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Show B MARK HANNA. H The fears of the nation have been sadly real-Mi real-Mi Ized, Senator Mark Hanna is dead. An aggres-B aggres-B sive, strong, brave, and true man was he; with H practical ability of the highest type; with abso-H abso-H lute courage when duty called; with sagacity al-B al-B most infallible; with prescience which took in a H continent and by swift deduction enabled him. to H exactly calculate effects from the causes moving H before him; with a masterful character, backed Hj by a firmness that could not be shaken and by Hj an integrity of purpose which sustained him B against all the assaults of enemies; he moved B among men with unconscious courage, and that HI all-sustaining self-respect which made him indif-r indif-r ferent to the slanders and abuse of enemies. Hi; Frank, open and manly himself, and tenacious in B his friendship, he was slow to believe that his B confidence in men he trusted could be beti'ayed. K This absolute faith in his friends was his greatest weakness, Adamant against opposition, he could u be easily approached and imposed upon through B his loves. This is. what in a dozen states caused 1 combines of men of a lower order of intellect and men altogether wanting in the high Integrity H which governed his life, to lean upon him and ft trust to him to carry out for them their often H unworthy intentions. They hoped to interpose B the shield of his high character between the B country and their designs. With them his death is an irreparable loss. But their friendship B did not weaken the fibre of his high manhood, nor B dent the shining shield of his lofty character. He BB was a broad-minded patrtot; his heart was big BB enough to take within itself his country and all H hia countrymen. H When the fortunes of his friend, Wm. McKin- BB ley, were at a temporary low-ebb; when the ar- H rows of detraction and slander and party-hate BB were beginning to hurtle about his devoted head, BB it was Mark Hanna that interposed his own mas- BB terful personality between the asaslled great soul B lnd hIs enemIes, and wrought out for his friend B Utmost of magnificent triumphs. BB It was like him. He believed in and loved his B rIenas; that was enough to prompt him to call ut all his latent resources in his defense and they were all that was needed. This, too, brought out all the higV s of Mr. Hanna's character. He wont in to lie fight of his life, but though personally 1 by the coarsest invective and keenest nv though pen and pencil were invoked to trfto impeach his motives; to assail the righteousness of his purposes, and to disgrace him in the eyes of the American people; he fought fair from the first and never aimed one foul or dishonorable blow at his adversaries. He believed the only satisfactory way to win was to make a square fight in the open. The results re-sults showed the clearness of his intuitions and the uprightness and strength of his methods. His death is the greatest loss his country has suffered since the death of President McKinley. His capacity to carry forward the best interests of his country made his life invaluable. The nation needed his work and his counsel. There is no clearer brain than was his; there is not one man left among our eminent countrymen that can so perfectly advance statemanship along practical prac-tical and high business lines as could he. He was at home where the wisest met in consultation, but he never gave his opinion on a public question that he did not, before giving it, determine in thought what its effect would be on every class of his countrymen, from millionaire down to the wage earner. The purest wreath that was laid upon his bier yesterday was that suppliedby the.lowly menwhot were so long his employees. The experiences of his, life coupled with a naturally aggressive and positive nature, had impressed im-pressed him with a belief that anything that was needed was worth fighting for. This made him a natural leader, but his conscience was never seared. Ho knew that in politics there were rough elements to handle and unscrupulous enemies ene-mies to combat, and if possible to subdue. But what he wanted, he wanted rightly, when a fight was on, he never struck an enemy in the back. His strong traits were his clear judgment, his high character, his courage, physical and moral; his patriotism, which with him was a grand passion; pas-sion; his frankness; his honesty; his personal magnetism; his infallible common sense and his magnificent executive abilities. He was not an intellectual in-tellectual giant like Mr. Lincoln. He had little imagination; he cared little for the graces of the schools, unless he could make a practical application applica-tion of them. He was more like a soldier than a statesman in his methods. He was very much such a type of man as was Senator David C. Broderick of California. Compared with Lincoln, he was what Broderick was compared with B. D. Baker. He was not a finished scholar, not much of an orator; but he grasped national questions with a perfect understanding, and he was "a plain, blunt man who loved his friends." He was the foremost of his country's great industrial in-dustrial leaders; foremost, because he could with that subtle, swift reasoning, which is called intuition, intui-tion, grasp perfectly the heighth and depth of any business enterprise quicker than any other man, but at the same time keep his charities warm and hold in his thoughts what the effect of a proposed measure would be upon both his country and upon the laboring man who would have to be engaged to carry forward the work. Seven years ago he was looked upon as a Rockefeller or a Schwab. Today, he is, held in memory as are "the M memories of Franklin, Livingston and Morris. BH He will be greatly missed and mourned, missed M most and mourned for most in his old home, BH where his life has been an open book for all ' his neighbors to read. BH The men of Ohio ought to make his sepulchre M beside that of President McKinley. We have a thought that were it done the sleep of both would be the sweeter for the companion- V ship, for in their lives the love they bore each B other "was wonderful, passing the love of Wo- M men," and they should not be, "in their death V divided." |