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. I AMIS Si!it>(H I K Ai'i Siir.u.MAN, U<j>ul)lii;aM, 
 of rtir;i, N. ^ .. \'i(< resident of tlic United 
 Stalfs. ^\a^ liorii in Uu- cily i)f I'tica. OctolKT 24, 
 is:).'); his fatluT. Hiiliar.l I'. Slurmaii. also lH»rn 
 ill Oiuida C'omily. N. \'., was by profi-vsioii an 
 rditor and also j)r()iniiunl in jnil»lic life. The son 
 was LTradiiattd tr<>ni I I aiiiill" 'n (nllc^rc li, 1H7H; 
 was a lawAir 1"V j)rnrrsMnii, l)ut ri'lirt-d from prar- 
 tic'i' in 1 ;•()«; ; wa-s inarrird in IHHl to C'arrif Hal)- 
 cock. at Kast Oran^'f, N. .1.; tlircc sons. Shcrrill. 
 Uic'hard l'., and 'I'lionias M.. surviving and in 
 business at Ttira; was pitsidont of tlu- I tica 
 Trust \ Deposit Co.. of I'tica. N. ^'.. and an 
 olliccr and director of various local bu.sincss en- 
 terprises; an attendant of the Diitch Hefonned 
 Chureh and ehairnian of its hoard of tnistees; 
 was a «rraduate of Hamilton Colle^rf. uliieh cm)1- 
 lege, as well as Wesleyan Tniversity and Titts- 
 bur<,di Tniversity, conferred upon bini the degree 
 of LL.l). lie was a meml)er of the Uoyal Ar- 
 canum and the Order of Klks. He was also a 
 member of all the local clubs at I'tica; of the 
 Tnion League, Hepublican, and Transportation 
 Clubs, of New ^'ork City; of the Metropolitan. 
 Universitv. Clievv Chase, and Columbia Clubs. 
 
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of Washington. He was active in Republican 
 politics since 1879; was a frequent delegate to 
 State conventions, and presided over the New 
 York State Republican conventions in 1895, 
 1900, and 1908; was delegate to the Republican 
 national convention of 1892; vice chairman of 
 the Republican national congressional committee 
 for many years prior to 1906, in which year he 
 was chairman of the committee. He appeared 
 upon the platform in various States in every cam- 
 paign from 1892 down; was mayor of Utica in 
 1884, and a Member of Congress continuously 
 from 1886 to 1908, with a two-year interim from 
 1890 to 1892. While in Congress he served on 
 the Committees on the Judiciary, the Census, In- 
 dustrial Arts and Expositions, Interstate and 
 Foreign Commerce, Rules, and Indian Affairs, 
 of which latter committee he was chairman for 
 fourteen years; was elected Vice President upon 
 the ticket with President Taft in 1908. 
 
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 Ol .1 \Mi s St II. H.I tu \i 1 Sill KM AN . held <it The 
 liipnhlinni Cliih of the ('it if of Xnc Vnrk. 
 5J, n'cst Fnrlitth Stnrt. .\,u Vnrk ('it if, 
 Suriddi/ (ifttrnnoti. Xoicrnlur .'',tli, 19 IH. 
 
 Piii Slid N 1 ()ii(»ir: A tVu f\ciiiii;rs a^o, at 
 a iiR'iliiiLi of tlu" Kcj)iil)|icaii C'liil). it was su^- 
 ^'(.sttil Ihat a iiuiiiorial imitiii;,' slimild Ik- Ik-M 
 for oiir fritrid Jariifs Schoolcraft Slicrmaii. 
 Naturally such a .sij;^r^'(stion as that \\as iiiiarii- 
 inoiisly apjji-ovcd, and it is for that reason that 
 we arc ;ratjicrcd here to-<lay to jjay trihute to 
 the ahility wjiich Mr. Sherman showed in everv 
 \\alk of life, hut nioi-t- than that, in liis ami oiir 
 own C'lul). to iri\c- cN idtricc of the atft-ction 
 wiiich all of us jiad for him. 1 1 is puhlic careiT 
 is so well known that it Nvould seem idle for nie. 
 as the President of this Cluh. to call |)articidar 
 attention to it, hut I can hardly allo\s the oppor- 
 tunity to go hy without mentioning the last two 
 occasions that I happened to he in the Citv of 
 Utica. 
 
 The former occasion was in the earlv part of 
 August, at the time o( the formal announcement 
 of his renomination t(j tlie oJlice (»f \'iee President, 
 and at that time the city was in gala apparel, 
 wliich must liave 2>leased not oidv Mr. .Sherman, 
 
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but everyone who had affection for him. The 
 stores closed and the people united, regardless 
 of party affiliations, to give a real token of affec- 
 tion to their fellow townsman and to pay tribute 
 to the man who had always been so loyal to them. 
 The next occasion of my being in Utica was at 
 the time of the funeral. The gala occasion was 
 over and grief was predominant. The decora- 
 tion of the American flag was the one similar 
 idea that was carried out on the two occasions. 
 The people of Utica this latter time were stand- 
 ing sorrowfully at the bier of their friend. We 
 constantly hear quoted, and we frequently say 
 ourselves, " A prophet is not without honor save 
 in his own country! " This did not obtain with 
 Sherman. 
 
 The people that knew him best loved him most. 
 His neighbors were more sorrowful than even 
 his other political acquaintances. Never, I be- 
 lieve, has there been excelled such perfect, such 
 fitting and such loving tributes as were shown to 
 Sherman on the occasion of his nomination and 
 at the time when it was necessary to pay the last 
 tribute to him. 
 
 Others will speak more in detail of the great 
 service that he has rendered his country, and I 
 will do nothing further than to read to you the 
 letter which I have received from the President 
 of the United States, dated November 21, 1912. 
 
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NoVKMIU 11 -I . I'M J, 
 
 M \ Di \i{ M K. l^ursiDiN r: 
 
 1 ^rtatly ic^^nct tli;it I (aimnt l.c jiresent on 
 Simday, N()\ ( iiiIkt 'JUli. to tiiUc part in tin- 
 iiR'inorial srr\ iic to lli<- late (In- I loiKirahU* 
 .lames Si-Ii(»()l( raft SIk riiiari. N'icr President nf 
 till' Inited States. 
 
 It was Iii\ ;4ii(i(i rnltlllie tn klinw Ml". SIhT- 
 
 mari in such an (»llirial relation as lliat our jxT- 
 .sonal relations lieeaine close. lie iiad liad a \ery 
 fxtiiidi-d ari|naintanee uilh the ( ioverruneiit. 
 His lonL;: term of sir\ iie in tlu- House of Itej)- 
 resentatives ;.ca\e liim an exjiirii-nee tliat made 
 liim a most useful |)ul)lie s<rvant. As the lieail 
 of the Committee on Indian AfVairs. lie knew 
 more })erlKi|)s about Indian matters tlwui any 
 legislator of his time. It was a tield for le>^i.s- 
 lation reiiuirin^C ;4:riat kno\\led;^e of detail and 
 jjresentiriLr no \ery satisfactory ^.jeneral line of 
 policy. He \\as mo\<(l in it l»y a sincere desire 
 to secure the welfare of the wards of the nation, 
 and he resisted and freijuently succeeded in <ie- 
 featin*,^ scheine.s for defrauding' the Indian wiiieh 
 the low moral tone in res|)ict to such matters 
 which j)re\ails in territory adjacent to Indian 
 territorv too fre(|uently |)roiiij)ted. 
 
 Mr. Sherman hated shams, believed in regu- 
 lar ])artv or;i:ani/ation. and was more anxious 
 to hold the ;4-ood thing's establislied l»y the past 
 than to surrender them in a search for less cer- 
 tain benetits to be derived from radical chan^'cs 
 in the future. He was a man capalde of aeeofii- 
 plishin^' much in Kunsiation and in other matters 
 bv his freedom and charm of speech and man- 
 
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ner, and his spirit of conciliation and compro- 
 mise. He never sought a quarrel, but, like most 
 men of a sunny disposition and natural good 
 will toward all, he could and did develop a stub- 
 born adherence to the principles he regarded as 
 necessary to the country's safety, quite in con- 
 trast with his ordinary manner and speech. In 
 other words, it would be unjust to Mr. Sherman 
 to suggest that his sunny disposition and his 
 anxiety to make everybody within the reach of 
 his influence happy, was any indication of a lack 
 of strength of character, of firmness of purpose, 
 and of clearness of decision as to what he thought 
 right in politics, or in any of the problems that 
 he was called upon to solve. 
 
