Arizona republican., 1918-06-05

t1Onllnued rom Page One) ings into the open fireplace. The cabin caught fire and when the boy realized his danger he was forced to scramble through a window.
 Mir. Fairbanks traced his ancestors Co tho days of Oliver Cromwell, who counted Fayerbankes" among his supporters. Jonathan Fayerbankes, the first member of the family to come to America, landed at Boston in 1856. Mir. Fairbanks father was Loriston Monroe Fairbanks, a wagon maker of Vermont who emigrated to Union County, Ohio. His mother vas q sister of the late William Henry Smith. once general manager of the Associated Press.
 Gave Aid to Fugitives
 The Fairbanks home frequently was and no blackman ever was turned away from the door. Fairbanks was eight years old when Abraham Lin- coin was elected president. Then fol- lowed the Civil war. the stirring scenes of which the future vice presi- dent followed with keen interest. Fairbanks, at 15. entered Ohio Wes- ! leyan College at Delaware, Ohio, shar- ing an attic room with the son of another farmer and the two cooked | their own meals. Fairbanks did car penter work to earn his first law 1 books.
 | Soon after he was graduated, Mir. | Fairbanks was appointed agent of the | Associated Press at Pittsburg, Pa, | holding that position for one year. His most important assignment was the rally of the democrats and lib- | eral republicans in 1872. This was ! one of the largest meetings of the l campaign and was addressed by Hor- ace Greeley. Later in life he ire quently referred with keen delight to his work as q newspaper man.
 From Pittsburg, Mir Fairbanks went to Cleveland and completed his law course. In 1874 he married Miss Cor nelia Cole, the culmination of a TO- nance that began when both were members of the editorial staff of theiI college paper. To them were born five children, one daughter and foul | sons.
 Goes to Indianapolis
 After marriage Mr. Fairbanks moved to Indianapolis and opened a law of flee. He took deep interest in poll ties and assisted in local state anC national campaigns, managed Waltel Q. Gresham's campaign for the Re publican nomination for the presidenc, in 1888 and later labored industri ously for Benjamin Harrison's nomi- nation.
 It has been stated that MT. Fair banks did more to commit the repub lican party in Indiana to the golC standard in 1896 than any other maI and that he wrote the money planl in the national platform adopted a the St. Louis convention, over whicl he presided as temporary chairman When William Mckinley was nomi mated for the presidency Mir. Fair banks toured the country in hi interests.
 Was Close to Mckinley
 In January. 1897, MT. Fairbanks wa selected to the United States senate He took his seat on March 4 the da on which Mckinley became president He became a close adviser of tn president in the trying times befor and during the Spanish America war
 Among Mir. Fairbanks greatest ser vices to his country were those per formed while he was a member of tn United States and British joint com mission, which dealt with the Alaskan boundary, lake fishing and othe questions.
 MT. Fairbanks was recognized a one of the national leaders of tn Republican party and as such wa made chairman of the committee O resolutions at the Philadelphia na tional convention in 1900. He re signed from the senate March 4, 1905 having been elected vice president 0 the republican ticket with Theodor Roosevelt.
 While he was vice president, Nil Fairbanks, in 1908, became a candidat for the nomination of president. H was defeated by William II. Taft an after his term as vice president ended he went back to the practicing of law