Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-25
Honored Dead
 Vice President
MEMORIAL EXERCISES HELD BY
 REPUBLICAN CLUB
A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE
President Taft Declares That Every one Who Knew James ScheoIcraft Sherman Has Lost a Friend.

New York, Nov 24-Eloquent trib- utes to James Schoolcraft Sherman were paid by President Taft in letter and by United States Senator Elihu Root, former United States Senator c. M. Depew and others ip speeches in memorial exercises held at the Repub- lican club in this city today in honor of the late vice president.
 President Taft spoke of Mir. Sher- mans record as presiding officer of the national senate, his valuable public services and his admirable qualities of heart and mind, and declared him to have been more anxious to hold the good things established by the past than to surrender them in a search for less certain benefits to be derived from radical changes in the future"
 The Presidents Letter.
 The presidents letter, read by J. Van V. Olcott. president of the Re- publican club, was as follows:
 T greatly regret that I am not to be present on Sunday, November 24th, to take part in the memorial service to the late Honorable James Schoolcraft Sherman. vice president of the United States.
 Tt was my good fortune to know MT. Sherman in such an official rela- tion as that our personal relations be- came close. He had had a very eX- tended acquaintance with the govern ment. His long term of service in the house of representatives gave him an experience that made him most use ful public servant As the head of the committee on Indian affairs, he knew more perhaps about Indian matters than any legislator of his time. It was a field for legislation requiring great knowledge of detail and present. ing no very satisfactory general line of policy. He was moved in 1t by a sincere desire to secure the welfare of wards of the nation, and he resisted and frequently succeeded in defeating schemes for defrauding the Indian which the low moral tone in respect to such matters which prevails in terri tory adjacent to Indian territory toe frequently prompted
 Mir. Sherman Hated Shams.
 "Mr. Sherman hated shams, believed in regular party organization, and was more anxious to surrender them in a search fer less certain benefits to be derived from radical chonges in the future. He was a man capable of ac- complaining much in legislation and in ether matters by his freedom and charm of speech and manner, and his spirit of cenciliatien and compromise He never sought a quarrel, but, like most men of a sunny disposition and natural good will toward all, he could and did develop a stubborn adherence to the principles he regarded as nec- essary to the country's safety, quite in contrast with his ordinary manner and speech. In other words. it would be unjust te Mir. Sherman to suggest that his sunny disposition and his anx- iety to make everybody happy within the reach of his influence happy was any indication of lack of strength of character, of firmness of purpose and of ciearness of decision as to what he thought right in politics, or in any of the problems he was called upon to solve.
 Had Power of Quick Decision.
 Tt would be difficult to mention ir public life a man more universally loved and who had closer and tendere1 friends that MT Sherman and, as might be expected, his association with society at large was reflection of that beautiful sunlight and happy atmosphere that prevailed in the more intimate relations of his family life. "He had great power of quick de- cision, as shown in his rulings in the senate as its presiding officer, ant great firmness in adherence to them He was able to make rulings agains contestants in manner best calculat- ed to keep them in good temper. anc he displayed, in giving his reasons, the thoroughest knowledge of parliament ary law and great ability in it's appli- | cations to new questions.
 Everyone Who Knew Him Lost ; Friend.
 Everyone who knew MT. Sherman | felt that in his death he had lost l friend, and I cannot close what I hav' i to say without expressing the pro found but sad pleasure l had in list ening to the tribute paid to him b! President Stryker. which, while i l commanded admiration by the propri ety, beauty and eloquence of its die tion, moved the sympathy and grief o | it's hearers by it's simple pathos. ant satisfied their estimate of MT. Sherman 1 by its justice.
 Sincerely yours.
 WILLIAM H. TAFT" | Resolutions of sympathy for tn Sherman family were passed.