The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-08-09

Vice President Fairbanks, second in
command in this great republic Of
While here he was warmly greeted
and he was awfully glad to shake the
hand of every man and woman who
called on him. Mr.. Fairbanks thinks
he is candidate for president to sue
ceed Theodore Roosevelt. 1t is one
of the blessed privileges of our Ameri-
can citizenship that every man who
has not been incarcerated in the pen
itentiary, and is not subject to con-
finement in hospital for the insane
or the feebleminded, may aspire to
any old office upon which he may set
his mind.
Mr.. Fairbanks has not been incar-
cerated in a penitentiary, and he is a
man of more than average brain power.
Hence it is all right for him to aspire
Mr. Fairbanks is rich man. He is
worth two, perhaps three millions of
dollars, made in devious ways. He
is, therefore, amply able to finance
his post-election campaign for the
nomination, and he is doing it to a
finish.
Mr.. Fairbanks is a tall, thin gentle
man, with a bulging brow that ex-
tends from his eyebrows we'll up
ward, backwards and downwards to
the nape of his neck. A few hairs.
jealousy guarded and zealously Gull
tivated sprout from over each ear,
and are carefully trained up and
across with intent to soften the bald
ness but in reality accentuating It..
He has a firm handclasp, but owing
to his extreme height he cannot look
the average man square in the eye.
He has to make 1t a slanting-down-
ward look.
During the presidential campaign
Of 1904 there fell into hands Of the
Wageworker little book called the
"Offcial Biography of Charles War
rem Fairbanks" 1t Is a beautifully
written book, and the author there
of could give the late lamented
Baron Munchausen or the long
mourned Bob Mulhatton cards and
spades.
But there is one interesting
chapter in the life of Charles Warren
Fairbanks that his official biographer
fails to chronicle, and it is the pur.
pose of this humble little labor news
paper to give it to the workingman
of the country, especially to the rail-
road men, that they may know better
the gentleman who seeks to succeed
Mr.. Roosevelt in the White House.
The Wageworker preferred to wait
before giving this little chapter until
after Mr.. Fairbanks had visited in
Lincoln and met the people face to
face. It Is an interesting story, and
It may serve to give workingmen and
women clearer insight into the
life of this presidential aspirant
Neither is it a long story, but it is
story of chicanery, double dealing
deceit, trickery and absolute robbery
of hardworking men and wom:n. By
the side of it the graft of Boss
Tweed looks like Sunday schoo
work, and Abe Ruef's dirty work ap
pears clean by comparison. Tweed
and Ruef grated from men who were
willing to pay for political favors-
poorly paid employees of a wrecked
railroad hand him the money.
Thirty years ago the cl,tor Of Th:
Wageworker, then lusty hoy, livet
IN the town of Farmer City, Illinois
and the majority of his Liaymate
were the sons of men employed ol
the Indianapolis, Bloomington 6
Western Railroad. This enabled hin
to learE just what hard time IL,
fathers of those boys were having il
order to exc out a living. The l., Il
Beg & Wear Rags"-was thrown int
the hands of receiver along abou
1874 or "a, and Charles Warren Fail
hanks. hnt recentlv graduated from
law school, was made attorney 70
the receivers by his uncle, or hi
father-in-law-we have forgottel
which-who was the chief mogul O
the road. The pay car failed t
show up for four or five months, an
then, when 1t did come it paid off i
Certificates of Indebtedness" instea
OF cash. These certificates wer
really orders on the roads treasure
had the money to pay it. For a FEY
r,nnnths tho rnarnhanta nlnnn tho ron