Show FAIRBANKS IS ACTIVE I WORKING TO SECURE S FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMI i IN LV 1308 1908 Is Sure of Indiana Delegation Delegation- Dele Us id la d Also so Counting on Illinois a af At Thinks Chances Good In Ohio Ohio- Work In South VIce President Fairbanks is 6 fe it et In Inthe n 3 Inches in height the tallest man manthe man manthe J the Senate He Is also looming Ite te I pretty tall as a presidential for 1908 m- m Unless other candidates bestir the theL dt selves Mr Fairbanks will at no dista tl day have a a. sufficient number of de' de del I 1 V A VICE-PRESIDENT VICE FAIRBANKS gates pledged to make him the formidable candidate for the jy J eggs Mr Fairbanks has had the the na bee in his bonnet for jen Shen e years He was wag a a. great favorite favorite President McKInley and many perso believe that Mr McKInley desired see Mr Fairbanks succeed him h chat t u. u There have recently been long long- co coiF between Indiana Politicians Mr Fairbanks and his friends and and there is good reason to believe that that great deal has been a accomplished In the way of perfecting the organization formed for the purpose of t. t tearing tearing- the Republican nomination for Indiana's son two years hence Beveridge e Is in Line Everything is said to be lovely for Mr Fairbanks in Indiana He has cleaned up the opposing faction in the Republican party there headed by the youthful Senator Beveridge who is understood understood un un- to have responded so readily to the treatment applied that he now gives three cheers every time the name of Fairbanks is mentioned in his pres pres- ence Senator BeverIdge is no longer in a a. position to hamper the progress of the Fairbanks' Fairbanks boom in Indiana In the factional fight over the State chairmanship chairmanship chair chair- manship Mr Beveridge suffered an ignominious ignominious ig ig- rout and even if he does not train with Mr Fairbanks in the future he will not actively oppose him Following Senator Hannas Hanna's Me Methods In his caIn campaign to secure delegates dele ates for William McKInley in 1896 M Marcus MarcusA A A. A Hanna began his op operations in the South He had securely nailed down I that section before the representatives I of other candidates had begun t to fo work Mr Hanna enlisted in the cause a number of young men who went out looking for delegates and got them Mr Fairbanks about the methods of Mr Hanna and his representatives representatives rep rep- are now treating with leading lendIng party men in the South While the Republican party In the South is short on votes on election day it is long on delegates in the national con con- This fact is isk keenly enty appreciated appreciated by Mr Fairbanks Chances in The Tho Vie Vite is Certain o oC at In dianas diana's delegates and he Is counting upon Illinois His IDs fortunes in that State are in the hands of Charles G. G Dawes former Comptroller of the Currency Cur Cut rency one of ot Mr Hannas Hanna's young men menn in n the he pre campaign made in tb toe the e Interest of ot the candidacy of Mr McKInley Fairbanks had strong and influential friends in Illinois and his chances of ot securing the delegation from that State are probably better than those of any other man who has been mentioned for the Presidential nom motion with the exception of Speaker Cannon Mr Dawes is understood to be the western manager of the Fairbanks Fairbanks Fair Fair- banks boom At least such a a. report was circulated recently and it has never been denied The Vice-President Vice and his friends profess to believe the next standard bearer of ot the Republican party will be bea I Ia a western man Ohio has two favorite fa I sons in the persons of Secretary Taft and Senator Foraker Both are very strong in Ohio and both are widely and favorably known throughout the tho country The Fairbanks men believe that the rivalry of or Taft and Foraker will prevent either of or them securing the united support of ot Ohio's delegation to the next convention Therefore Fairbanks is figuring on the Buckeye state Some of or the Hoosiers Hoosier's friends are very enthusiastic and to hear them one would think that the formalities of ot r Y a a. nominating convention and an eko- eko tion might Just as well be dispensed with Or Of course if it lie Mr Ir Roosevelt should run for tor reelection as it is being prominently argued that he will notwithstanding his publicly expressed express express- ed attitude against another term it is admitted that he would be the practically unanimous choice for nomination nomina nomina- tion and the work of or the Fairbanks party would have been in vain |