TITH OMAITA DAILY UF.K: TUESDAY. FEHnUAIiY 1H. 1004.
1nMARK HANNA AT HIS ROME
Hjw Nelghbir a-. Aasoo'ttea Knew th
Mao Jmt Dead.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Editor Morrow of the Cleveland
Leader Write Aboat ihm Mmm,
Ills Methods, III Alma
I I' and Ambition
CLEVELAND, Feb. 15.-Speclal Corre
pondence of The Bee.) A eked onco If he
liked music, Mr. llanna replied: "Yen,
ferns band."
Two daya before- McKlnley van renomi
nated In Philadelphia I tnld Mr. llanna It
Wi the gossip of the hotel that h had
ent for Senator Piatt of New York, but
that Plait had dot-lined to meet him.
"That." exclaimed Mr. Hnnna, "la a
damned lie." Mr. llanna la an Eplscopa
llan an Episcopalian who esteems lila
bishop and who freely given to hla church.
Hut he la an Intense man Intense In words.
In artlon, and In opinion.
At thla conjuncture, and the bitter wa
ter of death may be but an hour awny,
the men who really knew Marcus Alonao
llanna are eager to give their knowledge
to the world; eager. In a feeling of obli
gation to one whom they much respect;
eager In a feeling of obligation to one
whom they believe haa not Infrequently
been misunderstood. In hla own home,
among his own neighbors. Mr. llanna has
not alwaya been fairly or accurately ad
judged. Jte has never attempted by art
or design to be popular. Early In his life
be became an ardent party man. He went
Into the western wards of Cleveland to
electioneer. He drove Into them In hla
carriage and there was resentment because
rich min had Bought to meddle In matters
en election day. There Is often a sullen
fear In the heart of a voter that Borne one
may try to beguile or coerce him when he '
Roes to the polls. Thus Mr. Hanna's j
activity, his leal, his concise appeals, and '
Vilm rwinlrt iruv nfTAnao tn rertnln nf his I
fellow citizens and they called him a boss.
"I never thought It was good policy to
fght a campaign by staying at home," he
has said. Put upon Its way, the name
riven to Mr. llanna In his own ward, soon
I lied Cleveland, the state of Ohio, and, at
u later day, the whole nation. But at no
period In hla political career has he been
boss,
Rome of the Ilannaa.
The Mannas have been conspicuous In
politics for several generations. The first
American llanna wns named Thomas. He
tamo from England In 1764 on the ship
4tnt hiift TiAnljnilh IVnlilln T T 1 inn
Robert helped to establish the town of
Lynchburg, In Virginia. With his wife and
r.lr.e children Robert Journeyed to Ohio
cime In a wagon through the forests
where but few white men had gone before.
In England the Hannns were Quakers.
There were Quakers In Ohioa settlement
of them In Columbiana county, Just north
of a part of Virginia and across the went
rordcr of Pennsylvanlt. Among them
Robert llanna madn his habitation set uo
a tavern In the wilderness where two r.iads
crossed. He was a politician and an office
holder, there In the woods with the
(Quakers. Hla son Benjamin waa an active
man of affairs and waa elected clerk and
oon . thereafter treasurer of Columbiana
County.' Benjamin became a merchant In
Lisbon, the county seat, and the president
of a canal company. He was the most
ectlve and notable man In that part of
Ohio and maintained hla place at the head
of the community for many years. Ben
Jimln Hanna waa the father of Leonard,
and I'Leenmrd wa the 'father of- Marcus
Alnnco Marcus Alonto, 1 president maker,
millionaire and party chieftain.
80 when Mark Hnnna went Into the
wards of Cleveland, the warda near to his
b.ome,and when he stood at the polls on
election day he waa following th? tradi
tions and predilectlona of hi ance-itors.
Leonard Hanna was a physlclin. He was
rojolute and strenuous In public matters,
tandlng with eloquence and energy for
temperance and against slavery. As an
irator he was celebrated far and wide
far and wide In eastern Ohio, among the
Quaker farmers and merchant. However,
the talent fur business drew him away
from hi profession and when Mark Hunni
waa 15 yeara old his father, the
doctor, removed to Cleveland came
here to sell groceries at wholesale
Why Haana Went Into, the Wards
Everyone knew that Mark Hanna was
bold and prosperous man of business.
