The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-11-06
Members of Family Wit
ness Final Scene.
COMMITTEE MEETING CALLED
TO Take Action In Filling
Vacancy-NO IncOnve.
nience to Voters.
PROMINENT MEN MENTIONED

Utica, n, Y, Oct. SV.-Alser
long illness Vice President James
Schoolcraft Sherman died at his
home in this city at 9;42 O'Clock
tonight of uremic poison caused by
Bright's disease.
He had been sinking since early
morning, and il was realized that
death was a question of only a
few hours.
There was slight relief shortly
after O'Clock, caused by an APP
parent improvement in the condi-
ton of the Kidneys, but it did not
prove real or lasting, and at best
gave only temporary hope.
At O'Clock the patients temp
erature rose to 106. From that
time his condition rapidly passed
from bad to worse until the end.
Mr.. Sherman Was unconscious when
the end came, and had been in that
condition for hours.
Soon after Mr.. Sherman's death
Dr.. Fayette H. Peck, the attending
physician, issued the following
statement:
The Vice President died at 9:42-
p. m. without regaining conscious
ness for a moment. He was per-
fectly quiet. He died in the pres
ence of his wife, her brother and
l. L., ic
three sons and their wives. He hal
been entirely unconscious since
O'Clock, when he had a period of
partial consciousness lasting foe
about fifteen minutes. He died in
a uremic mona as a result of
Bright's disease, heart disease and
arterio sclerosis."
Calls Committee Meeting.
New York, Oct. 31.-Chairman
Hilles, of the Republican National
Committee, shortly before l o'clock
this morning announced that he
had called a meeting of the Nation
al Committee for November IL in
Chicago to select a successor to the
late James S. Sherman as the Re-
publican candidate for Vice Presi-
dent.
Mr.. Hilles made the following
announcement:
THE national convention which
met in Chicago in June delegated to
the National Committee power to
fill vacancies on the national tick
ct. The death of Mr.. Sherman,
candidate of the Republican party
for Vice President, makes it incum-
bent upon the National Committee
to nominate a candidate in his
place The nomination, however,
cannot possibly be made prior to
the election next Tuesday. Such
nomination can properly be made
only after due and reasonable no.
tice to all the members of the COM
mittee. and such notice cannot be
given in less than six days. 1t is
therefore manifestly impossible to
hold such a meeting prior to the
election. Meantime, no difficulty
or inconvenience arises to the vot-
ers at the election next Tuesday,
because the votes to be cast then
are for electors and not for candi-
dates for either President or Vice
President, and the death of Mr. |
therefore, does not affect
the validity of the election of the
electors.
81 have called a meeting Of the
National Committee to meet upon
the twelfth day of November in the
city of Chicago at the Auditorium
Hotel at IL o'clock noon to select a
successor to the late James S. Sher-
man as candidate of the Republican
party for Vice President of the
United States.''
Already there has been discus
sion of the availability OF Gov.
Gov. Deneen, Senator Bor-
III. Senator Cummins, Senator La
Toilette, former Vice President
Senator Root, Senator
Burton, Senator Lodge, Gov. Colds
borough and others.