The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04
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Franz. q. Carpenter. sa;n0ss a writer Of
travel and foreign customs. IS now interviewing
the celebrated public men C. America IL
reviews the career Q: Senator Fairbanks HI.
week
ereciai corres14ndenee O: Tie Sunday Repahie
Indianapolis. Sept. Il have come GU
here TO tell you something about the Re
publican candidate for Vice President.
VI have known him since he came to tn,
Snited States Senate and have had {
Humber OF chats with him about his car
IL life. his boyhood struggles and tbs
rungs OF the ladder up which he ma.
climber to greatness.
1 have seen him here at his home ant
have Just had a talk with him about
some personal and public matters upon
which he does no; wish tn be quoted.
His position 10 different now than {.
has been IN the past.
He feels its responsibility and does no:
like TO answer personal questions for fear
he may DO looked upon as playing TO the
galleries. He is. however. a most inter-
eSting character. and will sketch him as
hes: 1 car.
Senator Fairbanks has spent the greater
part Of his professional life in Indian
spolis He came here shortly afte: he
graduated 70 attend "a convention Of mis-
college fraternity and so liked the town
that he settled L.. 1t when he had finished
bis study OF the law. RE had influential
friends in the city and through them soon
developed a large practice.
He became Interested in. railroad mat
rers. was made the receiver of a railroad
which was in bad way. and rapidly rose
10 a good business position and a coTnfor-
tabl; income
For a number OF years he was one 0: the
leading lawyers OF this part OF the coun-
try. and when he gave up the law to 20
TO the United States Senate he had per-
haps the largest and most profitable
He told me once that he was then at
the top OF the harvest time OF his pro-
1essional career: bat that he cut Of his
practice To- devote himself to the public.
His Investments had. however. been
good and his fortune was great enough,
although II did not quite equal the million
able him 10 live comfortably on his in
come.
LAW FOR YOUNG MEN.
once asked Senator Fairbanks whether
he thought the law had helped him In
his political career.
He replied that IL had and spoke at
length about the law as a necessary part
Of every young mans education Said
Many people look upon the law as
mysterious science. as something 20 be
approached with fear and trembling. The
common sense applied TO the right or
w:onS in human conduct
Every man should know something OF
II. and II he iz a business man he should
know a great deal I do not mean that
he should be his own lawyer, for YOU
know the Old saying about the man who
IS his own lawyer having fool for his
client.
What 7 do mean Is that every ono
should have a knowledge of the genera;
principles OF the law 80 that he would
almost intuit!yeIy know what the law
ought to be. / think tho law develops a
man In an ail-aroInd way better than al
most any other profession.
Mckinley was a better President for +,
having been lawyer. and Harrison filled |
his place in the White House all the |
more faithfully through the training Of \
his law practice"
At that time asked the Senator wheth- |
er the poor young man OF to-day had as 1
much chance at tho bar as In the past |
He replied:
He has II he In the right man. Our
law practice has TO a certain extent been /
divided up into special;ies. but the op-
portunities for success are as great. IL
not greater. than they have ever been"
I understand that Senator Fairbanks
has carried his belle! as to the law into
the training OF his sons. Two of them
have already read law ard a third is |
now reading IL. One Of the boys Who
has studied law Is engaged in other bust.
ness.
SENATOR AT HOME.
Senator Fairbanks lives az Washington
in a big house on the corner of Massa-