Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-17
CARPENTERS LETTER.


or printed on card. lie has been pre-.
with Mckinley at Canton about It. though
the speech finally on Thursday and Fri
Jay Of last week polished u up little on
Thutston Marx llama and others. char.
ley Fairbanks has made his reputation as a
lawyer. He IL said to be one OF the best
! railroad lawyers OF the Nesi. He Is q grad
I uate Of Delaware college anl began his
law practice In indianapolis. He was rrac-
ucins ,therc when the late secretary ot
state, Judge Gresham. was on the bench as
! district judge and when there was a lot ot
railroad legislaton before the courts
| Judge Gresham took "a fancy to young
Fairbanks aud made him a receiver Of sev.
] cial railroads. These rccciVcrshrS PAID
| very well ana Il was here that Fairbanks
| got the foundation OF his fortune and his
! practice. This hrough, him into railroad
/ law; and after he rot through with the
| t.ffnlVetSnips he wa, looked upnh az sqei
| railroad attorney. lie is II man ot brains
| and Is. am toli. one Of the men OF the
| future, as far as indiana is concerned lie
/ is SAID TO be. worth about half million
| N Indiana, He Is related IN some way 70
| William Henry Smith, and ! am told that
Mr.. Smith and he own III" Indianapolis
| News. or have large amount Of stock IN
| T.. though it IS said that the editors Of the
between William Henry smith and FAIR
| banks Is such that he is probably sure of
the support OF the paper.
Opposition 10 Fairbanks.
There arc some Indiana men here who
are dSeii,niy dlssusi,d at FalfpAnks ri, oesns ,s
/ the friends Of. Riley McKeeu, OF Terre
laute. Riley McKeen Is Fairbanks chief
competitor for the Republican nomination
! ns senator and his friends do not think the
convention should have given tMrbanks
such a boost. ehetted with Riley Ne
Keen last night He is rlain-lookins
irishman. with reddish face and q straw
gray mustache. He is, | Judge between
| Thompson and others are pushing his
senatorial cause with all their might, Riley
made his pile out OF building and develop
ing railroads. He IS now ready 70 retire
senate. He would make a good business
senator. hut he has not the dash and 20
of Charley Fairbanks, who is one OF those
lawyers out OF whom 1t IS not hard 10 de-
yelop politician OF statesman. Nc
Keen has always been friendly TO the
which he has done to them in the past
form considerable par; OF his strength
Trrrc Hnu,e Anecdotc.
His town, Terrs Hantt;s., Is You know;
Tom Nelson In connection with Nelson
ana VOORHEES, they tel a story IN Tsrre
Hanle about the credit OF thess men
has made friends. Nelson, 1t seems. one
day found himself very hard up. He went
10 Inc tA'h ana iEk''l lot sIN'f blLflllE llAS
note in exchange. The cashier looked a,
the note. H. said; General Nelson, |
know you very well. You are good and
YOU are honest. but You have no property
Now. why can't YOU get one OF your friends
to iniorse this note f9r YOU -
to Voorhees,. Voorhees, at once tniorsed
the note. hut when It was brought In the
cashier looked more dubious than ever. He
dorsement % ZEN would not 70 The result was
Nelron went out again and came back with
the ind9rsement Of Riley Mskeen + ms y
an right. Mckcen's Endorsement is as
good as gold" He then paid over the
money. a.,
when he leaves his present term in the
senate he. Will. In all probability. leave It
and has not spent much time In the sem
ate this session. He has some troubie OF |
to sleep and he now. sits mp n his chair
and thus sleeps. night after night.
Ex-senator sanders.
met ex-senator W. +. Sanders on, the |
street this afternoon and stopping MIN. |
fight." h. fsrllsi, ".fhcre IS not another
no pipe line TO connect me with him. Sc |
riously, however / believe that 80 per cent !
OF our people are for poln and were 1t, not |
money would have fair chance in Mon |
senator Sanders, am told. has become
very unpopular ON account OF his gold ut |
torunc"s IN Montana, He / credited with |
traitor TO the land OF his adoption. He i, |
howeyeF amply able 10 take w the nsht |
in the West He was a member Of the |
famous vigilance committee which hung |
he hgmer ssng pHi ks 95aTf hstn n Bi
pocket and his hand on the trigger while |
h. mad MS & PeeGh f pens }he mg5 sRat
at every sentence he uttered lana he IN 1
tended TO shoot II, he ie!l; Mr.. Sanders |
is fully six feet IN height. He has u wiry, |
muscular form, piercing black eyes and a |
black lerd sIti1kl@i Win gray: ~ ,r wsS ,hs
Union army during I'M late war, ANA then |
struck oul tor th- Rock mountains TO |
nrs, gold days OF Montana he Was the |
To- MAKE fiiucrai specches for some OF the |
murdered as well as prosecute the MUIR
cercrs.
At one time when a chinaman had been
As he closed, he picked up a clod of earth |
and crumb!"d 1t over the coffin, sayins:
Ashes to ashes and dust TO dust" The
sun was Just setting and as ne Gust
dropped, It's rays made their way through,
IN i. He did not start nor iiush, but cooNy
folded his hands and rcverently stood there
while the clods were shoyrled In upon the
dlsband, however he broke barrel sttve
and inserted TWO pieces, one NJ the mead
hc were marking H. lie drove anothey
stake. while ne wrote with pencil upon
the slaves, and then rose ana said: Gen
tlcmcn. ! want you to witness that ! have
here staked of claim which | think con-
tains the best pay dirt of Montana" His
prophecy proved to he correct, and hun
dreds OF thousands of dollars Were after
wards taken out OF these graveyard mines.
Governor McGrnw.
chattcl with Governor McGraw. Of the
state of Washington, In the convention hall
lust before the rabbi offered up his pray
cr. Alc1iraw Is one of the big men from
the great Northwest He Is OF medium
height. round headed and has black hair
and a let black mustache. lie Is, | judge,
about a. years of age. was born in Maine
aud shortly after he was of age went TO
san Francisco to make his fortune, leav-
ing II wife and "A couple of children in
Maine. lie did not somehow catch on, and
finally got down almost TO his last dollar.
and one day while driving his car over the
route saw an advertisement for the Puget
sound country, lie at once decided TO 70
there. lie had saved just about enough
money To pay his steamboat passage and
he landed In Seattle with nothing. He soon
found work. however, and eventually made
a small fortune. lie has since been gov
ernor of the state ana II now the leading
candidate for the United States senate.
understand that Watson &. Squire IL con-
testing the nomination with him, but Me-
Graw II "A more popular man and he will
probably win. and this Notwithstanding
Squire is worth his millions. Governor Me
Graw tells me that Washington can be
carried for the Republicans ON Mckinley
and a sound money platform, He was
Reed hut finding that Me-