 It would be difficult to mention in public life 
 a man more universally loved and who had closer 
 and tenderer friends than JNIr. Sherman; and, as 
 might be expected, his association with society 
 at large was merely a reflection of that beautiful 
 sunlight and happy atmosphere that prevailed 
 in the more intimate relations of his family life. 
 
 He had great power of quick decision, as 
 shown in his rulings in the Senate as its presid- 
 ing officer, and great firmness in adherence to 
 them. He was able to make rulings against 
 contestants in a manner best calculated to keep 
 them in good temper, and he displayed, in giv- 
 ing his reasons, the thoroughest knowledge of 
 parliamentary law and great ability in its appli- 
 cation to new questions. 
 
 Everyone who knew Mr. Sherman felt that in 
 his death he had lost a friend, and I cannot close 
 what I have to say without expressing the pro- 
 found but sad pleasure I had in listening to the 
 
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trilmff paid f<i him li\ Prr-sidrnt Strykrr, which, 
 wliiK- it roiiiiiiainh (I jidiniration l»v the proprictv, 
 hiauty, .'111(1 cltxniciicf af its dictinii, iiin\i-d thr 
 syiM|»afliy and LTrict' of its ht*arrrs liy it.s .si[n|)le 
 j)ath(»s and .salisfird tlicir estimate nt' Mr. Sher- 
 man l)y its just ice. 
 
 Sinc(rrl\ \Mnrs. 
 
 WM II TviT. 
 
 Hon. .1. \' \\ \ It II lis ()i((.ii. l*r(.\i(l(tit, 
 Tlu- Kr|tuliliian I llllt nt" tlif (itv nf \rw 
 Wnk, :>\ West K)th Stn. t. New ^'nrk. .\ . \. 
 
 ^Ik. Oiioi'i-; T would al.s4) sav that \\r had 
 ixjurlrd to Iia\c (ioNcrnor l^iack iuri-. hut I 
 havf rt'crivfd a tcKii^ram tVom him saying it was 
 impossihU' tor him to attmd. owin^ t«) a drath 
 in his lamily. 1 also rcccivfd a tcK'^j^ram from 
 I'rcsidt-nt Strykrr. of Hamilton ColU-^c, rc- 
 •^rctting his inahility to l)c j)rc:icnl. 
 
 I 'I'hc \t\v ^'o^k 'l\-mj)lar Qiiartft, consisting 
 r)f Dr. Carl K. Dutrt. Mr. Harry H. M.M.k. 
 
 .Ml-. (Jcortrt- StuPLris, and Mr. Herman 'I'rost, 
 .Jr.. ;it this time rtudirrd " 'I'lu- l.ord is .My 
 .Sjicpli(.-rd." ] 
 
 Tin. Lord Is Mv .Snrrmiti) 
 
 'I'Ir- Lord is my Sh<-|>hcrd, no uant shall I know; 
 1 tccd in i^rttn pastures, saiV t't)ldt»i I nst : 
 He kadcth my soul whence the still uatcr.s How, 
 Restores me when wandering, reileeins when 
 opj)ressed. 
 
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Thro' the valley and shadow of death tho' I stray, 
 Since Thou art my Guardian, no evil I fear; 
 Thy rod shall defend me, Thy staff be my stay; 
 No harm can befall, with my Comforter near. 
 
 Mr. Olcott: Senator Root. 
 
 Senator Elihu Root: ^Ir. President, it is 
 with the deepest feeling of sorrow that I now 
 speak of the loss of our Vice President, for I 
 have felt his loss too deeply to talk about it. 
 
 I had known him practically all his life. 
 My earliest recollections are of more than sixty 
 years ago, on my grandfather's farm in Oneida 
 County, and of the house, the big, white house, 
 with the great columns, upon the adjoining farm 
 of his grandfather, Willet Sherman. James 
 Sherman inherited his feeling for the develop- 
 ment of American manufacture from that 
 grandfather, who away back in the early days 
 of American manufacturing was the head and 
 front and superintendent of one of the first 
 glass manufactories in the United States, a glass 
 factory at Vernon, where they made glass with 
 wood as fuel long before the Erie Canal, run- 
 ning back into the early years of the eighteenth 
 century. 
 
 Mr. Sherman and I were born in the same 
 county and lived always in adjoining towns. 
 We were in the same college, and belonged to 
 the same college society, and I knew him well 
 
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as lie carnr iij) frofn a Imy. \\ ( Ix Itjrj^cil to the 
 saiMc jxtlilicil p.irty; ImIoii^m «l to tlu- saiiir cUihs 
 and were cnnstaiif ly iiicctiii^' ; \\v uorkcil for 
 many years. ii|) to tlic time ot" liis ilratli. as co- 
 tnistfts of oiii- coll. 14c i,\' llamilton. and f<»r a 
 pood many years, and \\\u\r I was in nn rxreii- 
 ti\c otliee in W'asliiFiLrton. lie \s as one of the ^rcat 
 liadtis of my party iti tin I A-^islativr hraucli. 
 and one of the little ;^nnii|) who directed jind 
 arran^^ed the action of the Ilonseof Hcj)res<-nta- 
 ti\ts; and then tor thric years 1 was fortunate 
 (.Mion^di to sit under his |>rcsidin^ control as the 
 President of the Senate, and it uas a hrij^dit sj)ot 
 in the most tedious or dullest dav of either lahor 
 or dehatc when wc could slip away, the \'icc 
 President and myself and three or four friends, 
 sometimes one and sometimes another, and could 
 lunch together in the Senate restaurant. In all 
 tiiat lonn course of years of that intimati- asso- 
 ciation, with so many dilVerent relations. Ixith in 
 his family and in his husiness and in his political 
 life, and all the ditlereid phases «)f his life, I have 
 never known him to utter a word or a thought 
 which would not do honor to a ;^i-nt!eman, to a 
 friend, to a lover of his country; never a won! 
 that was tin^^^ed with nieaiuies.s, or sinalliicss, or 
 spite, or selfishness, or anything i^nohlc or un- 
 worthy in any way. 
 
 The first and the jirevailin;^ imprission wjiich 
 he made uj»on men uas that uiiich is iilu.stratcti 
 
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by the sobriquet, " Sunny Jim." His smile was 
 always bright; his fair, ruddy face was always 
 glowing with kindly feeling; and the impression 
 produced by his just and sweet and serene tem- 
 perament was so strong that the world thought 
 of him as a bright and cheerful man. It was all 
 real; there was none of it put on. He had no 
 recourse to the arts of the poHtician. He needed 
 not to have recourse to them, because this sym- 
 pathetic relation which arose between him and 
 all who met him came by nature. He pretended 
 nothing. He never sought to produce an effect 
 or to produce an impression. He was himself 
 always. Underlying this, however — underlying 
 this sweet and briglit and cheerful and happy 
 appearance, and the fact of it, there was a solid, 
 substantial, positive and enduring character. 
 
 Throughout his life he exhibited in all rela- 
 tions the two characteristics which made him an 
 almost perfect presiding officer. One was a de- 
 cision of character, and the other was the essen- 
 tial, kindly judgment. 
 
 That was so from his boyhood up. He was 
 so clear in his own judgment, so free from doubt 
 and uncertainty, and so kindly in his expression 
 of his opinion and his conclusions that nobody 
 quarreled with him because of differing with 
 him; never. 
 
 Sherman belonged to the class, that great 
 class of men who are under the compulsion of 
 
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their nature fi> dn tliiiiL,'s. Aiunn^j the iiniltitiulr 
 i)f divisions ill' mankind they nia\' he distrihiitet) 
 on the one si(h' or on the other of the ever- 
 reeiiiiinLi and ettnlimiinLT eonlliet h<-t\v»'cii rtTl- 
 eieiicN' and hlxrty. 'I'o secure the hij4;h('st rl!]- 
 eieney there must he some surrender of liherlv. 
 and to seeiire eonijilete hl)ert\' N'oii \sill ]\:i\f to 
 ahandon tlie highest ellieienew Those [\\(} are 
 eontinualK in eoutliel. Sherman h< lon^T'd to the 
 type ot' man who regards ellieieiiey and there- 
 fore he was for or;^ani/.ation. for diseij)hne, for 
 united effort, and thire is always a misuriihT- 
 standin!4 het\\cen these t\so t\|»es of men. and 
 Sherman's inhorn allcLri-'nu'e to tliat diseiphne 
 and or^^anization. which is necessary for the iw- 
 eomphshnieiit of thin^^s. made him at odds fre- 
 (juently with the jxoplc wlio wi-re resti\i' under 
 ornani/al ion and its restraints. Hut never, in all 
 the lon^ course of his career as an or^ani/ation 
 man, never would attacks on his pur|)oses atnl 
 his wishes have led him to yield a p.-irticle in his 
 purity ot" piirj)osc and his lo\e of country to tlie 
 wildest enthusiasts who s|)urned or^^anizntion. 
 lie re«rai"ded or<iani/,ation as a means to an eiul. 
 and re^^arded it unseltishly. and hy his exercise 
 of his ureat ])ow(rs he accomjjlished ^reat ^imhI 
 diiriiiL!," his too hrief life! 
 
