Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-28
FAIRBANKS TALKS ON GRANT
Devotion to Duty Of Great Commander a
Lesson for Citizens Of To-day.
COURSE OF ROOSEVELT IS COMMENDED
Country I'm the Midst of n widespread
Moral Awakening and IL Is Duty
Of Citizens 20 Uphold
Hands of President.
oFrom a stan Correspondent


DIES MONIES, April 27.-(special.)-V
President Fairbanks reached Des Mones
this afternoon at 2:15 and was Immediately
driven to the Chamberlain hotel, where he
was the guest OF Governor Cummins at
luncheon Secretary Of State Hayward,
Auditor Carroll, Treasurer Morrow, Attor-
ney General Byers, officers Of the Grant
club and editors of the Des Moines news
papers were present Tonight at 1880 the
annual banquet Of the Grant club was given
at the Slavery hotel and Vice President
Fairbanks and Congressman Smith of Coun-
Gil Bluffs were the speakers.
Vice President Fairbanks paid tribute
TO the character of the general-president,
and in concluding said:
The occasion has failed of its purpose
ton TO the discharge Of our duties as
American citizens. In the contemplation
of a great character who never turned his
back upon his duty we may take renewed
inspiration for the work which lays next
our hand Swift moving events bring us
responsibilities with which past genera
lions were unfamiliar. God Almighty puts
some new burden upon each generation and
II is for us to discharge our duty as Grant
discharged his to the best OF our ability
according to the lights which are given us.
We applaud Presidsut Roosevelt for what
he has so splendidly done. He has well
Interpreted the public interest and we are
in the accomplishment of his work in the
interest of justice and fair dealing in trade
and commerce. We are in the midst OF a
widespread moral awakening. We are in
a day when men must take thought of each
other and when there can be no unre-
strained power among those agencies which
are engaged in our upbullding. Justice
must rule. That Is the righteous and inn
perative demand Of the people. Justice in
trade and Justice in commerce. Justice to
labor and justice o capital. Justice Is the
north star in the armament Of our purpose
and II must guide our feet. II is a dull
man who does not realize that we are in
the midst of peaceful evolution which is
making for better understanding I'm the
world Of trade and commerce, and he is
\potential fact that the evolution is ire
versible.
Negro shoots Companion.
F. r. strouthers was shot and killed by
another man, said to be James Gillen-
water, at Norwoodville, a suburb at about
$3.50 this afternoon. The two men were in
a pasture together and 1t is presumed had
quarreled. Strouthers was shot in the neck
and killed instantly. There was no officer
at Norwoodville to arrest CLEARWATER and
at o'clock he had not been placed in Gus
tody. Both men are negroes Ed Graves.
who attempted to separate Strouthers and
Clearwater. was stabbed by strouthers, but
is not believed to be seriously hurt.
State Contracts Let.
Because Of the increased cost Of material
the State Board Of Control was forced to
abandon some of its building plans for the
tuberculosis hospital at Iowa City. The
small four-room canvas side shanties or
cottages win not be erected in order to
keep within the state appropriation. The
contract for the erection of the administra-
ton building, pavilions, laundry and heat
ing and power house was let to c. F.
Reimer of Marshalltown for $FS, 1890. It is
to be completed September Is.
The contract for the heating at the Coun-
ell Bluffs institution was let to the Des
I Moines Plumbing and Heating company
for 1923, to be completed July 81.