The Star=Gazette (Sallisaw, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1911 Page: 2 of 8
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They Put Aside Presidency
Skarman ana Sheridan Betli Declared
They Would Not Aooopt tho Nom-
Jnatlon Not Being Pitted for
-tho High Offlee
Ueneral Sheridan and Oonoral Bhr-
ma wero of the aamo opinion reepeot-
the expediency of electing to the
vreetdency a man who had made hi
error in the army Sherman ex-
-greeted hie oppoaltlon forcibly and
vnbUcIy In the latter part of Preel-
dent Arthur'e admlnUtraUon there wu
the nomination' of Oeneral Sherman
Sor the preeldency In' 1884 At Drat
Sherman paid little heed to It but
'when hie brother John aaeured him
that the movement waa gaining head
the wrote tho now hletorlo letter In
-whfaA be Intimated that even If elect-
cd he would not accept the offloe of
: president
Sherman never concealed hie opln-
'Son that Grant for whom he bore
- the most devoted friendship and ef-
flection would have acted with greater
wisdom had be declined to permit any
organization to be effected for hit
nomination for the presidency In
Sherman's view to be general of the
army wai for a military man a great
- er distinction than to be president of
the United States
rf Some of Sheridan's friends said to
him after It was known that Sherman
had put bla foot upon any movement
having bla nomination for the presl
dnocy In view: “General they are be-
ginning to talk some of you as a pres-
(dentlal candidate”
“Sheridan laughed and made no oth
-er comment than “Oh I guess not"
“But they are general" his friends
'Insisted
"Who Is?"
“Well some Republicans up In New
' York state They say that If you are
nominated for president you will
sweep the country and get as big a
majority as Grant did In 1868”
“Well tbey bad better look out”
Sheridan replied ”1 know wbat I am
- fit for I don't want the presidency
wad wouldn't take It”
Nevertbeles In spite of Sheridan’s
statement there was begun an organ-
isation wblcb bad bis nomination for
the presidency In view The Repub-
lican leaders wanted some man- of
- universal popularity for It was kuqwn
-that there-was grave danger' of fao
tionnl disturbance in case either Gen--ral
Arthur or James O Blaine were
nominated
A curious and unexpected Incident
however put an end to the Sheridan
movement A little conference of hit
- friends took place in New York city
' In the midst of It one Republican who
' was a most enthusiastic Sheridan ad-
tmlrer said:
“It wouldn’t do you oan’t do It”
“Why not! Why not?” broke forth
a chorus "We’ll nominate 'Little
JPhll’ In spite of himself”
“Well" aald the friend “the dim--catty
Is Just here: There has always
hoen grave doubts whether Sberldan
-was actually born in Albany or wheth-
er he was brought there by bla parents
Grant’s Opinion of Sheridan
- He Considered Him aa a Fighting
Commander an Extraordinary
Combination of Groat Dar-
ing and Caution
John Russell Young the dlotln-
i gnlshed Civil war and Franco-Russlan
war correspondent and newspaper edl-
- tor who accompanied General Grant
In hla tour of the world was chatting
with some frlendB at hla hotel in
Washington shortly after President
' McKinley In 1897 had made him libra-
- rlan of the new Congressional library
when some reference waa made by
one of the party to General Grant and
especially to Grant's very high regard
for Gonerat Sheridan both ai a soldier
jend aa a man
"Yea I know" aald Mr Young "In
-what high regard General Grant held
-‘fJherldan for I often heard Grant say
'that he was lure that Sheridan had no
reuperlor living or dead as tha com-
unander of an army
"I remember on one occasion Grant
met several Americans one evening
- after a reception and In the course of
conversation he wai asked what he
thought Sheridan would have dons
had ba been In command at Gottyi-
i buig InateHd of General Meade Gen-
aval Orant replied practically In these
-worde:
" 'There ehould be very little or no
eritlolsm of the manner In which
’Bfeado fought the battle of Gettysburg
