The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-29
Weep PRESIDENT
SHERMAN Ill At
HOME IN UTICA
Discouraging Report Given Out
BY His Physician
HAS BEEN SICK A YEAR
Possible Withdrawal from Republi-
can National Ticket Creates Spec
ulation at Washington.

afternoon, Vice-Pres. Sherman, who
is dangerously i'll, was resting COM
| fortably. Only the members of his
family, the attending nurses and doc
tors are permitted to see him, his
greatly weakened condition making
absolute quiet imperative.
At one o'clock, DR. f. II. Peck, the
attending physician, gave out bull
| letin to the effect that he was sleep
ing at that time and was likely to
| sleep the rest of the afternoon. He
| said that all symptoms had entirely
disappeared last night, but required
| again this morning. He considers his
condition very serious, but there is
no immediate danger.
Utica, N. Y, Oct. Is
| James S. Sherman, vice presi-
dent of the United States, is
seriously i'll and steadily failing at his
| home in this city, While his physi-
clan, DR.. Fayette H. Peck, believes
there is no immediate danger of death
| yet the distinguished patients condi-
| llOu ID SuCu ludI IL 10 a llldlNCl VI IOl-
lecture how much longer he can with
stand the ravages of the disease with
| which he is afflicted. DR.. Peck at
o'clock last night authorized this state
| ment regarding Mr.. Sherman's Illness
| and his present condition.
| Mr. sherman has been sick all of this
year, due to condition of the kidneys,
hardening of the arteries and soften
| ing of the muscles OF the heart, which
| is somewhat stretched. Mr.. Sherman
| had an attack in the Adirondacks, at
| Big Moose, to be exact, in June, and |
| expected him TO die. He got out of
| Big Moose safely and improved stead
| lily and very satisfactory until the lat
ter part of August. Since then his
condition has been aggravated and he
has been steadily failing.
For the last three weeks, since he
came back from Connecticut, where
he went to rest, he has been dressed
| only once, and that was a week ago
| Friday when, against my protest, he
went out to the polls to register. Mr..
| Sherman is now in the condition
which that sort of trouble leads to
and is very seriously i'll, but there is
| believe, no immediate danger of
| death"
After a day of discouraging symp-
toms, Mr.. Sherman rallied at night
fall and continued to show improve
ment during the evening. This is due
in no small measure TO the powerful
medicines. Whether he can much
longer successfully combat the at
tack OF kidney trouble and complica-
tions, first apparent more than year
ago, is matter OF grave doubt. The
members of his family are with him
constantly and his intimate friends
have been notified that he has been
failing steadily.
The illness of Vice-President Sher-
man and speculation over the posi-
bilities of his withdrawal from the
republican ticket because of the pre-
carious condition of his health, arous-
ed discussion at Washington yester-
day over the probable methods of
Milling his place. The general opinion
expressed was that the republican ma
uonal committee or the executive com
mittee possessed power to fill a va
cancy upon the ticket. No one at
Washington processes to know wheth. |
er the Chicago convention specifically |
provided for such an emergency. The |
report Of the 1908 convention does |
not appear to show that such provi- |
sion was made then, and the steno-
graphic report of the convention this
year has not yet been printed.
Should vacancy occur upon the re
publican ticket, either before or after
election, some republican leaders YES
terday argued, the electors would
have power to vote for any candidate
for vice-president they might choose.
Precedents were admitted to be lack
ing, but II was declared that only |
party discipline and honor for their
party nominees. No one suggested.
however, that choice by the repub-
lican national committee or its execu.
tive committee would fail to receive
the support of the Taft electors.
ORDINARILY should there be no vice
president the president pro TEN of /
the Senate would preside over that
body and the line of succession to the
presidency would be to the secretary
OF the state. For the last several
months, however, the present Senate
mas oeen unable TO agree upon a pres
ident pro tenn and that Office has been
vacant
Some time ago. it was learned YES
terday, Chairman Charles ID. Hilles of
the republican national committee
made exhaustive inquiries as to the
necessity Of certifying to the various
secretaries OF states the names of the
republican candidates, and as a re-
suit certified the names of Taft and
Sherman for printing upon ballots i'm
ali states.
A supplemented petition. however.
probably would be accepted in most
states where ballots have not already
been printed. The procedure where
ballots already have been printed was
not known. The possibility. IL even a
remote one. that there might be no re-
publican candidate for vicepresident.
suggests many interesting POSSIBLE
ties in the event that the election
should 60 to the House Of Representa-
lives.