 1 have never known a man wlio yielded him- 
 self more unreservedly to the dt niands of friend- 
 ship, of benevoleiiee, and of coin]>assit)n; who 
 
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was more under the constant control of a desire 
 to help others than he was. I have often won- 
 dered how he lived under the swarm of applica- 
 tions that came in. If anyone in the region of 
 his home was in misfortune ; if anyone was poor ; 
 if anyone needed to be helped along the way of 
 life — it seemed they all came to him, and he 
 never grew restive or impatient or indifferent, 
 and never turned a deaf ear to them. 
 
 He fulfilled my idea of a good man, and he 
 leaves a memory which cannot be enhanced by 
 marble or bronze. 
 
 The simplicity of genuine life, the sincerity 
 of true and helpful love for his fellows, the ele- 
 vation of a spirit that really loved his country 
 and his kind, and a constancy of loyal friend- 
 ship, all were his, and we do well to honor his 
 memory ! 
 
 Mr. Olcott: Senator Depew. 
 
 Hon. Chauncey M. Depew: Mr. Chairman 
 and friends, we all loved Jim Sherman. I never 
 knew any man who was so long in public life, 
 with the jealousies and animosities which are in- 
 cident to such a career, who enjoyed to such an 
 unusual degree the affection of his fellow citizens 
 of both parties. His career may be one of the 
 few exceptions to the rule that a man is not with- 
 out honor except in his own country. For 
 twenty-two years his neighbors who knew him 
 
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Iicst k« |)l i( tuniiiii^r I, in, tn llif Ilnusr of Hon- 
 rts(iit;iti\(s. Mild (Inul)tl(ss tliis tnluitc \vnn|<| Imvc 
 Iktii paid iiiiii so lnii^' as lie li\»d had lu- not 
 lu'i-n prniiiittcd t(» the \"\rr I'rcsidcncv. thr mt- 
 Olld nllicc in tin- n^it'l n\' t||»- pi n|)|c of tin- rnitril 
 States. 'I'Ikisc who kiH \\ him iiit iiiialrU . and 
 thiy hail((l from t\(iy State and 'rerritoiy, 
 ru'ver ad(h(ssed liim as " Con^icssmaii ShtT- 
 iiiaii nr ■■ N'lee I're.sident Shi riiiaii. " hut they 
 all came iiiuh r the iiilhieiice of that irresistihic 
 inaiHier ol' liis u liicli made oiu- fci-l that th«Tf 
 was estalijished hetwtin the C'nu^rfssman <»r the 
 \'ic'i- Pnsident a most chummy rchitioii which 
 only exists amoriLT colIe;^M- classmates. I le wa.s the 
 most popular iinder^n-aduate at Hamilton dur- 
 ing'- his coIle;,ri course, and he carried \sitli him 
 thrnuLdi life the youthful feelin<,r ,,f cordialitv. 
 i)\' Licnei-osily, or unshaken confidence in his fel- 
 |o\v s. wjiicj) kej)t simj)Iy enlar;4:inLr as he ^rt-w 
 older ^vith cordial intimacy and atl'ection which 
 with most students end with ^^raduation. 
 
 Hut wc must, on an occasion like this. l<M»k 
 licyond the personal characteristics of our friend 
 in the elVort to form an estimate of uiiat ^ave 
 him his j)romotion and distinction in puhlic hfi"; 
 what U(.rc the amhitions hy which he secured so 
 lar«.,re a dcLrree of tli«- confide tice and t steeiii of 
 the AiiKiiian pcoj)l( f l\nvironiiieiit and hered- 
 ity have most to do in the formation of eliaraeter 
 and in tiie makiriLT of a carter. He had an 
 
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heredity which molded his mind and predestined 
 his career. But he lived also all his life in an 
 environment which taught freedom and crystal- 
 lized his opinions upon public questions. He was 
 born and passed his whole life in one neighbor- 
 hood, which is part of that remarkable valley of 
 the INIohawk that extends from Albany to Buf- 
 falo. He had seen settlements for manufacture 
 start upon those fertile farms and then become 
 prosperous villages and grow into important 
 cities. He had seen these manufacturing centers 
 constantly expanding in the value of their out- 
 put, in the enlargement of their facilities, in the 
 extension of their markets, in tlie increase of 
 population and in the general and extraordinary 
 prosperit^^ All this had happened under his 
 eye while he was progressing from boyhood to 
 youth, from youth to manhood and from man- 
 hood to middle age. He had seen the wonder- 
 ful effects of the development of water power 
 which had created happy communities out of 
 what had been before a wilderness. His studies 
 naturally led to an inquiry into the sources of 
 this development which had attracted the atten- 
 tion not only of the people of the State but of 
 the whole country. As his investigations and 
 observations extended he became firmly con- 
 vinced that these were all due to a policy of 
 government, and that that policy was the protec- 
 tion of the American manufacturer and giving 
 
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him Ml far as possible tln' jmsM'vsiou nl tl»( Aiiut- 
 icaii iiiaiktt. Ill liis travels aliniad ami iii his 
 close examination of eoiulitioiis in other eimii- 
 tries, he eailic to the eotiellision. sn lixrij ill hin 
 mind that it amount* .1 to a reli^Moii. that the 
 Ami lieaii market uas the hest market in the 
 woriil and the largest, that the stahihty of our 
 institutions and Auk riean eit i/.«nshi|> of a lii^h 
 t\|te (It |)tiid((l upon sii piutfetin;,^ that market 
 foi- Ammean iahoi- and capital that eom|)et itio-i 
 with conditions so dilfereiil in other hi^dily or- 
 Lrani/ed industrial nations should not h<- ahle to 
 diterioi-ate the standard of American ua;,:es ami 
 livin^^ This was the fundamental principle of •" 
 all his political career and tlu* active motive of 
 his life. At a time when that idea had heconie 
 so unpopiilai- witii a ixicentaLTe of the press ot 
 the Tinted States, lie sui)])ortrd it. imperilling 
 his renomination for the \'ice Presidency, which 
 lie intenselv desiri'd. both for the honor, and 1k- 
 causc it would make him the only one in the lon^' 
 line of \'iec I'residents to whom that honor had 
 com<'. I)\- emphatically stalin;^ in his speech of 
 acceptance and in a speech preceding iiis nomi- 
 nation his views upon this (|uestion in a way 
 which his associate s and frit nds tiiou^dit unrieees- 
 sarv. liiit he \', as determined that if reelccteil the 
 ])eo|)le of th( liiited States sliouM l>e in no 
 doiiht as to what he re^'arded as essential to tlie 
 j)rospcritv ami future of the country. 
 
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His speech of acceptance and a message given 
 later in the canvass are among the notable in- 
 cidents in our political history of a man when the 
 tide is turning otherwise against his opinions 
 daring to risk everything rather than have his 
 countrymen mistaken as to his views and policies 
 which he would, if possible, carry out. 
 
 He died as he had lived and worked in the 
 advocacy of these industrial policies. 
 
