The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-09-26


Mr.. Sherman's most important Iepis.
lative work has perhaps been done ON
the Indian Affairs Committee. He is
credited with a better understanding of
the various questions connected with
the governments obligations to the In
uians and its efforts to fulfill them.
than that of any other Congressman
who has been called upon to deal with
this subject.
Work on Other Committees.
His work on other committees has
been equally creditable One Of his bills
as member of the Committee on Inter.
state and Foreign Commerce was the
False Branding Bill, which has proved
effective in protecting the American
cheese manufacturers
He made the first favorable report to
the House on the Nicaragua Canal be.
fore the Panama project had developed
and has strongly supported the 18th
mian Canal enterprise. He was the
father of the Philippine Gable Bill and
of the bill for the reorganization Of the
revenue cutter service He holds third
place in the important Committee on
Rules, and has been looked to as one
of the best counselors in guiding the
business of the House
Distinguished Service to State.
Mr. Sherman's party services outside
the halls Of Congress have been distin-
guish2d and extensive. He has been
the vice-chairman of the Congressional
Campaign Committee in several cam
paisns and the chairman in one; and
in those positions has earned much
credit for executive ability. He is
and Presidential cam
paigns has spoken to the people of
many states. He presided over the
New York Republican State Conven-
tions of 1895, 1900 and in the present
year
Friend of All tho People.
He is approachabe, genial and demo
cratic. His home people, like his
brother Congressman, call him Jim"
which appellation expresses their ap-
probation of his personal qualities and
their sense of his nearness to them as
their true and tried Representative.
He is staunch friend of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and has genu-
Inc regard for those veterans Of the
army who jeopardized their lives to
preserve the Union, and is always So
licitous for their interests at Washing
ton No old soldier ever found Mr..
Sherman too busy to give attention to
him
Successful Business Man.
AT home Sunny Jim" Sherman is
one of the leading business men of his
He is president of the
Uticu Trust and Deposit Company
not an organization in restraint of
trade, but to encourage thrift and econ
omy-and vice president of the Utica
City National Bank. He is also presi-
dent of the New Hartford Canning
Company and the Utica Ice Company,
two industrial corporations. His politi-
cal foes declare him to be worth $780,
BOO, but his family says that 100000
would measure fully all of his earthly
Is Fond of Clean sports.
Mr.. Sherman is pretty fair billiard
LIST. He tried some years ago to play
baseball, and got up a nine at Whites
own Seminary in his youth, but one of
The first things 1t did after he provided
t with uniforms. bats and balls was to
get together and vote him off the team.
But he makes up for lack of skill on
the field by enthusiasm in the grand
stand He is a baseball fan. and it is
that he attended three games
n Chicago before they nominated him,
md had arranged to attend another
When the convention interfered with his
)lans
big. Versatile American.
So we have in Sunny jim" Sher-
nan. yice-Presidentia Republican nom
nee. an American among Americans,
Who can trace his American ancestry
'ack $50 years, one of whom signed the
Declaration of Independence, and
'thers have taken some Of the lead
ne and most honorable positions in
american history, both in peace and
var. His versatility is representative
# the true resourcefulness of the typi-
al American. HIS is lawyer a schol-
r, successful business man and fran-
Ter at home, a statesman. parliamen-
arian and valued public servant in
congress, a man of domestic habits and
model husband and father.
Right Man I'm Right Place.
His manliness and human instincts
,now no race or party. He is a hu-
nanitarian and statesman before he is
politician. The people of his home
own of Utica turned out en-masse upon
lis return from the Chicago convention,
md irrespective of party, gave him
uch reception az comes to few men
n life. During the midst of the fan
are the Mayor of Utica remarked, "we
ave an insane asylum at the top of
he hill, and we are thinking of asking
he Legislature to enlarge it, The
own has gone crazy over Jim's nom