The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-31
|TICA IS IN DEEP
MOURNING.
funeral Will Be Public Affair and Attended By
the President and Many Members Of
Congress.

official, all of the political meetings
arranged for this city have been
abandoned. The democratic city com
mittee had workmen busy removing
the Wilson and Marshall banners
which were strung across the most
prominent thoroughfare. 1t was also
announced that the progressive meet
ing arranged for tonight, at which
the chief speaker was to have been
Governor Hiram johnson OF Califor-
MIA, had been abandoned.
Hundreds OF telegrams of sympathy
have been received at the Sherman
home including messages from Presi-
dent Taft, Governor Wilson and Col
onel Roosevelt.
Mrs. Sherman was reported prostra-
ted at the Sherman home today and
the announcement of the complete
funeral arrangements waited on her
approval.
"Sunny Jim"
Sick for more than a year, "Jim"
Sherman, as he liked to be called,
fought against death as he had fought
all Of his life, never giving in and
he accepted defeat as he has accepted
| it in the past, with smile. It was a
smile that brought Lin political and
personal preferment. Sunny Jim" as
he has been called here among his
own people for many years and his
friendly grin and hearty handclasp
were his trademarks here long be-
fore the "allies" at the republican con-
vention in Chicago four years ago de-
manded, through Uncle Joe" Cannon
that the then congressman be elevated
| to the second highest office in the
land The dead vice president was
born in this city on October "a, 1855,
| his father being Richard q. Sherman,
noted Oneida county editor and one of
the pioneer settlers of central New
York. He received his education in
the high and preparatory schools in
Utica and entered Hamilton college at
4 terward being admitted to the bar.
All his life Sherman was prominent in
the affairs of Utica and Oneida coun-
i ty. AS head of the Utica Trust and
/ Deposit Company, he dominated the
i financial situation and there were
/ few industries in the city that he was
not connected with in some way.
He was for many years treasurer
of the Dutch Reformed Church; a
trustee OF Hamilton college; served as
mayor of his native town; was in con.
4 gress for many years and twice
i prominently mentioned for speaker
was delegate to nearly all Of the repub
Il lican national conventions since 1884
and affiliated with the Elks, Royal
i Arcanum and other fraternal organiza
tions.
| Sherman went to Washington first
as member Of the fiftieth congress
He was an ultra high protectionis'
and his influence was always for 9
} high tariff AS member of congress
he ranked as a strict party man and
was always known, with Uncle joe
: Cannon and Serene e. Payne, as
"standpatterj' He was member o
: the we'll known tape worm club,
which was decided factor in prepar
!. ing many of the schedules OF tht
; Mckinley tariff law.
The one incident in the life OF Sher
! man which affected him the most wal
: when he was defeated by Colone
3 Roosevelt for the Craftsmanship OF thu
( state convention held II
I Saratoga Springs in September 1910
: Up to that time Sherman and Colone
9 Roosevelt had been personal friends
a When the republican state committee
8 invited Sherman to act as temporar,
chairman of that convention he &C
e cepted and the friends of Roosevelt
y objected to the designation. Shermal
s apparently had a majority Of tn
r elected delegates behind his candidac
n until President Taft permitted the In
d timation to go forth that he would pre-
n fer that Roosevelt get the job TIL
:. federal office holders lined up behin
e Roosevelt and friends OF Sherman de
l. manded that he pull out of the race
i He positively refused. With the sam