 The period of his service in Congress, if we 
 take those twenty-two years out of our history 
 since the close of the Civil War, were for our 
 financial and industrial stability among the most 
 critical in our history. With the close of the 
 Civil War, we encountered all the difficulties of 
 the formation of a new government. Xew con- 
 ditions arose which had never existed before. 
 The problem of the accumulation of great wealth 
 and its proper distribution, so far as legisla- 
 tion could legitimately affect it, was an urgent 
 problem. The creation of great corporations 
 and their combination into greater ones neces- 
 sitated by competition and the need of economy 
 in administration presented other problems. The 
 sectional difficulty had been settled, but these 
 questions which grew out of extraordinary pros- 
 perity were the ones to be solved. It was a 
 period of exjDcriment from the day he entered 
 Congress until he took the office of Vice Presi- 
 dent, and when the crucial period arrived during 
 
 20 
 
the adiiiiiustratioii <<\' PrcM(ltiit t Irvrhiml tor n 
 trial of a new cxp* nimiit ditlrn lit from lh<- oiic 
 in uliitli Ik- iK-licN (<!. lie liad rrachrd a plftix' 
 anions; llic Icadtis of tin- lli'iisc of Ucprf.vnta- 
 tivcs. 11 is tlic |t(iiiliarily of all nprisrntutivc 
 hodirsaiul of i\try association tiial tluy an- ^'ov- 
 iriud hv Kadtis. Tiu' avcratjr man may ri.sc 
 and rcai'li t'on^^icvs Ixcausr in- is a |iad<-r in liis 
 localiU, Imt win II he i-onus to cxcrcisr tlic lar^'tT 
 dutiis uiiiili (UmiIm- uj)on liim as a Urpnsrnta- 
 liM-. Ir- linds it is tjusirr to liavt- «)tlurs in whom 
 ho lias contidt luf do his thinkin^^ than to do it 
 himsilf. iKcansc with most m<n the most «litru-ult 
 task, the hanlcst work in tlu- world and the most 
 tirt'SoiiK' is to think and tn think hard. 
 
 Durin^!: this j)i'riod ahoiit six mrn lc<l tlic 
 House of Kt-presentatives. and tiny ucrc led in 
 their tuin iiv two Ncry it iiiarkahle and masterful 
 statesmen. Sj)eaker l{eed and S|)eaker Cannon. 
 Mr. Sherman was one of this ^^roup during all 
 this eritieal time, and uj> to the |K'ri«Hi of his 
 })r()iiiotion frnin the House of Representatives 
 to the Viee rresideiu-y, he uas a leader in the 
 ^reat ti«^ht a^^^ainst the etl(»rt to make silver the 
 standard of value either hy its own merit or by 
 some staiidaid ot' union \v ith ^old. ami also of the 
 e\j)eiiiiuiit \sliieli riesidriit Cleveland s<) ear- 
 nestly attemi)ted of ^'ettin.«r rid of the princii)le 
 of the j)roteetion of American industry and re- 
 ducing the tariir to a revenue basis. 
 
 SI 
 
After the disastrous panic from 1894 to 1896 
 he was intimately associated with INIcKinley and 
 with Dingley in changing the legislation upon 
 this question, and his constructive ability was 
 largely instrumental in the framing of what was 
 known as the Dingley Tariff Bill, which reversed 
 the policy of the preceding administration and 
 placed the country again upon a high protective 
 basis. There followed for about eight years a 
 development of our national resources, the ex- 
 tension of our railway systems, the addition to 
 our industrial output, the settlement of new 
 lands, the government of new territories, and 
 the further accumulation of power in corpora- 
 tions and individuals which led to almost revolu- 
 tionary legislation and a period of great unrest 
 in the public mind. Everyone who shared in 
 this prosperity came to believe, under the in- 
 fluence of a remarkable agitation in powerful 
 sections of the press and many political agita- 
 tors, that while they were better off than ever 
 before they had not received their full share of 
 this extraordinary development of prosperity and 
 wealth. So strong and deep-seated was this con- 
 viction of a wrong which could not be accurately 
 defined, that nearly ever^^ public man in the 
 country saw how much his popularity could be 
 increased and how much it depended upon add- 
 ing fuel to the fire. The most remarkable part 
 of our friend's career is the manner and the 
 
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coura^f u nil uliicli In- rrsistcd thr.M' trmptntjjin.*. 
 \(t (inr ill iniMif lift- knew iK-ltt-r tlir tniul of 
 cunt lit Dpiiiioii. .111(1 IK) one \\as innrt" rapaM*- 
 of lu-t'oinitiij: t'lir I'f ils Irailt Is or cxpoiu'lits. Hi* 
 li;i(l. Iittw t \ cr. no s\ iiipatliy \vhatrv«T with «lc- 
 .slriK-ti\c' polii-its ot' any kiiMl. His iiiiiul was 
 const nu-tivc and liis iiu radicaliK- o|)tiinism made 
 him I'hnLT |)rrsisltiitly to tht- pohcits and motives 
 wliii-h lie IxlicNcd had |)rMihicfd the conditions ill 
 the I'oiiiilrv ill \s Im-h all it )oicc<l. Ihougii they may 
 not think llu\ had <,n.t th«ir .share ] lie was an 
 indi\ idnalist. I \v had worked out his own career, 
 with no ad\ anta^eous MMToundin^'s or help, and 
 he hcliiM'd e\( iNone conid do tlie same acvordin^ 
 to iiis ahilities. lie admired intens<dy the man 
 who had sneieeded tar ^rnater than himself in 
 j)olitics or ill husiness, hut at the same time he 
 U'lieved that they ti(s.r\((l w h.it tli< y had won, 
 and that it \sas due to remarkahle ahility. witli 
 the I'ree opjjortunities that could ordy come where 
 opj)ortunities were so free as exi.sted in the 
 Initi'd .States. I'jivy had no |»laee in liis com- 
 position. II( was j)reeminently what is known 
 as a stand-j)atter and proud of it. He lost no 
 oppoitunity upon the jjlatforni or in the press 
 of actiuaintin^' his fellow citizens with his views. 
 There nii,L,dit Ik- doiiht ahout others, Senators and 
 Congressmen mi/^dit waver, candidates miglit sit 
 upon the fence or straddle it, hut no one e\er 
 douhted where could always be found the \ ice 
 
 28 
 
President. Scores of able men in public life 
 who were equally courageous during this craze 
 were driven out and consigned to private life. 
 It is a marvel how he retained his hold and popu- 
 larity. But the same qualities which made his 
 countrymen call him " Sunny Jim," dissipated 
 all enmity and disarmed opposition. It is most 
 remarkable that at this peculiar and critical junc- 
 ture such a man could have won without opposi- 
 tion this coveted honor of the second nomination 
 to the second highest office in the gift of the 
 people. 
 
 Now, my friends, what is a stand-patter, any- 
 way? He is never praised but generally abused. 
 He is attacked as an obstructionist. He is said 
 to stand in the way of progress, and to be the 
 enemy of reform. But an intelligent and cour- 
 ageous stand-patter is a wise reformer who does 
 not believe that all change is reform. He is a 
 beneficent progressive who believes that progress 
 is the law of nations and of individuals, but along 
 demonstrated lines, and not either by excursions 
 into the unknown or the repetition of experi- 
 ments which have proved failures wherever tried. 
 
 I have spoken of heredity as influencing char- 
 acter, and the stand-patism in our friend came 
 from the strain of Puritanism which he inherited 
 from old Captain John Sherman of Cromwell's 
 Army, who was his ancestor as well as mine, and 
 who came over, because of his faith which he 
 
 24 
 
would iiiit sunt iiiirr, aiunn^r the «arly Puritans 
 of Massarlmsctts. That i'liritan strain kept him 
 lirni in the t'aitli, liotli in sjxtili and in prnrticf, 
 and Nslnlc he had htfonic tn an cxtniordiimry 
 tlt'^m* nidikc his aiu'cstnr, one of thr most 
 prnial, fom|)anional)If and loval>h- of mm, nrvcr- 
 thi'U'ss. hkc his anrcstor. In- would have ^oni* to 
 tho stake for a doi^nna in ?(h;^noii or into ol>- 
 seurit\' t'oi* a j)i"iiici|ilc in pnhtic^s. 
 
 Lincoln was a stand-j>at t<r in his time. He* 
 rcsisttd all the jiassionatt- and \ iolcnt foros of 
 his day. The Aholitionists, Ic*! hy Wiiluuii 
 Lloyd (;arrison and Wrndi-ll rhilli|»s. had no 
 faith in him as a fandiilatc f(»r the l*r<si(li-ncy, 
 whik- aftiT he Ixramc I'nsidt-nt. it was ordy Ik- 
 causf he was the most remarkahle man of his 
 time that he was ahle to resist the radiejd avsault.s 
 of Stiiator Waide and 'I'haddeus Stcvclis in 
 Congress and Horace (ireeley in the press. The 
 most remarkahle stand-patism in Mr. Lincoln's 
 administration was his resistance for nearly three 
 years of a determination so strong to make him 
 issue his iMuaneipation rioelamation that im- 
 peachment was freely discussed among the more 
 advanced of the radicals. 
 
