The Washington herald., 1908-06-20
BY SAMUEL C. BLYTHE.

Chicago, June 19-If you should see
man with a red and round face, square
topped hat. long English walking coat,
a green vest, and funny little rhomboid
whiskers beneath his ears. that would
be Jim Sherman. whom the Republican
party In convention assembled nominated
for Vice President to-day.
The Hon. Jim is the pride Of Utica.
y. Y. He is the luckiest man in the
world. Lucius Littauer. his close friend
and former associate in Congress. com
ing from Gloversville, which IS just abaft
OF Utica, started a boom for Jim for
Vice President thinking to give jim
some needed prominence, so sherman's
friends could go home and run him for
governor OF New York this fall.
They were press agenting Jim a bit
giving him a reputation, so TO speak, so
they could boom him in September as the
successor Of the highly beloved Hughes
pronounced Hughes In these Western
plrts).
Sherman's only prototype is the man
who fell in the Hamburg Canal in Buff
falo. the reekingest place. in its day, in
all the country. and came up with q gold
watch A lone. wild bound. and .e be-
came the cynosure Of all eyes. tie part
ner Of William Howard Taft. for veal or
for woe. and instead OF being pent up in
Utica. he is unpent. with his picture in all
the papers and nothing 10 do. perspec-
lively, except read the papers closely
every morning TO see II the President is
sick
He Is "Trusty Jim"
James. you know. is trusty Jim All
the boys in the House Of Representatives
are for him, because he is for all the
boys. James is what you might call a
safe and sane, easy-driving, thoroughly
house-broken statesman. He is not much
on the initiative but If you initiate for
him, give him his orders. he Will carry
them out or break q trace.
Jim Is not captain OF the ship. He IS
the navigator. Tell him where to 60
and he viii go there. He will ask nc
questions. He will breed no interfer-
ence Orders are orders 10 hin. He
never anticipates. He will never sug-
gest. But If you give him the chart he
Will sail to the point indicated by the
cross in red ink. or he will 60 Gcwn In
the attempt
Sherman has been In Congress for
about eighteen years He has pros: esseC
In that time to the craftsmanship Of the
Committee on Indian Affairs. and to the
number three place on the Committee or
Rules. When Gen. Charles Henry Grosve.
nor. Of Ohio, was compelled to relinquisH
his place on the Committee on Rules. not
because he wanted TO- but because ar
unfeeling proletariat wouldn't let hin
go back 10 Congress. Speaker Cannon
chose Sherman to fill Grosvenor's place.
Three Who Do Things.
The three members Of the COMMITTEES
on Rules who do things are the Speaker
John Dalzell. and Sherman There ar,
two Democrats. but they are excess bag
gage. Dalzell is the man who reports tn,
outrages TO be perpetrated on the defense
less minority. After said outrages ar,
reported. It is Sherman who stands up II
the House and tells the Republicans how
needful II is for them to follow the Rule
Committee, while condoling with III,
Democrats on the necessity Of maceratin,
them, of beating them to a pulp. sher
man is the regular rally-boys-rally speak
er. He rounds them all up. drives then
in and makes them vote. When elthe
Dalzeu or Speaker Cannon has though
of a nice. abrasive rule that will rul
the Democrats as raw as a beefsteak
Sherman is the chap who explains how