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Excerpt from Memorial Service in Honor of the Memory of the Late James Schoolcraft Sherman, Vice President of the United States: Held at the Republican Club of the City of New York, 54-56 West Fortieth Street, on Sunday Afternoon, the Twenty-Fourth of November, Nineteen Hundred and Twelve
The former occasion was in the early part of August, at the time of the formal announcement of his renomination to the orlice of Vice President, and at that time the city was in gala apparel. Which must have pleased not only Mr. Sherman, but everyone who had affection for him. The stores closed and the people united, regardless of party affiliations, to give a real token of affec tion to their fellow townsman and to pay tribute to the man who had always been so loyal to them. The next occasion of my being in Utica was at the time of the funeral. The gala occasion was over and grief was predominant. The decora tion of the American flag was the one similar idea that was carried out on the two occasions. The people of Utica this latter time were stand ing sorrowfully at the bier of their friend. We constantly hear quoted, and we frequently say ourselves, A prophet is not without honor save in his own country! This did not obtain with Sherman. The people that knew him best loved him most. His neighbors were more sorrowful than even his other political acquaintances. Never, I be lieve, has there been excelled such perfect, such fitting and such loving tributes as were shown to Sherman on the occasion of his nomination and at the time when it was necessary to pay the last tribute to him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