 I have all my life heen a cIom.- ohserver of 
 legislation, fidin early participation as a Mem- 
 ber of the Legislature and .suhseijuent study aiul 
 twelve years in the Cnited .States .Senate. I \sas 
 in the Legislature of our State lifty-«iie years 
 
 25 
 
ago. During my second term I was for one 
 session of the Legislature, while the Speaker was 
 unable to perform his duty, the Acting Speaker 
 of the New York Assembly. The House was 
 evenly divided between both parties. The posi- 
 tion of Speaker was a most difficult one, and it 
 gave me an interest in the office and an under- 
 standing of its requirements which have lasted 
 me through life. I have an exceeding admira- 
 tion for anybody who can acceptably perform 
 the duties of the presiding officer of a deliberative 
 body. Such a place requires more tact, skill, 
 quick judgment and instantaneous decision than 
 any other place in public life. The presiding 
 officer must have the support not only of his 
 political friends but he must enjoy the confidence 
 of his political enemies, because of his fairness 
 and judicial temperament, and he must possess 
 almost the temper of an angel. 
 
 The greatest Speakers I have ever known, and 
 I had the opportunity of knowing mucli of them, 
 were James G. Blaine and Thomas B. Reed. 
 They had not only an acquired talent but a posi- 
 tive genius for this office, but they lacked the one 
 essential which made the success of Sherman. 
 Reed raised fierce and violent antagonisms so 
 passionate that if he had not had a great politi- 
 cal majority with him he could not have held his 
 place. Blaine had geniality to a remarkable 
 degree, but he failed to have that hold upon 
 
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liis |)<)litic;il npjiiiiinits !)y tluit imlrMTilialilr aA- 
 li-^c (•iHiiiiiniricss \vhn-li cliaractrri/r.l Slicrinttll's 
 relations witli all men. 
 
 In Ihc Si iiatf. uc lia\f ii«) iiil< s. Mr. SluT- 
 iiiaii lia.l Ix.ii i-lti>s.u l.y dilVcniit Sprakrrs in 
 the ll()us<- of l{(|)r<Mntativ(s ti) act if» their 
 plaiT uluii lluv left tlir cliair and t.. pn si<lr over 
 the CoMiinitlcr of thr \\'\vAf. Tli- lIoiiM- is 
 ;,r()vrnif.i l)V a collection of rnlc.s wliich arc vcr)' 
 ri^rid and a line <•!" preccdt iits wliicli tills voluines. 
 It was a most dillii-ult tiling I'or Mr. Shennan 
 to In- taken from a place like that to preside 
 (.ver a htuly uhi»-h is LToNerned practically hy no 
 ruK s whatever, hut is a rule unto itself. Senators, 
 especially the older ones, resent any ctTort on tlu- 
 part of the chair to curh their wandering?* «>r 
 the carrvin<,' nut of their own. sometimes ver\- 
 unre^rulated. wills. One of the stron>,'i-st men 
 in the Senate, as well as one of the most ijuarrel- 
 some, took a position, was called to order an<i the 
 Vice President decided a«rainst him. The Sena- 
 tor instantly (Iceland that the independeiun.- of 
 the Senate had heen invaded hy the Vice Presi- 
 dent who was not a memher of the Senate hut 
 only its Constitutional presiding,' otricer; that hr 
 ha(i no rii,dit to iise a i)osition which was lar^'ely 
 one of courtt.sy to violate tlu- traditions «)f the 
 most au^nist Ixxiy in the world and deny, or at- 
 tem])t to deny, to a Senator the rights to winch 
 every Senator was entitled. It was a pen»onal 
 
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attack ; it was a bitter one. The scene was dra- 
 matic. The situation was very tense. Most 
 presiding officers would have lost their temper, 
 or at least shown heat. It was a studied effort 
 to humiliate the Vice President. Sherman's at- 
 titude was perfect. There was not the slightest 
 indication in his manner or speech that the per- 
 sonal element was in his thought. He was the 
 presiding officer personified. With perfect calm- 
 ness, good humor and dignity, he stated the case 
 to a breathless Senate. He did it so clearly and 
 convincingly that the Senate sat down upon the 
 tumultuous Senator, and Sherman's decisions 
 were never after questioned. 
 
 The study of Vice Presidents has been to me 
 always an interesting one. I knew Mr. Hamlin, 
 the Vice President during Mr. Lincoln's first 
 term, and all of them since. The Vice Presi- 
 dency is not an ideal position. It was placed in 
 the Constitution to provide an heir to the Presi- 
 dency. Curiously enough the framers of the 
 Constitution never looked to the contingency 
 of both President and Vice President dying. 
 That has been remedied only within recent years. 
 In seeking to find some duties for the Vice Presi- 
 dent, it was fuially decided to make him the 
 presiding officer of the Senate, with no power 
 except to vote when there was a tie. It requires 
 a statesman of unusual gifts to sustain with dig- 
 nity this position, and have no portion of the 
 
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power wliicli appartritly sliouM l.»liiii^ tn the 
 s«i-()ii(i luLrlicst oiVu'f in tlic (*«niiitrv. A fntlirr 
 t'lu'oiirai^n-s liis snn mikI luir tn prcjinn- hiiiusclf 
 for liis j)l:icc ami the administration of his rHtnte, 
 ImiI l'i(M(|(iits wMiil Id siicci (d tliirnsflvrs for nt 
 li'a.st one trrni and rcMiit any pninilricnco or 
 p<)|)nlarity \\hirli niiirht make a V'wv VrvsuUixi 
 H (•(»mp( titor. So Pnsidrnts arc nhuost nhvavs 
 jraltMis of tin- \'i(( rrcsiddit. and k««j> him at 
 a distant-r. 'I'hcy rarely want liis advicx* niid 
 they do not want liim to share in ar>y wav in the 
 responsihilitiis or in the fame of the aet.s of thr 
 administration. This is not |)eculiar to our 
 Presidents. I have known the heirs to the throne 
 of several eoiintries in l-'urope. There is no posi- 
 tion so dilheiilt. The .s<T\erei;,'-n is never on ^o<kI 
 terms with his heir. The ohkr the .soverei;^'n 
 ^^rows tlic more distasteful iR'conics the netivities 
 of the soFi who is to Ik- his suecessor. It requires 
 the rarest taet and forln-aranee for the stm to 
 keep even on ^ood soeial relations witli his father 
 the Emperor or the Kini^'. or his mother the 
 Queen. I rememlRT. l>eeause I knew him .so well, 
 the ditllenlties which surrounded the late Kinjf 
 Kdward in this respiet. His mother was a most 
 masterful and eapahle nder, hut as she ^rew 
 older she heeame more jealous of the pren>^a- 
 tives of the throne. Her son for a (piarter of a 
 centur\' was old enou;^di and eapahle of Ix-in^ 
 King, and it is one of the highest tributes to 
 
his diplomatic ability that he could have con- 
 siderable influence and still so adjust himself to 
 the situation as not to arouse the jealousies of 
 his mother. Presidents do not welcome Vice 
 Presidents to Cabinet consultations or confer- 
 ences at the White House. Nothing is so dis- 
 turbing, I might almost say offensive, to a Presi- 
 dent as to have it generally imderstood that 
 some measure of administration, some suggestion 
 to the Congress, some policy enunciated, came 
 from the Vice President. It has been said that 
 the only exception to this rule was Hobart. Mr. 
 Hobart was a most agreeable gentleman, with 
 wonderful tact and abihty of self-effacement, 
 while McKinley, on the other hand, was one of 
 the most sweet tempered and amiable of men. 
 Undoubtedly ]Mr. Hobart was oftener in the 
 White House and in consultation with the Presi- 
 dent than any of his predecessors, but when this 
 fact became exaggerated in the press into a com- 
 mon statement that the Vice President was con- 
 sulted on all questions and his advice in a measure 
 potential, it so annoyed the President that it 
 would not have been long before this cordial rela- 
 tion was terminated. Sherman had been in Con- 
 gress through many administrations and thor- 
 oughly understood this situation. He never 
 attempted in any way to influence or direct the 
 administration of President Taft. He was al- 
 ways ready for consultation, but never let it be 
 
 30 
 
know II tli;it li( lia«l Ih<m cniisuUr.l. If u nm- 
 ftrtiuT li.itl «><»nn<.| wImtc his \ irw lind U-cii 
 ncftplcd. li< wniiM li;i\( Ik(M tlic first t<> n-vK-rt, 
 if th.' ijU.stl.'ii li;i(l Ixtn r.iisr.l. tliut tlir niiu'lu- 
 sioiis arn\«(l at udc tli'- tinal lud^MiH-nt nf \\\r 
 I'ri'sidinl hiiiisrlf. 
 
