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in the history of the country. He was
nominated for Vice President four
years ago as the a%ntithesis of William
Mckinley. MI. Mckinley while an
able and good mar was the creature
politically of others and was subservient
to his political managers, especially
Mark Hanna, both of whom have been
removed from the political field by
death.
Mr.. Roosevelt is a man o~feXtraordin-
airy personal strength of character with
high minded political ideals which he
is able to uphold against the wiles of
the shrewd politicians. He is a man
who dares to do a thing even though a
mistake may be made. While he is
classed as the high minded scholar in
politics, and is strenuous in performing
what is right, yet he has never gone so
far as to make a break with the poll
ticians nor fnanciers in his party.
His pledge to continue Mr.. McKin-
ley's policy, when he succeeded to the
Presidency three years ago has been so
nicely submerged into his own political
policy as to gain the favor of the indie
pendent element of his party without
offending the corporation money inter
ests to any great extent. While he
was nominated by the politicians for
Vice President to dispose of his pesti-
ferrous strenuousness, he has become the
master of his party and will manage his
own campaign personally through his
private secretary, Mr.. Cortelyou, who
has become chairman of the Republican
campaign committee.
Some fear, if he be elected, he will
be too much the master Of the country,
and will not be s%ubservient enough to
those interests which are the mainStay
of his party's organization. Others
will delight in his independence and
vote for him with the hope that he will
be more strenuous and independent than
ever.
However, his nomination has broken
all records in American public life in
two important respects. He is the first
man in the history of the Republic to
reach the presidency through the vice
presidential succession and to be nam
ed by his party as it's candidate for a
second or full term.
And he is the first candidate for the
presidency the Republican party, now
fifty years old, has taken from the great
est of all the States of the Union-New
York.
During it's half century career, the
Republican party has nominated thir-
teen candidates for President, four of
these being twice chosen-Lincoln,
Grant, Harrison and Mckinley. Theo-
dore Roosevelt is the ninth man the
party has presented for the highest Of
fee in our Government. The first came
from Acknowledgement; from Hi
nois, Lincoln; from Illinois again, Grant;
from Ohio, Hayes; from Ohio again,
Garfield; from Maine, Blaine; from In
diana, Harrison; from Ohio the third
time, Mckinley, and now for the first
time one halls from New York-Roose-
welt.
From 1864 down to 1894 the Demo-
Gratis, on the other hand, nominated
none but New York M Clellan,
Seymour, Greeley, Tilden, Hancock
and Cleveland.
ALL PRECEDENTS BROKEN.
This year the Republicans have
broken all presidents by going to New
York for their candidate. AS the prob
abilities are very strong the Democrats
will now give up their frditless wander
ings in the West for a leader who can
win and return to New York for their
standard bearer, the country is likely to
witness the unprecedented spectacle of
two great rivals for the presidency hail
ing from the same State, and the larg-
est and politically most uncertain State
of the Union.
The party which concluded its work
in Chicago OF Thursday by the unanim-
Gus nomination of Roosevelt and Fair
banks has been MISUNDERSTANDING
HQUnC- in nina ont Of fwo1x,n 1.aci1oo
tial campaigns fought during its career.
Will the thirteenth prove unlucky ?
And if so, for which side-for the Re-
publicans or the Democrats?
CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS
the candidate nominated for Vice Presi-
dent, is a millionaire U. S. Senator
from Indiana, from which state he was
elected in 1897 and was reelected in
1903. He is a noted railroad lawyer
who first came to national view as tenn
porary chairman of the Republican ma
tional convention in 1896. He was also
chairman OF the committee on resolu-
tions in the Republican convention in
1900, and as such reported the platform.
He has not taken any conspicuous
part in the legislation of the Senate
during the seven years he was a mem
Der, but being rich, from a state that
use to be doubtful and having the cour
ageous political convictions of his par
ty he became an influential member.
He is the antithesis of President Roose-
welt in temperament and conservatism
and was undoubtedly nominated to
hold and please that element which
considers Mr.. Roosevelt unsafe.
Mr.. Roosevelt was born in 1853 of
Dutch ancestry and is the youngest
man who has ever been President. Mr..
Fairbanks was born in 1852, of English
ancestry.
While President Roosevelt belongs to
the Dutch Reform Church. Mr.. Fair
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