BLTMT5 BIG
II!
James Schoolcraft Sherman,
Original "Sunny Jim."
the
"Wise, Versatile, Experienced
Statesman Who Has Shaped
National Legislation.
When Vic Presidential nominee,
James Schoolcraft Bowman, returned
home to Utlca, New York, after having
been nomlntei by the Republican Con
vention at Chicago, it is said thnt in
tb vast throng of his home people who
turned out to meet him was nn old
woman, bent with the burden of eighty
years. She approached Mr. Sherman,
whom she has known almost slut"? his
birth, and declares to him thnt ho Imd
. been selected by Providence to his new
office of honor, In order to teach itie
American -people the gospel M good
cheer nud sunshine of kindness for all
Americans.
It is not definitely known thnt alio
Is In the confidence of Providence, und
so speaks by the curd, but Sherman's
career up to date bus shown his enpu
bilitles in that line. He is the original
"Sunny Jim," and wears "the smile
that won't conie off."
The Original "Saaar lm."
This is not a superficial attempt to
look pleasant. It does not sequester
Itself in the wrinkles of his nfouth r
the lines around his eyes. This gen
ial, expnnslvci irradiating smile speaks
of good digestion, ft sunny tempera
ment and a complacent mind, possessed
by a man who Is pretty well satisfied
with the past, and reasonably sure of
the future. A mnn of cheerful yester
days and confident to-morrows. He
has been luughlng good humor for
little more thnn hulf a century. Now
, the world luughs with him. His sun
. shine and good cheer, as bread cast
unon tho waters, returned to him
pound-cake, ns Josh Billings wool
say, and out of this and other assets
he has been enabled to rise, and be
nominated to the second highest post
' tlon within the gift of bis countrymen
Iktraui, Itrmoar, t'onklln-, Born.
at Utlca.
"Sunny Jim" .Sherman first appeared
on earth at tho village of New Hart
ford, New York, a suburb of Utlca, on
the night of October 24, 1855, two
years before Mr. Taft snw the light In
Cincinnati. Utlca was already at that
time pointing with pride to one of her
Illustrious sons In the person of Hor
atio Seymour, and was soon to point
with increasing pride to another Btill
more Illustrious son in the person of
Iloscoe Conkling. Mr. Sherman's fath
er ;was a lawyer of prominence in
Central New York and determined
that no "pent-up Utlca" should re
strict the powers of his son, and so be
sent him at the proper time to Whites
town Seminary and Hamilton College.
He came out a husky youth he weigb
ed 100 pounds at sixteen years of age
with oratorical talent and a reputation
is a good student
... Belong; to Old American Family,
Ills family runs back to Roger Sher
man who was one of tho Biguers of the
Declaration of Independence, and back
ef him for more than one hundred
years to 1GG0, when the first Sherman
came over from England to this coun
try, with a strain of Btolid Dutch In his
veins. John Sherman, tho Ohio Sena
tor, and Willain Tecumseh Sherman,
the great Civil War general, were from
the same original stock. Edward
Everett Hale is also a distant connec
tion. Schoolcraft, the historian of the
American Iudlans, was "Sunny Jim"
Sherman's great-grandfather.
Geta lato Politics Early.
One of tho flrBt things the Vice
Presidential nominee did when he re
turned from college was to accept the
' nomination for State Senator on the
Republican ticket, and was beaten by
only one vote. He was elected mayor
of Utlca at the age of 21). He was the
youngest municipal head the city hud
ever hud. From that dat politics has
wooed him awuy from C?a profession
of law. He was elected to Congress,
and has served bis constituency with
but one excepted texni evtrr since. He
Is now in bis tenth congrflwlonal term.
