Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-05
C. ". FA|RBANKS'S
CAREER IS ENDED
Former Vice President Passes
Away at His Home in
Indianapolis.
LONG REPUBLICAN LEADER
Became Senator in 1897, and
Vicc-President in 1905 on
Roosevelt Ticket.
LONG REPUBLICAN LEADER
.IBy Associated Press. !

INDIANAPOLIS. June 4.-Charles
dent OF the United States and former
United States Senator for Indiana. died
at his home here at 1855 o'clock to-
night.
Death was due to interstitial nephri-
tis which has been chronic ailment
with him. but not REGARDED as. particu-
hers OF the former Vice Presidents 8
family except Major Richard Fair
banks. who is in France. were at his
bedside.
The distinction OF birth in a log
cabin. which illustr!ous Americans OF
an earlier day commonly had was also
that OF former Vice-President Fair
banks. 1t is probable that ne was the
last OF American statesmen TO have
been born in one OF these humble
cabins.
The one where he was born on May
IL. 1852. was at Unionville Center. Ohio
1t came dangerously near being the
funeral pyre for the future statesman.
When Mr.. Fairbanks was a boy Of four,
his father built q new home. and the
one-room log cabin was used as a
carpenter shop One day while the
workmen were at lunch. Charles wan
dered into the shop and carclessly
threw a bunch OF shavings into the
open fireplace. The cabin caught fire
and when the boy realized his danger
he was forced to scramble through a
window
Mr.. Fairbanks traced hi. ancestors
20 the days OF Oliver Cromwell His
father was Loriston Monroe Fairbanks.
a wagonmaker OF Vermont who em!-
grated TO Union County. Ohio His
mother was a sister OF the late viii
liam Henry Smith.
The Fairbanks home frequently was
the hiding place Of runaway slaves. and
no black man ever was turned away
from the door. Fairbanks was eight
years old when Abraham Lincoln was
elected President Then followed the
war. the stirring scene OF which the
future Vice President followed with
keen interest.
DID CARPENTER WORK
~ 6iRN FIRST LA"BOOkS s
Fairbanks. at fifteen. entered Ohio
Wesleyan College. at Delaware, Ohio.
sharing an attic room with the son or
another farmer. and the two cooked
their own meals Fairbanks did car
penter work to earn his first lawbooks
soon after he was graduated Mr..
Fairbanks was appointed agent of the
associated Press at Pittsburgh, Pa,
holding that position for one year His
most important assignment was the
rally OF the Democrats and Liberal Re-
publicans in 1872 This was one OF
the largest meetings of the campaign
and was addressed by Horace Greeley.
Later in life he frequently referred
Win keen delight to his work as a
newspaper man.
FROM Pittsburgh Mr.. Fairbanks went
10 Cleveland and completed his law
course. In 1874 he married Miss Cor
nelia Cole. the elimination OF ro-
nance that began when both were
members of the editorial staff of their
college paper. To them were born Ave
children. one daughter and four sons.
After marriage MIR. Fairbanks moved
to indianapolis and opened a law Of
nee He took deep interest in politics
TOOK SEAT IN SENATE DAY
MCKINLEY WAS INAUGURATED
In January. 1897. Mr.. Fairbanks was
elected to the United States Senate. He
took his seat on March 4, the day on
which Mckinley became President. He
became close adviser of the President
in the trying times before and during
the Spanish American War
Among Mr.. Fairbanks greatest SER
vices to his country were those per-
formed while he was a member of the
United States and British joint com
mission. which dealt with the Alaskan
boundary. lake fishing and other ques-
tions.
Mr. Fairbanks was recognized as one
OF the national leaders of the Repub-
lican party. and as such was made
chairman OF the committee on resolu-
tions at the Philadelphia national con-
vention in 1900. He resigned from the
Senate March g. 1906. having been
elected Nice-President on the Repub-
lican ticket with Theodore Roosevelt
While he was President Mr.
Fairbanks, in 1905, became a candidate
for nomination for President. He was
defeated by William II. Taft, and after
his term as Vice-President ended he
went back to the practice of law.