 Mr. Shrrriiaii iri,|<>>(il Id'r in (\< ry jiliasr. II«- 
 liad tlif rarest (.f social ^nfts. lint liis ixipu- 
 lantv \sas ni>t (l(|>(iid( nt upnti tin s. . \\r u its an 
 iiuk'tati<,^alil<- wmkir Tcr his l)arty "p f'..r hi.s 
 fritrids, hut tlu- hold which he had iipoii all who 
 knew him was not dcpindcnt upon these. Kvrn*- 
 one who knew him at all knew the wonderful 
 iid(iit\, ixTsistence and stren<;th of |jis fricnd- 
 shii)s. lie would ,Lr<> farther and risk more tn Ih.-- 
 fricnd a friend in whom he iKlieved, hut who wa.s 
 for the moment under a cloud, than almost any 
 Hian in i)nhlic life. The stead fa.stncss whicii 
 characterized his adherence to his political oj)in- 
 ions was ci|ually strong' in his personal relations. 
 By reason of these exceptional (jualitics. he has 
 joined the majority rcL^arded and mourned hy 
 a multitude of friends. Hut Ixyond this ^'enera- 
 tion he will live. There are two kinds of men 
 who rive to distinction, one is the ^rtuius who is 
 ^r,,vern((l hy no rules, the other is the man n^ ho 
 i.s LTovernt'd hy rules the same as others, hut 
 somehow he is excej)tional. IVeeisely wliat 
 makes him exceptional it is diHicult to discover. 
 Amon«,r his friends an- many who arc as able 
 
 31 
 
and as cultured, whose character is as high, and 
 whose work is as good, and yet in a way which 
 they could not explain he is their superior. In 
 other words, he is an exceptional man. 
 
 Mr. Sherman was one of the finest representa- 
 tives of this class. He knew how to do or to 
 say the right thing at the right time. He knew 
 how to differ with others, and to differ radi- 
 cally, and at the same time retain a whole-hearted 
 and cordial relationship even with those who 
 could not agree with him. It was his gift to 
 have the confidence in a rare degree of those who 
 differed with him because they never distrusted 
 him. His career will always be a bright one in 
 the history of our State, and in the story of our 
 Vice Presidents he will always hold a unique 
 and distinguished place. 
 
 [At the conclusion of Senator Depew's ad- 
 dress the New York Templar Quartet rendered 
 " Lead Kindly Light."] 
 
 LEAD KINDLY LIGHT 
 
 Lead kindly Light amid the circling gloom; 
 
 Lead Thou me on ! 
 The night is dark, and I am far from home; 
 
 Lead Thou me on ! 
 Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see 
 The distant scene; one step enough for me. 
 
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I was in>t i\( T lliiis. ru>r juasid tlint 'I'lnni 
 
 Sliniiltist |( ad iiir oil ; 
 1 Ii>\((l til rliDnsc and src iiiv jiatlr. hut now 
 
 I .cad Tlinii iiir Mil I 
 
 T loved tlic ;^^arisli day, ami. sjntc of fcnrs. 
 l*rid<' ruled my uill. U( iiieMilHr not past years! 
 
 So loriLT 1 liv j)nu( r lias Mest iiie. sure It still 
 
 Will lead me on 
 ()'(!• mnnr and tfii. o'er eray- and ti)rrent, till 
 
 The nii^dit is frolic. 
 And with tin- morn those ari^^fel facts sinijc 
 W'hiili 1 lia\( lo\((l lor>^ since, and lf»st awhile! 
 
 Mi{. ( )i,c orr: Mr. Maynard. 
 
 >ri{. 1?! rni N T.I SI. IK ^T.wn.skp: T liavc here 
 a simpli-, hrief .statement. 1 have known James 
 Schoolcraft Sherman practically all the days of 
 my ]il"<- and will say that I can conlirm in every 
 respect the estimate which has l)een olTercil as to 
 his character hy Senator l{<M)t, and witli the 
 statement that he was one of the nun of my 
 ac(|uaintance whom I truly and dicjily lit\ cd. 
 and that the fact tliat I po.sse.ssed his contidenet- 
 and Iiis friendship will Ik.' regarded l)y me 
 throu^diout the days of my life as its choicx-st 
 treasure, I will ])lace Infore you, in aeeordanoe 
 with \()ur rerjuest. a hrii f miinite for adoption 
 hv the C'luh. 
 
 ;{.'} 
 
Minute and Resolution of The Republican Club 
 of the City of New York upon the death 
 of James Schoolcraft Sherman, Vice 
 President of the United States of Amenca, 
 adopted at a Memorial Meeting, November 
 24th, 1912: 
 
 James Schoolcraft Sherman, Vice Presi- 
 dent of the United States, departed this Hfe 
 October 30th, 1912, at his home, at Utica, X. Y. 
 — the city of his birth. 
 
 !Mr. Sherman was the son of General Richard 
 U. Sherman and Mary Frances Sherman. His 
 paternal ancestors were of staunch Enghsh stock, 
 which came to Rhode Island in the seventeenth 
 century and migrated thence to the State of Xew 
 York, taldng up a permanent abode in that part 
 of the beautiful and fertile valley of the JNIohawk 
 now kno^v^l as Oneida County. 
 
 Mr. Sherman prepared for college at Whites- 
 town Seminarj^ — an historic and honored insti- 
 tution of learning — and was graduated there- 
 from in June, 1874. In the autumn of that year 
 he matriculated at Hamilton College, and was 
 graduated from that institution with the Class 
 of '78. His excellence in oratory and extempo- 
 raneous debate won for him in college distin- 
 guished honors, while his genial temperament 
 
 M 
 
and MiiiiiN (lis|)()^lli(•ll niailc liini al all tiiiKs tiu- 
 most popular man of Ins class. Ills stcacifast 
 lovalty to his Alma Matt r in suliscmirnt yi-ar.s 
 is to-{|a\' a jMtcious IcLTacy at Ilamilton ColU-^f, 
 wluTf liis mt nior\ will r\{\- irmain ^ncn ami 
 tlu' record of Ills arliu\ <in(nt s an inspiration to 
 liiLiIi aim and ardrnt cndcaN o|-. 
 
 Mr. Sherman was admittrd to flu- liar of the 
 State of New ^'orl^ in ISSO. aixl practiccrl law 
 at I'tica. \. ^ .. lor many yiars with distm- 
 <^iiislu(l sui-i-fss. lit- retired from aetiial |»rae- 
 tiee in January, 1!M)7. 
 
 II Is iTiu If I II r 
 
 In ISSK at the a;j:e of twenty-nine, ho was 
 elected Mayor of the City of Ttiea. In ISSf. 
 he was nominated for Congress hy tlu* Hepuh- 
 liean i)arty of his hoMK- district, and elected hy 
 a irratifvinLT maioritv. He \\as rt turned to the 
 House hy his constituents a^ain and a«^'ain. serv- 
 ing his district there for full twenty years hefore 
 his election to the distinLTuished oflice of Vice 
 President made him the |)residin;^^ orticer of the 
 Senate of the United States. 
 
 'rhrou;j:hout his couLiressional i-areer Mr. Sher- 
 man enjoved the eonlidence of the leaders of the 
 Kepuhliean ])arty. And during the last decade 
 of his piihlie service, j)roha})ly no other Kepuh- 
 liean exercised so great or so wholesome an in- 
 fluence u])on matters of \ation-wide importance. 
 
 35 
 
Mr. Sherman served with marked acceptance 
 and abiHty upon the most important committees 
 of the House. A skilled parliamentarian, he was 
 frequently called to the Chair by the Speaker 
 of the House, where his ready and impartial 
 rulings won for him the respect and esteem of 
 his fellow members. 
 
 His wide and varied experience in the House 
 made him instant master of the situation when, 
 as Vice President of the United States, he as- 
 sumed the duties of presiding officer of the 
 Senate. Mr. Sherman fully appreciated the 
 responsibility of that exalted office, and he ap- 
 plied the rules adopted by the Senate, and con- 
 trolling its procedure, so fairly and impartially 
 as to win the plaudits of Democrats and Repub- 
 licans alike. 
 
