Show I CHARLES W.- W. WI FAIRBANKS Indiana Senator Well-Fitted Well for forthe forthe forthe the Vice Presidency I HE HAS DIGNITY AND FORCE I And His HI Train Training and Experience Will Enable Him to Preside Over the Senate with Credit to the Nation Na Na- tion tion-McKinley's tion McKinley's Friend Washington D. D DO C. C Sept 10 Every Every Everyone one ane here who is any way connected with the government has a great amount ol of personal interest in Iti the nomination of ot S Senator Fairbanks of Indiana for tar second place on 11 the Republican ticket The Indiana Indiana Indiana In In- diana Senator has a personality erb all his Ws own awn and his is figure merely from a physical physical physical cal point of view is so striking he has bas been a marked man in Washington lashington ever since he came here Straight as an arrow arrow arrow ar ar- ar- ar row thin unusually tall II with bright red cheeks cheek with a becoming amount of at senatorial dign dignity ty and yet with a genuine genuine genuine ine democracy which is seldom equaled by public men the Republican candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date for tor the vice presidency is more than usually popular as public men go Aside from this however the people who are on the inside of ot public affairs in Washington know as people of at the rest of ot the country may not know that Senator Fairbanks I is s one ane of the comparatively few men in public life lire who have actually made their impress upon the affairs rs of the government In every church every club every village deb debating debating debat debat- ting t- t ing society in every Congress and every Parliament there these are always a select few who do the great bulk of ot the work who are men of at action who are selected by their associates to perform the things which have to 10 be he done who have the ex executive gift which makes them wise in council and whose advice and assistance are sought when great things are to be lie done Courteous and Modest Constantly courteous invariably kindly kindly kindy kind kind- ly y always reserved consistently mod modest st never geek seeking ng to put himself in the front rank Senator Fairbanks is not nat usually credited by the world at large with the extraordinary influence he really possesses possesses pos pw- here in Washington His Isis associates associates associates asso asso- in the Senate the members of ot the cabinet and those Whose duty it is to execute the law have learned earn however the quiet force torce of the Senator from tram Indiana Indiana Indiana In In- diana and ever sin since e he came came here with McKinley in 1897 Senator Fairbanks has been one of ot the inner anner circle He has grown stronger day by day until his nomination for tor the vice presidency was absolutely forced upon him because in inthe inthe inthe the opinion of his associates in the Senate Senate Sen Sen- ate and the party leaders generally he was the best equi equipped ped man for the position position position tion and was by his training and by his political association mon of ot presidential size SO that he mi th ho v. v nt t r i ij rii t of of chief executive if it should become necessary necessary Few people are aware of at the unusual degree to which William McKinley gave his confidence to Senator Fairbanks The two men were old friends they represented represented represented much the same element in the thearty party arty and an the early months of 1897 following the bitter political battle of the previous autumn McKinley and Fairbanks Fairbanks Fairbanks Fair Fair- banks were in constant touch and the President-elect President began to lean upon the Senator elect This trust in the wisdom of the statesman from Indiana was never lessened but as month after month manth went by the Indiana Senator was more and more drawn into the deepest confidences of ot the President There were trying times in Washington Washing Washing- ton during the latter part art of 1897 and in inthe inthe inthe the early part of ot 1898 1808 The United States and Spain were drifting inevitably toward toward toward to to- ward war The sentiment in this country country country coun coun- try was overwhelmingly in n favor of in interference interference interference in- in in behalf of the suffering people people peo peo- pIe of Cuba The pressure for action grew daily stronger In the public press in Congress in the churches on the streets everywhere from fram the Atlantic to the Pacific there was wu a constantly growing sentiment that the United States must put an end to the shocking shacking conditions condi lions in Cuba I Knew Public Sentiment When he was elected William McKinley McKinley McKin McKin- ley ky well knew what this public sentiment was and where it was likely likey to lead No Noman Noman Noman man ever lived who was more mare skilled in feeling the pulse of ot the public than the President who laid bid down his life at Buffalo When he came to the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House nevertheless he was determined I to exhaust every device known to diplomacy diplomacy diplo macy short of ot actual warfare to bring Spain to terms and to bring peace to Cuba Trained In the arts o of war himself himself him him- self sea William McKinley well knew that war was not to be entered upon lightly He lie was for peace from the beginning During the first six months mouths of ot the McKinley Mc Mc- Kinley administration the tension here hero herein heroin in Washington was extraordinary Pubic Public Pub Pub- lic ic sentiment of Itse itself might have forced farced a n war because