Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-03
SENATOR FAIRBANKS
! OPENS CAMPAIGN.
Vice Presidential Candidate Dis,
cuSSeS issues of the Day at
Kansas City,
WAS CORDIALLY WELCOMED.
State Senator CubblsOn Booms Him
For President Four Years
Hence,

Kansas city, Sept 2,-stnator FAIR
banks formally opened the Republican
campaign In Missouri tonight The cer-
emory took place In convention hail
and that immense building was filled
In honor Of the occasion, The event
was rendered memorable by the nrcs-
cnce not only Of the Republican candl.
date for vice president but by tho
presence of many of the Missouri Re-
publican leaders including the candl-
dates for most Of the state ana local
Offices
The day was devoted largely by Sem
ator Fairbanks to meeting personal and
political friends and TO visit TO
Kuusas C'lN KAN where he made "a
biloi address. For am hour or more
In the afternoon he stood In Tue nar-
lors OF ,ho Midland hotel ana shook
hands VISTA citizens who presented
themselves. among them being many
former dents Of Indiana,
A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE,
At the meeting In Kansas city KAN
referencs was again made 90 senator
Fairbanks availability as a presiioa-
tIal cand da.e. II came from state
Senator Cubhson who presided over
the ntttiGg. and was IN the following
terms. ~ President Mckinley had
lived Spu,tor Fairbanks would almost
certainly have been the presidential
nominee al this time, but under the
ClrcumS;m Ccg an We can do zoe NM
now is To- eject him 90 the vice pres.
idoucy and then nominate and elect hin
president four years hence.
lu his response Senator Fairbanks
smoke N high terms Of praise of PRES.
Len. Roosevelt saying that among All
tive .Ilnnd ! men who had occupied TIE
high Office Of president none had mani
tested a higher purpose than Theodore
Roosevelt to serve well all the people OF
the entire country He expressed Ais
conviction that Kansas would record
her political support Of the president $
course at the November election, and
continuing, said:
ISSUES BEFORE THE COUNTRY,
Great issues are before us. They In
ylte our fullest and most conscientious
consideration, to the end that We may
decide wisely and we'll They should
be- considered not IN a narrow spirit
bu, IN a broad generous, patriotic way,
There should enter into their contem-
plation no suggestion OF either passion
or prejudice Our sole purpose should
lc to reach that conclusion which is In
rumony with our highest and best in
tprcsts, We should support those poll
ries which after due aud careful con-
sheraton, are most commended 20 our
Judgment, and we should give our sup.
port TO that party which viii best ad-
minister our national affairs.
I'VE should put the great debate up
ON high plane where questions Affect
ing the destiny Of the republic should
be considered and determined, Repub'
lican measures may be subjected 10 the
severcst test and they viii be found
justified by our past experience, Re-
publican admlnistrat.ol VIII bear tho
closets scrutiny. II will be found to
have been honest economical and sue
cessful Republican policies have kept
pace with the advancing needs Of the
country They have been broad and
comprehensive enough TO meet the re-
qurements Of all sections and all
classes
Senator Fairbanks did not enter tho
convention hall tonight until the meet
ing was well under way nor until a
number OF others had spoken, includ-
Ing G. p Wnlbridge, the Republican
candidate for governor When the
senator arrived ne was greeted with q
tremendous burst OF applause from the
vast throng present,
Senator Fairbanks was again loudly
applauded when he was introduced
He spoke only for about % minutes
and received the closest attention not
wIthstanding the lateness OF the hour
After congratulatlng his party IN tho
state upon the suspicious opening OF
the campaign and referring to the fact
that he had made a Labor day speech
I'm Kansas City just two years ago
Senator Fairbanks entered upon q dis.
cusslon of the policy Of protection as
affecting the interests Of the working
man. His remarks were based imme'
diately upon the excellent character Of
the demonstration made upon the occa'
sion Of the former visit, and he said;
FAIRBANKS SPEECH.
Nowhere else outside OF the United
States can be witnessed a like demon
stration. What / saw was made posi-
BILE in very large degree by the policy
adopted by the Republican party which
Yields TO our wage earners better en-
ployment and better pay than is fOun(
in any other country with which we are
familiar
when labor Is upon the payroll
times are better than when II is not
An idle workman does not make a very
good market for the merchant or man
ufacturer or the farmer We believe II
a policy which not only enlarges Ia,
payroll but which maintains the bes
possible rate OF wage. There must b'
some margin beyond the mere necessi'
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