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TflFT'S 8IG
James School'raft Sherman, the
Oritinal "Sunny Jim."
A Wise, Versatile, Expertenc.'l
Statesman Who Has Shaped
Li. Nuiioaal Legislation.
When Vie® Presidential nomtnrp
James Schoolcraft Sherman, returned
home to I'tica. New York, after having
been nomlnfod h.y the Republican Con
ventlon at Chicago, it is said that in
the vast throng of his home people who
turned out to moot hiin was an old
woman, bent with the burden of eighty
years. She approached Mr. Sherman,
whom she has known almost sine* his
birth, and declared to him that he had
boeu selected by Providence to bis new
otflce of honor, in order to teach the
A inert en n people the gospel of good
du-er and sunshine of kindness for all
Americans.
It is not definitely known that she
Is in the confidence of Providence, and
so speaks by the card, but Sherman's
career up to date has sbown his capa
bilities in that line. He is the original
"Sunny Jim." and wears "the smile
that won't come off."
Tb» Original "Sana? Ji*."
This is not a superficial attempt to
look pleasant. It does not sequester
itself in the wrinkles of his mouth r-r
the lines around his eyes. This gen
ial. expansive. Irradiating smile speaks
of good digestion, a sunny tempera
ment and a complacent mind, possessed
by a man who is pretty well satisfied
with the past, and reasonably sure of
the future. A man of cheerful yestar
days and confident to-morrows. Hs
has been laughing good humor for a
little more than half a century. Now
the world laughs with him. His sun
sliine and good cheer, as bread cast
upon the waters, returned to him
pound-cake, as Josh Billings would
say, and out of this and other assets
he has been enabled to rise, and b«
nominated to the second highest posi
tion within the gift of his countrymen.
IknmM, Seyaoir, Coakltas, Bora
•I Utlca.
"Sunny Jim" Sherman first appeared
on
earth at the village of New Hart
ford, New York, a suburb of Utiea, on
the night of October 24, 1885, two
years before Mr. Taft saw the light in
Cincinnati. 1'tica was already at that
time pointing with pride to one of her
illustrious sons In the person of Hor
atio Seymour, and was soon to point
with increasing pride to another still
more illustrious son in the person of
Roscoe Conkling. Mr. Sherman's fath
er was a lawyer of prominence in
Central New York and determined
that no "pent up Utica" should re
strict the jwiwers of his son, and so he
sent him at the proper time to Whites
town Seminary and Hamilton College.
He came out a husky youth—he weigh
ed 1!)0 pounds at sixteen years of age—
with oratorical talent and a reputation
as a good student.
Bdoi(a to Old A meet
can Vaallr
His family runs back to Roger Sher
man who was one of the signers of the
Declaration of independence, and back
of him for more than one hundred
years to 1000, when the first Sherman
came over from England to this coun
try, with a strain of stolid Dutch in his
veius. John Sherman, the Ohio Sena
tor, and Wiliam Teeumseh Sherman,
the great Civil War general, were from
the same original stock. Edward
Everett Hale is also a distant connec
tion. Schoolcraft, the historian of the
American Indians, was "Sunnjr Jim"
Sherman's great-grandfather.
Geta Into Politics Early.
One of the flrBt things the Vice
Presidential nominee did when he re
turned from college was to accept the
nomination for State Senator on the
Republican ticket, and was beaten by
only one vote. He was elected mayor
of Utlca at the age of 29. lie was the
youngest municipal head the city had
ever had. From that date politics lias
wooed him away from his profession
of law. lie was elected to Congress,
and has served his constituency with
but one excepted term ever since. He
is now in his tenth congressional term.
There Is a "big five" In the lower
house of Congress, who do things and
largely shape the legislation
of
country.
the
Am Adapt Parliamentarian.
Mr. Sherman was a particular friend
of Thomas Brackett Reed, formerly
Speaker of the House, who considered
him the best parliamentarian on the
floor. He often turned over the gave!
to "Sunny Jim," who occupied the
chair during some of our most import
ant legislation in recent years. He
presided frequently during the famoua
debate on the Dingley Trrlff Bill and
Oil
the Cuban War Reve'.ue Bill, each
of which occupied many weeks. Mr.
Heed appointed him chairman of the
Committee on Indian Affairs. In tile
55th Congress, a place lie has since
filled with distinguished success, and
also to membership ou the Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Mr. Sherman's most important legis
iptive work has perhaps been done on
the Indian Affairs Committee. He is
credited with a better understanding of
the various questions connected with
the government's obligations to the In
dians and its efforts to fulfill them,
than that of any other Congressman
who has been called upon to deal with
this subject.
Work
ob
Other Committee*.