II had old grocer! from town to town
for hla father. He had married Into th
Rhodes family the Rhodes family, rich
and powerful through coal and pig Iron,
lie had gone Into coal and Iron himself.
rie In with audacity, with modern meth
ods, and singular foresight. Rut why
hould he work In the wardT Why should
he give with a generous hand to campaign
funds? Why should he distribute ballots
cm election day and ask men to vote for
tho republican ticket? He would not take
public, office himself, because he had said
ao, said so with energy and sincerity.
Hut Interest and activity In politic was
no mystery to those who knew hi blood.
From the tavern keeper down the" H'nnas
have been fortunate In business, aggres
sive )n politics, steadfast In opinion, suc
cessful In . leadership, capable In all the
relations of their Uvea and labors. Aid
Mark Hanna's father waa an orator an
orator against th south, whence had com
hla family, and against th universal vice
of Intemperance. Th Hanna blood flows
back to Ireland, to toe land of fir and
fancy, to the land of language and politics.
The first Hanna waa a Hannay and hla
noma waa Patrick.
It waa In hi sixtieth year that Mark
Hanna began to make public speeches.
H wa a candidate for senator. The
tat convention had nominated him. The
campaign had begun. Mr. McKlnley or
dered him upon th stump. "I need you In
Washington." ald McKlnley. "Oo to th
people and tell them of th practical mat
ter which hav com to your knowledge
a a man of business." Hanna objected,
but obeyed. Hanna 1 adamant, but he
doe glv way under th pressure of In
tellect and circumstance.
A month ago, returning from Columbus,
wher again h had been elected sen
Ui
3 EUJ (W ITlHIIEHj imTdRTof
" - U chili-birth. The thought
of the suffering and danger in store for her, robs the expectant mother
of all pleasant anticipations of the coming event, and casts over her a
shadow of gloom which cannot be shaken off. Thousands of women
have found that the use of Mother's Friend during pregnancy robs
confinement of all pain and danger, and insures safety to lite of mother
and child. This scientific liniment is a god-send to all women at the
time of their most critical trial. Not only does Mother's Friend
carry women safely through the perils of child-birth, but its uso
gently prepares the system for the coming event, prevents morning
sickness," and other dis-
comforts of this period. f"1 f"7 ftTFff Ft f7"" B
ld by all dniRKists at Itth
I1.00 per bottled Book
containing valuable information free.
U sVadCeM lefuiatef Ce., Attala, C.
ator from the atste of Ohio, be retold the
story of his first campaign speech. "I
went Into the Tuscarawas valley," he said.
"The meeting was crowded. I sat on the
platform and was wretched. I didn't know
what to say. All at once I remembered
that when I started out to sell groceries
for my father I had come to the very town
I was In, ahd there had taken my first
order. I got upon my feet and related the
Incident. Blnce then I have made a good
many speeches."
Notoriety Hide Intellectual duality.
Except the first sentence every speech
that Mr. Hanna haa delivered has been ex
temporaneous. His Panama canal speech,
the speech that defeated the NMcaragua
route, the speech that waa mnny hours
long and that really changed votes In the
senate, was thought out as he went along.
Not a line of It was written, in advance of
Its delivery. It was a great speech, great
In Its Influence, In its accumulated facts,
and In Its technical construction as an ar
gument. The Intellectual quality of Mr. Hanna his
been aubmerged and lost to view by the
notoriety that has come to him as a fight
ing man and a politician. He was Imper
fectly educated, going no further than a
year to a preparatory school. His whole
life nntil recently was devoted to the heap
ing tip 'of riches. He hna never said that
he liked boo!-?. I have given his own
words as to music. It Is doubtful If he
could tell a good picture from a bad one.
Nevertheless, he Is a remarkable man
remarkable In tht nature and power of hla
mind. He has Imagination and much senti
ment. His fidelity to his friends Is change
leas and steady. Censui c haa come upon
him because he haa not rejected some of
hla friendships. He has not rejected them
for the reason that he believes the men
who arc attacked to be honest and worthy
of his confidence. If he thought them to
be culpable he would drop them In silence
and never speak of them again. So long,
however, ns he thinks them to be blnmr
less he will trust them, support them, and
If they need It, he will lend them money.
