The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-24
SHERMAN IS
. So YEARS old
Republican Candidate For Vice
President Celebrates His
Birthday at Home.
Hearst News Service.

Utica, N. Y, October 24.-James
Schoolcraft Sherman, Congressman.
Republican candidate for the vice
presidency and Utica's most famous
and honored citizen is today cele-
brating his 53rd birthday. A host of
congratulatory messages were sent to
the candidate by friends and admir-
ers all over the country
Although Mr. Sherman has been the
subject of many attacks based on his
record in the house, these criticisms
have never had any effect upon his
popularity in Utica. At the notification
meeting in this CITY, people of all par
ties Joined in the greatest demonstra-
ton in the history of the city. Mr..
Sherman was born in Utica and has
lived here all his life. and his rise to
fame is a matter of the greatest local
pride.
Mr.. Tafts running mate first saw
the light of day in this city, on Octo-
Der "a, 1855, the son of Gen. Richard
U. Sherman and Mary Frances Sher-
man. He was educated at Hamilton
College, and graduated therefrom in
1878. He subsequently studied law
and was admitted to the bar in 1880.
He was elected mayor of Utica in 1884
and was chairman of the Republican
state convention in 1895 and in 1900.
He served as member of congress
from the 23rd New York district in
1SS7-91, from the 25th district in 1898.
1903, and was elected from the 9th
district in 1903. He was regarded by
Speaker Reed as one of the best pre-
siding Officers among the members of
the House. Sherman has a peculiar
voice, thin but strong and penetrating.
cutting through all the noise of the
House so as to be heard distinctly
without any apparent effort on his
pratt. and indeed at a conversational
pitch to the remotest corner of the
great galleries. He never wasted any
words or any time, but carried bust
ness on rapidly. skillfully and ac-
His parliamentary decisions
were clear, crisp and correct, according
to Mr.. Reeds view. and were always
delivered decisively and with dignity.
The personal integrity, the candid
manner and the pleasant and obliging
which with his humora
and good spirits made him so popular
with men of all parties on the floor,
helped him greatly as presiding Off
GER of the House, which will support a
man it likes even when it would crit
icize a man it did not like for doing
the very same thing.
AS chairman of the committee on In
lian affairs Mr.. Sherman has shown in !
hn he
how to be suave in manner while firm |
in act, and to settle hot disputes with |
out alternating friends. Mr.. Sherman |
is good manager of a measure on the |
floor. thanks to his knowledge of the |
rules and practice and his skill as a |
debater. He is one of the orators Of |
the House, though his oratory is of |
the modern. practical and business |
like character rather than the old |
fashioned flowery Columbian style.
He is a business man rather than a !
scholar, and has no unusual literary /
Nor is he a wit or an /
apigram maker or an anecdote teller. /
Yet he commands the attention of .
he House, for he never speaks unless |
he has something to say. and then as !
master of the subject. and with no SUI
perflous words of gestures.
Mr.. Sherman is attractive in APP
)earance. He has a short, straight.
sturdy figure. rather stout than thin,
and looks taller than he really is be-
'ause he holds himself so well and has |
so much natural dignity. He has a
'ound. handsome face with a clear /
-outhful complexion, real rosy |
heeks, keen, dark eyes behind eye
classes, and thick, silky black hair,
With short black whiskers. He has a
cry agreeable expression, a kind
mile and prepossessing manners.
Iealth. mental and physical, beams
rom his countenance and grips in his