Ills work on other committees has
been equally creditable. One of his bills
as a member of the Committee on Inter
state and Foreign Commerce was the
Talse Branding Bill, which bas provet)
effective in protecting the America),
cheese manufacturers.
He made the first favorable report to
fht House on the Nicaragua Canal be
lo:e the Panama project had developed
and has strongly supported the Isth
niidD Canal enterprise He was the
father of the Philippine Cable BUI and
of the bill for the reorganisation of the
revenue cutter service He holds third
place In the Important Committee on
Kules, and has been looked to as one
of the best counselors In guiding the
business of the House.
DlatlnBuinh«d Service to State.
Mr. Sherman's party services
At home "Sunny Jim" Sherman
w thi
outside
the halls of Congress have been dlstin
guiali 'd and extensive. He has been
the
vice-chairman of the Congressional
Campaign Committee in several cam
paigns and the chairman in one and
in those positions bas earned much
credit for executive ability. He is a
convincing campaign orator, and in
Congressional and Presidential cam
paigns has spoken to the people of
many states. He presided over the
New York Republican State Conren
tiooa of 1895, 1000 and la the present
year.
Friend of All the People.
He is approachable, genial and demo
cratic. Iiis home people, like his
brother Congressmen, call him "Jim,"
which appellation expresses their ap
preciation of his personal qualities ami
their
sense of his nearness
to
them as
their true and tried Representative
lie in a staunch friend of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and has a genu
ine regard for those veterans of the
army who jeopardized their lives to
preserve the Union, and is always so
li' itous for their interests at Washing
ton No old soldier ever found Mr
Sh«rmaa
too busy to give attention t«•
lilui
iMeeithl Bnalaeaa Hu.
If
one of the leading business men of his
community. He is president of the
T'tlca Trust and Deposit Company,—
not an organization in restraint of
trade, hut to encourage thrift and econ
omy—and vice-president of the Utic«
City National Bank. He is also presi
dent of the New Hartford Canning
Company and the Utica Ice Company,
two industrial corporations. His politi
cal foes declare him to be worth $750.
0t(), but his family says that
$200,000
would measure fully all of bis earthly
[Ksses8lon8.
la Co ad at Clcu Sparta.
Mr. Sherman is a pretty fair bllllard
Ist He tried some years ago to play
baseball, and got up a nine at Whites
town Seminary In his youth, but one of
the first things It did after he provided
It with uniforms, bats and balls was to
get together and vote him off the team.
But he makes up for lack of skill on
the field by enthusiasm in the grand
stand I It- is a baseball fan. and it is
reported that he attended three games
In Chicago before they nominated him,
and had arranged to attend another
when the convention interfered with his
plans
A Bis, Versatile Aaiericaa.
So we have in "Sunny Jim" Sher
man. Vice-Presidential Republican nom
inee. an American among Americans,
who can trace his American ancestry
back 250 years, one of whom signed the
Declaration of Independence, and
others have taken some of the lead
Ing and most honorable positions in
American history, both in peace and
war. His versatility Is representative
of the true resourcefulness of the typl
tal American, Hs is a lawyer, a schol
ar, a successful business man and finan
cier at home, a statesman, parliamen
tarian and valued public servant in
Congress, a man of domestic habita and
a model husband and father.
Rl*ht Man la Rl*bt Plaee.
His manliness and human instincts
know no race or party. He la a hu
manitarian and statesman before he is
a politician. The people of his home
:own of t'tlca turned out en-masse upon
his return from the Chicago convention,
and irrespective of party, gave him
iu« a reception as comes to few men
In life. During the midst of the fan
fare the Mayor of Utica remarked, "We
have an Insane asylum at the top of
the hill, and we are thinking of asking
the Legislature to enlarge It. The
town has gone crazy over Jim's nom
ination."
Successful in business, efficient aad
influential In statesmanship, and pos
sessing the confidence of his fellow
luen, should the emergency ever arise,
fames
Sc
hoolcraft Sherman could, with
eonttdeneet i£ necessary, take u^the jre-
in
the can
Pure in the
baking!
Never
Fails.
which as Vice-President
Ive fo
he
would
next in line, in case of emergency creat
Ing a vacancy.
Qneatloa of Iajaaottoaa.
You ask me what I think of a pro
vision that no restraining order or in
junction shall issue exoept after notic
to the defendant and a hearing had
This was the rule under the Federa
statutes for many years, but was subso
quently abolished. In the class of case*
to which you refer I do not see an
objection to the re-enactment of thai
Federal statute. Indeed, I have taker
occasion to say in public speeches tha'
the power to issue injunction ex part,
has given rise to certain abuses an*
injustice to the laborers In a peaceabl
strike—Hon. Wno. II. Taft. in corrc
spondence with President Llewelyi
liowls. of the Ohio Federation of La
bor
HOW TAFT WAS SOUGHT BY
M'KINLEY.
