The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-11-01
VICE president i'll !
ONLY MATTER OF CONJECTURE.
HOW LONG THE PATIENT
CAN SURVIVE.
KIDNEYS ARE AFFECTED,
Party Leaders Face Problem In Hav-
Ing to Name Successor 70
James 8. Sherman at
Late Hour.

OIAcd, N. i, OCt. SO.-At 3 late hour
a son of the vice president made pub.
lie this statement, signed by the at.
tending physicians:
After a consultation in the case of
Vice President Sherman, the dag.
nosis of weakened heart muscles, the
result Of overwork, with some kidney
involvement, is confirmed.
"(Signed),
"F. H. PECK,
HENRY L. ELSNER."
James Schoolcraft Sherman, vice
president Of the United States, is SER
iously Ill and steadily failing for a
certainty While his physicians, DR..
Fayette H. Peck, believes there is
no immediate danger of death, yet the
patients condition is such that it is
a matter OF conjecture how much Ion
ger he can Withstand the ravages of
the disease with which he is afflicted.
DR.. Peck authorized this statement
regarding Mr.. Sherman's illness and
his present condition.
"Mr. Sherman has been sick all Of
this year, due to the condition of the
kidneys, hardening of the arteries, and
softening Of the muscles of the heart.
somewhat stretched. Mr.. Sherman
had an attack while in the Adrion.
dacks at Big Moose Lake and I ex-
pect him to die. He got out of Big
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 III.
'For the last three weeks since Ia
came back from Connecticut, where he
went to rest, he has been dressed only
once, and that was a week ago Fri.
day, when, against my protest, he
went out to the polls to register.
Mr. Sherman now is in the con.
dition which that sort of trouble leads
to and Is very seriously i'll, but there
Is, believe, no immediate danger of
DEATH"
Leaders Facing Problem.
Washlngton.-The illness of Vice
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 filling 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 to
know whether the Chicago conven-
ton specifically provides for such an
emergency. The report Of the 1908
convention does not appear to show
that such provision was made then
and the stenographic report of the
convention this year has not yet been
printed.
Leaders Argue Situation.
Should a 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-president they might choose.
Precedents were admitted to be lack.
ing, but 1t was declared that onlv
party discipline and honor had, in the
past bound electors to vote for their
party nominees.
The possibility, if even 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 20
to the house of representatives.