength unequal TO the task
and retired permanently from public
life. Had his senate service not been
interrupted by his acceptance of cabi-
net offices his terms in the upper house
would have aggregated full forty years.
Twice was he Il candidate before Re
~ nal fnTn
prospects of Succcss-in 1880. ut Chi
cago. when the magnificent fight made
for General Grant by Senators COnk-
ling. Cameron and Logan result
ed in the nomination of General Gar
field; and i'll 1SSS. at Chicago also
when an adjournment of the conven-
ton was had at Il moment when Sher-
mans adherentS were confident the
Ohio man had the nomination in hand.
Blaine having positively refused 10
have his name considered. That adj
jOurnment was fatal, General Harrison
securing the prize.
The presidents tribute in his prOcla-
amtiOn issued Yesterday afternoon is as
follows: Few among our citizens have
risen to greater or more deserved emf
npncc in the national councils than he.
The story of his public life and services
Is. rs ii We're. the history of the country
in debate during the dark hours of our
civil war. or as the director of the cOun-
try'S finances during the period of re-
Mobilization, or as Il trusted councillor
in framing 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 inter
eStS of his beloved land, and by able
and consciousness effort to uphold its
dignity and honor. His countrymen
will long revere his memory and see in
him n type of the patriotism, the up
rightneSS. and the zeal that go to mold
Ing and strengthening a nation"
London. Oct. 23.-AIl the morning
papers publish long obituaries and ap-
precautions of the distinguished career
Of John sherman. The Times says:
HE was n man who, with little help
from fortune and none from genius,
exercised for many years command
ing influence on the government of his
country. and came within a step OF the
presidential chair"