Bisbee daily review., 1906-08-05
WHO WILL BE FITTED AGAINST
 .'' W. j. BRYAN 'IEi $ TIE QUESTION

them were costly. The number of his guests was great, and the social va r,ety in evidence was sometimes pie turesque. It was generally understood that these dinners were intended to convince the diners of the Presidential attributes of their host. Mrs. Fair banks, handsome and most hospita- ble matron, is an enthusiastic partner in her husbands political ambition, and she has assisted him in many ways.
 As Vice President, MT. Fairbanks has demonstrated good Judgment, tact, fail ness, and the ability to make friends. His duties were extremely la Lorious, especially at the latter end of the session which recently closed He was always in his seat, and at the close of a ttn-hOur session was as fresh and calm as at it's beginning Under circumstances which woulc have called forth irascible remarks even from such a model presiding of ficer as Senator Frye, there was not "a sign of impatience from the IuI- perturbahle Lndianian.
 Mir. Fairbanks is now rusticating on his farm in Illinois He is an enthusi- aStiC farmer. as all Presidential candi- dates ought to be. The stories of his phenomenal absorption of buttermilk have furnished a theme for pert para graphers all over the country. Tle fact is that Mir. Fairbanks has so few points of criticism, either in public or private life. that il is difficult Tor nls enemies, If he has any, to pierce his amor.
 No man keeps his own counsel bet ter than MT. Fairbanks. Up to the mo- nrent that he was nominated at Chica- go, noc even his. closest political friends knew what his attitude wuuld be toward the Vice Presidency No one can he found who even pretends to know what Mir. Fairbanks program will be in campaigning for the Presi- dential nomination. He is always his own adviser, and knows no other boss.
 During the past few weeks Uncle Joe" Cannon has been widely dis cussed as q Presidential possibilitl. Joseph C.. Cannon, Speaker of the House of Representatives is seventy years of age. If elected, he would be SeVenJy-siX at the end of his first term. This is pretty old for the ordi- nary man, but Uncle Joe" is as ex- traordinary in this particular as in others. Thirty years Of service in the House seems to have given hIm perpetual youth. His eye is keen far 100 keen in counting a quorum to suit the Democrats-and his step is spTightly, even jaunty. Uncle Joe" does not nurse himself either He works like a Trojan, smokes inces- sanity, stays up late. O nights. and is altogether. perhaps, the busiest man in Congress. The demands upon his time and strength are incessant and yexatious. He shakes them off as a Newfoundland shakes spray after bath.
 ''Uucle Joe comes of Quaker stocK. but one would not thing so when ne is in action. His vocabulary is pie tI.Tesque, and smacks of the soil He is as purely American as any man who ever left the plains to gC up to She halls of Congress. He is not a sham himself. and he does not tolerate sham in others. He thinks the United States is the only real country or earth, it's people the best. it's govern nent the wisest. and it's future the brightest. When Uncle Joe" is aroused and takes the floor. which is a rare event nowadays, he becomes the Genius of Our Institutions. and with his wayward white lccks. his eagIe eye, his fighting Roman nose. and his firm jaw covered with an undeTbrush of beard. he is a living picture of Uncle Sam, or the spirit of '76."
 It might be understood by the stranger that Uncle Joe" is sume thing of the bizarre. if net sometimes almost a buffoon. Nothing could be farther from the truth. He never in dulges in horseplay, and has never been accused of posing or taking ad