. TUTS BIG
BUG MATE
James Schoolcraft Sherman,
Original "Sunny Jim."
the
Wise, Vorsatlle, Experienced
Statesmnn Who Has Shapod
National Legislation.
When Vice Presidential nominee,
.fainos Schoolcraft Sherman, returned
homo to Utlcn, Now Yorl:, nflor having
I icon nomlntcd hy the Republican Con
vention nt Chicago, It Ih mild Unit in
Hie vHt throng of li Ih homo proplo who
turned out to meet him wiih iiii old
womnu, bent with the liurden of olghly
yenrH. She npproaclictl Mr. Sherman,
whom hIio Iiiih known almost hIiic.' his
hlrth, mid declare 1 to him that ho hud
hecn selected hy Providence to his new
ciflk'o of honor, In order to teneh the
Americnn people the gospel of Rood
dicer mid HiitiHlilne of kindness for nil
mcrlrniH.
It Ih not definitely known Hint (die
Ih In the eonlldi'iico of Providence, and
1.0 Hpenkn hy the curd, hut .Shernmu'H
career up to date Ii:ih shown IiIh eapu
lillllleH In that Hue. Ho Ih the ordinal
".Sunny Jim," and wears "the smile
that won't come off."
Thu UrlKhinl "Sunny Jim.'
TIiIh Ih not n Hiiperflclal attempt to
look pleasant. It doen not sequester
Itself lu the wrlnklcH of IiIh mouth r
the IIiich around IiIh eyes. TIiIh gen
lul, cxpatmlvc, Irradiating smile Hpeak.s
of pjood dilution, a Hiinny tempera
iiient and a comiilacent iiiiud, possessed
thy n iiiiiii who Ih pretty well untitled
with the past, and 'reasonably Hiiro of
I ho future. A man of cheerful yoster
tlayH and conlldent to-morrows, lie
has heen ImmhliiK good humor for a
little inoro than half a century. Now
the world Inughs with htm. IIIh sun
ishliio and good cheer, iih bread caHt
uiioii the watern, returned to him
pound-cake, iih Josh Killings would
my, and out of IIiIh and other iihsoIh
he Iiiih heeu enabled to rlHe, and he
nominated to (ho Hccoud highest poHl
tlon within the Rift of IiIh countrymen.
Vlmmiuii, Si-iiioiir, Conldlnir, Horn
nl Ullcn.
"Sunny Jim" Shcrmon tlrHt appeared
tin earth at the village of Now Hart
ford, New York, a miburb of Utlcn, on
the night of Octojier 21, ISKi, two
yearn herore Mr. Taft-naw the light in
Cincinnati. Utlca wiih already at that
time pointing with pride to onu of hur
illtiHtrloiiH hoiih In the pcrHon of Hor
atio Seymour, and wiih hoou to point
with Increasing pride to another Htill
more ilhiHtrlouH mm In the person of
Kohcoo Conkllng. Mr. Sherman's fatli
er waH a lawyer of prominence in
Ontrnl New York and determined
that no "pent-tip Utlcn" Hhould re
strjetfthe powers of IiIh hou, and ho he
Kent hltn at the proiwr tlmo to Whites
town Kemluary and IlaiulUon College.
Ho came out a husky youth he weigh
ed 100 ikhiikIh at Hlxteen years of nge
with oratorical talent mid u reputation
iih u good student.
IIcIoiiuh lu (Hit Americnn Knnillr.
IIIh family runs hack to Roger Slier
man who wiih one of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence, nnd hack
of him for junro than one hundred
years to ItMKfT when the first Sherman
came over from F,ngland to this conn
try, with a strain of stolid Dutch In his
veins. John Sherman, the Ohio Henn
tor, and Wlllam Tccumsch Sherman,
tho great Civil War general, woro from
tho miiiio original stock. Kdwnrd
Nvcrctt Hale Ih also a distant connee-
tlou. Sehoolcrnftf the historian of tho
American Indians, wiih "Runny Jim"
Shprmun's great-graudfathcr.
flclN Into Politic ICnrlr.
