Show FAIRBANKS IS ACTIVE WORKING TO SECURE PLEDGES FOR FOR TUK NOM KON ZV L 1908 1008 la Is sure of indiana delegation ls 18 also counting Count lne on illinois and thinks chances good in ohio at work in south vicc fairbanks Is 6 feet 3 inches cinches in height tho the tallest man in tile tho senate ile iio Is also looming up pretty tall as 03 a presidential candidate for 1908 unless other candidates bestir themselves mr fairbanks will at no distant day havo have a sufficient number of 0 delo VICE PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS gates pledged to make him tho the most formidable candidate for tho nomination mr air fairbanks has had tho the presidential bee in his bonnet for many years ears ile ho was wag a great favorite of president mckinley and many persons pert ons bellove believe that sir mckinley desired to see sir fairbanks succeed him in the presidential chair there have recently been long con frences cren ces between indiana politicians i r fairbanks J and his hi friends and Is good reason to believe that a great deal has been accomplished in the way of perfecting the organization formed for tho purpose of securing the republican nomination for indianan Indiana 8 son two years hence clience beveridge la Is in akie everything la Is said bald to be lovely for mr fairbanks in indiana ile ho has cleaned up tho opposing faction in the republican party there headed by the youthful senator beveridge Beverl dge who Is understood der stood to have responded so readily to the treatment applied that ho now gives three cli cheers cers every time the name of fairbanks is mentioned in his bis presence senator beveridge is no longer in a position to hamper the progress of tile tho fairbanks boom in ili indiana in tho factional fight over tho the state chairmanship mr beveridge Beverl dge suffered an ignominious no rout and even it if ho be does docs not train with mr fairbanks in tile future ho will not nob actively oppose him following senator dannals methods in hist his to secure delegates for william INIc mckenley Kinley in 1896 marcus A hanna hn nna began his operations la in tho the south ile ho had securely nailed down that section befaro the representatives of other candidates had begun to work mr hanna enlisted la in the cause a number or of young men who went out looking for delegates and got them mr fairbanks knows something about the methods of mr hanna and his representatives are now treating with leading party men in the south while the republican party in tho south Is short on vetes on election day it Is long on delegates in the national convention ven tion this fact ia s keenly appreciated by mr fairbanks chances in IHl 1141 nola tho the vie is certain 0 of in dianas delegates and lie ho is counting upon illinois ids his fortunes in that state aro are in tho the hands of charles G dawes former comptroller of tho the cut currency ono one ofner of mr hannus young men in tho the pre convention campaign made in tiro tire interest of 0 tho the candidacy ot of mr mckinley fairbanks had bad birong s rong and influential friends in illinois and his bis chances c of securing thu delegation from that state aro are probably better than those of any other man who has been mentioned for tho presidential nomination with tho the exception of speaker cannon mr dawes la Is understood to bo the western manager ot of tho the F fairbanks air boom at least such a report was circulated recently and it has never been denied tho the vice president and his friends profess to believe tile tho next standard bearor bearer of the republican party will be a west western e rn man ohio ba has a two f favorite a sons in the persons of secretary taft andi and senator Po foraker raker both aro are very site strong ng in ohio and both aro are widely favorably known throughout the country tho the fairbanks to men e n b believe a I 1 I 1 eve that tho the rivalry of taft anil and foraker will prevent either of them securing tho the united support of chios dele delegation gatlon to tile tho next convention therefore fairbanks is figuring on tile tho buckeye state some of tho the friends are very enthusiastic and to hear bear them ono one would think that tho formalities of a convention coave and an aloo tion might just as well bo dispensed with of course if mr Ruo roosevelt sevelt should run for reelection us its it la Is bellig prominently cromli fitly argued that lie will liia his publicly expressed attitude another term it Is admitted d that lie ho would bo be the practically ill 1 I allous choice for manina ile lou and tile lie of tho party parly would have b amii awl in ill vala vain |