Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-05
A SURVEY OF THE FIELD OF REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
 POSSIB ILITlES.

nate in his career. that his nomination for the Presidency would not be any thing more than logical sequence.
 Big-bodied. big-hearted, big-brained, jovial in his ordinary intercourse, gen. erous to the enemy, loyal to his friends, and capable of disposing of enormous tasks, Secretary Tdft is a pe- culiarly attractive figure. He comes from Ohio, the fountain of politics and the mother of Presidents. His appli- cation of legal ability to executive and administrative duties gives him an eX- traOrdinary advantage in dispOsing rightly of great problems. He is in the prime of life, with enough of solid accomplishment behind him to prove his caliber and his reliability. His home life is happy. Apparently, in Sec Tetary Taft may be founl combina- tion of those qualities so desirable in President, and the points upon which he may be criticised are few and small. l. is well known in Washington that President Roosevelt is anxious to have Secretary Taft succeed him. He has made no concealment of this wish. Or dinarily the influence of an outgoing President has little weigh in the se- lection of his successor, and some times that influence is a handicap: but the Presidents deliberate disavow- al of his own candidacy and his re- markable denomination of his party give extraordinary weight to his in fluence in favor of Taft.
 There is much speculation as to Secretary Taft's acceptance of a place on the Supreme Bench, which has been offered to him by the President He will not be required to make his de cision until next winter. By that time it is possible that further light may be cast upon the Presidential campaign. One of Secretary Taft's brothers counseIS him to accept the appointment, while another strongly urges him to seize the opportunity to become the Republican nominee for President. As @ Supreme Justice does not take his seat until confirmed by tho Senate, possibly a year may elaDse before Secretary Taft is called upon to make the momentOus decision Time itself may point out the road he is to travel.
 There is a refreshing certainty about Vice President Fairbanks posi- tion. after considering the doubts that surround the names of Roosevelt and Taft. No one need have any hesita- tion in believing that Charles Warren Fairbanks is a candidate for President e has been aiming for the Presidency for years, and his aim thus far mas been very good. His ambition high and honorable, and why should he not make it known? The very charmeta mack it known? The very frankness of his desire lends a charm to his can didacy, and perhaps attracts sympa- thy from many who are glad to see a man succeed in accomplishing life lCng purpose.
 Vice President Fairbanks is a native of Ohio and a resident of Indiana--a strong foundation for the Presidency. Indiana has been Republican recently. but it is a mighty uncertain state, and one of the biggest political battle grounds It would support Fairbanks for the nomination, of course. with alacrity, as against an outsider h. dianans say, moreover, that Fairbanks would certainly carry the state against Bryan or Hearst.
 During the recent session of Con- eress Vice President Fairbanks was indefatigable in pursuing the gentle art of making friends. He is reputed to be cold. calculating and repellant, but this characterization is an invention of the enemy. Mir. Fairbanks IS the personification of courtesy and digni- fled geniality- His dinners during the past winter were more numerous than those of the President, and some of