Ono of the llrat things tho Vice
-Presidential nominee did when lie ro
turned from college wiih to accept the
nomination for State Senator on the
Republican ticket, and was hentcu iy
only ono vote. He wns elected mayor
of Utlca at the age of "It. He was the
youngest municipal head the city had
ever had. From that date politics has
wooed him away from his profession
ol law. He wus elected to Congress,
and tins served his constituency with
but one excepted term ever since. He
Ih now lu IiIh tenth congressional term.
There Ih a "big llvo" In the lower
house uf Congress, who do things nnd
largely shape the legislation of tin
country,
An All opt I'arllnniPiitnrlnn,
Mr. Sherman was a particular friend
of Thomas Hrackctt Jtccd, formerly
.Speaker of tho Hous'?, who considered
him the best parliamentarian on the
lloor. Ho often turned over tho gavel
to "Sunny Jim," who occupied the
chair during some of our most Import
nut legislation In recent yeurs. Ho
presided frequently during tho famous
debate on the Dlngley Tariff Hill nnd
on tho Cuban War itevenuo Hill, each
of which occupied many weeks. Mr,
teed appointed him chairman of the
Committee on Indian Affulru lu the
55th -Congress, u pluco ho has since
lilted wltii distinguished success, nnd
also to membership on tho Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
Mr. Shonnan'tt most Important legis
lative work has perhaps been dono on
the Indian Affaire Committee. He t
credited with a butter understanding of
the vurloim questions connected with
the government's obligations to the In
tlltius and Its efforts to fulfill them.
tliuu that of any other Congressman
r
tvlin linn I urn t'lilli'il lliKill to dial with '
this subjci't.
Work on Otlirr CmiiinlKi-cx,
IIIh work on other ooiiiiiiIUm s has
been equally credltahle. One of IiIk bills
as a member of the Committee on Inter
state and Foreign .Commerce was the
l'alfio Itrandlng Hill, which lias proved
effective in protecting the American
cheese manufacturers.
He mndc the llrst favorable report to
the IIouso on the Nicaragua Canal be
fore the Panama project had developed,
anil him Htrongly supported the Isth
mian Canal enterprise. He was the
father of the Philippine Cable Hill and
of the bill for the reorganization of the
revenue cutter service. Ho holds third
place In the Important Committee on
Rules, and has been looked to iih one
of the best counselors lu guiding tho
business of the House.
nlmlllUlllaliril Mff-tli'C lo Stale.
Mr. Sherman's party services outside
the halls of CoiinrenH have been distin
guished mid extensive, lie lias Ihh'ii
the vlee-chalrniiin of the Congressional
Campaign Committee lu several cam
paigns and the chairman in one; and
In those positions has earned much
credit for executive ability. Ho Is a
convincing eainpalu orator, and In
Congressional mid Presidential cam
paigns has HK)leii to the people of
ninny state. lie presided over the
New York Krpubllenn State Conven
tloiih of 1st).', IDMJ nnd lu the present
year
IVIi-ml of All III" People.
He Is iipproaehuble. genial mid demo
cratic. Ills home people, like his
brother Congressmen, call him "Jim,"
which appellation expresses their up-
preehitlon of his personal ipialltleH ami
their sense of his nearness to them as
their true and tried Representative.
He Is a staunch friend of the Grand
Army of the Itepublle, and has a genu
ine rognrd for those veterans of tho
army who Jeopardized their lives to
preserve the Union, and Is always so
licitous for their Interests at Washing
ton No old soldier over found Mr.
Sherman too busy to give attention to
lilm.
Sin-i--nf 111 IltixliM-Hi .Mini.
At home "Sunny Jim" Sherman Is
oiui of the leading business men of IiIh
community. He Is president of the
I'tleu Trust ami Deposit Company,
not mi organization lu restraint of
trade, but to encourage thrift and econ
omy and vice-president of the Utlca
City National Hank. Ho Is also presi
dent of the New Hartford Canning
Company nnd tho Utlca Ice Company,
two Industrial corporations. Ills politi
cal foes declare him to be worth $750,
Odd, but Ids family says that $".00,000
would inoaHiiro fully all of IiIh earthly
possessions.
i Komi if Cl -n li .NportH.
Mr. .Sherman Ih a pretty fair billiard-
1st. Ho' tried some years ago to play
baseball, mid got up a nine at Whites
town Seminary in his youth, but ono of
tho llrst things It did nfter lie provided
It with uniforms, bats and halls wiih to
get together and veto him off tho team.