Theft is a "big five" i the lower
house of Congress, who dt things and
largely shape the legislation of the
country. '
Aa Adept Iarliuuie(arlaa.
lit. Sheruiau was a particular friend
of Thomas Brackett Kcvl, formerly
Speaker of the limine, wLo considered
hint the bust parliamentarian on the
fl4r. He Often turned ovir the gavel
,to "Sunny Jim," who oHVpled the
ckalr during some of our fount import
ant legislation In recent fears. He
presided frequently durlntf the fumous
' debate on the Dlugley Turttt Bill and
o the Cuban War Iteveuut mil, each
tat which occupied many ;rks. Mi
Heed appointed him chair in of the
Committee on Indian Affa:i lu the
63th Congress, a place he has since
Ailed with distinguished s'Ickss, and
also to membership on the Committee
i"
dd Interstate and Foreign Cotimerce,
Mr, Sherman's most important legis
lative work has perhaps btn done on
b Indian Affairs Coimsltle. He is
jttadittd with a better uuderstatdlng of
Itie vaxlsus questions ceun-Kted with
i the government' obligations to the In
NUfes 04 its efforts to fulfil! them.
Itkaft ttkat of any other Coitpesauian
who has been called upou to deal with
this subject.
Work oa Other Committee.
His work on other committers has
been eqtinlly creditable. One of his bills
ns a member of the Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce was the
Fake Branding lllll, which has proved
effective in protecting the American
cheese manufacturers.
He made tho first favorable report to
tho House on the Nicaragua Canal be
fore the 1'nnama project bad developed,
and bns strongly supported the Isth
mian Canal enterprise. He was the
fattier of the Philippine Cable Hill and
of the bill for tho reorganization of the
revenue cutter service. He holds third
place In the important Committee on
Rules, and has been looked to as one
of the best counselors in guiding the
business of the House.
Dlatlno-nlahed Service to State.
Mr. Sherman's party services outside
the halls of Congress have been distin
guished and extensive. He has been
the vice-chairman of the Congressional
Campaign Committee in several cam
paigns nud tho chairman in one; and
in those positions has earned much
credit for executive ability. He Is a
convincing campaign orator, and iu
Congressional and Presidential cam
paigns has spoken to the people of
nnmy states. He presided ever the
New York Republican State Conven
tions' of 1805, 1900 and In the present
year.
Friend of All the Teople.
He is approachable, genial and demo
cratic. ' His home people, like his
brother Congressmen, call htm "Jim,"
which appellation expresses their ap
preciation of his personal quulitles and
their sense of his nearness to them ns
their true and tried Representative.
Ho is n staunch friend of the Grahd
Army of the Republic, and has a genu
Ine regard for those veterans of the
urmy who Jeopardized their lives to
preserve the Union, and Is always so
licitous for their interests at Washing
Ion No old soldier ever found Mr.
Sherman too busy to give attention to
him.
Supernal al Bualneae Man.
At home "Sunny Jlni" Sherman is
one of the leading business men of his
community. He is president of the
Utlca Trust and Deposit Company,
not nn organization in restraint of
tradd, but to encourage thrift and econ
omy and vice-president of tho Utic
City National Bunk. He Is also presl
dent of tho New Hartford Canning
Company and the Utlca Ice Company,
two industrial corporations. Ills politi
cal foes doclure him to be worth $"r0,
000, but his family says that $200,000
would mensure fully all of his earthly
possessions.
la Fond of Clean Sporle.
Mr. Sherman is a pretty fair bllliurd-
lst. He tried some years ago to play
baseball, and got up a nine at Whites-
town Seminary in bis youth, but one of
the first things it did after he provided
it with uniforms, bats and bulls was to
get together und vote him off tbe team.
Rut he makes up for lack of skill on J
tbe field by enthusiasm in the grand'
stand. He Is n baseball fun, and It is
reported that he attended three games
in Chicago before they nominated him
nud had urranged to attend another
when the convention. Interfered with his
plans.
A Illir, Veraatlle American.