The hideous pictures which have been
drawn of Mr. Hanna have represented him
to be a violent human monster, made
mlghly by wealth and made heartless by
the lust for power. These pictures are
physical, describing brute force and lnsatla
blllty. There never waa any reason for
them. Before he became consplcuoua In
national politics Mr. Hanna had been a
business man a business man employing
labor and having no strike". His word
waa alwaya good. His life was clean and
wholesome. Hla heart waa kind. Hla
pocketbook waa open tn poverty and to
worth. But he had been Intense Intense
In all of his activities and in all of hla
opinions. He never preached. He never
hunted wildcat, but at 45 be was much
like President Roosevelt much like him In
temperament, In energy. In outburst.
Wedded Into the Rhodes family, he was
soon at the head of the Rhodes company
there with money of his own. with brains
of hla own, with during enterprise of his
own. ,
How He Played and How He Worked.
It was not long before he added ships
to pig Iron and coal. By and by he built
ships. He multiplied his mines. He
erected furnaces. He bought a street
railway. He got tho finest theater In
Clveland; he owns It yet. He organized
a national bank.. He spent a quarter of
a million for fi. newspaper. All of these
things he had done before McKlnley wna
nominated for president In 1896. Hla di
versions were the theater, the dinner table,
and politics. Eminent actors he took Into
his home took them there and showed
them hla rare china, his sliver, and his cut
glaws took them there nd gave them
dinners which they could never forget.
Hla debater and hla- table were' for hla
family and his friends. His politics Were
only for hlmaeif only for himself until he
determined to develop a president.
Mark Hanna has always been a politi
cian a heritage, aa I have shown, that
waa passed along to him by the quaker
tavern-keeper; passed along through
successive generations and augmented with
the growing years. Old resident In Cleve
land have forgotten It, but long ago he was
a member of the Board of Education. That
waa the only office he ever would take
until he went Into the senate. When he
had grown rich and had time for reflec
tion and aurvey he turned hla hope, hla
restless spirit, and his boundless pride
toward national politics and public mat
ters. He thought he knew his limi
tations. Ho waa sure he could not make
a speech. He had, however, proved his
talent for enterprise and management. He
could never take his place among states
men and leaders, but he could find some
one who could he could bring him forth
and push him forward. The triumphs
which he had won had made pursuit
pleasurable. Moreover, he. was a con
scientious party man. He wa certain
that free trad would be calamitous to
America. He had gone to several national
convention and had seen how president
were nominated. He had heard his father-in-lay
talk of Stephen A. Douglass, who
was his cousin. He had Known Oarfield
well. Intimately. Looking over O'hio he
beheld two menJohn Sherman ard For
ker. There Is warm blood In Mark
Hiftina; there wasn't overmuch In Sher
man. Furthermore. Sherman wa out of
the bud, being full-blown, a anow flower
within the frost of politics.
Tried to Make a President of Sherman.
Accordingly, Hanna turned to Foraker,
and Foraker waa young, handsome, Im
petuous, talented and pugnacious. The
coalition didn't lust. Sherman remained
Sherman who was reserved, precise and
cautious.
It was a whimsical alliance Sherman
and Hanna a bringing together of contrary
temperaments, of prudence and ardor, of
thrift and generosity, of craft and can
dor. Hanna wrought with spirit; he be
came enthusiastic. He pofnted to a long
and splendid career, to the resumption of
coin payments, - to a family distinguished
In peace and war. But to no result. It
was Blaine In 18S4; it waa Harrison In
188.
In the meantime McKlnley, the aon of a
worker In Iron, had been growing In fame
and Influence. He was a rising man In
congress. The manufacturers of the coun
try were much concerned In hi career.
Ha had become the spokesman of thetr
Interest. Mr. Hanna saw him as quickly
a anyone Mr, Hanna on th tower of
I an ordeal which all
women approach with
indescribable fear, for
lUl I rfW Xf'
aa
opportunity, sweeping Ohio for a presi
dent. McKlnley went to Minneapolis In
engaged, bound by promise to Harrison.