Hut he makes up for lack of skill on
the Held by enthusiasm In tho grand
stand. He Is u baseball fan, mid It Is
reported that ho attended three games
lu Chicago before they nominated him,
and had arranged to attend another
when tho convention interfered with Ida
plana,
A 1 1 1 ( v ( Vemutlln Anu-rlcaii.
So wo have lu "Sunny Jim" Sher
man, Vlco-Presldeiitlal Republican nom
inee, an American among Americans,
who can trace his American ancestry
back 'J50 years, ono of whom signed the
Declaration of Independence, and
others have taken some of tho lend
lug and most honorable positions lu
American history, both In peace and
war. Ills versatility Is representative
of the true resourcefulness of the typl
cnl Americnn. lis la a lawyer, a schol
ar, a successful business man and lliian
eler at homo, a statesman, parliamen
tarian and valued public servant in
Congrcrs, a man of domestic habits and
a model husband mid father.
IllKhl Man In lllalit I'Iiip.
His uuudlucsH and human Instincts
know no race or party. He Is a hu
manltarlan and Htatesmau before ho Ih
a politician. The people of IiIh home
town of Utlca turned out en-masse upon
his leturn from the Chicago convention,
and Irrespective of party, gave him
Biich n reception as comes to few men
In life. During the midst of tho fan
fare the Mayor of Utlca remarked, "Wo
have an Insane asylum at tho top of
the hill, ami we are thinking of asking
the Legislature to enlarge it. The
town has gone crar.y over Jim's nom
ination."
Successful lu business, elllelent nnd
'.nlluentlnl In statesmanship, ami pos
sensing the confidence of his fellow
men, should tho emergency ever arise.
James Schoolcraft Sherman could, with
confidence, If necessary, tako up the re
sponsible duties of chief executive for
which as Vice-President he would ho
next lu line, In easo of emergency creat
lug a vacancy,
(lumtloii of IiiJiihiiIIoiik,
You ask me what I think of pro
vision that no restraining order or lie
Junction shall Issue except after notice
to tho defendant and a hearing had.
TIiIh wih tho rulo under tho Federal
stntutes for ninny years, hut was subse
quently abolished. In tho clasH of cases
to which you refer I do not see any
objection to the re-enactment of that
Federal statute. Indeed, I have taken
occasion to say In public speeches thnt
the power to Issue Injunction ex pnrto
lum given rise to certain abuses and
Injustice to the laborers lu a peaceable
strike. 'Hon. Wm. II. Taft, In corre
spondence with President Llewelyn
Lewis, of tho Ohio federation of La
bor.
"SUNNY
From the Chicago Tribune.
WHY
THE REPUB
LICANS SHOULD WIN.
Prize Essay By Frank Hendrick.
I. Tim 1'nrly of Htnmiilon.
The Republican party was founded
upon tho principle that this government
wiih established to protect for all times
the rights nnd opportunities of every
Individual from abridgment. That prin
ciple It ban 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 open
for all and, through tho national bank
ing system, tho refunding of tho na
tional debt, resumption of specie pay
ments, the gold Htaudard and the
emergency currency law, Iiiih sustained
the llfo current of nntlonnl Integrity.
Ah trustee of the national wealth, 11
has Investigated mineral regions, sur
veyed mills, developed waterways, In
cluding the Panama Canal, Irrigated
descrtH, conserved watersheds, and hus
banded tho public lands. Protecting
American labor by regulating immigra
tion and by taking at tho custom house,
to pay American taxes, roreign capital'!)
advantage from low wages, It Iiiih pre
served to American Industries the home
market of eighty millions of tho world's
greatest consumers and so laid the
surest basis for American competition
lu foreign markets. Uniting capital and
labor, thus, In a common prosperity
and common Boureo of Increased re
ward, It has created opportunities, Im
proved conditions of employment,
brought about a higher standnrd of
living, and more widespread distribu
tion of wealth nnd well-being, and
made expansion moral as well as ma
terial.