1a a three days' battle there are al-
ways sure to be some mistake What--aver
tbeae may have beon upon our
aide Meads apaedtly rectified them
“ 'Out vu have asked ma what Bher-
‘ (dan would have done had he been
there Sheridan ae a fighting general
was an extraordinary combination’ of
great daring and great caution Hla
- judgment were Intuitive He believed
fln very swift action and In tsklng
ugreat risks If the chancel were In hie
tfavor He bad no patlenoe with tboae
torlilcR who ipoki of a battle ai a
when ax Infant only 'two week old
Sheridan himself ban always claimed
Albany for hli birthplace but there
docen’t seem to he any authantio reo-
ord showing that ho woo actually
born tboro
“Hla parents came from Ireland In
1881 by amlgrnnt ahlp They went to
Albany where they had frlende They
had with thorn an Infant and that In-
fant waa Phil Sberldan Just as sure
aa the' attempt in mnda to nominate
him for tho preeldency fuat ne cer-
tainly the claim will be made that he
la Ineligible because he ! not native
bora He would be eloeted handi
down If he were nominated but the
chances are that the convention would
not nominate a candidate' for the
presidency about wboee constitutional
eligibility there Is the slightest doubt"
“They nominated Arthur for vice
president although It waa said of him
that he was born la Canada Juat over
the Vermont line” n member of the
conference declared
"Tee but It took e search of the reo-
orde and an actual measurement from
the parsonage in which Arthur wee
born to the International boundary
line to demonstrate that ba had misl-
ed Ineligibility by only a little over a
mile But you can’t And any record
of the emigrant ship upon which Sher-
idan's parents came to America al-
though you might get some record
that would Identify him No it won't
do to make him a candidate"
When Sheridan was Informed ofthle
discussion he simply aald:
“They needn't bother themselvei
How He Planned to Go South
General Sherman Was a Little Un-
certain About George H Thomae
Position When War Broke Out
but Was 8oon Reassurtd
A fow years before bis death Gen
W T Sherman was asked: "General
you knew Gen George H Thomas
well didn't yout"
“Knew him well?" was the reply "I
should say 1 did We were In the same
class and very Intimate at West Point
and we saw a good deal of each other
after we bad been graduated I came
to know him at West Point as one of
the noblest characters that 1 have
ever met He was absolutely truthful
He was the soul of honor He plant-
ed hla feet slowly hut when he did
plant them they were planted surely
upon principle We drifted apart how-
ever about 1848 or right after the
Mexican war although we kept track
of one another I say all this to ex-
plain what I am leading up to
“I think R waa In June 1881— any-
way I know that hot weather bad
come In that year— when I happened
to call at the White House one day
having some business with President
Lincoln
"I don't remember now wbat it was
-
drawn battle He was of the eptBtOh
that every battle was a victory to one
side or the other although the advan-
tage may have been slight Now his
temperament his understanding of
warfare and his methods would I be-
llovo havo persuaded Sheridan bad
he been In command at Gettysburg
that there was only one thing to do
after Lee began to retreat and that
was to follow Lee so swiftly that he
would be unable to reform his lines
I have sometimes thought that If Sher-
idan had been there there wouldn’t
have been much of Lee's army left
aflor Gettysburg was fought How-
ever I do not say this In the way of
any criticism of General Meade'
"Then” continued Mr Young "one
of those present suggested to Oeneral
Grant that Meade's army wai prob-
ably exhausted by three days’ fighting
and It might havt been perilous to put
tbs army In pursuit of Lae
"For a moment or two Oeneral
Grant was silent and then hn laid:
" 'If Sheridan had an army of not
more than 80000 men every man In
that army being a soldier trained un-
der Bherldan si much like Sheridan