So we have, In "Suuny Jim" Sher
man, Vioe-Presldeutlnl Republican som
I nee, nn American among Americans
who enn truce his American ancestry
back 2.10 years, one of whom signed the
Declaration of Independence, and
others have taken some of the lead
lug and most honorable positions in
American history, both In peace and
war. His versatility is representative
of the true resourcefulness of the typl
cal American. Its Is a lawyer, a echo!
ar, a successful business mau and flnnn
dor at home, a statesman, parllumen
tarian and valued public servunt in
Congress, a man of domestic habits and
a model husband and father.
night Man In IMuht Place.
Ills manliness and human instincts
know no race or party. He is a hu
inanltiirliin and statesman before he Is
tt politician. ' Tho people of his home
town of I'tlcu turned out en-mnsse upon
his irturu from the Chicago convention
and irrespective of party, gave biin
such a reception as comes to few men
in life. During the midst of the fan
fare the Mayor of Utlcu remarked, "We
have an insane asylum at the top of
the hill, und we are thinking of asking
the Legislature to enlarge it. The
town has gone t-rusy over Jim's nom
liiatlon."
Successful In business, eflldont and
influential iu statesmanship, nud pos
sesslng the confidence of his fellow
men, should the emergency ever arise,
Jauies Schoolcraft Sherman could, with
confidence, If necessary, take up the re
sponsible duties of chief executive for
which as Vice-President lie would be
next in line, lu case of emergency exeat
Ing a vacancy.
Question of I njnnet toua.
You ask mo what I think of a pro
vision that no restraining order or In
Junction shall issue except after notU
to the defendant and a hearing had
This was the rule under the Federu
statutes for many years, but was subse
quentiy abolished. Iu the class of cases
to which you refer I do not see any
objection to the re-enact ment of tliu
Federal statute, ludeed, I have take
occhkIuii to suy In public speeches tha
the power to Issue injunction ex pitrte
has given rise to certain aliases am'
Injustice to the laborers lu a pcucenl'l
strike. 'Hon. Vm. II. Taft. in corre
spondence with President Llewel.v
Ljewls, of tits Ohio Federation of La
hot.
"SUNNY
From the Chicago Tribune.
WHY THE REPUB
LICANS SHOULD WIN.
Prize Essay By Frank Hendrlck.
1. The Party of Kxpanalon.
The Republican party was founded
upou the principle that this government
wus established to protect for all times
the rights and opportunities of every
Individual from abridgment. That prin
ciple it has successfully maintained.
Through the Civil War It consecrated
a reunited country to free and equal
American citizenship. It has kept the
channels of Interstate Commerce oiien
for all und, through the notional bank
ing system, the refunding of the na
tional debt, resumption of specie pay
ments, the gold standard and the
emergency currency law, has sustained
the life current of national Integrity.
As trustee of the national wealth, It
bus Investigated mineral regions, sur
veyed soils, developed waterways, in
cluding tho Panama Caunl, irrigated
deserts, conserved watersheds, and hus
banded the public lauds. Protecting
American labor by regulating immigra
tion and by taking at tho custom house,
to pay American taxes, foreign capital's
udvuntnge from low wages, it bus pre
served to Amerlcuu industries the home
market of eighty millions of the world's
greatest consumers and so laid the
surest bnsis for American competition
In foreign markets. Uniting capital and
labor, thus, In a common prosperity
and common source of increased re
ward, it has created opportunities, im
proved conditions of employment,
brought about a higher standard of
living, and more widespread distribu
tion of wealth and well-being, and
made expansion moral as well us ma
terial. "
Intrusted with insulnr possessions, it
bus brought them peace and progress,
and provided for the extension and
protection of American trade, for the
national defense, and for the honorable
discharge of the ' responsibilities of
world greatness. Maintaining pence ut
home, with foreign nations and among
them, It has given American rights and
American opportunities new lneuulng
throughout the nation und throughout
the world.