The Manner In Which tha Kepnbli
can Candidate Was Called to a
Larger Sphere of Action.
One afternoon early in 1900, whe
Judge William H. Taft was dictatin
a decision of the United States Cour
in the Federal Building in Cincinnati
a telegram was placed in his handK
He tore off the envelope and was sui
prised to find a telegram from Presf
dent William McKinley, reading:
"I shall take it as a great favor if yo
will call on me some time next week."
Judge Taft guessed at the meanin
of the summons and guessed wrong
lie went to Washington and was show
Into a room at the White House, wher
he met the President and Secretar
Long of the Navy. Later, Elihu Rooi
the Secretary of War, came in. Th«
to use Mr. l'aft's own words:
"Mr. McKinley said that he wanted
send me to the Philippines to help in tb
work of establishing civil government a
the army moved on. I thought of
place on the bench and hesitated. Be
sides, I believed and mid we could ge
along without the Philippines.
'But we have tbpm and must tak
care of them,' the President replied.
'You are at the turning of the way
in your life,' Mr. Root then observec
'The bench is the easy road. Yon cat:
stay there and be comfortable. On th'
contrary, the Philippines will demand per
sonal sacrifices and risks and much haril
work, but you will have an opportunity
of doing your country a very great ser
vice.' I went home, and argued the mat
ter for two weeks."
The telegram to
Cincinnati
opened
the door of Americnn history to Wil
liam II. Taft and made him the Repub
lican candidate for President of the
United States.
TAFT COKES FROM 000D STOCK.
Family Ranked Among tha Plain
People for Many Years.
The Talts—those who at present are
the Tafts -hail ancestrally from Ux
bridge, Mass. They say that Tafts are
so thick in Uxbridge that even a wom
an cau't throw a atone without hitting
one.
Some years ago—In 1874, to be exact
—there was a Taft reunion in Ux
bridge, to which descendants of the
original Robert Taft came flocking
from all parts of the country. One of
the conspicuous features of the affair
was a historical address by Alphonso
Taft, father of the present Republican
candidate. He traced the history of
various branches of the family, and
when he came to the one to which he
and his children belonged he said:
"Our family have not embarked much
upon national politics, except that they
have shared in the battles of the coun
try when national Independence was
to be won, and also when the Union
was at stake. But brilliant political
careers have not been characteristic of
the Tafts in the past It Is not safe to
say what may be in store for them.
There is a tine in the affairs of men
and also of families."
This is taken from the account of
the reunion published «t the time. Al
phonso Taft would perhaps hare been
somewhat dazzled If he could have fore
seen how quickly and brilliantly the
family would proceed to "embark upon
national politics." He himself started
the turn of the tide which he predict
ed. It seems to be reaching Its flood
in the career of the ton who that year
was entering Yale.
As Alphonso Taft described his im
mediate ancestors one sees where his
son got certain characteristics. Peter
Taft (1716) was "a large, good-look
ing man of magnanimous disposition."
He had four sons.
Aaron, the candidate^ ancestor, was
also so magnanimous that he I
pet
MADISON, SO TH DAKOTA, S^TI RDAY, SEPTKMIIKR 26, 1908
Cooking
ALL WEEK
Sept. 28 to Oct. 3
CRIST RENSCH
Actually Pays
for Itself in
Cold Cash!
FOR
lie was a umu "of great Intelligence
ami Integrity." And then, going some
what further hnok, there was Captain
William Taft, who took Blarney Cas
tle In the sixteenth century "by blar
ney quite as much as by military
prowess." Good stock was Captain
William from which to make a twen
tieth center? Secretary of Wtr Wil
liam.
THE CHARTER OAK.
Bells Tolled and Funeral Dirges Played
When It Fell.
The charter oak of Hartford "was a
white oak. The story goes that when
James, duke of York, ascended the
throne of England and sent Andros to
take away all colonial charters Con
necticut alone refused to surrender
hers. Andros was furious over this
defiance, and Oct. 81, 10X7, he returned
to the assembly hall of Hartford with
a l»ody of soldiers and demanded In
stant surrender of the charter, which
lay in a box on the table. A hot dis
cussion followed. Finally Andros
stretched out his hand to seize the
disputed paper. Then the candles
were suddenly extinguished, and the
people who had gathered on the street
outside rushed in a disorderly crowd
into the hall. There was a period of
wild confusion In the dark, and when
the candles were finally relighted no
charter was to be found. It had been
removed by Captain Wadsworth and
concealed in the oak, which ever after
ward bore Its name.
The oak was even then old. "When
the first settlers were clearing their
land the Indians begged that It might
be spared. 'It has been the guide of
our ancestors for centuries,' they said,
'as to the time of planting our corn.
