Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-05
FAIRBANKS DIES AT
INDIANAPOLIS HOME
Former Nicc-Prcsidcnt SnCcumbs TO
Chronic Ailmcnt, Intestinal
NcphritiS.
WAS REPUBLICAN LEADER
Held Prominent Place In Councils of
Party; Elected Nicc-Prcsidcnt
ih 1901.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 4,--Charlcs
Warren Fairbanks. former-~sSice-
president Of the United States, died
AT his home here tonight at S;56.
Death was due to intestinal
nephrltis, which had been a chronic
ailment with him but not regarded
as particularly serious until recently.
All members of his family, except
Mai. Richard Fairbanks, who Is In
France. were at his bedside
The distinction of birth in a log
cabin. which fnustrous Americans Of
an earlier day commonly had, was
also that of former Vice President
Fairbanks
1t Is probable that he was the last
of American statesmen to have been
born IN one OF these humble cabins.
The one where he was born on
May II, 1852, was at Unionville Cen
ter, Ohio.
Fairbanks at Is. entered Ohio
Wesleyan college at Delaware, Ohio,
sharing an attic room with the son
OF another farmer, and the two
cooked their own meals. Fairbanks
did carpenter work to earn his first
law books.
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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 assign
ment was the rally of the Democrats
and Liberal Republicans In 1879. This
was one off the largest meetings OF
the campaign and was addressed by
Horace Greedy. Later in life he fire.
quently referred with keen delight
to his work as a newspaper man.
From Pittsburgh. Mr.. Fairbanks
went to Cleveland and completed his
| law course. In fS74 he married Miss
Cornelia Cook. the elimination Of
a romance that began when both
were members OF the editorial staff
of their college paper. TO them
were born five children. one daugh-
ter and four sons.
After marriage Mr.. Fairbanks
moved to Indianapolis and opened "A
law office. He took a deep interest
in politics and assisted in local. state
and national campaigns. managed
Walter q. Gresham's campaign for
the Republican nomination for the
presidency in 1888 and later laborcd
sons nomination.
Worked for Gold Standard.
It has been stated msny times
that Mr.. Fairbanks did more to com
NIT the Republican party IN Indiana
to the gold standard in 1895 than
any other man and that he wrote
the money plank In the national
platform adopted at the st. Louis
convention, over which he presided
as temporary chairman.
In January, 1897, Mr., Fairbanks
was elected to the United States SEN
ate He took his seat on March 4,
the day on which Mckinley became
president. He became a close ad-
wiser of the president in the trying
times before and during the Spanish
American war,
MIR. Fairbanks was recognized as
one of the national leaders of the
Republican party and as such was
made chairman pfothe committee on
tional convention in 1900. He re-
signed from the senate March 4,
1905, having been elected vice-presi-
dent on the Republican ticket with
Theodore Roosevelt
While he was vice president, Mr.
Fairbanks, in 1908 became a candi-
date for the nomination for presi
dent. He was defeated by william
II. Taft and after his term as vice
president ended he went back to
the practice of law.