ai It la possible for private soldiers
to hs like a commander to whom they
are devoted then 1 am certain that
Sheridan with euch an army could
dofest any army In tha world I don't
know how 1 can better express my
opinion of Oeneral flherldan ai n lot-
dler eo that 1 will esy again an army
of 80000 men trained under flherldan
io that each man waa aa nearly Ilka
him aa possible and commanded by
Sheridan would I am sura bn thn
match of any army In tha world Hn
would hava had an army of thnt kind
had he been at Gettysburg You ro
member how under him and with n
rather small army at bin command
thn Shenandoah valley was complete-
ly cleared of Confederate eoldlera and
remained In our hands until tha clot
of the wan' 11
ic'cwrifht HM by 8S I Edwards AH
Rights naisrvid)
about my eligibility: 1 am ineligible
imply because 1 don’t want It and
wan't take It"
Be both Bhenaaa sad Sheridan turn-
ed aside from the temptations of n
presidential nomination sad they are
believed to bo the only persons la
tho entire history of the United States
who have done this
(Copyright Wl by B J Edward All
Rights Reesrved)
"And Only Man Is Vile"
81(1 res now seething with angry an
tl-Brltlah passions sleep In the heard
of one of the four Persian paradises—
fit birth pi sea of Haiti and BadL - Thtt
ancient capital of Persia although ly-
ing In n volley Is yet ns high above
tho sen es Ben Nevli Itself Outside
of the City of Pasilon are Kdena
of flowers and rest The narcissus
spreads Itself like a white ear pet over
the sunny elopes
"All our party" writes a traveler
“pushed Into this rich parterre up to
tho bones’ girths to enjoy the fra-
grance aa much aa possible" The
only way to banish the all-embracing
narcissus la to sow the ground with
cotton rice or wheat Let the ground
lie fallow and along comes the beautt
ful white tyrant from tho “Isle of
Flowers"
Tha Ooean Snored All Night
A resident of Nahant tells this one
of a new servant bis wife took down
from Boston
“Did you sleep well Mary?” tha
girl was asked the following morn-
ing "Sure I did not ma'am" was tha
reply “the snorin’ of the ocean kept
me awake ail night”
that called me to the White House but
I do remember that the president told
me that he waa going on that day or
the next to tend several nominations
to the senate for brigadier general
He asked me to look over the list I
glanced at thr names rapidly and saw
that they were all good names But
It occurred to me that the president
had overlooked one army officer and
1 ventured to say to him:
"'Mr President 1 don't see the
name of Col George H Thomas here'
" 1 don’t know much about Thomas’
aid Lincoln ‘Would he make a good
general?’
‘“None better' 1 said 'and If you
want any guarantee for him I’ll give
It'
"'Well Sherman Mr Lincoln re-
plied 'It you say so It must be eo and
1'U send his name in aoon’
"A little later ae I was on my way
up to the capltol to see my brother
John Sherman it suddenly flashed
over me that I bad not seen Thomas
for some 13 years that he was a Vir-
ginian by birth and that possibly he
might take the same view that Lee
had in April when he resigned his
commlelon aa lieutenant coolnel In tha
Second cavalry with which Thomas
had been stationed since 1855 to go
with the Confederacy It was a start-
ling thought in view of the fact that
1 had Just guaranteed Thomas to the
president 1 worried over the situa-
tion for awhile and then 1 said to my-
self: 'Well I know what he waa and
I will find 'out wbat he la My own
Intuition tells me that he aaya with
the Union but I will And out
"I learned thnt Thomas was with hla
regiment In Pennsylvania not so very
far north of Baltimore and I hastened
there aa soon as railroad train and
horse would carry me When I reach-
ed the regiment and was shown to
the colonel's headquarters I found no-
body there but an orderly He told
me that Colonel Thomae had gone out
a little ways on horseback but thought
he would be back speedily
"By any by 1 saw him coming and
I went out In front of the tent to
