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Show Mother of Vice Presidents. Discussing the candidacy of Fair-hanks, Fair-hanks, one of our esteemed contempo-1 rarles Jocularly referred to Indiana nsj "tho mother of vice presidents." Tho ' clnlni Is unfounded, for this dlstlnc-1 tlon belongs to New York. Our stnto hns been the home of no less than ten vlco presidents: Aaron Burr, Georgo Clinton, Daniel D. Tompkins, Martin . Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Willlnm ' A. Wheeler, Chester A. Arthur, Lel 1'. Morton, Theodore Roosevelt nnd Jameses Sherman. What Is more, four of ithem were presidents Inter Van Buren by election, Fillmore and Arthur, to fill, accidental vacancies nnd Roosevelt to fill a vacancy nnd ulso by election. But Indluun can claim i only four vice presidents Schuyler Colfax, Thomas A. Hendricks, Charles ' W. Fairbanks nnd Thomas R. Mar-shiill. Mar-shiill. In tho running mute rivalry, however, Indiana leads New York In one respect. Since the Civil wnr sho I has furnished three unsuccessful nom-lnees nom-lnees for vlco president Hendricks In 1S70, Willlnm II. English In 18SO unil John W. Kern In 100S us iignlnst New York's two Whltelnw Reld in 1RTI2 nnd Sherman (who died before tho close of tho campaign) In 1012. Kjrucuso Herald. |