The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1896-10-29
An old ACQUAINTANCE
The Versatile Lee faifChild Again
Brings Himself Into Prominence.
DUBBED "THE WESTERN DEPEW
Something About This World when
~ Was Much Younger Than IL IL
New-various Anecdotes and 9th.
err Entertaining Matter.

Lee Fsirchild, the poet, preacher, pro-
hibitionist, wit and republican speaker
has again contrived to get bis name be-
fore the people. When he left this state
he went to California where he WAS given
notoriety by marrying the widowed pro-
prietor Of q candy and notion store. Then
he was heard Of stamping the state with
M. M. Estee, who was a candidate for
governor in opposition to Jim Budd.
Now he hobs up in New York state,
where he is looked upon as a spellbin.
der, and is in high favor with the politi-
cal managers. A recent episode in which
Fairchild figured is thus recounted by the
New York World:
There is war among the republican
spellbinders. Yesterday both state head
quarters, in the Fifth Avenue hotel, and
national headquarters, at No. Madison
avenue. echoed with angry and reproch-
full voices, the swish OF silken skirts and
the indignant staccato of French heels,
which told more than swear words would
from a man.
This was because there was woman
in the case, and very aggressive and
persevering little woman, too.
No one appeared to want to talk about
it around headquarters, but the facts of
the matter as near as they can be learned,
were as follows:
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attic. He is slight, pale-faced little
man with a blond mustache, a cowboy
hat and nasal twang which belongs
rather to New Hampshire than to the
Pacific coast. He has rich fund of
humor and stands high with both
national and state committees as an ef
fective campaign talker. Indeed, he is
billed throughout the state as "the De-
pew of the West,' and gets the best as
signments on the books.
Actor Edward Vroom is another spell
binder who makes up for what he doesn't
know about politics by an effervescent
and lurid oratory, very taking before
some audiences. One of the chief admir-
ers Of Mr.. Vroom's eloquence is Mrs.
Vroom, handsome young woman, who
accompanies him to all his meetings and
sits on the stage while he talks for Nc
Kinley and sound money and the old
flag principally the flag.
Wednesday night "the Depew of the
West" and Mr.. Vroom were advertised
to speak at the Thirteenth Regiment
armory, Brooklyn. The two have spoken
together on several occasions and Mrs.
Vroom had complained that Mr.. Fair
child was allowed to speak first, which
wasn't fair to Mr.. Vroom. Still their re-
lations we're not strained, and Mr.. Fair
child accepted the invitation OF the
Vrooms to ride with them in their car
rage to the armory. He was introduced
first to the audience and spoke for 20
minutes, Folding the audience we'll.
By that time many persons had become
tired and soon left the hall. This did
not please Mrs. vroom, and she made
some indignant remarks. audible to every
one on the stage, about the ''cheap jokes"
and western slang" OF some speakers,
and also expressed her opinion as to the
general intelligence OF an audience that
would listen to that kind Of oratory and
not remain for really able address.
So great was the lady's displeasure.
and SO pointed her remarks, that when
the meeting was over Mr.. Fairchild de-
clined to ride home in the carriage, but
came back by trolley with the direction
of few policemen.
The matter did not drop here. Yester-
day Mrs. Vroom visited both headquar.
tiers and left large pieces of her aggres-
sive mind. She called three times at
state headquarters, and divided up her
time between G.. A. Ball and Lafayette
Gleason, who have charge of the speak
ers' work, and told them what an out
rage it was that Mr.. Vroom didn't get
better assignments and wasn't put the
first speaker in the list, SO that he could
get fair hearing.
She got in to see General Clayton at
national headquarters once, but Secretary
Smith, of the speakers bureau, had to
see her twice. He told her Mr.. Fairchild
didn't speak a minute longer than they
wanted him to, and that they wished
they could send him to two or
three meetings night instead of one.
Mrs. Vroom left headquarters in high
dudgeon, but will probably be back this
afternoon, as she informed the secretary
that she was going with Mr.. Vroom to
the dry goods mems MONDAY meeting
today, and would wait to see what sort
OF show he got there, and then"
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