Intrusted with Insular possessions, It
has brought them pcaco and progress,
and provided for tho extension nnd
protection of American trade, for the
nntlonnl defense, nnd for the honorable
discharge of the responsibilities of
world greatness. Maintaining peace tit
homo, with foreign nations mid among
them, It him given American rlghtH and
American opportunities new meaning
throughout the nation and throughout
tho world.
II, Tli o IJnrly of rronrc mill lrn-
Iirrlty.
Promising progress mid prosperity, It
has boon nolltlcally sincere. It has
never had a candidate of n section,
prejudice, or class, nor n platform of
negation, scheme of repudiation, pro
gram of scuttle, or doctrine of despair.
It Iiiih never lent itself to a demand for
revolution, to bo followed by reaction
nnd retrogression, It has stood Arm for
evolution by constant, steady and en
during progress. Finding trusts, giant
horn, nourishing under supposed con
tllet of state nnd national law, the
double prohibition of exlstenco serving
but to foster their development, It bus
never, In an attempt to destroy trusts,
wlthdrnwu, In state or nation, the pro
tection of law from property, but has,
through executive Investigation mid re
sort to tho courts, resolved tho eon-
tllet which had silenced law mid given
trusts existence.
It has never proposed to advauee
American worklnginen and Amerlcau
Institutions by banishing Amerlcau In
dustrles ami building up those of other
lands, mid scorned to lusult labor with
nu Illusory promise of Immunity from
law. Yet It passed tho pure food law
and tho employers liability law, so
cured equal accommodations on rail
roads, aided agriculture, created the
civil service, established freo rural
mall delivery, reduced foreign postnge,
and Increased pensions. Continuing
naturally, murked-out progress, It win
JIM SHINE" AT
keep Its pledges of tariff readjustment,
currency reform and development or
tho merchant marine, and make the
United States the financial center us
It lias made it the Industrial center
of the world.
III. Tim CoiiNtriicdvo Pnrty It Or-kmiiIki-h
I lio .N'ntloiiiil Will.
In the evolution by which party gov
ernment has become tho extra-constitutional
method of securing responsibility
to the people, the Republican party has
become their tradltionnl representative
mid the Democratic party the organized
aspiration of Individuals for power
without resiwnstblllty. Fairly tried,
from 180:1 to 181K5, tho two Democratic
houses nnd the Democratic President
were a "wild team" nnd u helpless
driver. Democracy agitates local dif
ferences, Republicanism organizes the
national Idea, In 18(13 the people were
committed to the cause of human lib
erty; tho Idea of "Liberty nnd Union"
expanded for the first tlmo Into the
reality of the American nation.
In 187D money was committed to a
specie basis; specie was nt once, mitl"
ISUJl, no longer sought.'and government
bonds went to a premium at the re
duced rate of Interest. In 180(1 busl
uess men were again committed to con
fidence; before a single statute was en-
ucted prosperity set In nnd In ten years
bank deposits almost trebled a per
manent gain which the recent panic, n
"state of mind" now completely dis
pelled, scarcely touched. In 11HMJ busi
ness was committed to fair methods;
without compulsion violations lnrgely
censed.
Tho Republican party, at each period,
sounded the public conscience, felt the
nntlonnl pulse, framed Its policies lu
response, mid realized in lnw the domi
nant American idea. Its constructive
past assures Its constructive future. It
Is to-dny as It always has been, "The
Party Fit to (Jovern."
IV. The I'nrly of Slnteimtn.
The party of statesmanship, it has
heeu the training school of statesmen.
Its policies have been forged lu the
nent of public discission, tempered lu
the deliberation and shaped in the eon
diet of many trained minds, and drawn
and finally wrought for the country's
welfare. Dominating Its members
through principles, it assures unity In
government ; Its stuunchest partisans
have made the greatest contributions to
national progress. The roster of Its
leaders Is the national roll of honor of
public service.
V. Tnft nnd Slu-rmnn Coiialriiodvp
C'niHlliliitm A Count motive
Pint form.
Republicanism stands to-day for pro
gresslvo policies lu safe hands. Hy
solving the constructive problems of
world power lu the last two ndmlnls
trutlons, William II. Tnft taught the
world our capacity und us his own. In
all constructive legislation for twenty
years James S. Sherman has been a
leader. In the recoros of the Repub
lican candidates as well as In tho plat
form are written tho story of tho nu
tlon's progress nnd tho reliance of the
future.
