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SHERMAN NOTIFIED.
OF HIS NOMINATION
Utica in Gala Dress Turns Out to
Witness Ceremony.
DECLARES PEOPLE DO RULE

Republican Candidate For the Vice.
Presidency Replies to Bryan in
His Speech Of Acceptance-Bur.
rows Speaks Along Same Line.
Utica, N. Y.-The last formal cerc-
mony attending the official launching
of the Republican national ticket Of
1903 was held here, when James
Schoolcraft Sherman accepted the
nomination of his party for the Vice.
Presidency. In doing so he sub
scribed heartily to the declaration of
principles adopted at the Chicago
convention in June, to the every ut
terance Of Secretary Taft in his Gin
cinnati speech, and to the policies Of
President Roosevelt. Mr.. Sherman
asserted that the approval Of the
Roosevelt Administration was the
real issue of the campaign. The
Bryan question: "Shall the people
rule?" was no issue at all. "Surely
the people shall rule" he said; Sure
ly they have ruled; surely they do
rule. Shame. on the candidate who
insults the American people by sug-
gestion or declaration that a major
ity of It's electorate Is venal."
Mr.. Sherman's speech was brief
and he did not attempt to discuss in
detail any of the questions touched
upon by Secretary Taft, saying he
could not hope to persuade any one
not convinced by the Presidential
candidates presentation of the plat
forms and the issues. He did enter
into a brief discussion Of the tariff
and his declaration, II am a protec-
ZIONIST" brought a response from his
hearers. The candidate went on to
explain that he thought the time had
arrived for a revision of the tariff
from the protectionist point of view.
Mr.. Sherman praised the record Of
the Republican party and in contrast
ing it with the Democratic organiza-
ton referred to the latter as IAN ag-
gregation of experimental malcon-
tents and theorists, whose only claim
to a history Is a party name they pill
fered."
Senator julius Burrows, of Machi-
gan, chairman Of the Notification
Committee, whose members gathered
here from the various States of the
Union, made tender of the nomina-
ton. In his speech he, too, resented
what he declared was a thinly yelled
accusation by Mr.. Bryan that a Re-
publican Administration did not rep
resent the rule Of the people. Sec
rotary Of State Root, speaking as a
neighbor and lifelong friend of the
candidate, paid glowing tribute to
MI. Sherman, politics having no
place in his brief but eloquent ad-
dress. President M. w. Stryker, Of
Hamilton College, from which Mr..
Sherman was graduated, also paid a
personal tribute to the candidate, and
there were addresses Of welcome to
the visiting committeeman and sight
seers from Mayor Thomas Wheeler
and Chairman Charles s. Symonds,
of the local Reception Committee.
At the close of the ceremonies a
magnificent gold-lined silver loving
cup, a gift from his colleagues in the
national House OF Representatives,
was presented to Mr.. Sherman. The
cup stands nearly eighteen inches
high and is mounted on a base OF
gully. 1uC luSCl lpIlOh iCduo. L
sented to James S. Sherman, M. c.,
by his associates, August IS, 1908"
The brief speech of presentation
was made by Representative Serene
Payne, of New York. Mr.. Sherman
also received a telegram Of felicita-
ton from Mr.. Taft and the Mayor of
Utica received a congratulatory mes
sage from the Mayor of Cincinnati.
The following are some Of the
points made by Mr.. Sherman in his
acceptance speech:
The overshadowing issue OF the
campaign really is, Shall the Admins
tration of President Roosevelt be ap-
proved; shall a party of demonstrated
capacity in administrative affairs be
continued in power; shall the reins
of government be placed in inexper-
fenced hands, or do the people pre-
fer to trust their destinies to an ag-
gregation of experimental malcon-
tents and theorists whose only claim
to a history is a party name they pill
fered?
First, then, let me say that I am a
protectionist.
The Republican party be-
lieves in granting laboT's every re-
quest that does not seek to accord
rights to one man denied to another.
AS a nation our duty compels that
by every constitutional and reason
able means the material and educa-
tional conditions Of the colored race
be advanced.
To foster class hatred, to foster
discomfort, is un-Republican m un-
American.
Surely the people shall rule: sure
ly the people have ruled; surely the
people do rule. No party rules.