greet him He knew mo instantly
and called out:
"'Hello Billy 1'- ’
" 'Hello Tom' I replied We always
called him Tom
" ‘Have you coma out to see ma?' ha
aaked
" 'Yea' I said T have aoma Impor-
tant news for you’
"He dismounted and wo eat down
together 'Tom' I said ‘I bar coma
to tell you that the prosldent-bes told
ma that be will nominate you for brig-
adier general'
"Ho showed hla Joy mors by tha ex-
preslon of hla countenanoo than by
any words He simply said: 'Billy you
couldn't have brought mo an mors
agreeable news' v
"'But' said I 'Tom I havo come
to find out sxaotly where you atand'
"'What do you mean Billy f ho
asked
" 'Well you know that Lao has gone
over to the other side You are both
from Virginia'
" 'Oh that' wbat you maan In Itt
said Tom 'Well 111 tall you Bllly-
1'BLgolni south'
'“You are going south f 1 laid
'"Yes Billy' hi Hid '1 am going
south but I am going at tho hand of
my boys nod t am never going to turn
my fnoe tho other way until It'i nl)
OVOfi
"And ho novor did'1 said lharman
(Copyright 1ML by H I Edward All
Rights lUasrved)
Amusing Pastime
At an evening party where the
guests wero not well acquainted tho
hootoeo did not havo any especial
feature so aho pasted to etch gneat
cards bearing these various verseleta
being careful to give to those she
knew could do the etunte well The
first guest had thin on bars: -
Though rlddlen do our mlnda distress
We’d like two good onee novto gueea
And there were two good conun-
drums Immediately forthcoming
Each guest road her card aloud be-
fore complying with Its request The
following ere good auggastlona:
We’d like to hear you toll today
gome funny thlnas that children say
Describe Kitii woman In tho town
Her note and hair her dreea and town
But do not flvo ua her addreee
Nor tell her name and we will gueea
We'd like a story full of fun
You're gifted Lyman tell us one
Misery Ukea company they esy
We'd like to hear you tell today
(Don’t hesitate but now begin)
Of the worst scrape you o'er were In
Your talent gives as much delight
We wish that you would please recite
Your part In this program to help us
along
Will give us much pleasure please sing
us a ong
If muelo hath chnrms we wish that today
You'd prove It and something quite
charming would play
Tell some Joke on youraelf your wife or
your frlond
But e hope that you'll hava It pleasantly
end
Describe eome trip you’ve taken far
To Mexico Europe or Zanlbar
Give a tale ot old time when settlers were
Of what they had then and what they
did do
Describe tome famous picture
Whether dark or fair
Please tell ue all about It
And the artist rare
Without a bit of gossip sweet
Tills program would not be complete
Be sure that while the seasons roll
This crowd will never tell a soul
Moonlight Plonlo
In a few days moat all the coun-
try bouses open and thoee who haven't
places are planning to take baBkote
and go to the “open" for S’ day
The properly equipped automobile
carries a tea basket and meals an
oute are quite the proper thing
There are many plcnlci planned
and beach parties are popular ' What
can be more delightful than Just the
right place Just the right things to
eat and a perfect moon the low mur-
mur of the waves making Juat the ac-
companiment necessary
Given six girls and six men with
a couple -of guitars or mandoline
cushions and baskets to satiety the
Inner man and the result Is apt to be
bliss personified Of courie there le
always a discreet chaporon or two
but chaperona nowadays are apt to
fall under the spell of the waves and
moonlight too and the laying goes
that there are more engaged couples
resulting from these beach ' parties
than all the formal affairs could pro-
duce In a year Maybe that la why
there Is such a tremendous boom up
there for If one traces hack the be-
ginning of things there Is pretty apt
to be a woman In the case some-
where along the route
The shops are showing tho most
fascinating hampers for plonlo
lunches with baskets and cases ga-
lore so that one can dine or sup In
the very dopths of mother nature s