I.Taa Party of Progreaa and Proa
aerlty. Promising progress und prosperity, it
bus been politically sincere. It bus
never had a caudldute of a section,
prejudice, or cluss, nor a platform of
negation, scheme of repudiation, pro'
gram of scuttle, or doctrine of despulr.
It has never lent Itself to a demand for
revolution, to lie followed by reaction
and retrogression, It has stood firm fur
evolution by constant, steady and en
during progress. Finding trusts, giant
boru, flourishing under supposed con
diet of state aud national law, the
double prohibition ef existence serving
but to foster their development, it bns
never, iu an attempt to destroy trusts,
withdrawn, in state or nation, the pro
tection of law from property, but hns,
through executive investigation and r
sort to the courts, resolved the con
flict whldi had silenced law and given
trusts existence. "
It has never proposed1 to advuuee
American workingnicn mid American
Institutions by banish in;; American In
dustrles and building up those of other
lauds, and scorned to Insult lulior with
un Illusory promise of Immunity from
law. Yet It patstd the pure food law
mid the employers' liability law, se
cured equal nccoiiimodclioim on rail
roads, aided agriculture, created the
civil service, established free rural
mikII delivery, reduced forplu jK'stuge,
uud Increased pensions. Continuing
naturally marked-out prcjresa, it will
JIM SHINE" AT
keep Its pledges of tariff readjustment,
currency reform and development of
the merchant marine, aiid make the
United States the financial center as
it has made it the Industrial center
of the world.
III. The Conatrnctlve Party It Or-
arnnlaea the National Will.
In the evolution by which party gov
ernment has become the extra-constitu
tional method of securing responsibility
to the jieople, the Republican party has
become their traditional representative
and the Democratic party the organized
aspiration of Individuals for power
without responsibility. Fairly tried.
from 1803 to 18JK, the two Democratic
houses and the Democratic President
were a "wild team" and a helpleys
driver. Democracy agitates local dif
ferences, Republicanism organizes the
nationnl Idea. In 1803 the people were
committed to the cause of human lib
erty; the idea of "Liberty and Union"
expanded for the first time Into the
renlity of the American nation.
In 1870 money wns committed to a
specie basis; specie was at once, until
1803, no longer sought, and government
bonds went to a premium at the re
duced rate of Interest. In 180(5 busi
ness men were again committed to con
fidence; before a single statute was en
acted prosperity set in and In ten years
bank deposits almost trebled a per
manent gain which the recent panic, a
"state of mind" now completely dis
pelled, scarcely touched. In 190(1 busi
ness was committed to fair methods;
without compulsion violations largely
censed.
The Republican parry, at each period,
sounded the public conscience, felt the
nationnl pulse, framed its policies in
response, and realized In law the domi
nant American hlea. , Its constructive
past assures Its constructive future. It
is to-da.t as it always has been, "The
Party FIt'to Govern."
IV. The Party of Stateanaen.
The party of statesmanship, It has
been the training school of statesmen.
Its policies have been forged In the
heat of inibllc discussion, tempered In
the deliberation and shaped in the con
flict of many trained minds, und drawn
and flnully wrought for the country's
welfare. Dominating Its members
through principles, it assures unity in
government; its staunchest partisans
have made the greatest contributions to
national progress. The roster of Its
leaders Is the national roll of "honor of
public service.
V. Taft and Sherman ConatractlT
Candldatea A t'onat motive
Platform.
Republicanism stands te-day for pro
gressive policies in safe' hands. By
solving the constructive problems of
world power In the last two adminis
trations. William H. Tuft taught the
world our capacity and us his own. In
ull constructive legislation for twenty
years Jauies S. Sherman has been
leader. In the records of the Repub
lican candidates ns well as In the pint
form are written the story of the na
tion's progress and the reliance of the
future.
A Democratic President or a Demo
cratic house would turn b;;ck those
pages; thereafter Bryanlsm would re
cord "Destruction." This the Republi
can Senate could not prevent. 1'uder
Taft and Sherman and a Iteiiblican
Congress the great progress of, the past
will te held and the greater prioress of
tho future will be assured.
