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Show Tsome Anecdotes About the Late Senator Marcus A. Hanna. i I t,JttOTT- kSannans pictured by the m a the Hanna o real life P lid to an actor with and 'fkcup. say9 the New York i aveS American, knew ? lunor Senator from Ohio , li lies of him first began to i tf"? thnc Mark Hanna had i4 nre a suit with dollar signs !. h and his shoes concealed F , on his Northwestern cam-In cam-In 100, when ho went utaaiwl Nebraska like a W the scalps of Pcttigrcw !j first began to' open the S people concerning his real V.;' He stopped in eighty towns and In almost every one of !Ci American patriot -was sure r ,. -Where arc your horns, ;:S every now and then Some aiicdience would turn to his parkin surprise: "Why. 5t war a suit with dollar il after a Sles, the love for the theater Snentlj, Away back In L a comparatively young S'd theaters so well that he vTaiclld Avenue Opera-house , One of the stage boxes 'personal property. He was I that bos. and ever since he louse no person except hlm-'" hlm-'" of his family, or per-'55nnl per-'55nnl friends-visitors ih- city-has been permitted u He forn,od many .ClSC S, Kit h famous men of the rf? i Hi the possible exception l of McKlnley, whicn occu-5 occu-5 Sjrent spot in his reception : S the portraits of Barrett, f and other stage cclebrl- ' ;S"y than any of his other : IS While at the height of 7 Booth and Barrett always ' Hanna whenever they placd : S Cleveland. To Jefferson ; -MBrk," and to Hanna Jef- .eKlnl"r was Governor of Ohio : "frequent pllBrimages to Cleve- Ml-Ns Uncle Mark." On one . aHoyfs "A Milk White Flag' -Ktd at the opera-house, and bit'd McKlnley to spend the tit the theater. Neither of them seen or knew anything about lied soon after they were com-Yiled com-Yiled in the Hanna box It r"bfan to dawn upon them kadlng idea of the play was , id a militiaman who imagined ?J ft toed like Napoleon to dress J ttile Corporal and pose like Naif Na-if : That was about the time that f ; is was nicknamed "Napoleon," I ' tutor who impersonated the mll- II Isr tok a fiendish delight that If- :tising in front of the Hanna ft 'it special benefit of the Gover-m Gover-m The audience "ofcight on," m. xjj ray. and the gallery was es-W es-W -l-t to tho occasion, resulting W- -.at loud remarks from the top m szs Intended to amuss Hanna K L-itnd. B ij, who was always of a rc-tlr-Rteofcst disposition, didn't enjoy ilulon a little bit. "You got me flVffillllark," said he, turning to Jjsj sted," repliedl Ranna, "I swear, tbrj;' Ifilcn't know a thing about It. -5yl is going to be game and face it ScVl tit are you going to do?" r5( :?ckj to surrender unconditioned uncondition-ed tfirf the future President of the M 5"2tes. And for the rest of the vil ;Hmna and McKlnley remained 7t ulgTOund and turned down the 4i ?Hanna had a hobby for horses. ilapray and black team, and m Icifito ride behind such a pair -ac": ;ia any other He detested au-n au-n jr, ii He never owned' one. 2 ittln going to Cleveland Gov. ,0 teas aid to him: "Yv7e'll arrive tar'' 'n tne n:orninS. an(i jjft Pfted to my wife to meet us fa aton with Mie 'auto.' Tou come jjj bus for breakfast." 3 fc very glnd to accept your tt!3 v1510"-'' replied the Senator, .j6 ,a not ride in that 'auto' of 6 Hiem. They are unruly, nrf- S"'! thinss. and you never .fl' n they slip a cog. Riding, I v Something alive in front of ?' r I that J"ou can Pet and I SrhaP9 Hkes you. And you E' ;E0.? a hcr 's the most falth- JT" ,Give a horse ri6t tTeat--J r111 ntver bo lck on y0u. 'S-well, you know you've 'tce. How in your sprained ''1 mm?11"5 lhe "sreen angel" was bie,atlon- and 11 required a psrs-jaslon on the part of -1 ifn ?QvCe Hanna take tjie trip Httt Mt'-Chts In the machine. "Re- -!' iffi" he sa,d' "! only '1; .!lse "ou' but It's agalnat ' 1 rca9"J3 why he was per-l per-l Promise that he would i-T' , buckwheat cakes and 1 tK,faet' the things Hanna S UwL.i! cavly morning meal. 1 i"i.hbrc v,as onl ono 1? e,K,mncwa9"MaBgie." the ifcSfLpre'",?red hash In the Jfi-i n-rly a score of years, f ot h5s S,aPid Progress 35,- V1"1" &hort time from a t'k! fcdf!3 nun unknown outside ' f 'S6 of the foremost men if wr-lw ?ever matle a. speech JeLror,1McKlnley,s flrst 3,5 n-M? then 55 years old. s.4 NtMn fc stumping tho State iSt aa TT"'" "J senate, he hap-S hap-S 'Eta lmBflf 511 Toledo without Jl Sta'il oth" words, with- M icrll srams. of which Siullved a bunch ln every it' 'ted ?cael01' the Senator had t-aaS nler hSs own dispatches. 5 ftCo0rres-r)ondent was ln 1 -UU Se,'al0r. au about half ine Senator had read his k W ed up t0 where tho hit Cy ?" Eeated 1" the lobby 1 6taS ,r,Hanna said, handing it 4t t rani; "i opened It ?Tnbune5?rry- II'8 fr0m th f2EtSf -Senator," eald the Wl ifrl ,H you what eort of rccelved from the Trlbuno fHSU& H:iuna of Cleveland. 