Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-11-06
JAMES soHooLCRAFT SHERMAN
Vice President, Succumbs 10 effects
OF Bright's Disease.

Utica, y. Y, Oct. Scatter L long,
illness Vice President James s. Shcr~i
man died at his home in mis- city at
9.42 o'clock Of uremic poison, caused
by Bright's disease.
lie had been sinking Sine, early
morning and it was realized that
death was only a question % a taw
hours. There was a sliENJ relI8t
shortly after 7 O'clock, caused by ap,
parent improvement in the condition
of the kidneys, but it did not prove
real or lasting and at best gavu.ouly
patients temperature rose to l0G.
From that time his condition rapidly
became worse until the erd.
Cause Of Death.
Soon after Mr.. Shermau's do.th
Dr.. T.. II. Peck, the ATTENDING ph,aj-
clan, issued the following statameat:
"The Vice President die0 at 8. u
without regaining consciousness tor
a moment. He was perfectly Tu}at.
He died in the presence of his VIC.
her brother and sister, his Two Eru-
theirs IL his three sons and tlgir
wives. He had been entirely unCou.
scious since 7 o'clock when lie hai a
period OF partial consciousneSs last
ing for about Is minutes. lie d.ad
Of uremic coma as a 'csuit Of
Bright's disease, heart disease uHd
aterio-sclorosis.
Known as "Sunny Jiln,"
The 9th Vice President Of ta
United States, and the onl! one O.
nominated, was christene0 Jan IS
S%choolcraft Sherman. But, in Roa3'y
a quarter Of a century Of PUBLIC lie
Jim Sherman he was to MS All
mates, and probably half tn nat n
sobriquet he earned, as one wau
might imagine, by a never-faut.n,
all-year-round sunny disposition,
Mr.. Sherman belonged to .lc
school of Republicanism nov powOi-
larly called regular" and he fou.at
his political battles shoulder %
shoulder with men Of his fai,h ~. T.
out compromise or %finching. e
every public man, he had &ri 49,,
some bitter; but he also had rrierds
who were a match for his eueni.a,
The events he helped to shapr arc 30
comparatively recent that his,r.v
! cannot 0cCipn hin, m h{o 90. ,rr,a,
until it also records the worl Of ris
contemnoraries.
70 tn" House Of R~eUresantaU cs
o2 w. Fiitieth Congress- ha c2nL3in
me %int4v OF 1857, nlst @IaasGf-Gis
&2t birthday, With tho energy AMI,
Optimism Of youth, caliesu hrea
from the halls of Hamilton, watch
has given to public life many nGAar
statesmen and public figure, zone
without some mark of distinction.
He had been elected mayor OF IFtila
two years before. Like man. {. hers
who came to lead in the Nn .0nal
Legislature, he brought will lEIi an
education in law. He was VI, ,orn
and well bred. His father, r., .tard
u. sherman, was an editor aI.l pub
lie figure in New York State
Two sessions Of Congress r.Ind
Sherman defeated and out Of Dec,
but not for long. Henry w. 10. ley.
OF Bonneville, Oneida county. eat
him by less than 1000 vote L. he
race for the Fifty-second Con pss
In the interim Sherman wen .acls
to Utica, built up his law pra JicC
and returned to the Fifty-third on.
gress with a signal victory. Tt re-
manned in the House without 4t'sat
till the Sixtieth Congress, whom lc
was nominated and elected "r.a
President on the ticket wit Nr.
Taft.
Met Many Leaders.
His first years in the E'udsl
brought him into close ass, 10. o. io0
with leaders. Cannon, I0'.eiI.
Payne, Sherman and Tawne Nrrr
the great quintet during the '.Nlrar-
atively recent years In whit' ..la-
gress was Republican. Each oi ttoU.
invariably wore a red carnatiyu for
a boutonniere, and when Saas@i&@
went to preside over the Sena.u ana
occupy the coveted marble ro,n. in
the other wing OF the Capit0l he
took the custom with him rau .tte
flower always appeared at "3"ty
session OF the Upper House.
Vice President Sherman Wa born