| Show SHERMAN t fORMALLY t i TOLD Of NOMINATION J I. I I ID Brief Address Ars I Accepts Honor ir AM Lauding 1 Administration all and Paying His ills Histo i. i to thc Democracy 1 J UTICA N. N E Y Aug 18 In In In one of the briefest speeches ever cyer delivered by a candidate for so SQ high an office James School raft Sherman at noon today accepted the nomination of the l Republican party for the vice 4 dency He lie spoke from froni a flag decked stand in front of his 1 home in iii Genesee street and surrounded by party leaders i from different sections of the country and by a cl crowd of partisan non friends and townsmen The 1110 nomination was tendered by a 1 committee appointed at the Chicago convention convention con con- venti on in r June Senator J Julius C. C Burrows Burros of Michigan being the chairman and spokesman There were brief addresses ad ad- t f. f tresses dresses also by Secretary of State I Root oot by hy President M. M L Jt f 1 V W. W Stryker of or Hamilton college from which Mr Ir Sherman f. f was graduated by Mayor layor Thomas Wheeler of Utica and andi ft b i by Charles S. S Symonds cha chairman 1 nan of the local reception t k committee Mr r. r Sherman in his a dr of aci ac ac- i followed the example of Mr r. r it raft in pledging tho the allegiance of nil any with which ho may have hac hacI I to do to t tha tho policies of President Roose nit relt He declared was no i suA a ai as to whether T.-belner r 01 ot not the the people shall shallI I TUI TUJA J 4 L Surely riy tho the shall rule said saidy y Mr Sherman surely sure tho people bavo r. r ruled surely surch the people do rule J y rt Casting thus thug aside the campaign n sloran f 1 ran raised by hy Mr r. r Bryan Dryan the 1 f Ji an vi vice presidential nominee asserted 1 t that the overshadowing issue of th the theU Ii U campaign n really is II shall th the adminis- adminis 1 Th nation of ot Pre President ident Roosevelt bo ap ap- J f proved f Mr rr Sherman made no attempt to di dis dis- s- s 1 C in detail on any of the issues raised in inc c part party platforms contenting himself with rith th the declaration that ho subscribes I lull Jully and nd heartily hartil to nil all that had haq been L written into tho Chicago statement of j all J bean Fild by Mr Ir Taft in UI his hiN accepting fh the presidential nomination 1 tion Ho re- re I l tn to the Democratic party part as an f 1 aggregation of experimental malcontents malcon malcon- r trot tents and theorists whoso only claim to history l story is a party part name they thoy pilfered i Formal Ceremonies The Tho ceremonies at nt the tho Sherman home homo f Wr preceded ede b by band concerts in tho the thoi i ItO JI squares a parade of the cit city fir fire department a n vice presidential sa- sa lIle hite of nineteen guns and a parade sa-I sa of J. J x tie the gaily aih uniformed Conkling Unconditional of tho members of tho the w notification tinn committee ommittee Geneseo enso street I I. I from the th ra railroad tracks to tu the Sherman herman I I I home and beyond ond was lined with thou thou- I i I t i Mods Fand of ot po people le As many as could get et I II J I within hearing or seeing distance tanco later I t gathered about the Sherman lawn all alI al- al l I no not t completely blocking street traffic Aside idt from front the formal exercises of notification no I the committee in char charge o en en- 4 ored df to make mako the tho celebration non- non r r t political p Mr tr Sherman appeared to bo be boW W j W In the best beAt of health k Secretary Hoot Roots Hoots s 's speech was a per- per f naI tribute to Mr r. r Sherman He did I L pot enter into a discussion of party I f r in any form The Theo day broko broke I A i 1 Clear r and anul 1 delightfully li cool Incoming I l during dunn the morning mornin brou brought ht Egl I throngs thrones of visitors from the middle and t I 1 4 sections of the state while the I I Ji interurban trolleys s from points a as far tar a as Syracuse were crowded to their d 1 I full u carrying capacity Among Amon the arrivals ar- ar rivals vals were National l Chairman t it H. H Hitchcock ock who came from Chicago accompanied 2 by hY several f members of hit his I stat ff and Chairman Timothy L. L I Woodruff The last ast details of decoration at the 1 sherman home bome were fere hurried forward I t t mis h IS mornin morning Fla Flags were draped ev- ev f about the thc front of ot the rather Picturesque old house and the tempo- tempo rayy speaking stand projecting from I thc front porch was entirely covered I J bunting and arid flags The The Conkling Unconditional a camI cam- cam I Ir f rl al marching club of some mema mem- mem 4 ber it headed beaded oa c by a band of pieces tf h a from nearby cities acted as an anal al orUo to th the mt members of the notification committee who o in automobiles were vere driven from rom m Ba Bages s square to th the th Shor- Shor 11 1 aa borne a mile or more from t the be t. t k Starting ar place i v. v Under a Bryan Banner I The line of march la lay straight ht up iiI I Ene ce street which practically from to end was as a mass of ann waving colOrs col- col I O Ors I EVen Een the unsightly old brid bridge e flir t tb c. c Eric je c canal bad had been disguised I to a thIng of by comparative beauty t the IK 5 iS fJ fiats ancl buntin bunting On the suspend suspend- j- j b Overhead o C girders of the bridge e a av v t lil tl si sign n of Welcome Welcome greeted tb Visitors After pacing pasing the canal canali i die no committee hind had to V tj S 7 beneath n a hu huge e Br Uri Uri-nn Bryan nn and d n rn banner The Democrats Democrat of the t I had had bad offered f to remove the banner for i th the day but hut Mr r. r Sherman would not of t of it t. t Half Hal a block further up t the c I ct a huge Sherman b banner called i J Oat oni a e Cheer I ah eer In Af After i r th tho notification ceremonies Mr tr r. r tid Ir m. m Sherman ent the tho no- no j tt ion cheon committee and a few guests l af D the afternoon there was a carnival val t au and music mui at Utica park A 1 Loj Daner floer by by Mr Sherman band ban concerts brin electrical illuminations Hons tonight ht will m 1 Cn K he th the day to a n close 01 Rt b man an Hitchcock met a number of oC rth Ican ea leaders hero here and made arth arthe ar ar- th the s to have nave them en engaged in 4 Peaking carn campaign He lie received a r Tl from former forner Secretary of the BUry L Leslie M. M Shaw pr promising to o make two or three speeches in Vermont Yermont Ver Yer mont fleet next week eek Mr Ir Shaw will go o to Maine for a few spee speeches hes Secretary ilson of tho department of agriculture agriculture ture alto also trill nihl speak in that state M Mr M Hitchcock will leave toniJ tonight Later Lacer oc bo be vill rihl j visit jt Maine |
