New-York tribune., 1908-08-19

sion and force of mind and character he has
maintained upon the floor OF the Housa ms t,a
views of what was best In legislation, until the
time has come when every member listens with
attention and respect, because 1t Is ne VINO
speaks.
perception, fair judgment and decision OF cnar-
acter which through long experience as cna!r-
man in committee of the whole has made MN
the best parliamentarian of the House or Rep
resentatives. and a member of the standing
committee of five which directs the difficult and
complicated administration OF the rules neces-
sary to enable the House to do Its business, ana
of necessity which in a great measure directs
the conduct Of business.
But know friend and neighbor better
than the men at Washington, better than the
newspapers, better than the politicians. We
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 record
that cannot be untrue. We know the stock he
came from, sound and honest stock We knew
his respected father. Some of us go back to
knowledge of his grandfather. My own recol-
lections of earliest childhood of a farm
house in the town of Vernon, and a stones
throw away the simple house of his grand
father Wiliett Sherman honored and con-
spicuous figure remaining from the early settlers
of the county, a leader in the first manufact-
ures 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 con-
siderate: that every body in the community
trusts him and believes his word without any
bond. We know that no desire to make money
ever led him to dc a mean or unfair or unkind
act, and that he never sought to get riches by
making any one else poor We know that he is
a true and loyal friend, and that from all this
region the weak and unfortunate have learned
to go to him, always to find help in his sym
pathy. We know that he has always borne his
part good citizen in the public affairs of the
community and that ne Is universally respected
and beloved.
We are competent to testify. not upon hear
say but of knowledge, and we do now testify to
fha
distant states. that this is a man for Americans
to be proud Of to respect, to honor and to love.
We certify to all the great electorate that
when their votes in November shall have chosen
James Schoocraft Sherman to be Vice-Presi-
dent OF the United States the Senate will be sure
of a presiding officer in character and compe-
tency worthy of the best traditions of that great
deliberative body, and that if-which God for
bid!-the sad contingency were to come which
sboI,16 for a fourth time call Vice-President
from New York to the executive office, the IN
terests of the whole country would be safe in
good hands and the great office of the Presi-
dencv would suffer no decadence from the high
standard of dignity and honor and competency
| of which are so justly proud
JUDGE TAFvTs REGRETS.
The following communication read from
Judge Taft:
| Hot Springs, Va, August IS. 1908
Hon James S. Sherman. Utica, N. I.
greatly regret that I am not able to be
! present at the interesting ceremony to take
, place to-day, when you are to be formally mott
| fed or your nomination as Nlce-ffeSldelt II
| must be full of pleasure for you to receive from
| your neighbors and friends who have known
| you all your life long such an expression of
| confidence in your character and admiration for
| your ability and public service. The American
people will read with the greatest interest what
| you have to say in respect to the issues of the
| campaign, and I doubt not that they will be in
accord with the highest ideals of the Republican
| party. WILLIAM II. TAFT
| Mayor Markbreit sent the following message
| to the Mayor of Utica, n. Y:
| Hon. Thomas Wheeler, Mayor, Utica, N Y
: Cincinnati, the home of Taft, sends heartiest
| greetings to Utica, the occasion of the cere-
! monies attending the notification of her Illus
| trious citizen. James S. Sherman, of his NOM
ination for the office of Vce-President of the
| United States. L. MARKBREIT Mayor