The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-28

| early views on the question are known
, and the important part he played in
| committing the Republican party to
| sound money policy. His early zeal
! for the cause found expression later in
speeches and wise counsel while cur
! rency legislation was being shaped.
Senator Fairbanks went at once to
the head of the senate committee on
immigration. The. subject was one
! which had interested him for years.
| To the study of this subject he gave
/ the most earnest consideration, visiting
| the immigration stations of the coun-
| try and putting himself in daily touch
| with the officers charged with the re-
| sponsibility of administering the i'm
/ migration laws. The results of his
research and labors took the form OF
speech which was widely read and
| commended.
Although Senator Fairbanks after
| ward took a step higher to the chair
manship of the Committee on Public
| Buildings and Grounds, his interest in
| the immigration question has never
| abated. In the last congress he was
second on the committee on immigra-
| ton.
! In the agitation which preceded the
declaration of war with Spain, Senator
| Fairbanks was one OF the presidents
closest advisers. He was at the White
House almost daily, participating with
other members of the administration
in conferences that lasted not infre-
| quently far into the night, the purpose
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some way to secure the amelioration
| of conditions in Cuba without blood
shed. Through this period of popular
unrest, which at one time even threat
! ened to overwheim congress, Senator
Fairbanks stood with the cool-headed
conservatives in support of President
McKinley's policy.
In May, 1897, he introduced a reso-
luton, supposed to have had the sane
ton of the president, and submit
ted after careful consideration, as
solution Of the trouble in Cuba. 1t re,
quested the president to tender his
good Offices toward securing a cessa-
ton of hostilities in Cuba and an
ameloration of the conditions there
Later, when all pacific measures failed,
sage to congress called attention to his
inability to bring about order through
peaceful overtures, and asked congress
to act, Senator Fairbanks advocated a
speedy prosecution of the war He
! was thoroughly in sympathy with the
presidents policy throughout. The
| war over, he vigorously supported the
| peace measures and voted for the pres
! tdent's policies looking to peace and
the holding of the Philippines.
Senator Fairbanks conceived the
Idea of extending aid to the stricken
inhabitants of the Island of Martinique
after the volcanic eruption AS soon
as the news of the disaster was con-
flrmed, he prepared and introduced a
| bill authorizing the expenditure of
| 100000 for relief The billspromptly
passed the senate without q reference
| to committee. In the house there
was mild opposition raised from the
Democratic side, but the bill passed
| without serious delay. Senator Fair
banks was thanked by the French gov
eminent
Senator Fairbanks was named by
President Mckinley as one of the
AIhCll Sdh Vi me UnlCGU
States and British joint high commits
sion, and was chairman of the Ameri-
can commissioners. His service on
that commission is regarded by many
as one of the most important and use
full of his public acts.
Senator Fairbanks has been much in
demand throughout the country as
public speaker. Aside from his politi-
cal speeches, which have been a fea-
ture of every national and biennial
congressional campaign since and in
Guiding the campaign of 1898, he has
spoken on numerous public occasions
Of import ance. ~ "
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