 Mr. Sherman was a staunch and steadfast 
 Republican. He believed in the principles of 
 the party. He was satisfied with our form of 
 government as it at present exists. He did not 
 chase after new and strange vagaries. The 
 initiative, the referendum, and the recall were 
 not for him. And the recall of judicial decisions 
 was to his mind simple anarchy. 
 
 Suffering from an incurable disease — evi- 
 dently aware of the jeopardy to life which his 
 decision involved — Mr. Sherman accepted a sec- 
 ond nomination for Vice President from the 
 Republican party, and gave to its service in its 
 
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great strii;^>j:U- tt) iiinintuiri tlir aiicirnt Iniul- 
 liiarks, and tn slay tin- rising' ti«lr of intrriinl 
 (lisst iisioii. Ills last lull iiuasiirf cif devotion. 
 
 ( )m thf 'ja.l (lay of ()«-tnl»« r. I'.U'J hvsvu dayf 
 prioi" tn liis (hiiiisr with the sliadow «»f drnth 
 ttun npon liini. lu- issued Ins final call to the 
 people of till' land uliieh he lovitl, the land to 
 ^\hieh he had jj:i\(!» the srrviee «)f Iji.s ninturc 
 nianhooii. lie difd in tiie harness, widcdy loveil 
 and resjKited; rieh in larthly honors nrul dis- 
 tinetions; lea\ in;,^ to the Hejinhliearj j)arty the 
 It'gaev of a life of high and hon()rahlc emhavor, 
 tlio ret^ord of iH-neticvnt j)rineipk*s rnnctt'ti ir»to 
 laws, and a name graven deep in the iiuperish- 
 ahle granite of a Nation's gratitude and reniein- 
 hranee. Therefore, he it now 
 
 Hisftlvcd. That, in eoniinon nith our State 
 and Xa!ii>n, Tlir H« jiiiMiean C'lid) of the City 
 of Xtw ^'o^k mourns the loss of our fellow 
 memher, .Iamis Sinooi.iiiArr Shk.rman. ^'ice 
 President of the I'nited States: 
 
 That we hereby pay our sincere trihute to the 
 memorv of a zealous statesman and patriot; an 
 honored leader: a devoted liushand; a loving 
 father: a steadfast and loyal friend: 
 
 TJidt we extend to his hereaved uid«)w and 
 family (»ur resj)eetful condolences ami «»ur deep 
 sympathy in their great allliction: 
 
 That the foregoing Minute he adoj)tetl hy the 
 Clul> and spread in full u|)on its reeords; aiid, 
 
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further, that an engrossed and attested copy 
 thereof be sent to the widow of decedent. 
 
 Reuben Leslie Maynard, 
 
 Committee. 
 
 Me. Olcott: ]Mr. Littauer. 
 
 Me. Littauer: In the few words it will be 
 my highly appreciated privilege to deliver here to 
 the memory of James Schoolcraft Sherman, I 
 want to dwell, not so much on his intellect and 
 eminent achievement, but particularly to speak 
 upon the great and noble qualities of mind and 
 heart which so endeared him to those of us privi- 
 leged to have known him as an intimate com- 
 panion; qualities which so endeared him to us 
 that with heavy hearts we wreathe for him laur- 
 els of love, of affection and of esteem. While 
 we share deeply the general public sorrow, our 
 tribute is to an endeared companion. We mourn 
 the loss of the Vice President of the United 
 States, but most we mourn the man. 
 
 Sherman was a man made to be loved and he 
 was loved. He was as near an unselfish human 
 being as it is possible for man to attain, and for 
 this predominant trait we loved him most. His 
 kindly face, his genial companionship, his helpful 
 counsel, his cheerful voice, will never be oblit- 
 erated from the memory of his associates. His 
 
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frit'udsliij) was one- nf tin* prirrlcvs hlcvHiiifipi of 
 niy lifi-; and tin- xcry stiii.siuiu* Mtins iinl so 
 hritrlit or uarm as wlini lir liviti, I Imvr thr 
 |)()ut r liiit to litter the siiiiplr trihiitr i}f a fri< ml, 
 Nvitli no words coiimiiiisurat*- with tin* iiii^litv 
 (low ot' rciliri^'s that siir^c thrnu^di iiiv lu-art. 
 My iittcraiu'c is ton fccMc to cxjjrrss tin* imas- 
 iirc of lioiioi- ami <iici»miiiiii wlucli his rariHT 
 merits, witli which his coMipanion.shij) hlesscd \\s, 
 and which I would lon<^r to jiav to his memory. 
 
 The most valiiahh- of all earthlv |M)ss<'vsic)f».s 
 is a true and faithlul friend. 'I'hos<- uhokiirw 
 Sluriiian h<st. \slio were a.ss(K*iatcd most in- 
 timately with him. rcspirtrd and loved liim most. 
 ^Mcxlcst. nnassuminLT. deiiKM'ratic, ne\«T Injastfid, 
 never vin(iii'ti\e. no unkind or uncharitahle ex- 
 pression escaped his lij)s. IMain. frank, out- 
 sj)okeii. tnilliful. candid. sinc»-re. he was ever 
 charitahK' in consideration of those* wjio opposed 
 him. 
 
 .Sherman was striinLf in his friendships, a iroo<l 
 lo\cr. not so «ifood a hater; lie Fie\(T looked for 
 tr()ul)lc. yet he never souL,dit evasion of his full 
 .share of responsihility. ]\y nature he was sunny 
 and cheerful, and tjie atmosj)here in his preseriec 
 was ahsays \sarm. hriirlit and lt* ni.al. His life 
 was ht aiitit'ul and inspiriiiLT. de\()ted to the |)uh- 
 lic wi-lfarc. Devoted to his nei^hhors as a helper, 
 friend and heloved companion, his eoniial et)ur- 
 tesy and impartial kindness made him a eoun- 
 
selor and helper of all with whom he was thrown 
 in contact. 
 
 No citizen of the United States was more 
 typically an American; no other country could 
 have produced just such a character. He be- 
 longed to no class; he represented broadly the 
 citizenship of our country. He was neither 
 proud nor humble. He never reached the point 
 of forgetting the round of the ladder on which 
 he began to climb. His hat was never too small 
 for his head. Possessed of natural dignity, he 
 had no frills, no strained deportment to sustain 
 the dignity which was so natural to him. 
 
 His forebears Mere of an honorable estate. 
 His youth was spent in the vicinity of Utica 
 in a wholesome fashion, which instilled in him 
 the resolute ambition which brought fruition in 
 his maturity. His life at the near-by college 
 was full of promise. His attachments to his 
 collegemates and to the interests of Hamilton 
 College were constant and loyal. He was early 
 blessed with a pure, devoted domestic affection, 
 which continually increased throughout the many 
 years of tnie companionship; blessed with chil- 
 dren and grandchildren who added continually 
 more and more to the happiness of his existence. 
 A familj^ I believe, over whom his spirit must now 
 and ever will be watching. The nation mourns 
 an ideal Vice President. Our State and his old 
 Congressional District, with the City of Utica, 
 
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mouni an alilr arid patrintic- K-^'i.slatnr. Hul 
 family an- m\ »r(i»riic with tlir loss <jf a dcvfitcfi 
 and kind luisltand and fatlMr; and \sr iM«»iirn 
 tin- li'ss nf a warm and faitliful frirud. II'- 
 doulitlcss liad t'anlU and frailties and liutnan 
 wiakiussfs, !iiit lie was s(» int( ris(l\- Iniman I 
 could IKMT s(»- tlu-m. To-day tin- world s«-«riis 
 hnusomc witiionf dim Slwrman. 
 
 !!( (I(\(it((l jiims( If witli tireless eiier^v and 
 ^Tnuinc (iitlinsiasm to e\erytliin^' tliat he un- 
 dertook, and liis intelli^^ent, thou^ditful ^lidancc 
 of his und( itakin^s hrout^dft well merited suo- 
 c'l ss. I'oi- a (juarter of a century the Capitol at 
 WashiiiLrtdn was tlic chief .s|)herf of his \v<»rk. 
 There he lahoied incessantly, thoughtfully and 
 most ctVccti\ ely. I le lu \ er heralded his spctrches, 
 never posed for elliit. never kept his eyes inov- 
 ini,'- toward tin- Lr;dl( ries. His tireless energy, his 
 accuiati' know led LTe. his (juick Cf)iiception, his ^ift 
 of clear i\pi'issi(»n soon earned for him leader- 
 ship. 
 