He was taken straight from' the railway
station to Fair Oaks, the home of William
D. Washburn, millionaire and miller. At
that very same hojr Mr. Hanna threw
open a parlor at the West House,.a large
parlor filled with good cheer and McKln
ley boomers. Oeneral Harrison was re
nominated, and easily, but the McKlnley
propaganda had begun. Mr. Hanna hd
found his man, but almost had lured him
Into an embarrassing and dangerous sit
uation. How McKlnley Wna dominated.
The four yeara that followed were rurd
hut happy yeurs for Mark Hanna hard In
ceaseless and dexteroua effort; happy In
prospect and In the haiard of prospect.
There wa system at the very start sys
tem that went everywhere, that covered
cities and villages, that found a way Into
the remote settlements of Texn and was
carried by trusted men Into very neirly
every hamlet of the south and west. Mr;
McKlnley made all the speeches he could,
with propriety. Mr. Hanna waa paymis'er
and chief proselytlst. He applied the me'h
ods of buslne." to the work In hand meth
ods of organization, of appeal, of suirge
tlon; methods that were fair nnd moral.
He was called a coarse money-grubber.
There were sneers for McKlnley. Yet Mr.
Hanna spent no money corruptly; he prom
ised nothing.
Mr. Hanna's aggressive activity, Ms
growing strength, hla impetuous xeal of
fended the ablest and most powerful poli
ticians In hla party. He had become a
vulgar upstart to be put down! Accord
ingly, when Mr. Hanna went to St. Louis
early In June, 1896, where the republican
convention was to meet, he was confronted
by one of the strongest and most skilfully
organized coalitions In the history of Amer
ican politics. Many candidates were to
ptand together until McKlnley was beaten.
Thomas B. Reed of New England, t,evl
P. Morton of New York, Quay of Penn
sylvania, Cullom In Illinois, Senator Tub
man Davis of Minnesota, Senator Mander
son of Nebraska, Senator Allison of Iowa,
Chauncey I. Fllley of Missouri and Gov
ernor Bradley of Kentucy were the can
didate of the combination that had been
raised up for McKlnley' destruction. Mr.
Hanna. nominated hla man for president,
and he did more; he wrote Hobart's nim
on the ticket as an act of vengeance
against Senator J'latt, who had been vio
lent and menacing In his advocacy of Gov
ernor Morton.
After the election, after Mr. Hanna had
returned to his home In Cleveland, ha was
the guest of honor at a dinner nt the
Union club. In a little speech that he
made, a little speech full of emotion, he
told how he begnn his work "of love and
devotion" to McKlnley. Then McKlnley
had aald to him: "My friend, I trust you
with my future. But there are some thlnga
I will not do to be president. I leave my
honor In your hands."
Oath Taken After C onvention of 1S041.
"When I took charge of McKlnley'a
honor," Mr. Hanna said to the men at that
dinner. "I swore to my Maker that I would
return It unsullied. And when I came from
that memorable convention, proud and sat
isfied with the work his friends had done,
I went to Canton and laid my report at the
feet of my chieftain, and I said to him:
'McKlnley, I have not forgotten the trust
and I bring It back without a blot and not
a single promise to redeem.' On election
day I voted, nnd again T went to Canton
and sild to Its foremost citizen: 'Governor,
that honor and that escutcheon which you
confided to me are still untarnished. Again
I any, you haven't one promise to redeem.' "
The men to whom Mr. .Hanna thua spoke
had known him throughout their lives they
were among the best men of this clty.Some
of them had' been In business 'with him.
They accepted all that he had said, believ
ing every word he had uttered,-knowing
him to be a truthful and honest man.
Although Mr. Hanna would angrily deny
It, deny It because all memory of It haa
passed from hla mind, Mr. McKlnley at the
beginning wa merely a political enter
prise; an enterprlae for Mr. Hanna's love
of adventure and conquest, an enterprise
for his atrenuous and Imaginative spirit.
