Omaha daily bee., 1916-09-27
PROSPERITY OF
DEMOS L|KENED
UNTO THE mist
Charles w. Fairbanks Declares
it Will Vanish Before the
Sun When War Is
Over.
WAS PURELY ACCIDENTAL
Says it Was Made Possible by
a Cataclysm in Political
World.
CLAIMED AS TROPHIES

Charles w. Fairbanks, former vice
president and present republican can
didate for the office, addressed two
Omaha audiences yesterday
He spoke at the Commercial club
before an assemblage of business men
at noon. and in the evening at 8
o'clock he addressed mass meeting
in the Auditorium.
w. F. Gurley presided over the eve
ming meeting and introduced the
speaker. Mr.. Fairbanks left with his
party at 1920 o'clock this morning
for Colorado, where he will continue
his campaigning.
Before the evening meeting at the
Auditorium he was the guest of honor
at dinner at the Hotel Rome. 1t was
informal, with no speaking. It was
just way OF getting a dozen or more
local republicans in close touch with
the vice presidential candidate. The
guests were State Chairman E. d.
Beach, former Senator Joseph Mil
lard, former Senator Norris Brown,
Byron G. Burbank, Gould Dietz, R. B.
Howell, W. F. Gurley, Victor Rose
water, Frank S Howell and Harry S.
Byrne.
Enthusiasm Shown.
Nearly 1000 persons had gathered
at the Auditorium for some time be-
fore Mr.. Fairbanks and his party ar
rived from the hotel where a dozen
republicans entertained him at a little
dinner. When w, F. Gurley intro
duced Mr.. Fairbanks as the next vice
president of the United States" all in
the house rose to their feet and
cheered enthusiastically for several
minutes. 81.
Frank S. Howell, chairman of the
Douglas county republican committee,
introduced W., F. Gurley as presiding
officer of the evening. Mr.. Gurley
in his characteristic eloquence made a
political speech of his own. He de-
clared he had failed tto hear anyone
thus far claim the present prosperity
due to the democratic administration.
Suppose" he said, that the demo-
cratic congress had adjourned for
good the lst day of>August, 1914, does
anyone suppose that we would not
have had the same prosperity at this
time? This is war prosperity, The
gold that is now crowded in our
vaults has been paid for by bullets
and shrapnel. ..-.
Trade with Europe's Camps.
I'VE are enjoying a large trade, to
be sure, but is it trade with the ma
tions of the world? No, it is a trading
with the camps of Europe He de-
clared there were enough independ-
emily thinking voters in the country
to elect Hughes and Fairbanks.
Among those on the platform we're:
w. F. Gurley, Ben Baker, Walter Jar
dine, Frank Shotwell, Victor Rose
water, F. S. Howell, John Lee Web
ster, R. B. Howell, Rome Miller, w.
G. <Ure, T. J. MCGUIRE, Charles Elgut-
ter, DR.. Harry A. Foster and score
Of others.
The audience was made up almost
entirely of voters, there being very
few women in the house.
Problems Are Grave. ....
"We are confronted" said Mr.. Fair
banks in his speech at the Auditorium,
with graver problems than have
taxed the judgment of the American
people since the days of Abraham
Lincoln We have not lost the Ca
pacity of self-government; we are as
true to the highest and best traditions
of America as those who preceded us.
| wish to address my observations to
men of all political faith, for l have
always been a believer that the great
heart OF the American people is true
and loyal to our best traditions of the
republic; we do not all look upon pub
lie questions from the same angle;