A Democratic President or n Demo
cratic house would turn back those
pages; thereafter Hryanlsm would re
cord "Destruction." This the Republl
can Senate could not prevent. Under
Taft and Sherman and n Republican
Congress the great progress of the past
will bo held and the greater progress of
the future will bo assured.
David I). IIIH has pledged his sup
port to llryan, but he will nnd it noccs
sary to say something more than "I
am u Democrat" this year. Washlug
ton Post.
UTICA
SECRETARY WILSON CHEERFUL
Hoad of Agricultural Department on
Businosa nnd Folitical Condi
tions In tho West.
James Wilson, secretary of agrlcul
tore, who has Just returned to Wash
lugton from a visit of two months In
the West, brings n cheering prosperity
bulletin. He declares thnt the West
doesn't know much about the nlleged
business troubles. Its fanners have
uiagnlllcent crops growing, und are sell
ing the old crops ami are preparing
to sell the new ones for high prices.
Weather nnd crop conditions this sea
son hnvo been excellent, nnd the new
crops, tho secretary believes, will have.
a most buoyant effect on llnmiclal and
commercial conditions all over the
untry. He confidently looks for u
continuation of the improvement In
juslncss which has heen apparent every
where for the lust few months, nnd
for Its forward movement nt an ac
celerated speed.
"Oonerally speaking," snld the secro-
.ary, "the Information of our depart
nent shows that In recent years there
'ins been a considerable Increase In the
iroductlveness of the soli. Wo hnve
Investigated tills carefully, and there is
no doubt that the acre yield of crops Is
showlug n most significant Increase.
We uttrlbute It to better farming meth
oils, to assimilation of the seleutltle lu
fonnntlon about crop rotation, caring
for the soil, etc., which the department
nnd tho agricultural colleges hnve
plnced at the command of the farmers,
and to a general effort at intelligent
preservation of tho elements which en
able the soli to do Its best work."
Speaking of political conditions, Sec
retury Wilson said thnt the drift In the
West Is all for Taft, and he expressed
n strong conviction, based on his in
qulrles in n number of states, that Mr
Taft will carry all the stntes that
President Roosevelt carried four years
ngo, so far as the West Is concerned.
Tho feeling that Republican rule will
bring back general prosperity and as
sure Its continuance Is a powerful In
fluence with tho voters. Later In the
campaign the secretary will go on n
speaking tour for the Republlcuu ticket,
especially In New Knglaud.
A TRIBUTE TO TAFT.
Mew York's Governor Tells Why He
Supports Taft's Candidacy.
(From Gov. Hughes' Youngstown
Speech.)
"No ono more thnn I desires to seo
administration purged of every selfish
taint, to hnve fair and impartial laws
faithfully executed, to get rid of every
vestlgo of special privilege at tho ex
pense of public Interest, to liberate
trade 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, mid his rare equipment in
character, ability and experience, be-
onusn tested lu the dllllcult fields of I
iiiiiiiM.il ami administrative work, tin
has proved his quality by eminent serv
Ire. bncnuso of Ills varied learnlnir. his
acquaintance with affairs, his respoct
for constitutional government and his
capacity Intelligently aud Justly to plan
nml direct uecessarv reforms that
most earnestly support the candidacy of
William Howard Taft."
Whenever the Interstate conimerca
commission deems It important ns an
aid lu fixing rates to determine what
It would cost now to rebuild any rail
road, it hns compieto power to do so.
Hon. Wm. II. Taft, at Columbus,
Ohio.
FALSE CHARGE OF
EXTRAVAGANCE
Scrutinizing with Microscope to
Pick Flaws in Republican
Record.
Actual Figures Show Increased Ex
penditures of Government Con
sistent with Growth of
Country.
(From 2ov. IIurIk,' YoiuiKstown Speech.) ,
Hermetically corueti up on wiu um is
sues of free silver, imperialism and
government ownership of railways, Mr.