Likewise, Mr. McKlnley waa a cltixen of
Ohio, and Mr. Hanna rarely has shown
much interest In public men who live else
where. But the time came when Mark
Hanna took William McKlnley Into his
h?rt aa well as Into his pride took him as
a father takea a son, as an artist takea his
masterpiece, as a writer takes his most
cherished creation. At the last these two
uncommon men were aa brothers. "Mark,"
said the president one day, "I have Just
made another man happy by giving him an
office. I like to be In a position where I
can help others, where I can make them
glad."
"Yes, Mr. President," Hanna replied, "It
Is your turn now. I had mine In St. Louis."
Thua wa cheery arrogance kept In check
and thu waa boast returned for boast.
Hnnna' Complaint Against McKJnley.
To his best friends, Mr. Hanna, while re
senting restraint, sometime complained of
Mr. McKlnley'a timidity. Occasionally Mr.
McKlnley thought Mr. Hanna to be without
discretion. And ao the one offset the other.
Mr. McKlnley waa an adroit politician. He
fought hi battles In the closet with smile
and soft words. Mr. Hanna takes to the
open fields and plants hla artillery where
the enemy can see It, So It came to pass
that In most campaigns In which both men
were peraonally concerned there waa art
and there was dash, there wa strategy and
thefe was hard fighting at the front. Intel
lectually one man was no better than the
other. Their experlenoes had widely dlf
fered that waa all. In character they were
unlike. One was bold; the other was pru
dent. One was soft; the other wasn't.
Both were pure In speech and mora'ly ex
cellent In their private lives.
Remarkable business activity followed
the election of Mr. McKlnley In 1S06. Mr.
Hanna believes that he helped to restore
prosperity to the country he has been told
so a hundred thousand times, told so by
tankers and mechanics, by farmers and
merchants. Prosperity returned, he sought
to keep It permanently. In the Clvtc Fed
eration he thought he saw his opportunity.
He would bring capital and labor to a com
mon purpose and understanding. Strikes
should stop. Lockout should lock no more,
He went Into thla patriotic effort with ve
hemence and enthusiasm. He has told me
he would rather succeed In this great work
than to be president a atatement that has
only to be written to be accepted fully by
those who know blm well and read It. He
seeks no personal advantage; he haa be
come paternal in hla attitude and feeling
toward his countrymen. Proud of what he
already has done, he looks onward and
hopes to do more. He believes that traJe
and Industry are necessary to human hap
piness and national greatness. He Is a busi
ness iran tn public office.
Abrupt In manner and speech, explosive,
kindly, sometimes Indiscreet, Mark Hanna
haa the Industry, the philosophy, the fancy,
the'Intellect of a remarkable and successful
man. The -unfolding of his mind, and after
h wa year old. the wonderful growth
of hia power, the distinction that came to
him Is pef'ha.ps th most amasiiig Incident
In the history of America' public men.
JAMES B. MORROW.
Onro Oil for Weak Bark, Sore Mas.
cle. tlff Joint. Instant relief. Try a 10c
bottle.
8. E. Cor. l!th and Farnam ts.
Oo to Adler' auction sal of unredeemed
pledge,
B. S. Cor. 12U and Faruun su,
ANECDOTES ABOUT HANNA
Characteristio Incidents in the Cater of
th) Famous Ckua.
INTEREST IN YOUNG MEN IN POLITICS
Kratar of Hla Work n Ihalrmnn of
the National Committee Illumina
ting; Stories of a Remark
able Public Man.
Senator Hanna'a lively Interest In the
welfare of the young man In politics dates
back to a lesson that the young man
brought homo to him In the early ..
Congressman Amos Townsend of Cleve
land was up for re-election, and his demo
cratic opponent was Martin A. Forun, who
hardly expected at first to win more than
empty honors, as the district was repub
lican by several thousand majority. But
suddenly the serenity of the republican
household was disrupted by demands on
the part of the younger element, who ear
lier In the campaign had won out at the
caucausis In many of the wards. The cen
tral committee of the district, of which Mr.
Hanna was an Influential member, had to
recognize "the boys," as they were called,
but It did not and would not supply them
with funds with which to carry the
campaign In their respective words.
"What do you boya know about running
a campaign?" the committee asked, amus
edly. 80 the money waa given to the
former ward leaders, and the young men
were referred to tho very mon they hud
defeated for comfort, which naturally waa
not forthcoming.
