Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1916 — FAIRBANKS BOOM OPENS IN CHICAGO [ARTICLE]

FAIRBANKS BOOM OPENS IN CHICAGO

Goodrich Launches Campaign For "Hoosier Son”—Hays, toner and Stillwell Are Aides. Chicago, May 24.—Charles W. Fairbanks’ presidential boom was brought to Chicago today by James P. Goodrich, national committeeman and republican nominee for governor of Indiana. Headquarters will be opened and an active pre-convention campaign launched for the Indiana “favorite son” candidate. Mr. Goodrich will be aided in the management of the Fairbanks campaign by Will H. Hays, chairman of the republican state committee of Indiana; Edward C. Toner, former progressive state chairman, and Horace C. Stillwell. Mr. Goodrich issued a statement in which he said: "Mt. Fairbanks’ public record is sound on Americanism and preparedness and every other live issue. He stands for an adequate preparedness for national defense, jfche restoration of the protective tariff, the restoration of the American flag to ocean trade routes and necessary organization to market our wares in the commercial centers of, the world. His nomination for president would insure the eleetion.-of two republican U. S. senators from Indiana in November.”