Show HANNA SCENTS THE BATTLE AFAR Realizes That He and His Crew Are Dealing with Brainy Adversaries NO WALK OVER FOR 1ml Hangs His Faith on the American Intelligence Like the Ostrich He Buries His Heart in the Sand and Imagines No One Can See Him Because He Can See No One Thinks the Grangers Can Be Caught on the Reciprocity Racket nntl Believes I Should Be Boomed CHICAGO Aug 10The chief event I i in national Republican circles today was the arrival of Chairman Hanna I He came in at 730 am and spent a j busy day even doing some night work I in the heat of his room at headquar i i i ters Mr Hanna said there would be I no western national treasurer merely ian I i-an assistant to Mr Bliss The matter I of funds and method of handling them I will be considered during the week by I Mr Hanna and his colleagues J Messrs Dawes Durbin and Payne were the committeemen who kept close to Mr Hanna during the deliberations at headquarters while National Committeemen I Com-mitteemen Hubbard of Minnesota and Jamieson of Illinois were in and out in an advisory capacity Messrs Babcock I Bab-cock and Hall of the Republican congressional I con-gressional committee Max Prat chairman chair-man of the Oregon state committee Colonel A T Bliss recently defeated 1 for governor of Michigan and Mrs J Ellen Foster were among those who had interviews with the campaign committee com-mittee To a reporter of the United Associated sociated Presses Mr Hanna said I shall be here the whole week and there will be conferences of the committee every day Today we have been going over the detais of ORGANIZATION IN THE WEST The reports from the western states made to me are about what I expected There is going to be a hard contest but I hang my faith as to the result on the intelligence and integrity of the American people I dont think the Republican party Is losing anything a time goes on I find the educational work that is being done entirely satisfactory satis-factory There is no growth of the free coinage sentiment in the eastern states The condition in the south is unique I dont think a man can tell how the southern states will go We have as good a chance to carry Texas as I Michigan Party lines dont seem to cut much O a figure The workingmen working-men of the east talk to me this way I The money weve got is good enough for us What we want is a chance to earn it They want protection to be made the issue I am surprised that I so little has been said in the granger states about reciprocity I is going r I to be brought forward later It is nearer the hearts of the farmers than I silver H H Rand in charge of printing I contracts was prostrated by heat this morning and removed to his hotel The executive committee decided that I It would not buy any of the hundreds of magazines illustrated papers or books which have been urged on the I literary bureau |