That made the new leaders mad all over.
"Wo'll teach 'em a lesson," they said.
"We'll show Mark Hanna and the rest that
we.'re not to be treated like babies."
They went quietly to work among the
young men of both parties. "Wo young
men should not look upon the campaign
solely from tho political Issue Involved."
they argued. "Thera la another thing
equally Important at stake. It Is this:
Shall the young men have something to say
or shall they bo strangled to death? The
republican central committee Is Ignoring
us completely, becnuse It thinks we are
powerless. We have figured out the situa
tion nnd have found that we can teach the
old men a lesion. Let the young men vote
for Foran. and we'll elect him by a large
majority In a republican stronghold."
The young men worked early and late
and quietly, but not so quietly that Mr.
Hanna did not hear about It. Rut he was
not alarmed. On the contrary ha was
rather amused.
"Edgar," he said to one of the young
sters In his employ, "I hear that you. a
good republican, are working for Foran."
"I am," was tho reply.
"Well," aald Hanna, Bmlllng, "you're
making a mistake, Kd. Foran will be
snowed under on election day. You see."
Election day camo around and nil over
town the young republicans turned out In
great numbers, voted first, and then
worked with the democrats to get out the
Foran vote. The republican leaders were
first amazed at the extent of the revolt,
then angry, then thoroughly alarmed. Rut
they had wakened too late to their dan
ger, and Foran was elected .by tho com
fortable majority of S.ooo.
Mr. Hanna did not say anything about
the result for several days: then he pro
mulgated thla bit of political philosophy,
to which ho haa faithfully adhered ever
since: .,
"The election show that the young blood
In the party must be taken care of. The
old votera are pretty safe all the time."
llanna and melClnley.
It waa accepted as "'truth In certain
quarters that Mr. Hanpa dominated Mr.
McKlnley when preslOent that he was
really the power behind the throne. But
those who knew them both best have al
ways suid that It was exactly the other
way that McKlnley dominated and not
Hanna; that the president looked often
to Mr. Hanna for advice, but failed to
accept It quite as frequently as otherwise.
Once a close friend of both Mr. McKlnley
and Mr. Hanna, who may be called "John
Smith," called on the latter to suggest
a change of policy. Hanna listened long
and attentively to tho proposed pro
gram and tho reason for adopting It.
Then be told his friend that he would
hardly like to broach the subject to the
president.
"For," added Mr. Hanna, "I have gone
over the same ground exactly with Mc
Klnley, and he la against the proposi
tion." ,
"But have you and haa the president
thought of this?" Inquired the other, ad
vancing his strongest point, which had
been withheld for a last resort.
Mr. Hanna admitted tfiat he had not.
He then took a card nnd handed It to his
visitor after writing upon It as follows:
M.
A. Hanna. .IV 8,
S.
t M. A. Hanna,
t Chairman 'Natl. Com.
t M. A. Hanna.
: John Smith.
"I have an appointment with the presi
dent at 13:30," said DTanna, "and I will
give up my time to you. Send In this
card. Tell him all you have told me, men
tion what you have Juut said at the last
and see what happen."
Mr. Smith did aa requested. When the
card was shown to 'he president he
laughed.
"Show the senator In. Show the chair
man In. Show Mr. Hanna In. Show In
his friend also."
The outcome of, the talk which followed
waa eminently aatlisfactory to "Mr.
Smith."
Bnalneai Methods.
Aa national camralgn chairman, Marcus
Alonzo Hanna was the most business-like
man who ever filled the place.
He did mora work In le.s time, he khw
everyone he had an appointment with ex
actly on the minute: he was pleasant and
agreeable to all with whom he came In
contact; he never failed to laugh at a
Joke cracked by a visitor If there really
was a lnugh In It but he rarely tried to
be humorous himself, and he never wasted
time In arguments.
H listened Intently to what you hnd
to say, asked question If he thought you
had not put your project In the best pos
sible light, and at the end reuderei M
decision at once "with a simple, almost
curt word. If the word was, "Yes," he
added sometimes:
"Now, Mr. Blank, I shall leave the carry
ing out of this Idea to you entirely," and
after that he never gave a thought to the
details of the scheme. He looked for re
sults, though, and If they were not forth
coming,' your next proposition was likely
to get scant attention.