wildest piMM with all tha luxuriss ot
home During thn weak thorn whe
a tartars art planning to uh si
favora thn many novnltlnn shown by
thn ahopn in honor ot thn nnUon'i
birthday Children aredellghted with
-thn many eoneolto In rod whlto and
blue Somn of thn host am In tbs
hnpo of dolls tnd thn cannon guns
drums and flags art nxact rnproduo
tlons
- Lot mn toll you of a "blatory" party
a mother ban plana od for thn two
children of thn household aged ton
and twelve Thn gueota aro asksd tc
come In coatumna representing a
famous war hare on thn lawn a beau-
tiful cedar tree It to bear fruit la the
guise -of favora of patriotic ebaran
ter aa well aa flags of all nations
Tha children ere to ba blind-folded
lad to tha tree handed pair ol
clssora and guided to an object
when thn order “snip' Is given a par
cel or flag will ho antpped off
Thn flag If guessed to what country
It belongs la retained aa n souvenir
If not guessed correctly It la laid In a
basket to be auctioned oft later to
correct guesser If a favor la snipped
off It la kept Each child la to have
two snipe getting a flag and n favor
This la going to be great fun
Guessing Contest for Men
The other night a Jolly bunch of
young people were at a porch party
It happened that the men present rep-
resented many and varied occupa-
tions The hostess said: 1 wonder
bow many of you men would like to
know suitable names for your future
wives?” Then she propounded the
following questions allowing a few
moments between each one: They
were first asked to gueea the name of
a civil engineer’s wife (Bridget)
gambler's (Betty) ' n humorist's
(Sally) a clergyman’s (Marie) a
shoemaker’ (Peggy) ' a - sexton’s
(Belle) a porter’s (Carrie) a dancing-
master’s (Grace)' a milliner’s (Hat-
tie) a gardener's (Flora) a Judge’!
(Justine) a pugilist’s (Mamie) a
pianist's (Octavla) a llfe-aaxnr'i
(Caroline) an upholsterer’s (Sophy)
an astronomer’s (Stella) a doctor's
(Patience) a fisherman’s (Netty) a
gasman’s (Meta) a marksman's
(Amy) '
MADAME MERRI
Toilet Help
A good cleansing cream to remove
grime and the dust of travel plenty
of fragrant rice or talcum power to
freshen one after tha bath and a
generous bottle of eau da cologne to
bathe one's wearied and aching head—
these are some of the "must haves”
of most women travelers
Smelling salts may also prove' use-
ful cucumber cream will relieve sun-
burn and peroxide may not eome
amiss
o
Bashes are worn a great deal with
afternoon toilets
Blind embroidery and English eye-
let aro both favorites for the separate
white waist "
Borne of the new parasols are edged
with narrow ostrich feathers and have
a big bow of ribbon on the handle
also edged with feathers -For
the cotton gowns the predlleo-
tloa la for colored embroideries The
colors of the embroideries are pink
rose old blue light blue lavender
and yellow
nOCTORS know
L Ait Oxk&iG is a
inoct dtpcncUbk j
tem-cleansing tonic
Most unefulb sdrring
up lazy liven shiisa
bowels and kidney
weak stomachs Its er
fsets aro quick safe
ore and permanent
OXIDIHC
— a bottle proves
The mdit In Malaria Chills
s ana Fovn and all diisasaa
- dua to disorder of brer
tomaek bowals
and kidneys
Ida At Ytmr Drwnbto
as save
Vim Teas
BUOOVILLE
nr
WUUe Fly— Heavens!
n cyclone I
ran
I’m caught la
Playing Blind
This la a funny little stunt enjoyed
alike by old and young If one ban
never tried It it la very amusing to
find anything with your eyes abut or
to Judge distances
First place a piece of paper on tho
floor before you shut your eyes walk
backward two steps then try to walk
on tha paper and pick It up Then
stick a pin In the wall about four feet
up and try to pick It off blindfolded
Stand about five or nix feet away
from n table abut your eyes then
try to walk up to It without knocking
against It— Woman’s World
Captured Har Interest
"She la vary cold and formal hut I
got her Interest”
"Howt"
"By taking her how aha ever hafr
pened to marry her dub of n huo-""
bend” — Exchange
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