CHAPTER XLV.

STEPS TOWARDS MUCH NEEDED TARIFF LEGISLATION.

Necessity of Relief from Unnecessary Taxation--Views of the President

as Presented to Congress in December, 1882--Views of the Tariff

Commission Appointed by the President--Great Changes Made by the

Senate--Regret That I Did Not Defeat the Bill--Wherein Many Sections

Were Defective or Unjust--Bill to Regulate and Improve the Civil

Service--A Mandatory Provision That Should be Added to the Existing

Law--Further Talk of Nominating Me for Governor of Ohio--Reasons

Why I Could Not Accept--Selected as Chairman of the State Convention

--Refusal to Be Nominated--J. B. Foraker Nominated by Acclamation

--His Career--Issues of the Campaign--My Trip to Montana--Resuming

the Canvass--Hoadley Elected Governor--Retirement of Gen. Sherman.

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