H wa particularly Impatient when any
one went to him with a plan only half
worked out. It wa always the same In
hi business affairs, and all his lieuten
ants In street railroading. Iron, coal ani
banking know this very well.
Tho Mmm Who Did Things.
Senator Hanna liked a man who could do
thlnga. Above all he liked a man who had
Initiative, end equally ho disliked a man
who made excuses and hadn't a plan when
called upon to do a piece of work.
H took up with, Myron . Herrlck, gov
ernor of Ohio, because ha "Hi things, und
did them light, when h ws a clerk In a
bank In which Hanna wa Interested. Tht
liking- of th sen tor for Mr. Henick, L-
cause he was a young man who knew. Is
one of the si nets of the lnttcr's rise; for
Mr. llanna was among those who saw to
It that young Merrick was rewarded by
advancement for his diligence In business.
The two men had heen friends ever since
the younger proved to the oliler that he
hnd Ideas: and as much aa twenty years
ago Mr. Hanna had been so Impressed
with Mr. Hcrrlck's ability that he then re
marked that llerrlck was made out of gu
bernatorial or presidential timber a proph
esy that was partially fulfilled Inst No
vember when Mr. Herriek was elected gov
ernor of the Puikeyn state by the phe
nomenal majority of 120.000.
Another similar prophesy of Mr. Hanna's
was fulfilled In Its entirety.
Congressman William McKlnley, along
with the majority of the republican candi
dates for congress, had been defeated for
re-election In Vm, following his drafting
of his famous tariff bill. He met Mr
Hanna several days after the votes hail
been counted nnd In the course of the con
versation asked: t
"What Is your opinion of my defeat?"
Mr. Hanna leaned forward In his chnlr
and shook his finger emphatically. '
"It's the forerunner of your success. Wil
liam," ho snld. "You'll be governor of
Ohio yet, and after that president of the
Fnltecl States."
McKlnley win not the only president
with whom Mr. Hanna wns on Intimate
terms. He nnd Garfield were great friends
almost chums. In fact both before and
after tho latter' elevation to the presiden
tial chalf.
The friendship began enrly In Garfield's
career and continued unclouded to the day
of the mnrtyr president's death. Resi
dents nf Cleveland will 1ol! the Inquiring
stranger that whenever Garfield enme to
Cleveland It was not an uncommon sight
to see him and Hanna walking arm In arm
along the streets, and laughing and Joking
aa heartily aa two care-free school boya.
Perking Inside Farts.
Ono of Senator Hanna's marked char
acteristics was his Insistence to know
everything about anything In which ho waa
Interested, and to find It out for himself.
In 1K80 he bought for S.V),000 the Euclid
Avenuo npera house, In Cleveland, which
had cost Ilfai.noo to build, and had proved
a failure from tho day of Its opening.
He put a nephew, t. C. Hanna, In charge
ns manager, and through him let It be
known that the opera house would present
tho best attractions and make every effort
to pleaso the public.
Fct some reason possibly because the
times hnd at last caught up with the en
terprise finanelnl success attended the new
management from the start. That was emi
nently satisfactory to Mr. Hanna, but he
wanted to find out Just how tho money was
made, so night after nicht found him on
tho stage talking with tho carpenter, the
properly mnn, tho stage manager aiid
everybody else employed thereon. As a re-'
suit ho soon began making suggestions
about this piece of scenery or the method of
operating some particular mechajilsm.
"Why don't you do It this way?'' he would
begin, then outline his Idea, and closo with,
"Would that be an Improvement?"
If tho carpenter, or whoever he might be,
thought the Idea a good one, ho would say
so; If not, an argument was sure to follow
until ono or tho other was convinced that
he was wrong. Sometimes It would be the
carpenter, sometimes Mr. Hanna. But
Hanna must have carried hla point a good
many times, according to the stories told
of him to this dny back of the Kuclid Ave
nue opera house curtain. These rqcltala
also tell how "Mark knew Just about as
much about scene shifting as the rest of us
fellows."
