Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1908 — SIGNIFICANT TRIBUTE [ARTICLE]

SIGNIFICANT TRIBUTE

- . rr>. 1 • . • Effect of Indiana’s Indorsement of. Fairbanks Far Reaching, * In view of the discordant elements with which presidential candidates in other states are compelled to deal, the unanimity of sentiment for Mr. Fairbanks among Indiana Republicans is certain to attract profound and universal attention. The testimonial given him at the Republican love feast in Indianapolis on Thursday is a significant and pregnant tribute to his: worth as a man and a statesman. It Is also a political fact whose effect upon the country* at large would be hard to over-estimate. '{• .. > Individual ambitions and differences of opinion are as strong and v&rfed in Indiana as In other states. Why, then, do Indiana Republicans unanimously and heartily in the choice of their presidential preference? The reason is. that they, know their man /find have confidence in him. The qualities that have elevated him to one exalted position after another are those that fit him for higher honors. are wisdom, ability, judgment, poise - and unswerving - fidelity. Joined to this 'ls -a. ‘spirit- <5? bread-..fair-minded-ness and catholicity of charity which wins the respect and even affection of political opponents as well as of friends. All men are not alike. One man’s way of carrying on the new policies of the Republican party and of the nation' is not another man's way. The principles we follow are the,same; hut in-

dividuals vary in habit, in temperament, in method. Tt is the belief of Indiana a belief which they have faith the Chicago convention when it meets will share, that the best man to lead the party and the nation in the completion, of the task so well begun and but partly done, is he whose unswerving fidelity of soul, whose calm devotion to duty, whose conservative regard for whole some precedent and tradition, whose perfect poise of judgment and of character pre-eminently fit him for the task. —Indianapolis Star. The friends of Mr. Fairbanks have long been at work preparing the way for an active canvass. Meanwhile the course of events has tended more and more to direct attention to Mr. Fairbanks’s candidacy. Ijlis dignity qnd of character, his soundness of Judgment, his long experience in the counsels of the- nation, his conservatlve &ttitude, combined with his recognition of the necessity of steadily carrying forward the “work “ST business regeneration, are some of the qualities that are causing people in all parts of the country’ to see in him a worthy s accessor to President Roosevelt. With the Republicans of Indiana united and enthusiastic in his support, we look to see a rapid growth ofjientl-. meat In his behalf throughout the oountry-—lndianapolis News.