The Globe-republican., 1908-09-17
MR.. TAFTS BIG
RUNNING MATE
James Schoolcraft Sherman, the
Original "Sunny Jim."
A Wise, Versatile, Experienced
Statesman Who Has Shaped
National Legislation.

nome 10 Utlcu, view 1OrK dIter nuVlnl
been nomlnted by the Republican Con
vention at Chicago, 1t is said that il
the vast throng of his home people wht
turned out to meet him was an ole
woman, bent with the burden Of eighty
years. She approached Mr.. Sherman
whom she has known almost since his
birth, and declared to him that he had
been selected by Providence to his new
office Of honor, In order to teach the
American people the gospel of good
cheer and sunshine Of kindness for all
Americans.
1t is not definitely known that she
Is In the confidence of Providence, and
so speaks by the card, but Sherman's
career up to date has shown his capa-
bllities In that line. He Is the original
Sunny Jim,' and wears 1.-THE smile
that won't come off"
The Original "Sunny JIM"
This is not a superficial attempt to
look pleasant. 1t does not sequester
itself in the wrinkles of his mouth or
the lines around his eyes. This gem
ial, expansive, irradiating smile speaks
OF good digestion, sunny tempera-
ment and complacent mind, possessed
by man who is pretty well satisfied
with the past, and reasonably sure Of
tho fnttrrn A nf nhaapfr1I uocfAr-
days and confident to-morrows. He
has been laughing good humor for
little more than half century. Now
the world laughs with him. His sun
shine and good cheer, as bread cast
upon the waters, returned to him
pound-cake, as Josh Billings would
say, and out Of this and other assets
he has been enabled to rise, and be
nominated to the second highest posi-
tion within the gift of his countrymen.
Sherman, Seymour, Conkling, Born
at Utica.
Sunny Jim" Sherman first appeared
on earth at the village Of New Hart
ford, New York, suburb of Utica, on
the night Of October "A, 1855, two
years before Mr.. Taft saw the light in
Cincinnati. Utica was already at that
time pointing with pride to one Of her
illustri0us sons In the person Of Hor-
alto Seymour, and was soon to point
with increasing pride to another still
more illustrious son In the person of |
Roscoe Conkling. Mr.. Shermans faith
er was lawyer Of prominence in
Central New York and determined |
that no 'pent-up Utica" should re-
strict the powers of his son, and so he
sent him at the proper time to Whites
town Seminary and Hamilton College.
He came out husky youth-he weigh
ed 100 pounds at sixteen years of age
with oratorical talent and a reputation
as good student.
Belongs to Old American Family.
His family runs back to Roger Sher-
man who was one of the signers Of the
Declaration of Independence, and back
Of him for more than one hundred
years to 1860, when the first Sherman
came over from England to this coun-
try, with a strain of stolid Dutch In his
veins. John Sherman, the Ohio Sena-
tor, and William Tecumseh Sherman,
the great Civil War general, were from
the same original stock. Edward
Everett Hale Is also distant connec-
ton. Schoolcraft, the historian of the
American Indians, was Sunny Jim"
Sherman's great-grandfather.
Gets Into Politics EARLY.
One of the first things the Vice
Presidential nominee did when he re- |
turned from college was to accept the I
nomination for State Senator on the 0
ticket, and was beaten by +
only one vote. He was elected mayor H
Of Utica at the age Of 30. He was the n
municipal head the city had 8
ever had. From that date politics has +
wooed him away from his profession f
Of law. He was elected to Congress. h
and has served his constituency with fl
but one excepted term ever since. He a
Is now In his tenth 'ngresslonal term. =,
There Is big five" in the lower III,
house Of Congress, who do things and
argely shape the legislation of the +,
country. :,
An Adept Parliamentarian. :,
Mr.. Sherman was a particular friend r,
Il Thomas Bracket Reed, formerly :,
speaker Of the House, who considered -.
lin the best pariamentarian on the :,
loor. He often turned over the gavel !,
o Sunny JIM" who occupied the =,
hair during some Of our most import
mt legislation in recent years. He
resided frequently during the famous
ebate on the Dingley Tariff Bill and VI
n the Cuban War Revenue Bill, each il
I which occupied many weeks. Mr.. tc
iced appointed him chairman of the 7
Committee on Indian Affairs in the st
9th Congress, place he has since al
lied with distinguished success, and to
Iso to membership on the Committee oil
a Interstate and Foreign Commerce F.
Mr.. sherman's most important legis- oC
tive work has perhaps been done on tn
10 Indian Affairs Committee. He is hi
.edited with better understanding of In
he various questions connected with st