Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1901 — NAME MRS. FAIRBANKS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

NAME MRS. FAIRBANKS

Senator's Wife Choeen President Gen* erel of P. A, R. At the session in Washington Friday Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, wife of the senior Senator from Indiana, was elected

president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution by a majority over all of 82. Mrs. Fairbanks got 333 votes, Mrs. Donald McLean 208, Mrs. Roebling 42. A lively contest, in which the Illinois contingent, led by Mrs. Wiles,

MBS. FAIRBANKS.

tried to secure two viee-presidohts general, resulted in the election to the minor office being declared invalid. No election hitherto has created aueh intense excitement. The unpleasant incident is owing to the determined hatred which Mrs. Manning bears toward Mrs. Donald McLean. The tenth continental congress placed the official seal of its disapproval upon Mrs. Manning’s management of affairs. For the first time in the history of the organization a presi - dent general goes out of office without the tender of any honor whatsoever. The new president general of the D. A. R. comes from Dutch and Scotch families that first settled in New Y'ork State and then in Ohio. Mrs. Fairbanks was bodn in Murraysville, Ohio. She graduated from the Wesleyan University near Delaware, Ohio, in the same class with Charles Warren Fairbanks, to whom she was married a few months afterward. Senator Fairbanks was then studying law and held a clerkship with the Big Four Railroad. He attributes his success in life to the%-mpatliy and the intelligent aid which he received from his wife. Senator and .Mrs. Fairbanks have five children, four sons nnd a daughter. Since her residence in Washington Mrs/ Fairbanks has been one of the most popular women in official life. /