Show NOT FRIENDLY TO M MR It p FAIRBANKS I It Some of oC the Eastern gastern newspapers have begun a campaign campaign cam cam- of or publicity not entirely friendly ly to Mr r. r Fairbanks as as a a. candidate for the tho Republican nomination to the tile Presidency For three years ears there has been heen a very cry active nc ac Live tive Fairbanks s press bureau and newspapers of the country have Ilave been beon Hooded with circulars and sheet full-sheet posters telling of the reasons wh why Mr l Fairbanks should be bt made tho ho party standard bearer in the tho campaign campan of 1908 Colliers Collier's Magazine Olne declares eel for the opposition and in ill a n. strong serIes of oC a art arr fe md cartoons seeks tomake to tomake tomake make clear to the country that th tall is not of the limber timber from which good Presidents are made It is one of oC a number of or really high-class high journals devoted to making public some things thinS'S In th the Fairbanks career that would not look well veli against a candidate A hook book entitled Life LiCo and Speeches of oC Charles Warren arren Fairbanks banks has been widely circulated with a view of or winning public indorsement for Cor or the tile man whose name It bears and of oC this paper Colliers Collier's speaks with severest criticism Here Mere are are arc a few or of the more i direct paragraphs In the Colliers Collier's article for June Juno 1 Mr r. r Fairbanks has hns hoped to come Into power ower b by the silent pressure ure at his back hack of oC tho tile business Interests and while cultivating the tho confidence of t. t t Its lis 1 has ilas sought to appease the people with platitudes and hond handshakes But Dut above e all he hh hiS sought to cover up and hl past He lie his hs spent to control the press and l Hi hij i Indiana as ashus lUl been cen een ho has to a largo large extent succeeded And AntI he has as guarded guarde his biography with peculiar care In this tills Fairbanks book hook to which so frequent reference has been made mad he lie has suppressed fact an and added fiction until the product Is a n curious mixture of oC drool and die dle Je Its author makes no mention of oC Fairbanks's s 's business business business busi busi- ness rise From 1874 to 1892 Mr h Fairbanks was en engaged engaged ena en- en a ed exclusively In business lego business railroad lego business Starting poor ho no became in that time a n times four-times mil rail Why h omit those eighteen years from Crom the story of oC his 1115 life lite Do they contain no interest shied shed shed no light upon the evolution of oC a statesman statesman statesman-of of a n Presidential candidate from humble beginnings as a n young lawyer The Fairbanks life will be searched arched In vain for tor a record record record rec rec- ord of or anything accomplished by Mr h Fairbanks In the Senate There arts ar chapters with inviting titles tithes like ilko His Ills Services to His Part Party He Enters the Senate an and Other Services In the Senate but when these chapters are perused the they aro are found to be but Dut compilations of old speeches carefully cut and sterilized of oC all any matter which might offend a vote vole A careful search through the ofil- ofil records covering the tho eight years o of his service in the Senate discloses the fact tact that there is no law Jaw on the statute statute stat stat- ute ate books which bears his name or in whoso whose framing he had any Important share any more than there Is an army any policy appealing to the people In any wa way ay as good or important important important im im- im- im to the nation with which the Fairbanks s personality person person- can by the wildest stretch of oC the Imagination be connected as a cause couse All through the book there thero Is a 3 constant harping on Mr Ir Fairbanks's supposed closeness to the dead M McKInley McKIn- McKIn ley one Icy one of oC the traps clap which is Mr Ir Fairbanks's stock In trade There Is a general sentiment in t the country that Mr Ir Fairbanks although I vice President Is the tho representative of oC the tho Influence which Is to so o bitterly hostile to President nt J Roosevelt and his policies This Is probably tho tile truo true view Iw In Tn the tho struggle of or the President for tor or a n square ro deal for tor or coal minors minor for or farmers rs for Cor shippers for tor investors investorS- for Cor l' l every In time the country the country th tho antagonism m of ot men rt representing vested Interests lies has been aroused il Men j who have enjoyed special privileges have havo found Mr Ir Roosevelt an obstruction And they have resolved to do doall doall all aU In their power for Cor or his overthrow o In or order er that thero there I ma may be bo no further Int Interruption of oC their processes of or lawlessness lawlessness law law- and unjust enrichment And Anti men find Mr 11 Fairbanks a n safe safo representative The They have signified their preference for him The They aro arc pushing him to tho the front as the time one man about whom opposition to tho the administration administration ad ad- I ministration could coul gather Independent nent Republican papers lo loyal al to tho the pr President President sl- sl dent and convinced that his course courso all an along has been heen right will welcome the publication of or any truth which makes the anti Roosevelt cause less likely to succeed I |