 As a parliamentarian, as a debater, he was 
 (juick, apt and skillful, hut preeminently fair 
 and candid; he never apj)ealed to either preju- 
 dice or passion. .Sherman's charity was !)road 
 minded foi- the oj)inions. the faults, tlie hannless 
 vanitiis of otln rs; no on<- was so ^eFierallv loved, 
 respccteii and had so larije a followin^^ amon^ 
 opponents who believed in liim. He gained mas- 
 
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tery by his logic and the cleverness of the argu- 
 ments with which he presented his cause. 
 
 His eloquence found expression in clear and 
 sonorous notes. The earnestness of his convic- 
 tions, the power of his logic, the charm of his 
 speech were all heightened by the tone of his 
 voice. Yea, his voice was the best exemplar of 
 himself, the best reflection of the man. Every- 
 one who came under the charm of that voice 
 recognized the pure, broad qualities of the man. 
 
 The great measure of Sherman's fame w^as his 
 service in the House of Representatives: there 
 he was a Republican of Republicans. A strong 
 partisan — he could be nothing else — a staunch 
 believer in protection to home industries, for 
 which principle he was ready to go to the stake 
 for sacrifice, and he was a brilliant exponent of 
 the results achieved through that policy. 
 
 He believed in a liberal construction of our 
 written Constitution, convinced that the Nation 
 thereunder had the power to do everything re- 
 quired for the common welfare. He was by na- 
 ture a lover of obedience to the law and of 
 liberty under control. He clung to that which 
 had been demonstrated to be good; he was far 
 removed from those reactionary tendencies which 
 often injure and discredit consei-vatism. His 
 congressional influence was most potent, for he 
 had the genius of being effective, of being able 
 to persuade and accomplish where others failed. 
 
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His (limtioij of tlic a Hairs of lii- Itnliaiui for 
 sixtrtn yrars. rtsii!lf<I in a cnnijjljtc- rtvcnml 
 <'t' the |iiilicy of (hr Natinfj tnuanl its wnnls. 
 lie ;i(l\tKiit((l pay for tin- Indians' work, rnthcr 
 than contiimancc nf the jiolicv of tijrir ^gratui- 
 tous sujjport. 'I'lif rcMilt is visible in the Urscr- 
 vatioris uIhtc IIk- Indian. rt-fonipcnsiMl for his 
 laltor. lias I( ariud to rcali/f his indt |H-n(l(*n(v and 
 \\ nrth. 
 
 llf uoiIxkI to make the world Uttrr. to inakt 
 happiiT the lives of nun, to extend the fkKI of 
 eonttritiiunt. 
 
 His career was nnt a roynl road to eminence, 
 but step hy step, year afttr year, his worth wn.s 
 reeo^rnized until the Nutiun elected him its Vice 
 President. 
 
 lUeo^nizin;,^ fully the ^-rentriess an<] abilities 
 of his j)rede('essors, j)resi(lin^ over the Senate, 
 it can he truthfully niaintaine<l that he made 
 more of that <»Teat otlicc than any who have 
 preceded him. With hmad parliamentary train- 
 ing and practice, he was an ideal presidin|^ of- 
 ficer, e\ir impartial. proFiipt and decisive; hut 
 he was to the Senate more than its presiding 
 oflicer. Sherman's stroni^ jKTsonality was recog- 
 nized in the Senate C'hamher. His patriotism, 
 his wisdom, and his clear ct)nvictions made them- 
 selves felt in that au^^ust IxkIv. He did not 
 stand apart from responsibilities, but assumetl 
 them wIkii necessity arose. He enhaneeti the 
 
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importance of his ojffice. His influence for good 
 was felt, heartily appreciated and profoundly 
 acknowledged. 
 
 Men die memorable for works accomplished, 
 for heroic deeds, for marvelous inventions and 
 improvements ; but Jim Sherman leaves a simple 
 monument, so pure, so high, so near to every hu- 
 man being! Just a real unselfish love for hu- 
 manity, an unusual consideration of the interests 
 of others regardless of self. What greater monu- 
 ment in these days of selfish rush and push for 
 power and wealth! 
 
 His place will be among those who loved their 
 fellowmen, who loved their country, who gave 
 the best that was in him for their advancement 
 and betterment; a paragon of unselfishness, in- 
 tegrity and patriotism. Death came to him as 
 his coronation. Everyone who knew him will 
 be forever grateful to the Almighty for having 
 known such a character. We who are left behind 
 are broader, truer, better men for association 
 with him. 
 
 " To live in hearts we leave behind is not to 
 die." 
 
 President Olcott : The Chair would be glad 
 to hear any further remarks upon the resolution 
 which has been presented. If there are no fur- 
 ther remarks, the resolution will be put, and I 
 will ask that the resolutions be adopted by a ris- 
 ing vote. The motion is unanimously carried. 
 
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iSi'ii^^ \)\ 'r(iiii>l!ii- t^ii;irt«t. NrariT M) 
 Ci.ul ti) 'riuf! "1 
 
 N l-..\i;i.K M ^ i.nl) 1 () 1111.1 
 
 NiariT. my (ind. to Thcc» 
 
 Ntarcr to 'l"iu«-; 
 K'cii tiiDii^'li it Ik- a (•r()^s 
 
 'I'liJit rai.sttij IIH-; 
 Still all my snus^^ shall lie, 
 Nt'arcr. my (it)<l, to 'I'lice, 
 
 Ntarc r to Thee. 
 
 'riiouLrh likf the uamltTtr, 
 
 '1'Ir- siiu ^oiu' down. 
 Darkness \h- over mc, 
 
 M V rest a stone ; 
 Vet in my dreams I'd \k' 
 Nearer, my (io<l, to Thcc» 
 
 Nearer to Thee. 
 
 Or if on .)o\rnl wing 
 
 Cleaving the sky. 
 Sun. moon, and stars forgot. 
 
 \ ■ j)ward I tly. 
 Still all my son^' shall he. 
 Nearer, my (ifnl. tn Thee. 
 
 Nearer to Thee. 
 
 v.") 
 
The Sun, Wednesday, November 6, 1912. 
 
 EDITORIAL. 
 
 FORGETFULNESS. 
 
 On Election Day, 1912: Gone and forgotten, 
 except by a little household in Utica and some 
 good neighbors. 
 
 James Schoolcraft Sherman, 
 Vice President of the United States. 
 
 REMEMBERING MR. SHERMAN. 
 
 The Republican Club of the City of New 
 York. 
 
 To the Editor of The Sun — Sir: I have 
 just read the editorial note entitled " Forgetful- 
 ness." 
 
 JNIr. Sherman was a member of the Republican 
 Club of the City of New York and upon his 
 death the executive committee met and made ar- 
 rangements for a proper memorial meeting and 
 thereupon the club gave outward sign of its re- 
 membrance of ]Mr. Sherman by properly draping 
 its building. A committee of representative 
 members of the club attended his funeral at 
 Utica. In the midst of the political struggle 
 
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uliiili lias now ciiilfd tlu rr wjus imt tiinf nor c-'nM 
 
 Mlllalilc (>^•^•a^l^»^ Ik- found to ]\:i\i !i III. II, • ,1 
 
 incttiii^^ l"i>i- liim. 
 
 As tilt j)i( si(i( lit of tlic clnh 1 vrnturr to write 
 tins 1( tt< ]• to vtMi to say that the clul) and all of its 
 niiinlxrs lia\c imt fori^ottc ii and will not for^it 
 tlif diath of till V'wc rrcsidrnt «»f thr I'nitrd 
 States and will always Imid in dctjH-st rt-vm-iuf 
 tlir nitiiiory of tlif man .laint-s ScJjiKilcraft Slicr- 
 luan. 
 
 \\y contiiniin^ the work ur wvrv doin^ for tin- 
 Ht j)til)lu an |)arty liaM- wi- not followed out what 
 tli( real lift- of Sherman mrant and rrally paid 
 a trihnti' to his nuniory^ It was a ^rrat hattlc 
 and oni' of the ^rtat Kadcrs t'tll. hut tlu- mm 
 in the ranks continued fi^^ditin^j. \ow that tl»c 
 hattif is (»\tr wr will j>av trihutts. and wc cer- 
 tainly tuviT uijl forget. 
 
 J. \' AN \'rCIITFX Ol COTT. 
 
 N 1 \\ \'<'i{K. \o\ rml'» r 7. r.M'-'. 
 
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