The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-19
SKETCH OF SHERMAN,
SECOND PLACE NOMINEE

James S. Sherman, the Republican
nominee for VicesPresident, was born
in Utica, N. Y, October "a, 1855. He re-
ceived an academic and college educa-
ton, and was graduated from Hamil-
ton College at Clinton, N. y, in 1878.
He was admitted to the bar In 1880 and
four years later was chosen Mayor of
his city by a very large majority. He
was elected to the Fftieth, Fifty-first,
Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fifty-hfth,
Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth,
Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth congresses, his
service in the lower House having been
interrupted by defeat when he was
nominated for the Fifty-second.
Congressman Sherman was a protege
of the late Thomas b.. Reed, of Maine,
and that speaker called him to the
chair on many occasions. Thereafter
both Speakers Henderson n Cannon,
recognising his ability as a parliamen-
tartan and presiding officer, availed
themselves of his knowledge by putting
him in the chair times innumerable.
Mr.. Sherman has been called the best
,parliamentarian In the House Of Repre-
sentatives. tn
For years Congressman Sherman has
headed the committee on indian af-
fairs and has had much to do with the
betterment of the race on the reserVa-
tons and In the Indian schools. Sew
oral times Mr.. Sherman has been men
toned as a gubernatorial possibility in
New York State, but he has declined
the proffer. President Mckinley want
ed to make him collector of he port
of New York, and again, Sherman could
have been appraiser, but he refused
Likewise q Federal judgship had no at
fractions for him. S~teadfastly he has
said that he desired to remain in Con-
gress as long as his constituents would
permit him to do so. The lure of the
place of presiding officer of the Senate
evidently changed his mind.
Congressman Sherman comes of a
family OF Democrats. His brother
Richard w. has been Mayor of Utica
twice, and once ran for State engineer
of New York. The Congressman was
chairman of the Republican congress
sional committee in the 1904 campaign,
and in Washington is a member of the
very small and very exclusive political
circle of which Uncle Joe Cannon is
the head. AS a native of Oneida Coun-
ty, naturally there has been a feeling
of intimate friendship for Secretary
Root n Secretary ,Metealf, also for
mer Oneida County men, This and his
long friendship for President Roosevelt
have made him a firm ally of the adj
ministration.
In addition to his aw practise, Mr..
Sherman Is engaged in several bust
ness enterprises. He is president of
the Utica Trust and Deposit Company,
and has other small interests. His
fortune is modest; indeed. nowadays 1t
hardly would be called a fortune, and
he is by no means a rich man.
Personally, Mr.. Sherman has many
points of attraction. His good nature
is boundless. and 1t Is reflected in a
round face, which is precisely the color
Of a well-baked brick. His personal
life has been without criticism, and he
is highly regarded In Utica by men OF
both parties. His family consists of
Mrs. Sherman and three m
Timothy L. Woodruff. Speaker Can
non and Others put Sherman's name
before the convention. and Mr.. Nc
Carter nominated former Governor
Murphy, of New Jersey. Henry Cabot
Lodge. of Massachusetts, nominated
Governor Curtis Guild. of Massachu-
setts. The roll-call then began. and
1t was seen early that sherman had a
walkover.