The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-31
SHERMAN IS DEAD
vIcE-PREsIDENT PASSES AWAY
AT HOME IN UTICA

Utica. N. Y, Oct. 31.-James
Schoolcraft Sherman, 9th vice-presi-
dent of the United States, died at his
home in this city after long illness
at GAP last night of uremic poisoning
caused by Bright's disease.
All members of the immediate fam
ily were witnesses of the final scene
In addition to Mrs. Sherman, there
were their three sons, Sheriff., Rich
ard U. and Thomas M. Sherman, ana
their respective wives; X. W. ana
Sanford Sherman, brothers OF Mr.
Sherman and Mrs. L. b. Moore ana
Mrs. II. ]. Cookinham, sisters OF MI
Sherman.
Soon after Mr.. Sherman's death,
DR.. Fayette H. Peck, the attending
physician, who was present Wneh
death came, issued the following
statement: "The vice-preside.nt died
at GAP d. m. without regaining con-
seriousness for moment. He was
perfectly quiet He died in the pres
ence of his wife. her brother ana
sister. his two brothers and his three
sons and their wives. He had been
entirely unconscious since o'clock
whenhe had period of partial con-
seriousness lasting for about 10
minutes. He died in uremia coma
as result of Bright's disease, heart
disease and arterio scierosis.
Not since early yesterday morning
When his attending physician made
the final announcement of his inaDll-
ity TO do more for relief than had
been done, had there been the least
~ copinu the nAfleEtS
life. nor even of prolonging it for any
considerable time.
Due both to the presence OF excess
sive uremic acid and to the sedatives
employed, Mr.. Sherman had laid In
a state of coma throughout the great
er part of the day. While in his
right mind yesterday he recognized
Mrs. Sherman and DR.. Peck, and
spoke to both in familiar and en-
dearing terms.
James Schoolcraft Sherman, 2th
yice-president of the United States,
and the only incumbent of that office
ever renominated as a candidate, was
a citizen of Utica, n. Y, where he
was born on October "a, 1855. Grad
mated at Hamilton college, he studied
law. was admitted to the bar, and
was engaged in practice until 1910.
For years he was active in public
life, as a republican, receiving an
election as mayor of his native city
in 1884: serving as chairman of state
republican convention on three differ
emf occasions; representing his dis
trict in Congress for 20 years; and
serving as chairman of the national
xNnorncefnnal committee
in 1906.
In nearly quarter of century OF
public life, Jim" Sherman he was
to his intimates, and probably halt
the nation referred to him as sunny
Jim" soubriquet he earned as one
well might imagine by never-fail-
ing. all-year-round sunny disposition.
sherman belonged to the school OF
republicanism nowadays popularity
called Regular and he fought his
political battles shoulder TO shoulder
with men of his faith without COM
promise or flinching.
Mr.. Sherman ,entered the House OF
Representatives in the winter of 1887
He had Just passed his 32nd birthday.
Two sessions of Congress found him
out of office, but not for long. Henry
w. Bentley, of Bonneville, Oneida
county beat him by less than 1000
votes in the race for the Sind Con-
gress. In the interim, Sherman went
back to Utica, built up his law prac-
tice. and returned to the SD Congress
with a signal victory. He remained
in the House without defeat to the
Goth Congress, when he was nominal
ed and elected vice-president on the
ticket with Mr.. Taft.
Sherman went to preside over the
Senate Just about a time when what
popularity is known as senatorial dig-
nifty was beginning to feel its first
break. In the chair. Sherman was
dignity itself, fair in his rulings, his
colleagues said, quiet, firm, sure and
seldom reversed an appeal. But dig
nifty so far as the traditional senator
ial frock coat and silk hat were con-
cerned generally was absent He re-
garded his time presiding over the
senate as a days business to be at
tended to as If he were sitting in his
bank in Utica or at the directors
table of one of the many enterprises
in which he had found fortune and
laid the foundations of another for
his sons. He usually appeared In a
business suit On a hot day he came
in flannels. on a very hot day palm
leaf fan displaced the gavel and per-
haps a glass of lemonade topped of
the books of rules. Other senators,
reluctant perhaps, to transgress staid
custom, fell in with his ideas. and
nowadays on a blistering Washington
summer day the Senate chamber
looks quite like a business body.