narrative given by the correspondent is perhaps a little
exaggerated, but the general outlines are correct, as I very
distinctly remember. The result was that my carefully prepared
speech was knocked into "pi," and I had to depend upon the resources
of the moment to make a speech suitable to the occasion and the
crowd. The Cincinnati "Enquirer," to which, as to other papers,
a copy of the prepared address had been sent, had two stenographers
in Toledo to report the speech as made and telegraph it to the
paper. They did so and the speech as reported and published in
the "Enquirer" was so much more sensational and better than the
prepared speech that it was selected by the Republican state
committee for publication as a campaign document. This enterprise
of an unfriendly newspaper resulted to my advantage rather than my
detriment, for on account of the interruptions the speech reported
was much more readable than the other.

No doubt the feeling in Toledo grew out of the long depression that
followed the panic of 1873, that for a time arrested the growth
and progress of that thriving and prosperous city. The people
wanted more money, and I was doing all I could, not only to increase
the volume of money by adding coin to our circulation, but to give
it value and stability. I have spoken in Toledo nearly every year
since, and have always been treated with courtesy and kindness,
and many of my best friends now in Toledo are among those who joined
in interrupting me, and especially their leader, Mr. Scott.

From Toledo I went to Cincinnati. I have been for many years an
honorary member of the Chamber of Commerce of Cincinnati, a body
of business men as intelligent and enterprising as can be found
anywhere. It has been my habit to meet them once a year and to
make a short speech. This I did on August 28. The "Gazette"
reported my visit as follows:

"Secretary Sherman was on 'change yesterday, and, at the close of
the business hour, he was introduced by President Hartwell, and
was greeted with applause, after which he spoke as follows:

'Gentlemen:--It gives me pleasure to meet so many of the active
business men of Cincinnati, even for a brief period. In the office
which I hold I have a great deal to do with merchants, like these
engaged in the exchange of the products of our industries, and I
congratulate you, first of all, that this fall, by the bounty of
Divine Providence, you will have to market the largest