The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-11-07

of the U. S. Senate.
Utica, Y. Y. Nov. 1.-After long
illness, ce-President, James SCHOOL,
craft Sherman died at his home i'm this
city at 9:42 O'Clock last night of urae-
mic poison caused by Bright's dis
ease.
He had been sinking since early
morning and it was realized that
death was question only of few
hours.
There was slight relief shortly after
Z o'clock caused by an apparent i'm
provement in his condition of the kid
neys, but il did not prove real or last
ing and at best gave only temporary
hope. AI9o'clock the patients tenn
perature rose to 106.
From that time his condition rapid
ly became worse until the end.
Mr.. Sherman was unconscious when
the end came and had been in that
condition for hours.
Alltbe members of the immediate
family were witnesses to the fnaI
scene. In addition to Mrs. Sherman
there were in the death chamber their
three. sons, Sheriff., Richard Z. and
Thomas NJ. Sherman and their respect
i've wives; r. NJ. and Sanford Sher-
man, brothers Of Mr.. Shermaa, and
Mrs. l.. b. Moore and Mrs. II. ]. Cock
inham. sisters of Mr.. Sherman.
Soon after Mr.. Sherman's death DIR.
Fayette II. Peck, the attending ply
sician, issued the following statement:
"The Vice-President died at g:42 p.
M, without regaining consciousness
for moment. He wasperlectiy quiet.
He died in the presence Of his wife,
her brother and sister, his two bro others
and his three sons and their wives
He had been entirely unconscious
since O'Clock. when lie had period
Of partial CONSCIOUSNESS lasting ior
about fifteen minutes. He died in a
uraemic coma as result Of Bright e
aisease, heart disease and arterio
sclorosis. y
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE
The twenty-seyenth Vice-Prcsident
of the United States and the only one
renominated was christened James
Schoolcraft Sherman. But, in nearly
a aquarter Ola century of public life,
Jim Sherman lie was 10 his init.
mates, and probably half the nation
referred to him as ''Sunny JIM" q
sobriquet he earned, as one well nigh,
imagine, by IA never-faiiing, all-year.
round sunny disposition.
Sherman belonged TO the school oI
Republicans nowadays popularly call
ed "Regular,' and he fought his poll.
tical battles shoulder to shoulder With
men of his faith without compromise
,or fiinching. Like every public man
he had critics, some bitter; but he alst
had friends who were match for hi,
enemies The events he helped Il
shape are so comparatively recent thai
history cannot assign him 10 his pro
per place until il also records the work
of his contemporaries.
TO the House of Representatives o
the Fifth Congress he came in Tin,
winter of 1887, just passed his twenty
seventh birthday, with The energy ano
optimism of youth, college-bred from
the halls OF Hamilton, which has civ
en- to public life many other states
men and public figures, none withou
some mark of distinction. He ha,
been elected. Mayor of Utica two year
before. Like many others who came {,
lead in the national Legislature. h,
brought with him an neducation in law
He was well born and well bred. Hi
father, Richard U. sherman, was an
editor and public figure in New Yorl
State.
Two sessions of Congress fount
Sherman defeated and out of Office
but not for long, Henry W. Bentley .
Boonssille, Oneida County, heat hin
by lexis than Thousand votes in tn
race for the Fofty-second Congress. II
the interim sherman went back {
Ulica, built up his law Practice. an
returned TO the Fifty-third Congres