The New England magazine . e Farm near Philadelphia, his-toric as Washingtons headquarters. Therehe spends much time in the summer andfall. He also has a fine home in Pittsburg. He has a charming family, one son anda daughter being married, and is person-ally very popular in the Senate on bothsides of the chamber. When Charles Warren Fairbanks set outto have himself nominated for Vice-Presi-dent everybody laughed but looked serious; and while the Republi-can leaders were moving heaven and earthto prevail on Speaker Cannon, Congress-man Hitt, or somebody else to serve theparty, the
The New England magazine . e Farm near Philadelphia, his-toric as Washingtons headquarters. Therehe spends much time in the summer andfall. He also has a fine home in Pittsburg. He has a charming family, one son anda daughter being married, and is person-ally very popular in the Senate on bothsides of the chamber. When Charles Warren Fairbanks set outto have himself nominated for Vice-Presi-dent everybody laughed but looked serious; and while the Republi-can leaders were moving heaven and earthto prevail on Speaker Cannon, Congress-man Hitt, or somebody else to serve theparty, the Indiana Senator went ahead saw-ing wood and saying nothing. In the endhe was nominated, largely because nobodyelse wanted the honor and because he had acertain number of delegates. Althoughutterly devoid of personal magnetism,he has been quite acceptable as Vice-Pres-ident. His duties consist merely in presi-ding over the session of the Senate, and to dothis successfully it is necessary only to be 352 NEW ENGLAND MAGAZINE. The new Washington home of Charles W. Fairbanks, Vice-President impartial and observe the strict rule of sen-atorial etiquette and procedure. Mr. Fair-banks has made no mistakes. When he hadanything to say it was written out in the entente is always maintained, andno bricks are thrown at the Vice-Presi-dent. His candidacy for the presidential nom-ination would be regarded as a joke but forthe fact that he has a fairly good organiza-tion in several States and is sure to have acertain number of delegates in the conven-tion. For three years he has been runninghelter-skelter all over the United States inan effort to popularize himself, and there isno doubt that as a hand-shaker, generalmixer, stump speaker, and all around per- former he has displayed qualities of whichhe was not supposed to be possessed. Whenhe began to have newspaper dispatchespublished from the far West, however, de-scribing his rescue of chambermaids fromwatery graves, his campaign
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