The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-19
SENATOR BURROUGHS DELIVERS ADDRESS
 OF NOTIFICATION
All Utica Turns Out To Honor Her Distinguished Citizen, Who In His Speech Says That the "Peo-
 pie Do Rule In
 America"

Utica. N. Y August 1S-The last for maj ceremony attending the official launching of the republican national l ticket of 1908 was held here today when Representative James Schoolcraft Sher- man was rendered and accepted the nom- ination of his party for the vice pres- dency. In accepting, he subscribed heart fly, he declared. to the platform adopted at the Chicago convention in June; to every utterance of Secretary Taft in his Cincinnati speech, and to the policies of President Roosevelt. MT. Sherman as- serted that the approval of the Roose- welt administration was the real issue of the campaign. MT. Bryans question: Shall the people rule?' he declared to be no issue at all.
 Surely the people shall rule" MT. Sherman said; surely they have ruled: surely they do rule. Shame on the candi- date who insults the American people by suggestion or declaration that a ma jority of its electorate is venal."
 MT Sherman's speech was unusually ] brief and he did not attempt to discuss in detail any of the questions touched ] upon by Secretary Taft, saying he could not hope to persuade anyone not con ylnced by the presidential candidates presentation of the issues. MT. Sherman, however, entered into brief discussion l of the tariff, his declaration, 'I am pro- tectionist," bringing spontaneous response . from his hearers. The candidate then went on to explain that he thought the 1 time had arrived for a revision of the 1 tarin from the protectionists's point of 1 view. MT. Sherman praised the record of the republican party and in contrast ing it with the democratic organization referred to the latter as 'an aggregation l of experimental malcontents and theories whose claim to history is party name they offered"
 Burroughs Speaks. Senator Julius Burroughs of Michigan, chairman of the notification committee. made the tender of the nomination. In his speech he resented what he declared was a thinly yelled accusation by MT Bryan that a republican administration did not represent the rule of the people. l Secretary of State Root, speaking as a
 
 date, eulogized MT. Sherman. politics having no place in his address.
 President M. W. stryker of Hamilton | college, from which MT. Sherman grad uated, also paid personal tribute to the candidate and there were addresses of welcome to the visiting committeeman and sight-seers by Mayor Thomas Wheel CT and Chairman Charles S Symonds of the local reception committed
 At the conclusion of the ceremonies Mir sherman was presented with a magnif- cent gold-lined silver loving cup, a gift from his colleagues in the national House of Representatives The cup stands nearly IS inches high and is mounted on a base of ebony. The inscription reads:
 Presented to James s. Sherman. M. C.. by his associates. August IS. 19OS"
 A large number of congressmen were at today's exercises. The brief speech of presentation was made by Representative S. E. Payne of New York Mir Sherman also received lengthy telegram of felici- tation from Judge Taft
 CIoudess Sky.
 The ceremonies of notification occupied
 
 held ia the shade of the half-century old elm trees which surround the Sherman lawn on Upper Genesee street An un- covered. fag-draped platform had been erected in front of the old residence and this the speakers and more distin- guished guests were gathered. The day well nigh ideal. The cloudless blue sky of the morning was fecKed during the afternoon with drifting patches of white.
 Holiday throngs filled the streets from early morning until late tonight band concert and an electrical illumination be- ing the last features of the days cele- bration. The attention of the crowds who came from all parts of the state was first held by parade of the Utica fire depart ment and by morning concerts in the downtown squares. The escort of the visiting committeeman and guests from Baggs hotel to the Sherman residence by the "Conkling Unconditionals a po- litical marching club, was the signal for a general rush toward the scene of the ceremonies. It seemed if the entire city had turned out and the crush was immense. Seeing and hearing both were out of the question for the late-comers. and so the outer fringes of the big crowd gradually melted away.
 All the speakers were liberally applaud ed but the cheers were reserved for Mir. Sherman. His voice carried farther than any of the others and his short, emphat- ically uttered sentences seemed continual ly to strike responsive chords.
 Speech of Burroughs.
 Mir Burroughs spoke in part as fol- lows:
 "Mr Sherman-Though the proceedings of the late national republican convention and the result of its deliberations are matters of common knowledge. yet cour- tesy and custom moved the convention,