El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-09

parenthesis. that Mr.. Sherman did not
get his nickname from the advertise
nents Of certain well known break
last food. On the contrary, II is like
y that the present vice president has
been commonly known as Sunny Jim"
for something like % years.
As everybody knows, he is a man Of
considerable. wealth. At home IN Utica
he is president Of a trust company
which is the largest Institution of the
kind in Central New York. In Wash
ington he rents a very handsome cor
ner-hOuse-sin 18th street, the property
Of a titled EnglishwOman.
Has Simple Habits.
Mr.. Sherman is q man of simple hab-
Its. He gets up at 2 O'Clock every
morning and before breakfast -peruses
a Washington newspaper AID a Utica
newspaper Of the previous day. Break
fast IS at S o'clock, but tbs liable to
be an interrupted meal, for by this
time the telephone is beginning to
ring in feverish manner. The vice
presidents telephone is not in the tele-
phone directory, but a good many
people have his number. and others
call his private secretary up, often
getting him out Of bed to reach Sunny
Jim"
He has friends all over the country,
from California to Maine and from the
Gulf to the Lake GC the Woods, and
they are constantly arriving in Wash,
ington. Most commonly they get here
on trains that pull into the station at
about a. m, and their first idea is to
get hold Of Jim" Sherman as coon
after breakfast as possible They want
MIN to take them to the white house
or to do something else. Hence the
jingle-jingle of the telephone.
After breakfast Mr.. Sherman attends
to his intimate personal correspond
ence, which he does in long hand with
out the aid of stenOgrapher or type
writer. Then he starts out in his mo-
tor car. which has a limousine body In
winter and touring body in summer,
and proceeds to transact whatever
town. Some of this is likely to be at
the departments In the interest Of
Utica folks. For he is as much inter
ested in his own congressional district
as ever, although the latter is now
represented by Democrat Charles
A. TalcOtt.
Gets Busy at Capitol.
He doesn't get really busy, however,
until after he has reached the capitol,
which may be any time between 10 and
II a. m. There he finds lot of mail
awaiting his attention. and dictates
few letters. There is more or less in
terruptiOn by callers. Senators drop IN
10 talk Legislative business with him
Newspaper men have questions to ask
Delegations come bearing invitations
Of one sort or another He is asked
to attend banquets. to make speeches,
etc.
Banquets have small attractions for
him, and he has no special banker for
talking IN public. Accordingly, he
rarely accepts such invitations, and he
viii never go out Of Washington while
congress is in session.
What he really considers the most
fun is watching a good game Of base
ball He is pretty fair golf player,
and In pleasant weather he likes to go
off for long rides in his automobile.
When he strikes a road that is new to
him. he wants to find out where II
goes to, and IN this way he has thor |
Oughly explored all of those parts Of /
Maryland and Virginia which are with |
In not too distant reach Of Washing |
ton
A little before noon the chaplain Of /
the senate comes into the vice presi- I
dents room His name is Ulysses /
Grant Benjamin Pierce, and through /
slight perversiOn of his initials, he is 4
commonly known as Bug" Pierce. 4 4
few moments later in walks the Off 4
cial whose impressive title is assist /
ant sergeant-at-arms in charge of the |
door. and who, with respectful bow, /
says: Twelve o'clock, Mr.. President
Il should be explained here that at /
Mr.. President for the reason, of 4
course, that he is ex-OfficIo president /
Of the senate.
Accompanied by the chaplain he /
walks across the corridor into the /
senate chamber. and stands at the east I
end of the dais. while the sky pilot {
Of the upper house assumes the place I
during sessions by Mr.. Sher-
nan himself. He does not sit down, 4
however. The vice president, with I
Jut saying a word. bestOws a rap Of j
lis gavel upon the desk. and there
lpOn the chaplain offers short pray
er. When this is over. Mr.. Sherman
assumes the chair, and takes up the /
business that happens TO be before
The senate.
One D. m. is his lunch hour. He calls /
4 page, tells him to ask senator Bran
1egee Cor some other to come up /
here" Then. saying to the senator: \
Take the chair, viii you2 he relin
luishes his duties for the time being /
and goes downstairs 20 the restaurant. /
Lunches With Senator's.
Usually he lunches with one or two /
his companions being most .