The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-25
While He Was Staying at Man
haitian Beach.
A JOCULAR REMARK OR TWO
PROBABLY INSPIRED THE REMARK
ABLE NEW YORK STORY.
General Local Political GOssip-w. d.
Commissioners Reappointed.

Senator Charles w. Fairbanks was un-
decided whether to laugh or utter an in
dignant protest yesterday when he read
the headlines of a newspap aper-clpping
handed him. 1t from New York
newspaper and dealt with his last trip
East. The senator spent a few days in
the East last week, and on Sunday was at
Manhattan Beach.
The first caption of the clipping handed
him yesterday said Fairbanks Answers
Villas" The next line had the senator
saying that he thought a tariff campaign
would not benefit Democrats. But the part
of the head that amazed the senator most
was the declaration that 'he may retire
from politics" The reporter who wrote
the story for the New York newspaper
plunged into his topic manfulIy, and in the
first paragraph had Senator Fairbanks
almost out of the political arena. Senator
Charles Warren Fairbanks, of Indiana"
the article read, who was at the Waldorf
Astoria yesterday, prefaced some COM
ments on Mr.. w. +. Vilas's advice to
Democratic leaders by saying: 1t is quite
likely that will retire from politics at the
end of my present term in the Senate "
When Senator Fairbanks read this news
about himself it would not have been sur
prising had he been tremendously fustered,
but on the contrary the senator laughed
good naturedly at first. When he had read
the entire story, however, he remarked
that it was not only without foundation,
but in addition was positively stupid"
Senator Fairbanks said that at the Wal
dorf hotel he made no comment of this
character and said nothing that could be
construed into the language imputed to
him. "A reporter came 10 me while l was
at the Oriental Hotel, at Manhattan" he
said, but l gave him nothing The only
basis in the world for such story was
half jocuar remark l made 10 him. L
believe l said that I had mad plenty OF
politics in Washington, but that Congress
was over now, and for the time | was out
of politics"
The New York newspaper, after putting
Senator Fairbanks out of politics at the
Having expressed the opinion that the
chances that the Republican party would
retain control of the House In the next
Congress were very favorable, the senator
led up to the possible issues in the next
Presi iential campaign, and said: L observe
that Ir. Villas advises the Democratic
leaders TO make the tariff the issue. With
all proper respects TO a member of Presi-
dent Cleveland Cabinet | fail TO see what
advantage the Democracy can gain by an
attack upon the protective tariff. The
American people have learned the benefits
of that legislation, and enjoying the
prosperity resulting from it, They are not
likely to invite repetition of the financial
disasters and industrial paralysis that fol-
lowed the revision of the tariff by the fol-
lowers of Cleveland and Villas"
Senator Fairbanks said that until ne
read this alleged interview in regard TO
Villas, he did not know that Mr.. Villas had
announced himself in regard to the tariff,
except that he had seen something in re-
gard 10 the matter in the headlines. The
senator said that he did not believe the
story relating TO himself would be taken
seriously.