David B. Hill has pledged his sp
jiort t Bryan, but he will nnd It neces
sary to say something more thuu "1
am it Democrat" this year. Washing
ton Pest.
UTICA
SECRETARY WILSON CHEERFUL
Head of Agricultural Department on
Business and Political Condi
tion in the" West.
James Wilson, secretary of ngrlcul
ture, who has just returned to Wash
Ington from a visit of two mouths lu
the West, brings a cheering prosperity
bulletin. He declares that the West
doesn't know much about the alleged
business troubles. Its farmers have
magnificent crops growing, aud are sell
ing the old crops and are preparing
to sell the new ones for high prices,
Weather and crop conditions this sea
son have been excellent, aud the new
crops, the secretary believes, will have
a most buoyant effect on financial and
commercial conditions all over the
ountry. He confidently looks for a
continuation of the improvement in
business which hns been apparent every
where for the last few months, and
for its forward movement at an ac
celerated speed.
"Generally speaking," said the secre
'ary, "the Information of our deport
ment shows that in recent years there
'ins been a considerable Increase in the
iroductlveuess of the soli. We have
uvestigated this carefully, and there Is
no doubt that the acre yield of crops Is
showing a most significant Increase.
We attribute It to better farming meth
ods, to assimilation of the scientific in
kforination about crop rotation, earing
for the soil, etc., which the department
nnd the agricultural colleges have
placed at the command of the farmers,
nnd to a general effort at intelligent
preservation of the elements which en
able the soil to do its best work."
Shaking of political conditions, Sec
retary Wilson said that the drift in the
West is all for Taft, and he expressed
strong conviction, based on his in
quiries in a number of states, "that Mr.
Tuft wjll oalrry all the states that
President Roosevelt curried four years
ago, so far as the West is concerned
The feeling that Republican rule will
bring back geiieral prosperity and us
sure its continuance Is a powerful In
fluence with the voters. Lnter in the
campaign the secretary will go on a
speaking tour for the Republican ticket,
especially in New England,
i-
A TRIBUTE TO TAFT.
New York's Governor Tells Why He
Supports Taft's Candidacy.
(From Gov. Hughes' Youngstown
Speech.)
"No one more thun I desires to see
administration purged of every selfish
taint, to have fair and impartial laws
faithfully executed, to get rid of every
vestige of special privilege at the ex
pense of public Interest, to liberate
trude from unjust encroachments, to
purify our electoral methods and to
maintain honest representative govern
ment. And it is because of his loyalty
to these Ideals, because of his broad
sympathies, aud his rare equipment iu
character, ability and experience, be
cause tested in. the difficult field. of
Judicial and administrative work, he
bus proved his quality by eminent serv
Ice, because of his varied learning, his
acquaintance with affairs, his respect
for constitutional government aud his
capacity intelligently and Justly to plan
aud direct necessary reforms that I
most eurnestly support the candidacy of
WUllum Howard Taft."
Whenever the Iuterst,ato ccuimerce
commission deems it important as an
aid in fixing rates to determine what
it would cost now to rebuild any rail
road, it has complete power to do so
Hon. Wui, II. Taft, at Columbus,
OhU
FALSE CHARGE 0?
E
Scrutinizing with Microscope
to
Pick Flaws in Republican
- Record.
Actual Figures Show Increased Ex
penditures of Government Con-
sistent with Growth of
Country.
(From Oov. IIiiKheV Yonnnstowa Rptfpb.)
Hermetically corked up On the old is
sues of free silver, imperialism und
government ownership of railwnys, Mr.
