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'.;■ ' '■■ -"'• ■■' ■■'...» ..-.. — - ■-.■'■ VICB-PEESIDENT OF THE UNITED ■:■■■-';■.' ■/■:-'.. :-.■■.; STATES. .':■ v TeleEraph—Press Aespciatdon-CopyrlEht :'.;'. (Eec; October.3l, 9.30 p.m.). ' ' -■;■;■■! New York, October 31. Mr.: J. S. Sherman,:. Vice-President , of :the United States, who;has-been unwell for some .time past, is dead; \ He: was : 57 years ot age. ■. :. '..- CReo. October 31, |0.50 p.m.) ■' ■-■'■.- : New York, October 31. Mr. Taft. was seated at dinner.at the Brobklyn.-Navy Yard when he 'received the.news of ■Mγ. Sherman's death. Hβ ■was : greatly affected, and'.paid an eloquent tribute to Mr. Sherman. He then acked the banqueters to adjourn. ' . The' Senate will attend the funeral in a body..s ; ; ' - ; -.-.; ■:. /' - ■ At the Eepublican Convention at Chi-N cago_ in June last Mr. Sherman was renominated as the Ecgular Eepublican can-' didate for the Prusidency at the forthcoming election. Mr. Sherman was an experienced Congressman, having boen in the House of Eepresentatives for nearly twenty years. He was closely.associated' with Mr. Cannon.for many years, Speakerof the House of Sepresentatives, and as Mr. Cannon's deputy he presided over the House more frequently than any- other member. . In appearance Mr. Sherman suggested 'an English squire; he had attractive personal qualities, and was popular. Although, a lawyer by profession, he succeeded as a banker, and in business as well as in politics. In 1906 he became known throughout the country' as chairman of the national Congressional ciun- . paign committee, ivhich conducts the elec-tions-in Congressional distiicts. He made strong efforts to preserve the Eepublican , majority in the House, and appealed for popular dollar' contributions to the campaign fund, an appeal -which revealed that !. the millionaire members of. the party had not given their accustomed financial sup- ■ port. ' Hβ has proved an acceptable candidate to the more Conservative wing of the Eepublican parry. '[.'■■: \ '-.'■• ■
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1586, 1 November 1912, Page 5
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279OBITUARY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1586, 1 November 1912, Page 5
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