The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-11-01
VICE PRESIDENT ILL
ONLY MATTER OF CCNJECTCRE
HOW LONG THE PATIENT
CAN SURVIVE
Kidneys ARE AFFECTED
Party Leaders Face Problem, in Rau
,nJ 70 Name Successor to
James S. Sherman at
- late Hour.

Utica. \. y, Oct. 30.--At a late hour
r son Of the vice president made pub,
lic this statement, signed by the n.
tending physicians:
After consultation in the case o,
Vice President Sherman, the Giag.
nosis Of weakened heart muscles, the
result of overwcrig, with scIle kidney
Involvement. is confirmed.
",Si2nedp.
IF. II. PECK,
HENRY l.. ELSNER."
James Schoolcraft Sherman, vice
president of the United States. is seq
iously III and steadily failing fo;. a
certainty. While his physicians, iDy
Fayette II. Peck. believes there is
no immo iiate danger Of death, yet the
patients condition is such that it is
q matter OF conjecture how much lon.
ger he can withstand the ravages ot
the disease with which lie is afflicted
Dr. Peek authorized this statement
regarding Mr.. Sherman's illness ana
his present condition
Mr.. Sherman has been sick all os
this year, due to the condition Of the
kidneys. hardening OF the arteries, and
softening CT the muscles Of the heart
somewhat stretched. Mr.. Sherman
had an attack while in the Adrion
dacks at Big Moose Lake and | ex.
pcct him 10 die. He got out of Biz
Moose and improved steadily and sat
isfactorily until the latter part of
August. Since then his condition has
been aggravated and he has been
steadily failing.
Sherman Seriously ~.
For the last three weeks since he
came back from Connecticut where be
went 10 rest. be has been dressed only
once. and that was week ago Fri
day. when, against my protest, hp
went out 10 the polls to register
Mr.. Sherman now is in the con
dition which that sort OF trouble leads
to and is very seriously ill, but there
is. ! believe, no immediate danger oy
DEATH
Leaders Facing Problem.
Washington. The illness or Nacc
President Sherman and speculation
over possibilities of his withdrawal
from the Republican ticket because
of the precarious condition of his
health. aroused discussion here over
the probable method OF filing his
place.
The general opinion expressed was
that the national Republican commit
tee or the executive committee DOS.
sessed power TO fill vacancy upon
the ticket. No one here processes t.
know whether the Chicago conven-
tiOn specifically provides for such an
emergency. The report Of the 1903
convention does not appear to show
that snch provision was made then
and the stenographic report of the
convention this year has not yet been
printed
Leaders Argue Situation.
Should vacancy occur upon the
Republican ticket, either before or
after election, some Republican lead
erS here argued the electors would
have power TO vote for any candidate
for vice-prcsident they might choose.
Preccdents were admitted to be lack
ing. but il was declared that only
party discipline and honor had in the
past bound electors TO vote for their
party nominees.
The possibility, if even a remote
one. that there might be no Republi,
can candidate for vice president, SUE.
gests many interesting possibilities in
the event that the election should go
10 the house OF representatives.