Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1916 — Fairbanks Boosters Forced to Postpone Big Red Fire Parade [ARTICLE]

Fairbanks Boosters Forced to Postpone Big Red Fire Parade

Chicago, June 7.—Rainy weather has not dampened the ardor of the Fairbanks boosters in the least, but it did serve to cause a postponement of the Fairbanks street parade, which had been planned for tonight. Fireworks and rain don’t go together, so it was decided to delay the red-fire demonstration until tomorrow .night. One hundred of the Fairbanks boosters invaded the lobby of the Auditorium this evening and shouted with all their might for the Indiana candidate, while the progressives, assembled there, took up the cry for “Teddy.” The battle of campaign yells, while noisy, was entirely friendiy. The Roosevelt followers are friendly enough to the Indiana man that they are proposing Fairbanks for the vice presidency. The Indiana men, however, reply that Fairbanks ought to be satisfactory to the progressive element for president if they are willing to urge him for second place.