The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-30

| which caused apprehension, is not re-
! heved. He slept through the night
under the influence OF opiates.
Information has not been given uut
very freely. .bnt il is underatocd his
camotose condition continued practi-
cally unbroken Lllrcug hout the day.
and That the ureinia IL unchanged His
condition caused many rumors Ofdeath
and local newspapers Offices are Hood
ed with inquiries. Or. Peck is entire
| y without hope, but says it is impos-
a.ble 10 determire just when the end
win come.
Al 30 p. m the patiei.ts Kidneys
were sim inactive and life was sus-
tanned apparently only by the patients
great natural yigor
James Schoolcraft sherman who
was elected vice president of the Unit
ed States in 1903, on the ticket head
ed by William II. TAFT was born in
| Utica N. Y. October "a. 1855 He is
the son of Gen. Richard Updike Sher-
man and Mary Frances Sherman. Gen.
Sherman was a prominent citizen OF
Utica, was active in military affairs
and held several important state posi-
tons MIR. Sherman's mother came
OF an old Vermont family
Mr. Sherman attended the public
schools in Utica and Whitestown
Seminary. Afterward he entered
Hamilton College from which he grad
usted in 1873. Then he took up the
study of law and was admitted To the
tar Of New York state ia 1850 He
had excelled AS an orator during his
college days and was often called up
on TO deliver addresses on public oc-
casions. II was as orator that he fin
ally drifted into politics. lie entered
The law firm OF Cookinham 4 Glib
son, which after few months became
Cookinham & Sherman.
The first political office Mr. Sher-
man ever held was that of mayor OF
Utica He was elected to that Office
In 1884, when he was but twenty-nine
years Old having defeated Lewis H.
Shattuck by a majority OF 1885 votes,
the largest ever given a mayoraltv
candidate in Utica up 10 that time.
Mr. Sherman was the youngest mayor
In the history of the city. After the
expiration of his term of Office as
mayor. Mr.. Sherman vas elected To-
Congress and with the exception OF
one term. 1890 to 1892. when he as one
OF the many victims of the Democratic
landslide he served in the House con-
tnuously from 1887 10 the time when
he assumed the office of vice president.
Ha had haaD 4. .a4E
Congress from the eth New York dis
trict and resigned his position only
short time before the fourth of March.
Gained Much Prominence.
During his time in Congress, Mr..
Sherman served on many important
committees. He was delegate to the
Republican national convention Of
1892, and chairman of the New York
Republican state convention in 1895
and again i'm 1900. lie had an excel
lent training in parliamentary prac-
tice and was often called upon tenn
porariy to fill the speakers chair He
was an important factor in all legisla-
tive matters in the lower branch OF
Congress and. during his last term
was chairman of the committee ON
Indian affairs and a member of the
on rules and OF the com
mittee ON Interstate and foreign COM
merce lie was one OF the big Five"
IN the House and was considered one
Of the most influential members. He
was ever a staunch supporter OF
Speaker Cannon.
When Mr. Sherman was doomed for
the vice presidency in the summer of
1908 L was not the first time that he
had been mentioned for that Office In
1900. when he was permanent chair
man of the New York state conven-
ton. he was for a number Of days
close rival of Theodore Roosevelt. The
late Mark Hanna at one. time regarded
favorably the suggestion that MIR.
Sherman be the vice presidential can
aidate
Mr.. Sherman showed extraordinary
ability as leader of political cam
paigns. During the many years while
he was chairman OF the Republican
committee he led with
success some OF the hardest fights for
. Republican majority. when Speak
er Reed resigned. Mr.. Sherman be-
came one of the candidates FOR the
office, but his friends did not have
time enough Ia obtain sufficient
number of pledges and David Il. Hen
derson of Iowa, was elected
Popular With Constituents.
President Mckinley named Mr.
Sherman as one Of the appraisers OF
the port OF New York. but Mr.. Sher-
man declined the office In obedience
10 mass meeting Of his constituents.
In 1902 he was mentioned in connec-
ton with q newly created judgeship