| Show VICE PRESIDENT JAMES S. S S SHERMAN FAILING STEADILY Disease Making Ravages on His Constitution and Ex Exciting Exciting Exciting Ex- Ex citing Apprehension 4 f 44 4 belore be- be 4 4 UtIca N X Y Y Oct 28 Shortly f- f tore lore J I 11 1 o o'clock tonight a l on n of or tho the 4 vice Ice president made public this f 4 ff f 4 statement by tho ho attending ph I- I 4 clans cIani After ACler consultation tonight ht In the 4 cn cai o of Vice Ice President Sherman f ff f- f the diagnosis lg ls of oC weakened ht heart art f ff f- f elt's the c of oC overwork f ff f- f with some y Involvement Is f ff f confirmed ll SI Sinned f 4 4 F V I 11 fl L PECK f 4 4 hENRY L. L ErS En f 4 ff f Dr Peck Is tho family phy phI phI- i- i f ff f 4 clan and Dr Is a specialist 4 residing In Sj 4 f 4 Utica X N. Y Oct 28 James James S. S Sher- Sher man tn vice Ico of or the tho United States is Iii ill lii and steadily falling fanIng fan fall ing at his home here IiII his physician Dr Fayett FacU H. H Peck believes e there Is If no Immediate danger of or death yet d the patients patient's condition condition con con- littOn is such that thal it is a n matter mutter of or conjecture how much longer lie ho can withstand the ravages ra of or the disease with which ho 1 Is If afflicted Dr P Pock Peck ck at S o'clock tonight ht authorized author author- tills statement Mr Ir Sherman has been sick all of oC this tIis year car duo to tho the condition of oC tho the hardening of the thc arteries and softening of or tho the mu muscles of or tho heart henrt w which are arc some somewhat hat stretched Mr lr Sherman had an attack In the Adiron- Adiron taCks l c s at It Big Biff lal lake e and I expected him to die IIo lie got ot out of or Big Bis Moose and Improved steadily and sa satisfactorily Cae- Cae until the tho latter part of oC August Since then his condition has been aggravated aggravated ag ag- ag- ag has fall fail Sla and he ho been steadily ing Ins For vor the last three weeks since he came mo back from Crom Conn Connecticut wh where rc he ho went to re rest t he ho has been dressed only once and that was a week ago Frida Friday when against as m my ray protest hi ho he wont out outto outto outto to the polls to register Mr Ir Sherman bherman Is no now in the tho which that sort of or trouble leads to and Is very cr seriously ill iii but there thero Is b I believe no immediate danger of oC death After a da day of oC discouraging symptoms toms Mr rr fr Sherman rallied at nl nightfall end nd continued to show improvement during the thc evening c This i la Is due In Inno Inno Inno no small measure to powerful medicines medi cines Whether he lie can much longer long successfully com combat at the attack of oC kidney kid Icid- ney rey trouble and complications is doubt doubt- Cu ful The members of oC his family arc are with him constantly and his hIe intimate friends have been that he ho has been falling failing steadily Methods Method of Vacancy caller Washington Oct 28 The The of ot Vice President Sherman and sp speculation specula cula- cula tion over er the possibilities of ot his withdrawal withdrawal with with- from the Republican ticket be because because because be- be cause of ot the precarious condition of ot othis his health arous aroused d discussion lon here to today today today to- to day over ever the probable methods of t filling fill fill- ing lag his place The Tho general opinion e expressed was that the tho Republican national committee commit commit- tee or the executive o committee possessed pos pos- power to fill a vacancy upon the theM M f t rt n nn on 1 r r mf tn l whether h herth the Chicago hi convention Un provided for fOl such an emer emer- Jenc gency The report of oC th the 1908 convention con conven tion docs does not appear to show that such ouch sucha eucha a provision was made then and the stenographic report of oC the convention this year has not been printed Should a vacancy occur upon the Republican Re Rc- Ftc Ftc- publican ticket either cither before or after elections some Republican leaders here heTo today argued the tue electors would have hao power to vote ote for Cor an any candidate for Cor vice president the they might choose Precedents Precedents Pre Pre- were admitted to be bo lacking hut It was declared only onh party part discipline pline plino and honor had In tho the past paH bound electors to vote oto for tor their party nomi nomi- nee nees No one suggested that a choice by hY the Republican national committee commit commIt- tee Or of Its executive committee would fall to receive recel tho the support of or tho the Taft Tart electors elector Ordinarily should there be no vice Ico president tho president pro tem of or the Senate would preside over o that bod body and the line lIno of or succession to the tho presidency presidency dency would be to the secretary y of ot stat state For Jor the last several months the Senate has haa been unable to agree agree- upon a president pro tern tem and that office has been heen vacant Some time a ago o It was learned toda today Chairman Charles D. D of or the Republican Re no- publican national committee mado made ex exhaustive ex- ex e inquiries as to tho the necessity of or certifying corUrn- to tho tIm various secretaries of states the names of oC the Republican candidates tes and as a result certified the names of or Taft Tact and Sherman to for foy printing upon ballots In all an states A supplemental petition ho however howe e probably probably abl ably would bo be accepted l In most mot states where ballots have not been printed The procedure where ballots have been boon printed was not known |
