Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-15
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sides OF his. face were long and bushy
and IL his eyes and nose We're larger
tiiaRhp tRieeyy are, James schoolcraft sher
man. 'viee pfesident Of the United
States, would look Ike John Adams.
tie frst n"hsif Inpatient" as be called
IiB9mseiP n Quaint letter which he
wRrSte q Abigail MIS- WIFE prudent
sagacious and otherwise remarkable
o'Mofes19al 9alessriy 10 {he day. ana clearly
within the areeSfiection OF many thou
sands OF hiss countrymeh. 1t may be
said E5at Mr.. Sherman belongs to the
physical and temperamental type of
men Of which the late Marcus A. Han
ma Was 50 Bold and picturesque a
| repfesentative,a an h''
Stamping lip Hand down. talkative
and" veHemeht} about intervention
yoting Theodore Roosevelt, then as
| sHtanf SECRETARY of the navy, hotly
said that the blood of Cuban women
aid children stained the White house
steps. The high paints had not fully
| sell before the verbal picture, losing
hofhing in its transmission. was car
ried to the president.
There were other reasons. OF course.
but Mr.. Hanna, in Philadelphia-Mr
Mckinley being up for his second
nomination, with a long distance tele-
phone wire OF his own and stenog-
rapher to put down every word he
said, or that was said to him-openly
and persistently declared that each
man on the ticket should be compe
tent in temper, balance, knowledge
wisdom and character to meet all the
duties and dignities of president. The
contingency of death was a tremen
dous matter. There was Andrew John
sen, as a concrete illustration. And
Tyler, too, II one wanted a more an
Client example.
The new requirements were imper.
sonal, but they were read and inter.
preted against a blue-eyed and spec
tacled gentleman who, having return
ed to the walks of peace, had forgot.
ten TO remove his rough rider hat. The
sentiment which then vainly suggest
ed Cornelius N. Bliss and John D
Long for vice president nominated
Charles w. Fairbanks in 1904 and
uniting with the geography of the gen
| ticket with Taft. The resemblance
therefore. between Hanna and Sher.
man is more than physical and tenn
peramental; 1t is historical. lineal
and fundamental.
After Charles Dickens had showed
himself and read from his books as
far west as st. Louis. seeing many
cuspidors and hearing much bad gram
mar, and to the north as distant as
Quebec, he returned in vessel,
(which I praise" he afterward wrote
In his American Notes." very highly,
but no more than 1t deserves, when
say 1t is superior to any other in
the world.
This steamboat, which is called
the Burlington" Dickens put down In
his Notes" SIS perfectly exquisite
achievement Of neatness, elegance and
order. The decks are drawing rooms:
the cabins are boudoirs, choicely fur.
nished and adorned with prints, pic
lures and musical Instruments; every
nook and corner In the vessel is
perfect curiosity Of graceful comfort
and beautiful contrivance. Capt. Sher-
man, her commander. to whose In
genuity and excellent taste these re.
suits are solely attributable, has brave
ly and worthily distinguished himself
on more than one trying occasion.
He and his vessel are held in universal
respect both by his own countrymen
and by ours, and no man ever enjoyed
the popular esteem who, in his sphere
OF action. won and wore 1t better than
this gentleman. BY means of this
floating palace, we were soon In the
United States again."
The captain of the Burlington was
James Schoolcraft Sherman's maternal
grandfather-his mothers maiden
name was the same as the one she
got at her wedding. Until his mar.
riase, the father of the new vice .prest
dent was Richard updyke- -Shearman.
When he took wife he dropped the
"a" thus making his name less Ger.
man and harmonizinE its spelling with |
The photography OF his distant rela-
lives In Ohio-John. the eminent
and William Tecumseh. the
'amous general.
Have you any personal recollec
ions Of the master OF the Burlington" ?"
asked Mr.. Sherman.
"Oh. yes. He died In 1861 was
3 years old-leaving forty-six silk
md velvet vests Of various co'ors aaA