| Show Senator Marcus A. A Hanna Senator Hannas Hanna's death removes J. from national life ono one of the strong characters rs of his day and removes from the councils of his bis party its most capable director A brief review of his c career reer is of i interest ter st V to any student of the causes whIch contribute to individual success and political distinction f Senator Hannas Hanna's business career was of a type common in America Born in Ohio in 1837 his parents parent f were in rp moderato moderate derato circumstance 4 and were able to give him a good education first in the public schools and then in Western R Reserve Re serve servo college one of the be best t t of r the the inland institutions In In Cleveland Cleve Clove business life lIte as a land Janel he began hegan I cl clerk rk in a wholesale grocery and aud work his way to the front rapidly becoming a partner in iu the tho noss In Iu 1867 when he was 30 O Ii yel yes years ls old tie lie sold out his interest F r and aud went into coal mining From il that that-it w was s an e easy y step stop into various various vars var var- ious ions s i industries allied with his and md he died f mining business Z c worth several millions So far fur his career wa was not un un- ti 1 usual In 1896 however he lie un nomination of Mc- Mc L the 0 Y 1 for the he pre presidency i. i and al l. l developed d v Ip the tho skill Il as a political political r which astonished his manipulator associates associate and confounded his political po enemies While he va was not the first man to use money extensively extensively extensively exten exten- in American politics he was practically the first to utilize ti it as ns a 1 great t. business man dues does doe without regard to cost cost- and looking f only to results He might h be he commercial commercialism called the pioneer of comme ism in politics politic since ho he believed fe r 7 i in extravagant political expenditure expenditure expendi expendi- ture and aud systematized the business of politics just as us h he did coal min min- ing or street railways ys or any other enterprise in which which- b he lie ws was 41 interest interested d. d i followed that In the c campaign McKinley's nomination Mr Hanna Hannaw w played on the fears of oJ the conser consel conservative bu business ines element clement so skillfully skillfully skill skill- fully and perhaps sincerely thatA that he ho had unlimited means at at his hit A hand Band for campaign purposes His Hit 1 friends sow avow ow that that- his money money wa was spent spent only in ways his hit i enemies believe that corruption er was ivas part of bf the campaign pro- pro o gramme and that it won However However How How- ever that may be bo every everyone one conceded conceded con con- ceded that Hannas Hanna's personal force fort grid arid ability contributed largely t to the overwhelming success of hi his party In 1900 the same methods method and the same slime strong personality J p t 11 7 1 i t r f 13 J fV la i op- op effected the same re result so th that t 1 I Hanna Hann achieved the unique unique distinction dis distinction disi dis- t i of bein being the only y manager of presidential campaigns ns who whoever whoever ever won two victories in in suc suc- cession Mr Hanna might have had a cabinet place or ur other any office he wished under the McKinley ad- ad on Instead ho the senate and und effected the removal re removal removal re- re moval of J Juhu hn Sherman from froni that body by securing ing his appointment to a tL cabinet position D His own ap senator saltur by Governor Bushnell followed and his re reelection reelection reo re- election when his term expired expire Hero Here again charges were made 0 ot of the corrupt use of money muney but Hanna Hauna secured an acquittal 1 in the investigation that mat followed Inthe In Inthe Inthe the last campaign where his seat in the tho senate was an un issue he car cur nod the state stute by th the larget majority majority maj maj- it ever gave any party Even Senator Hannas Hanna's bitterest bitterest opponents concede his ability his bis I relation fairness s in the personal I of life and the sincerity of his bis convictions His friends were wore loyal with a devotion almost beyond belief and ami in r return beul he be could ul be counted on to stand by y them always He Ho was an un able business ines man a good fighter a staunch friend I He had the tuo partisans partisan's faults fault and the p partisans partisan's tm's virtues If he of t achievement achievement achievement achieve achieve- leaves no ni record grea great ment in iu political affairs aside from hi his successes as a campaign manager man man- manager ager ager teases lea leav es thousands ds of friends to mourn hi his death and ho he leaves line of f a u vacancy v vacancy in the lighting fighting his party that wi will l be hard to fill filI Herald I II I |