3,Wrl ,9Te to ask now who 't3ml 's-do tbey?" said "Uncle iStout hii"110 of satisfaction SHam,i3 "Passive mouth. VJtbe riSat ,n hls special car, IC 'lay station in Napo-itt Napo-itt il! Vhe townsfolk found 1; nas there, and Uiey visited i. the station. Among the callers were llttlo g-lrls, about 12 years old. Thoy climbed up the car, and one of them asked: "Be you Mr. Hanny?" "That's what I am, little one." "Will you please give me one of your pictures?" Hanna ordered tho porter to bring out one of the lithographs. "Here is my picture, and a klsu besides." be-sides." And suiting the action to the word, he kissed both of the girls square on their mouths, and in payment handed hand-ed them each a quarter. "And it was worth it," he added. Five minutes later little girls came marching down the hill toward the station sta-tion In blocks of five and ten and battalions. bat-talions. Hnnna was panic-stricken. "The two little girls have spread the news of tho kisses and the quarteis through the town." said Col. Herrlck, "and they arc coming to claim them." Herrlck was right, for Hanna spent the next hour distributing quarters and kisses. The editor of a monthly was In Washington Wash-ington collecting sidelights and anecdotes anec-dotes of life at the capital, and, incidentally, inci-dentally, pointing with pride to the fact that Senator Hanna was the author of an article on socialism that appeared ln his magazine. "How much did you have to pay Hanna Han-na for that story?" one of the correspondents corres-pondents asked. "Just as much as I paid for his story on McKlnley that saved tho llfo of my magazine," he replied. Then ho continued: con-tinued: "Almost Immediately after President MclClnley's death I saw the announcement announce-ment printed ln tho newspapers that Senator Hanna was preparing some reminiscences of his dead friend. I also saw, with a sinking sensation ln my heart, that all tho big magazines In the country were after the story. Ono publication offered him $10,000, it was stated, and, although tho Senator, It was said, had not made up his mind to take tho sum mentioned, it was intimated inti-mated that ho probably would. "A few days after that I happened to be ln Washington, and met Senator Hanna. Ho know that I was running a struggling llttlo magazine, and, as was his wont, asked me how I wa3 getting I along. I told him as well as can be expected, ex-pected, and then asked him nbout the ( McKlnley articles. " Td like mighty well to print those articles In ,my magazine, Senator,' I said, 'but I guess its out of the question.' ques-tion.' " 'What's out of the question?' he asked. " 'Why, getting them for my magazine, maga-zine, I said, " 'Why?' " 'Because I am not In their class,' I said. 'When thoy get to bidding $10,000 tfor contributions, my little outfit is obliged to qulL I've got a little maga-7.1 maga-7.1 no with a few hundred subscribers that is just getting its head above water. wa-ter. If I could get your articles for It. I believe it would make the magazine. But If I am obliged to enter Into competitive com-petitive bidding I'll have to give up.' " 'Who said you had to pay $10,000?' asked. 'Ton shall them, my boy.' "I got them and tho magazine was made." Several Senators were discussing tho rumored appointment to an Important committee of a Senator who Is noted for Ills wealth of brain power. All of them would have boon only too delighted to have secured tho coveted assignment, and thoy were Inclined to resent the rumored appointment. One of them was most emphatic ln his condemnation of the selection. "Why, Blank," ho said, "hasn't any think tank worth mentioning . He's all run to legs. He's a good fellow all right. Too much of a good fellow for his own good sometimes; but what on earth do they want him on that committee for?" Just then Senator Hanna approached and caught tho drift of the conversation. conversa-tion. "Gentlemen," he said, "did It over occur to you that brains might prove an obstacle to a committee assignment? When there aro three men with brains on a committee that Is sufficient They can do the thinking and tho other fellows fel-lows can do the voting." Senator Hanna Han-na is not a member of tho committee, but all agreed that his explanation accounted ac-counted for a good many committee appointments. ap-pointments. Senator Hanna's mall, of course, contains con-tains many odd letters. Here is a sample; sam-ple; During the Extra Sexion of Congress I Sent you a petition Signed By Ml names of Voters of Olmstead Asking you to procure the passage of a Special Pension bill for Co OVI. But I havo not Seen any 13111 pnssed yet I Sent you a fool statement of my case. But you Have not Dono anny thing about the mater as I Can See. So to punish you I asked tho Lord to Give you Rheumatism Rheu-matism Just as I have it, and that you might keep the Same till you got my bill throw Congress, and seen that I have my money. You have the Rhou-matlsm, Rhou-matlsm, nnd all the doctors this side of Hell could not cure you till my bill la passed, and Have tho Money. Then they will save you. I must have Some Security that you will git my Bill threw before the First of Feb. 1903. You can take this warning or not Jus as you