Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-19
ROOT TALKS AS a NErGHnoR
secretnry OF state Z, on ActiN-
tiles of Candidate.

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UTICA, n. Y, Aug. 1S-Secietary Root
spoke as follows:
Fellow Citizens Of Central New York
This occasion 1ustities general congTaIuia-
ton. The people Of Herkimer-Qneloe 9is-
trict are to be congratulated ON lhs
confirmation OF the judgment they have 80
long maintained in the selection OF thel'
representatives in congress.
Republican conventions nave Deen We
bodies and the last conventions imitatiSh
Of you In nominating Mr.. snsrmam II he
slneerest tist'ery, Mr, Sh t, : sxpression
OF opinion and feeling by the people OIL ma
home. There are few things in this worlu
and affection OF the community in which
one has passed his life. Money cannot puy
this; scheming cannot produce u ar'r csn
but that of character. 1t 10 the natural re-
action of kindly human nature, under the
influence OF what the man really vs.
The country Is to be congratulated upon
this evidence that one of the men Tor whom
II Will have an opportunity 70 Note sStes
coming election for the office OF vice pIesl-
dent, 10 preside over the senate ana 10
stand In the place of heir apparent 10 'ne
Pw ISeSsSebh he gds Is fbe a vs sSoq interests eF 2 Of American
prosperity and peace and OF order ana no
erty will not suffer.
mans worth than the esteem in which ne
Is held at home. What political psrtlsans
and political enemies say about a man IS
apt to be colored by their. partisanship or
their enmity. The praise and depreciation
Of a campaign is a poor guide to just opin-
ion. What the newspapers say about, a
man often reflects but a superficial 1udg-
ment based upon those occasional strlklns
and spectacular acts which constitute news
and most useful labor and conduct that
make up the true record Of life. The mem
bers OF the national government Tor tne
last twenty years know what Mr.. SheT-
man has done In the broad field OF ma.
tional legislation. They know with what
fidelity and painstaking Industry ne n sa
They know with what modest disregard OF
personal display, thorough knowledge;
clearness of expression and force OF mind
and character he has maintained upon the
floor of the house his views of what was
best in Legislation, until the time has come
when every member listens with attention
and respect because 1t is he who speaks.
They know that rare combination of quick
perception, Judgment and decision u ehaIs
chairman In or the whole mas
made him the best -parliamentarian OF the
the standing committee of five which di-
reefs the difficult and complicated admin
i~stration of the rules necessary, to enable
the house to do itH business and OF neces-
conduct Of business.
But we know our friend and neighbor
better than the men at Washington, better
than the newspaper, better than the poll
ticisns, Who know the man himself
through. and through by his living. by the
multitude OF little things that in the long
course Of years make up Il record that can
not be untrue. We know the stock he came
from. sound aud honest stock. We knew
his respected father, Some OF us go back
to knowledge OF his grandfather.
My " recollectlons of earliest child
hood are of q farm house In the town OF
Vernon, and a stones throw aWsy the
simple house of his grandfather, Willett
Sherman, an honored and conspicuous
figure remaining from the early settlers
factuters of central New York. We have
followed the grandson through his boyhood
and manhood. We. know that he has been
a good husband and a good father and a
good %neighbor; that he has always been
upright in business, self-respecting, just,
fair and c~onsiderate; that everybody IN the
community trusts him and believes his
word without any bond. We know. that
no desire to make money ever led him TO
do a mean or unfair or unkind act, and
that he never sought to grow rich by max
ing anyone else poor. We know that he Is
a true and loyal friend and that from all
this region the weak and unfortunete have
learned to go to him, always to find help
In his sympathy. We know that he has
always borne his part as a good citizen N
sthe public affairs Of the community ana
Hthat he is universally respected and be-
loved. D. -.
we are competent to testify, not upon
hearsay, but OF knowledge, and we do now
testify to our countrymen everywhere, 10
the people of all distant states, that this
is a man for Americans TO be proud OF, to
respect, to honor and to love.
that when their votes in November shall
have chosen James Schoolcraft sherman
TO be vice president of the United States
the senate will be sure of a presiding Of
ficer in character and competency worthy
OF the best traditions Of that great de,
Lucrative body and that, II, which GOO
forbid, the sad contingency were to come
which should for a fourth time call d
vice president from New York, to the
executive office, the interests OF the couh-
try and of the whole country would be
safe in good hands, and the great office
of the presidency would suffer no de-
and honor and competency Of which we
are 80 Justly proud.
Autumn footwear ready. expert shoe
making is apparent all along the lines
from the mountain climbers boots to the
daintiest Of slippers. Benson g. Thorne Co