Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-10-25

well laid plans of the Little Rock Board of Trade, which had the ar engagements for the reception of the distinguished visitor.
 H. L. Remmell, United States mar shal, was asked to deliver the pre- sentatiOn address, when Vice Presi- dent Fairbanks alighted from the train to address the gathering of Lit tie Rock citizens waiting at the Un- ion Station early in the evening and made preparations so the vice presi- dent could speak as long as possible during his short stay, and then be in a position to give out good hand shaking to all who wished to grasp the hand of a high government off cial.
 Through the use of tips freely dis pensed, the depot portess were soon flying back and forth doing the bid ding of Marshal Remu.e! Trucks laden with baggage of all sorts were moved from the vicinity If the place where the car bearing the president of the United States Senate was ex- pected to stop. An empty truck was rolled up to where it Woul' De near the rear platform of the car SD that 1t would be only a short step for the noted visitor to the improvised speak CTS stand.
 These pre- )al at:)ls completed, the pople awaited the arrival of the train and the moment it ep.ered the station Marshal Remmell and a few friends climbed onto the rea1 platform, eX- pecting to find waiting and willing speaker. Vice President Fairbanks was not to be found ani they went oli through the car, bit still no Fait- hanks. They align ed at the forward end of the rear Pull.nsa sleeping car, to be met with cheers for a tail in- dividual, bald hea1e1 and hair all oyer his face, Tlo WAS whooping it up from the truck platform-it was the lost speaker.
 Thereby hangs the humorous sit uation which has caused ar endless laugh in Little Rock. After leaving Texarkana Vice President Fairbanks went into the forward Pullman car and took a seat. Here he was soon joined by J. w. Blackwood and De E.. Bradshaw, two Little Rock attorneys who were on their way home from Hampstead county, where they had been attending court All the way to Little Rock they conversed on sub jects of the day and when Little Rock was reached Vice President Fairbanks alighted from the rear end of the second sleeper, just as the re- ception committee was boarding the rear end of the back car. Not seeing any one to greet the vice president, the attorneys looked about and seeing Col. s. Fowler standing nearby talk ing to some friends, called him over. Col Fowler is at the head Of one faction of the Republican party in Little Rock and H. l.. Remmell is at the head of the other. Col. Fowler was succeeded as United States mar shal by Mir. Remmell and this did not tend to add milk and honey to the feeling between the two politicians.
 When Col. Fowler grasped the hand of the vice president, he led him to- war the rear end of the train and to the improvised platform which the distinguished guest of the city mount ed. Cries went up for Remmell, but the selected chairman of the recep- tion committee was no where to be found. After waiting for few mo- ments, with the statesman standing on the baggage truck like piece of statuary, Col Fowler climned on the truck and told the people whom was standing before them. Vice President Fairbanks then went ahead with his speech and was we'll launched in poet ic language when Marshal Remmell reached the scene. Col. Fowler then ouietly withdrew and Fairbanks was never made wise of the factional feel ine between Republicans of Little Rock.
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