please. Hoping to hear from you I Remain. Re-main. When Senator and Mrs. Hanna lived In the old Cameron house a newspaper j woman called one day for a list of tho guests to be entertained that evening 1 by tho Senator and his wife. It hap- j pened that Mr. Hanna was leaving the house as the reporter rang, and she took advantage of the opportunity to make known her mission. The Senator listened kindly, and then told tho I ebony-hued flunkey at the door to sec . that tho young woman got what she wanted. In a paroxysm of Injudicious I gratitude, she exclaimed: I "And I was go sure you would object because I represent a Democratic newspaper!" news-paper!" The kindly expression gave way to another that made the young woman catch her breath. "What right have you to assume that I fight women!" wo-men!" he fairly roared. "It Is Just such people us you ' who write falsehoods false-hoods and draw caricatures that distort a man ln the eyes of the world, no matter mat-ter how honest his Intentions. I have a great mind to " And then he broke off, and the smile came beaming back. She was such a scarcd-to-death little woman. He even touched hta hat with a kindly graclousness n9 he set off toward the avenue. As an Illustration of the Senator's frankness as a political manager, a story is told of a Representative from a Western Stato who met Hanna for the first time ln the campaign of 1896. The Senator was sitting at his desk In the Republican national headquarters when the strancer accosted him with the words: "Pardon mo, Mr. Hanna; but I want to see you on an Important political matter." The chairman of the national commlttco com-mlttco turned ln his chair and said: "Never ask my pardon if you come to talk business. That's what I'm here for. What do you want?" I "Wo can carry our State," said the visitor, "If we have enough money to hire more speakers and organize more clubs. Our victory will mean eight more votes in the Electoral College." Ho then went on to explain the local political situation, and concluded': "Now, don't you think we can win out with more money?" "Money Is not wanted out your way. It's brains. Most of your people don't know any better than to vote the Democratic Dem-ocratic ticket." The State gave Bryan a majority of 45,000. In managing a campaign Mr. Hanna kept track of details. He frequently astonished as-tonished his subordinates by giving them figures or the proper names of obscure ward workers which they themselves had forgotten. One day Mr. Hanna and Charles Dick, now Congressman, Con-gressman, then chairman of the Republican Re-publican State committee of Ohio, wero in conference together in the State headquartcro. Finally Hanna turned away and plunged Into a pile of letters i on a nearby table. ! "Bring mo some Ink, John," ho said, looking up at a messenger boy who had I entered the room with a telegram. Then ho turned to Chairman Dick and said: "I sec you have marked the XXXind district in New York 'Too late'?" "Yes, sir." was tho reply. "You are mistaken," said Hanna. "Tho primaries have not yet been held." Senator Hanna rarely attempted to perpetrate a Joke. One evening Tom Johnson, who had Just been elected Mayor of Cleveland, espied Senator Hanna in a corridor of the Waldorf-Astoria. Waldorf-Astoria. Though enemies politically, Hanna and Johnson have long been I warm personal friends, and as soon as Johnson saw his fellow-townsman he H rolled up to him with the salutation: H "Why, hello, Mark!" IH "Hello, Tom! When did you get In?" lH "Yesterday. Came in on a little quiet B tour. Been down to Bay Ridge to sec IH my mother." H "How do you like your job as IH Mayor?" 1 "First rate; first rate. All I havo to H do is to talk." IH "Then I know of no better man for H the office than yourself, Tom." H Senator Hanna's name Is highly re- ll spected among the great number of IH employees ln the Hanna companies. :H One of the motormen of the street rail- ' way company ln Cleveland, of which ll the Senator was president, wao dls- lll charged not long ago by a barn boss. Il There was no reason given him for his dismissal: but because he had been 'H successful in getting other men to Join ll the union, the motorman thought this lll activity was the cause of his discharge. H He went to Senator Hanna, and, after ilH i stating his case, said. Jl "I don't know why as I should be JH ' fired, except that I am a strong union man. I have asked several of the boys jH to join our union, and they've Jlned. jl But I don't think as ycr' ought to tire IH a man for that, sir." Il "Did you use your time during work- : IH lng hours to get men to join the union?" il asked the president of the' Cleveland lf City Railway company. ilH "No, sir. I only talked about tho ilH union after working hours." ilH Hanna studied the man's face care- IH fully, to see if he were telling the llH truth, and then said: IH "I will give you an order to go back jf to work. If you do your work carefully and conscientiously, I have nothing to IH say about your acts after working IH |