The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-26
A COUNTERPART OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
DEFEATED CULL0M
RESEMBLES THE FORMER
PRESIDENT IN FACE AND
HABITS.
Y. SHERMAN The MAN
Has Humor and the Ability to Tell
Stories.-A Farmers Son and Self
Made Man.-.Speaker of the llIi-
nois House and Progressive.

path;es, OF democratic notions, a
man of the people. So is Sherman
Besides the sad face and the gawky
appearance, he has the winning
drollery, the dry, keen humor and
the storytelling habit for which Lin
les, Ike Lincoln's, are not spun
merely to entertain or to kill time,
but they are intended to point a
moral. to drive home an argument.
Mr. Sherman Is native of Miami
county, Ohio. He was born Ncvem-
Der 8, 1858, Less than year later
ne was brought to Illinois by his par
ents, and this State has been his
home ever since. The boy lived in
McDonough county until he was 8,
and then went with his fathers
family to Jasper county. His new
nome was on farm and he attended
the country school.
Sherman did not thrust himself in
to the limelight ON the floor of the
house, but before he had proceeded
five minutes in his first speech ev-
cry fellow member discovered he
lad something worth saying and
that he said it well. Always after
that Sherman's rising in his seat
focused the attention of every one
IN the room on him.
Mr. Sherman's use of invective
and Of kindly humor Is refreshing.
One of his most notable speeches in
the illinois Legislature had for it's
theme 1.-THE Cream Colorod Crow"
He was speaking on bill for an
appropriation for dairy association,
or some organization Of the sort.
The speech was a medley of wit and
talking.
Mr.. Sherman served during two
sessions as Speaker of the Illinois
House of Representatives. In 1904
he was elected Lieutenant Governor.
Before his term had expired Presi-
dent Roosevelt, at the instance of
Senator Cullom, appointed him a
member Of the Spanish Treaty Claim
Commission in 1907. Mr.. Sherman
decline the place, giving as his rea-
son that he did not deem it proper
to decert the post to which he had
been elected. For several years he
has been the executive head OF the
Illinois State Board of Charities.
Mr.. Sherman is described as a
consecutive progressive" in his
political ideas. His middle name 10
Yates He is a third cousin of Rich
ard Yates, Jr., who was Governor
from 1900 to 1904. He belongs to
the Masonic fraternity, the Mystic
Shrine and the Knights Of Pythias.
He Eakesc his home in Springfield.
Lawrence Y. Sherman, who beat
Shelby M. Cullom by plurality Of
nearly $4,000 in the Republican prim.
aries in Illinois last Tuesday for the
term in the United States Senate
beginning March 4, 1918, is man
of the Abraham Lincoln type, says
a Chicago telegram to the New
York Sun. 1t is believed that his
victory in the primaries means his
election by the next Legislature
Even if Illinois should be Democra-
tic by 10000 on the presidency in
it is thought that the Re-
publirans will have a majority of the
legislative vote on joint ballot.
There are number of holdover Re-
publican State Senators, and the leg
islature districts are so arranged
that only tremendous landslide
would deprive the party of control.
Senator Cullom himself has long
been referred to as a man of the
Lincoln type. The physical resemb-
lance is marked, but in other res
poets Senator Cullom is not more
like Abraham than many another
Senator has been in the last quarter
of century. Between Lincoln and
Sherman the parallel is almost start
ling.
The two personalities touch at
many points. The physical like
ness is striking. The life of the
one suggests the life Of the other
In many respects.
Abraham Lincoln was characteriz- |
ed by the sad expression of his face
IN repose. Sherman's face is of the |
same type. Lincoln's eyes we're
leep set. his cheeks sunken and |
heavily lined. So are the eyes and
cheeks of Sherman. Lincoln was
very tall and angular. Sherman is
angular, but of average height.
Mr. Lincoln was careless Of his
appearance; so is Mr.. sher.