The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-31
v|CE.PREs|0ENT SHERMAN
HAS PASSED away
Continued from Page L.,

and other national policies were Ii, j.,
fellows. The Senate held such men
as Aldrich, Al!ieon, Cockrcll, Daniel,
Frye, German, IIoar, Hill, Teller,
Vest and Wolcott. All were not Re-
politicians. but all were Jim" Sn"r-
mans friends. and in such an cnyir-
onmcnt be worked to high place IN
/ TIE councils and finally was mum
bcrcd onc OF The Bis Five in In,
+, House.
I cannon, Dalzell, Payne, ShcrnE,:
anu la"ncy were the great quin
ttt'e during the comparatively re-
! cent years in which Congress was
Republican, Each of them inyaria-
lily Wore a red carnation for boz
tcnniere. and when Sherman went to
preside over the Senate and occupy
the coveted marble room in tie other
T, wing OF the capitol, he took the GUS
, tom with him and the flower al
ways appeared at ever. session OF
tie upper House,
Any review of Shcrman's life would
rot be complete without reference
10 his work in the House. Briefly,
there is recorded no time when h"
moved galleries TO applause by a de-
bate from the floor, or changed any
| ;Utcs by eloqucncc. But the statutes
bear marks of his work in commit
tee and caucus. and the results OF
his labors on the rules committee.
and the interstate commerce commit
tee, and other branches OF the nh
chinery OF the House where the real
l,gisla,inG is done, while speeches
prevail upon the i'oor.
1t is not to be said he Was no cam
paigncr. In New York State politics
H., was il leading figure. He Wa''
known in other States. His appcar-
alces III campaigns, state and M
tiunal Wore not infrcqucnt He was
at one time chairman Of the kcpuh
| l:,an con .rrsSional committee. Ne IA.
! way WAS active in the Now (urN
/ state Republican conventions and a
figure at all national gatherings o:
the party.
Sherman went to preside over the
Senate just about at time wh'a
what popularity is known as S"na-
torial dignity WAS .bcginnin" to f"'
its first break In the chair, She
man was dignity itself. fair in his
rulings, his colleagues said pl.h.s
firm. sure and seldom reversed OF
an appeal But dignity so ia" as a :
traditional senatorial frock coat a'n'
silk hat were concerned generally
was absent. He REGARDED his time
presiding over the Senate as Il Gay
business, to be attended to as if h
we're sitting in his bank in Utica o.
at the directors table Of ore Of IN 4
mary enterprises in which he had
found Il fortune and laid the lound1
tons of another for his sons. Il
usually appeared in a business sui
on a hot day he came in ll;lnnclt t
y very hot day palm leaf fan dis.
placed the gavcl and perhaps a Ella
of lemonade topped Off the book o.
rules. Other senators, reluctant, per
hans. to tranSgrcss staiG custom, frlI
il, with his ideas, end noWadaya On
hlistcring Washington summer d.
tho Senate chamber looks quite like q
business body.
| The illness wnich proved fetal Wa
little known of in Washington until
the last few months Mr.. Sherman
was not present during the closin;
, DAYS of the last session, and the Sen
ate without president pro tenn by
, the death of Frye, and unable 10
agree upon a successor, got along hy
temporary agreements placing some
Sc nator in the chair for two weeks II
time. When he disappeared seek
ing rest and health in vain, Sherman
was genuinely missed about the CAP
/ i,ol. in the departments, at tn
j White House where he was a FIR
auen, caller and always exchanged Il
rcv iok" with President Taft M
on thn streets where he Dlt 4
walked. I'm 4 hurry he used a mo'of,
j but il was an occurrence of an or
binary day with Congress in 50 s!oh
tn meet sherman walking down
Pennsylvania Ave, often ?lcn", roa}
/ checked and cheerful, return,n- thr
sahltations Of scores who b-t@ hlln
hr sight. thought of him 'Slhn
Jim" and erected him 'tool morn
ing, Mr.. President an lc ras:"f-
b. who recognized hin vas gract'a
heartily a the senate ".io M. a
be next.