Show CANNOT GET OVER IT IIAXYA AT A BANQUET TALKS OF QUET I HRYAX AND AUCinV > With Tears in His Voice He Tells How the Major Placet Ills lIon or In His Hannas IILJL41Silig I ianquct to Mark in Cleveland i Cleveland Nov 1GFour hundred I members of the Union club of Cleveland I Cleve-land the representatives of Clevelands I most prominent business and legal circles cir-cles tendered a banquet to Chairman I M A Hanna this evening The event was given to show the admiration the club has for Mr Hanna who was formerly for-merly its president and to honor his success in the campaign Many distinguished i dis-tinguished Republicans from distant anu iiearuy parts of the country were present Addresses were made by Chairman Hanna General W 11 Os borne James Herritt Henry C Payne Virgil P Kline exSecretary of the Republican Executive Committee I Hann Major Charles W F Dick Moses P Handy Colonel Myron T I Herrick and others I I Among the guests were the sons of two former presidents Webb C Hayes I Harry A Garfield and James R Gar I field James H Hoyt responded to toast I I William McKinley the twentyfifth president of the United States Colonel Myron E Herrick who sat at the head of the table made a brief I speech introducing the guest of the evening He spoke of President Cleve I lands Thanksgiving proclamation and I declared that its tone was entirely I justified under the circumstances His I reference to Our commander in this campaign was loudly cheered Hon M A Hanna when he arose I was greeted with a splendid ovation When the enthusiasm moderated he I said I 01 feel as if a great load of responsibility I responsi-bility had rolled back from me and in I its place comes a great peace Never in o whole life have I been o I my lfe so happy Two years agol took from him my inspiration I I in-spiration At that time he laid upon I me this work and entrusted me with his full confidence saying to me My friend I trust you with my I future Mark there are some things that I will not do to be Dresident of I the United States I leave my honor I in your hands So two years ago we began this campaign rather quietly at J1 first I was you might call a still I i hunt I embarked upon that duty with j I 2 heart filled with devotion to a man whom I love because I had learned to I respect and honor him I need not go into the details of the early stages of the campaign I When 1 left our headquarters on Manday to come home to cast my vote looking out of my car window In the I early dawn I saw the sun rise and I I thought of the great sentiment of Garfield I Gar-field God reigns and I felt that the government at Washington would live in spite of Bryan and anarchy And on the following day I was reminded of that other sentiment from our distinguished distin-guished friend Mr Handy abijut the rainbow which spans the continent from ocean to ocean I canot explain what it was that compelled me to leave everything and devote myself to this cause except the I love I bear this great man I has been I with him in the conventions of SI SS and 92 and I had seen the trials that had beset hijtn I had seen the temptation that had been placed before be-fore him and then I learned to knew ley the heart and character of Mr McKin Coming to myself my words fail I me I have lived in this town more than 40 years Most of the men before I me are my personal friends and this tribute from them is more to me than anything that ever occurred in my life This tribute from men who have known me for years and have had opportunity tunity to learn my character and my motives and objects in life is worth more to me than anything that can ever come to me as a reward for what I have done I is my earnest prayer my only wish that I may live and die among my friends retaining thus your respect and confidence |