Hryan Is scrutinizing the record of Re
publican administration during tno
past twelve years with u microscope to
llnd some peg on which to hang uu at
tack. It would not be altogether sur
prising If a party which had done so
much In tills period to advance tho
glory and economic progress of tho
country had made a casual error hero
and there. These twelve years havo
wltncs-ed the war with Spain, which'
gavo freedom to Culm nnd Porto Rico
und brought the Philippines under
American authority. They have wit
nessed the emergence of the country
from depression and llnauclal uncer
tainty upon the linn ground of the gold
standard, enacted Into law by a Re
pumlcim Congress. They have witness
ed tho erection of a navy which Is car- .
rylng our Hag with honor around the
world. They have witnessed the ex
tension of the strong hand over the
railways and the great corporations In
behalf of equality of treatment for all
citizens. In sum and substance, these
twelve years havo witnessed for the
average man n degree of prosperity and
comfort never before equaled under
any flag In nny country since the world
began.
Corlclyou I'tiiii-ttired C!inrKO.
In picking flaws In this record Mr.
Hryan has taken upon himself to criti
cise the appropriations of the lust Con
gress and to make the declaration thnt
"there was a dellelt of some ?O0,00O,00O
In the last tlseal year." If Mr. Hryan
knows what he Is talking about, fills
reference to a deficit Is amazingly dis
ingenuous. Secretary Cortelyou punc
tured this particular Hryan gas-bag ef
fectively soon after the tlseal year
closed on Juno l!0. lie Issued a state
ment showing that when the proceeds'
of bonds sold were added to the re
ceipts from taxation aud miscellaneous
sources, and allowance was mndo for
tho reduction of the public debt, thcro
was no deficit, but a Burplus. The ap
pearance of a deficit was only arrived
at by counting all expenditures for tho
Panama Canal aud other public works
und falling to count on the side of the
receipts the proceeds of the bonds sold
for tho construction of the canal. It
Is the custom In nearly ovcry other civ
ilized government to Issue bonds for
all public works, but so largo havo
been the receipts of the treasury of tho
United States that It has heeu tho cus
tom to pay for these permanent Invest
ments of capital out of current receipts.
It Is a bad system of bookkeeping and
Secretary Cortelyou has announced
that he proposes to correct it. It
might have been pardonable for "tho
man lu the street" to be misled by tho
present form of treasury statement, li
Is not pardonable on the part of a man
who pretends to be a student of public
questions. Mr. Hryun must cither con
fess himself a stupid novice In regard
to public financo or as deliberately1
seeking to mislead the people as to
the facts.
Ocncrnl- Kronouls Aotlrltr.
The tremendous expansion of mill'
tary nnd economic activity throughout
the world has undoubtedly led to ,it
volume of expenditures which ealli
for serious consideration. In Germany
It became necessary lust spring to Issuo
a largo loan to cover ordinary crpendl
hires and to consider every possible
means of Increuslnc taxation. In
France the ministry even pressed
through tho Chambers the dishonest
proposition to tax the coupons of the
public debt, thereby taking back from
rhe citizen In faxes what It had prom
ised to pay hint In interest when ho
loaned his capltul. In Great Urltaln
changes In the rate of tho Ineouio tax
afforded a ready means of adjusting
Incoino to expenditures, but the burden
falls heavily first ujion tho small skopi
keeper and is shifted by him largnly to
tlio masses whom he supplies with
dally necessities. In all these countries
substantially all public works of a per
manent character, whether groat or
small, are charged to special accounts
and are not permitted to encumber ths
statement of operating expenses or to
add to the wolght of taxutlon on ac
count of their principal.
Wlmt Would Ilrn Wine OntT
Secretary Cortelyou has already nn
"on'ieed thnt he Is having the system
- 01 ooawoopiiiir at ttie Treasury over-
"im.-u ami mouernizeu. All admlnls.
tratloils the United States are pre
nc irom applying tiie pruulng kntfs
rpii01ulcly to expenditures, because
I luerc 18 "i compieto control of tb.4
budKet "X single minister which pre
vlu,s " mi rope, homo stops in this"
direction should undoubtedly bn tntn'
but few voters are likely to be mlslofl
as to the relative efficiency nnd lntelll
sence in lauing sucn steps which would
be shown by a Bryan ndmlnlstrntlon
on ono hand or a Republican adinlnii-.
tration uoaued by Mr. Tnft on the oth
er, v
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