When the leaves are the size of a
mouse's ears, then is the time to put
seed into the ground.' The Indians' re
quest was granted, and the tree, after
ward becoming the custodian of the
lost charter, became famous for all
time It fell in a windstorm Aug. 21,
1850, and so deeply was it venerate^
that at sunset on the day of its fall
the bells of the city were tolled and a
ba'd of music played funeral dirges
over its ruins.
At the time of its fall Its circumfer
ence one foot from the ground was
twenty-five feet, and it was estimated
to be over 600 years old —Kansas City
fit&r.
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I V/Il Ulu. ••II* LL ••LLI\ of Madison and vicinity Some New Points in Steel Ranges. The
Monarch Range, made of malleable iron and steel, does the work quicker without damage from breaking,
cracking or warping that comes in the use of other kinds. They stay tight and solid, even after a lifetime's
use, and give the same economical service. A demonstrator direct from the factory will he at our store dur
ing the evhibit, who can tell you all about the superior points to better advantage. You will not be urged to
buy—simply examine the range. An experienced lady cook will be present to give you hints (Hi cooking and
serve coflee and biscuits prepared on the Monarch.
Remember Exhibit Begins MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, for One Solid Week
Special Offer: To any person buying a
MONARCH RANGE during the exhibit we will
present them with a set of cooking utensils of
enamel ware and nickeled ware freee.
Crist Rensch
The Hardware Man
An Interesting railway will be open
ed In Moscow. Russia. In the near fu
ture. The line forms an irregular
oval around Moscow at various dis
tances from the city barriers. It In
torsocts nil nine of the Moscow rail
way lines and will be used for trans
ferring goods from one line to another,
thereby saving cartage and also con
siderably relieving the congested state
of the streets of Moscow. It will also
tap a whole series of factories which
have hitherto been off any line.
Obllvatluna of Civil War.
Money
indebtedness is not the
Colonel Bryan laments the "discrimi
nation that has been going on against
the farmer" in electing so few tillers
of the soil to Congress and the Senate.
What troubles him chiefly, however, is
the discrimination which the whole
American nation exercises against a
certain farmer of Lincoln, Neb. in de
clining to elect him to the WMtP
House.—New York Tribune.
A urand Hecore,
The Republican party is not only
rich In men, but rich in practical and
beneficial principles—it is rich too in
its record, in promises performed and
pledges fulfilled, and so we are for
purty and party principles first and
will acquiesce in the choice of the ina
iority, rallying around the standard
Nearer who will carry us again to fit',
tory.—Hon. James S. Sherman.
Mr. Bryan might make a hit in the
Rocky Mountain States by proposing a
federal guaranty of mining stock de
posits—Omaha Bee.
CHAS. B. KENNEDY
HMkfcnt
only
obligation we Incurred and assumed
in the great civil war. There was a
still greater debt, an everlasting obli
gation that could never be paid in full.
IJut in the years that have followed,
the Republican party has inaugurated
and developed pension laws under
which over three and one-half billion
dollars have been paid to disabled
veterans or to the survivors of those
who gave their lives for their country
and their flag. This pension system, a
product of the policy of the Republican
party, has no precedent in history and
no equal in justice and generosity
among the nations of the earth.—Hon.
James S. Sherman.
Cooking Exhibit
ALL WEEK
Sept. 28 to Oct. 3
CRIST RENSCH
BY
BY
—THE
reducing fuel bills 25 to 50
cent
saving one quarter of
kitchen.
BY
to devote our time and energy to showing the ladies
the
time usually spent in
the
eternally doing away with
nearly ALL of the disa
greeable labor necessary to
keep
the common range
half way presentable.
Built Right—of
MALLEABLE IRON AND STEEL
C. L. KENNEDY.
Madison State Bank
MADISON, $. D.
FARM LOANS AT LOWEST POSSIBLE
RATES
VAL BLATZ BREWING CO.
MILWAUKEE BEER
on draught 0k
FRED KURTH'S,
J. S. MURPHY,
HEAGNEY & MUNSONS
Prioate stock, Wiener style, Bottle
mt all Leading Saloons in the city.
L. J. AHMANN, Agent.
DeWitt's 'ariiol i/t-il Witch Hazel Salvi
i
Hfce President
beer
Foley's Orino laxative is a now reiitfk.
is recouimeuded as the boat thing to use edy, an improvement on the laxatives i|L
for pile*. is, of course, good for any-1 former years, as it does not gripe or nau4*
thing where a salve is needed. Beware eate and is pleanant to talre. It is gua&
of ioujtaUoofiu Sold tey Holiiday & Porter [in,teed.—J. H. Andereon.
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