Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-10-09

who has been called upon to deal with
this subject.
work ON Other Committees
His work on other committees mas
been equally creditable. One of his biils
ms a 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 10
fhe House on the Nicaragua Canal De
fore the Panama project had developed
and has strongly supported the ism
milan Canal enterprise. He was the
father of the Philippine Gable Bill ana
of the bill for the reorganization OF the
revenue cutter service. He holds thlrd
place in the important Committee on
Rules, and has been looked 70 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 distln-
guished and extensive. He has been
the vlee-chairman of the Congressional
Campaign Committee in several cam
paigns and the chairman in one ana
In those positions has earned much
credit for executive ability. He Is a
convincing campaign orator, n III
Congressional and Presidential cam
paigns has spoken TO the people OF
many states. He presided over the
New York Republican State Conven-
lions of 1895, 1900 and in the present
year.
Friend of All the People.
He is approachable, genial and demo
cratic. His home people, like mis-
brother Congressman, call him Jim,
which appellation expresses their ap,
probation of his personal qualities and
their sense of his nearness to them rs
their true and tried Representative.
He Is a staunch friend of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and has a genu-
Inc regard for those veterans OF the
army who j~eopardized 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
n of he-leading business men Of his
community. He is president of the
Utica 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,
600, but his family says that 100000
would measure fully all of his earthly
possessions.
Is Fond OF Clean sports.
Mr.. Sherman is a pretty fair billiard
list. He tried some years ago to play
baseball, and got up a nine at Whites
town Seminary in his youth, but one of
the first things it did after he provided
1t 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
reported that he attended three games
In Chicago before they nominated him,
and had arranged to attend another
when the convention interfered with his
plans
A Big, Versatile Americas.
So we have in Sunny Jim" Sher-
man, e-Presidential Republican nom
inee, an American among Americans,
who can trace his American ancestry
back $50 years, n of whom signed the
Declaration of Independence, and
others have taken some of the lead
ing and most honorable positions in
American history, both in peace and
war. His versatility is representative
of the true resourcefulness of the typi.
cal American. HIS is a lawyer, a schol-
ar, a successful business man and finan-
cier at home, a statesman, parliament
tartan and valued public servant In
Congress, a man OF domestic habits and
a model husband and father.
Right Man I'm Right Place.
His manliness and human Instincts
know no race or party. He is a hui
manitarian and statesman before he is
a politician. The people of his home
town of Utica turned out en-masse upon
his return from the Chicago convention,
and irrespective of party, gave him
such a reception as comes to few mel
In life. During the midst of the fan
fare the Mayor of Utica remarked, "We
have an insane asylum at the top OF
the bill, and we are thinking Of asking
the Legislature to enlarge 1t. The
town has gone crazy over inns nom.