The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-08-22
NEW ELEMENT OF STRENGTH
Interesting Fact in Senator Fairbanks
Career Just Made Public.

indianapolis, Aug. "a The fact
which has just been brought to light
| oy W. II. Smith of this city in prepar-
ing biography of Charles w. Fair
| banks, that the senior Indiana senator
volunteered to serve his country dur
| ing the recent Spanish-American war
will give the Republican ticket better
| standing than ever before If such a
| thing is possible, according to Repub-
lican leaders here. The fact that SEN
ator Fairbanks never made any show
| of the tender of his services to the
state, and that he never had to resort
to such campaigning methods as the
| use of such material, but that it was
| left for biographer six years after
| ward to make the announcement shows
the real spirit in which the offer was
made. While w. J. Bryan made a
public display of his patriotism in vol
| unteering for service in the Philippines
| and as colonel of the Third Nebraska
| managed to keep his name continually
in the press dispatches, no word re-
garding his own action was ever ut
tered b. Senator Fairbanks. Nor is
he the one who has brought out the
| fact that he rendered his service to the
state at this time. The difference be-
tween his quiet, transformations way of
volunteering and that of the former
Democratic leader has been remarked
by thousands of people in this city.
That it will be similarly regarded over
the state is an assured fact. With men
of proved patriotism and courage such
as President Roosevelt, whose physi-
cal courage even his Democratic de-
tractors do not gainsay, and Senator
Fairbanks, whose true love Of his
country has. thus been uncovered as
their leaders in the big presidential
fray, it is believed here that the Re-
publicans will profit to the extent of
thousands Of votes.
The evil of allowing druggists to
sell poisons in sufficient quantities to
cause death has been forced so point
eddy on the attention of the people of
the state in the last few months by
such events as the Hartford City muir
der that the state board of pharmacy
is preparing a bill to be presented to
the next legislature to make the regu-
lations for the sale of poisons so strin-
gent that few druggists will take
chances on disposing of the dangerous
drugs to people with murderous or sui
cidal tendencies. An Evansville phar-
macist has been asked to draft a bill
providing for the questioning of peo-
pie asking for poisons so vigorously
that it is believed few contemplating
using the drugs for evil purposes will
be able to stand the test. This bill
will be presented to the next legisla-
ture and an effort will be made to Sc
cure it's passage.
indianapolis is to have a day Of its
own at the st. Louis exposition. The
fair managers have rendered Oct. 5 as
the date, and it has been agreed to by
the directors of the Commercial club.
On that day a special excursion will
be run to st. Louis. 1t is the purpose
to induce as many people from cities
along the line as possible to join the
excursion and assist in booming the
city and state. Literature setting
forth the industrial and commercial
advantages of the city and state will
be prepared in quantities and two days
will be used in spreading this litera-
ture over the fair grounds. From pres
ent indications the excursion will be
success and large crowd is assured.