Iiryuu is scrutinizing the record of Re
publican administration during the
past twelve years with a microscope to
find some pej on which to hang an at
tack. It would not be altogether sur
prising if a parly 'which had done so
much in this period to advance tho
glory nud economic progress of the
country had made a casual error here
and there. Tlic"?e twelve years have
witnessed the war with Sp-iiu, which
gave freedom to lum and Porto ltlco
and brought tho Philippines under
American authority. They have wit
nessed the, emergence of the country
from depression und financial uncer
tainty upon the firm ground of the gold
stniulard, enacted into law by a Re
publican Congress. They have witness
ed 'the erection of u nuvy which Is car
rying o'lr flag with honor around the
world. They have witnessed the ex
tension of tlu, strong hand over the
railways and the grout corporations In
behalf of equality of treatment for all
citizens. In sum and substance, these
twelve years have witnessed for the
average man u degree of prosperity and
comfort never before equaled under
any flag In uny country since the world
began.
Cortc-lyon Pmictnrcrt Charge.
- In picking flaws in tills record Mr.
Bryan hns taken upon himself to criti
cise the appropriations of the last Con
gress r.nd to make the declarntlon that
"there was a deficit of some $110,000,000
In the last fiscal year." If Mr. Bryan
knows what he is talking abo'it. this
reference to a deficit is amazingly dis
ingenuous. Secretary Cortelyou punc
tured tills particular Bryau gas-bag ef
fectively soon after the fiscal year
closed on June "0. He issued a state
ment showing that when the proceeds
of bonds sold were added to the re
ceipts from taxation and miscellaneous
sources, and allowance was made for
the reduction of the public debt, there
was no deficit, but a surplus. The ap
pearance of a deficit was only arrived
at by counting nil expenditures for the
Panama Cann.1 und other public works
und failing to count on the side of the
receipts the proceeds of the bonds sold
for the construction of the canal. It
is the custom in nearly every other civ
ilized government to tsKiie bonds for
all public works, but so large have
been tbe receipts of the treasury of the
United States that it hns been the cus
tom to pay for these permanent invest
ments of capital out of current receipts.
It Is n bad system of bookkeeping and
Secretary Cortelyou has announced
that he proposes to" correct it. It
might have been pardonable for "the
man in the street" to be misled by the
pinent form of treasury statement. It
Is not pardonable on the part of a man
who pretends to be a student of public
quest ions. Mr. Bryan must either con
fess himself a stupid novice in regard
to public finance or as deliberately
seeking to mislead the people as to
the facts.
General Economic Aetlrltr.
The tremendous expansion of mili
tary aud economic' activity throughout
the world has undoubtedly led to a
volume of expenditures which calls
fcr serious consideration: In Germany
it became necessary last spring to issue
a large loan to cover ordinary expendi
tures and to consider every possible
means of increasing taxation. In
France the mialstry even pressed
through the Chambers the dishonest
proposition to tax the coupons ef the
public debt, thereby taking back from
the citizen in taxes what it had prom
ised to pay him in interest when be
loaned his capital. Iu Great Britain
changes In the rate of the income tax
afforded a roudy means of adjusting
Income to expenditures, but the burden
fulls heuviiy first Ujion the small shop
keeper und is shifted by him largely to
the masses whom be bui -piles with
dally necessities. Iu all these countries
substantially nil public works of a per
manent cburacter, whether great or
small, are charged to special accounts
and are not permitted ,to encumber the
statement of operating expenses or to
adj to the weight of tuxaties en ac
count of their principal.
What Would Uryaa Wipe Oatt
Secretary Ccrtelyon has already an
ucuueed thnt be Is having the syttem
of bookkeeping at the Treasury ever
hauled and modernized. All adminis
trations in the I'nlted States are pre
vented from applying the pruning kaift
resolutely to expenditures, because
there Is not the complete control ef the
budget by a elngle minister which pre-1
vails In Ki;roe. Some steps in tbla
direction should 'undoubtedly be taken,,
but few voters are likely to be Misled
as to the relative efficiency, and Intelty
gence in taking such steps which would
be shown by a Bryan administration
oa one I: ai d or a Republican adminis
tration headed by Mr. TaXt oa Us aft
er. - -''