| Show kark HANNA so much of a deprecatory nature has been said regarding senator mark hanna that it may well be feared some s om e people are disposed to engage art frt in the buo thess 0 of f hounding it ta Is quite pro bate that hat he to Is like lik most other bep mep men weak in places a fault cropping out here arid and there put but that his chr char are ka as k a whole as unlike the reality malit as are the flip carf caf coures t urea 0 of fh e man maix in hi same some of t the t i fia 1 clearly adf qia I 1 ot 00 jolting ta lit his 6 from thi brik him T vain dermy the t iro public to ind and makes justifiable a brief statement re garding carding his personality mr hanna we believe signs himself mark A but he was named marcus the initial standing for aurelius he was born in lisbon ohio some sixty years ago A schoolmate named J ia I 1 straughn says of him in the cincinnati he was a great boy in school or out ouli 1 I remember very distinctly says mr straughn an old boat owned by colonel harper a veteran of the war of 1812 who was a shoemaker at that time it was operated by a hand power paddle wheel my but we boys used to have fun with that old boat mark and the other tad lads spent all their spare change renting the boat and taking our girls out toe a ride one time we appointed marm mark captain I 1 handled the rudder and the other boys took turns at the wheel mark would call out his ordera in true ship style and I 1 would flop ov the rudder as he directed A content contention lop sprang up amongst us regarding tho the captaincy which several ot of the boys boy coveted mark readily gave way aw took his place at the propelling crank our new captain ran the boat aground 0 one day which caused a rebellion ot the crew and nark mark was restored to his command it to Is also alao related of mr hanna thit that as a boy he was wa sturdy and possessed of keen foresight that he never whimpered when he was beaten but to topic his medicine without complaining complain fus aaa waited for a chance to get even I 1 the rest of his story and toa are too well known to require repetition |