of ot the outrages continually continually continually contin contin- committed by the Spaniards upon the poor people of ot Cuba Then came the he the explosion of ot the Maine which touched the spark in the magazine and within a few weeks the people peaple of ot the United States were raging with the lust of r blood Still William McKinley stood steadfast stead stead- fast He lIe knew wa was was nearly Inevitable inevitable in in- evitable e but be he was in a position n to know now aho also that this country rich though thought it t was in men and resources was not ready for tor war lIe He was in a position to know that there were no rifles no cannon no clothes no tents no provisions provisions pro pro- visions of at war for even the most moderate moderate mod mod- erate elate army He lIe had not nat exhausted diplomacy di- di and even then he knew that time ime was wa necessary to prepare prep the country country coun- coun try ry for war The great reat public which was ignorant of at the leal real situation and which did not realize that a mistaken public policy had allowed our aur army to torun torun toun run un down to a point Where we e were not fitted to fight even a little nation like Spain still thundered for war and began began beran be be- gan ran to suspect the good faith and the bravery of ot a man like William McKinley McKin- McKin ley ey McKinley l Consulted Fairbanks Fairbank All this is history which the world knows and which need not be recapitulated ed in detail What tle the world does not generally know is that In hi the small circle circle cir dr- cle ce of ot men who werf were lId ud ad nightly and sometimes even hourly called Balled into council by William McKinley to advise him hini as to the best thing to be done to preserve the honor and the dignity of the nation Charles V Warren arren Fairbanks Fairbanks Fairbanks Fair Fair- banks was always foremost in the list He was summoned to the White Whit House night after atter night and during a time wh when n the gravest matters were wele under consideration the most important of at all the conferences were held in the Fairbanks Fairbanks Fair Fair- banks home on an Massachusetts avenue There were gathered the senators and the cabinet officers who represented the inner council of of- th lh the nation Cation the men menIto who Ito 10 possessed the absolute confidence Ij el dei It wl c f fr r library ot Vl lt im e that some of the most mast important if rte cis ons of ot these trying times were first formulated There were scarcely half halt a dozen of ot i the big men of the nation natian present at i those historic conferences and it is a sufficient indication of the capacity for public service which Senator Fairbanks has manifested to refer to the fact that although he lie had bt been cn in public life less than a year his value as a constant adviser adviser ad nd- of the President in the face atan of at an inflamed public sentiment and on the eve of af almost inevitable was war grew greater great great- er day by day Other men Who particIpated participated participated in those conferences remember and bear blar cheerful testimony to the extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary nary ca capacity of ot th the Indiana senator for far looking at all sides of a question of public policy and for giving his opinion dispassionately without the slightest suspicion suspicion sus sus- n of ot personal persona bias and with something some some- thing tiling like a sacred d deference to the best interests of ot the nation The history of th those se momentous conferences conferences conferences con con- will never be written as a matter matter matter mat mat- ter of af course McKinley has gone Habart Hobart Ho- Ho bart hart has gone Hanna has gone gane and only Iny a few are left of ot the men who actually actually actually ac ac- shaped the destinies of at the nation in the the early months of 1898 who persisted persisted per per- in a wise conservatism when delay delay de de- de lay was necessary and aud who provided the means for carrying the war to a Q successful successful successful suc suc- and a glorious conclusion That he was even included in the brilliant list of at the confidential advisers of ot William McKinley 1 in the face of ot war is a sufficient sufficient Buffi- Buffi honor for far any man An lIon Honor or for the It is an additional honor for tar the Indiana Indiana In In- diana senator who has lies been chosen as the Republican Republic nominee for tor the vice- vice presidency that his associates in n public life life in their private conversation invariably invariably invariably in in- variably refer to his Ws bro gauge broad gauge d-gauge ability to grasp public questions to his personal integrity and to his Ws deep study of constitutional constitutional con con- and international law It is a a fortunate thing for far the republic that a man o of this stamp amp should have been chosen for the nomination The result re reo re- re suit sult is that u in hi t the event of ot the triumph of the toe Republican ticket t which h now seems absolutely secured the President inaugurated next March 1 will have bave had the benefit of ot more than three years of af actual experience in the duties of his office while the vice-president vice who will take the oath of ot office at the same time will have behind him not only the benefit benefit bene fit of ot more mare than seven years in the United States senate but also of his membership in the inner circle of public men who actually do things and who in times of ot trial determine the policy of ot the nation |