Nor was Mr. Hanna long In forming ideas
of tho kinds of attraction that he wanted
at the opera hotiso. This was ahown In
1SS2, when his nophi w thought It would be
a good thing to. book a wrestling match be
tween Punenn Ross, tho Scotch athlete,
who was then touring the country, and a
Detroit wrestler of tho name of McLaugh
lin. Mr. Hnnna held a different view. "It'a
vnot the right sort of thing for the opera
j house," ho eald. "Don't book It."
The nephew Ignored Mr. Hanna'a advice.
Tlie mutch was booked and pulled off. A
few weeks later the opera house had a new
manager.
A an Kmployer.
Senator Hanna's attitude toward hi em
ployes was neither stand-offish nor off
hand. Many a coal miner or a street railway
conductor can testify to the fact that Mark
Hanna has sllipped him squarely between
the shoulders a he sang out, cheerily;
"Good morning. Bill!" But not one has
ever had the senator crock Joke with him.
A Joke Is never looked for; but when an
employe met Hanna the former knew by
experience that he would be asked such
questions as these:
"Well, Is everything satisfactory T"
"How is the family?"
"See anjr way In which the service might
be improved?" (
"No kick coming, oh?"
As a remi It of this show of good will,
which also not Infrequently made itself
evident In the shape of comforts and deli
cacies, If the man answered that his Wife
or a child waa 111, tho senator waa famil
iarly known among his thousands of em
ployes as "Uncle Mark."
When "Uncle Mark" gave succor to any
one which was pretty often he did not
let his '.'left hand know what the right
doeth."
Somo years ago, when Cleveland wos ex
periencing a particularly severe winter, one
of the city's leading charitable organiza
tions was kept so bountifully supplied with
coal that tho poor suffered very little from
lack of fuel. For a long time there waa
much mystery on the part of many of th
organization's officers as to who was fur
nishing the coai, and when the secret did
leak out it waa through the over-exuberant
charity worker through whom Mr. Hanna
was supplying fuel.
Miiny mothers administer liso'a Cure
when their children havo spasmodic croup.
SESAT01UIANNA DEAD
(Continued from First I'uge.)
friends, when, at o'clock, after a saline
injection with brandy was given, Mr.
llanna rallied slightly. He is totally un-.
conscious and the physicians state that his
Ututh may occur at any moment.
Gradually (irons Weaker.
Since 4 o'clock this morning the dlftin
gulsbed patient steadily failed and all at
tempts to rouse him were without effect.
The sinking spell, which commenced early
In tho morning and which recurred later In
the da;., had so wcuktncd the patient that
all hope for his recovery was abandoiud
and It was then realized that he could luot
but a short white longer. The crisis came
this morning, when shortly after 3 o'clock
the senator hud another sinking spill. Drs.
Osier ani Futcher were hurriedly sum
moned and, together with Dr. Carter,
worked ccr i.ir.i for nearly an hour.
Not responding to thdr f (Torts, Dan
i Hanna was notified of the serious tiirn In
his father's condition. A consultation fol
lowed and It was decided to awaken tl.e
entire family. Except to talk or know
about his own case, the physicians state
that since Friday afternoon Mr. Hanna
Constipation Causes
Headache. Had Blood er.d I'rlnor Trv'ib:e.
lirukr a rauoelto V. ino cuia ID loi-e una
Free bottle fni 011 rv;unn' bf Dike i arami
Cuiuptiijr. i'f aKg,
practically ivaa unconscious. Ai S o'tlock.
the usual hour for the :nrnltiK tv.l ctln,
the senator wns steadily sinking. The offi
cial bulletin read as follows:
Plnce II a. m. S'-nntor llanna hus slnwlv
lost (srnund and n longer Is able to t.ike
uoitiinbm'iit by the mouth. Ills teiii-ia-ture
Is not so hlch. but his pulse hns be
come more rapid n:id weaker ninl hi res
pirations hnve Increased In freunencv.
RIXEY.
OSI.I-R
CARTER.
Telephones Connect White House.
Plnce the morning bulletin wris Ixsucd by
the doctors all tl lings from the sick room
were of tho same tenor thnt the patient
was slowly sinking nnd ftendlly growing
weaker nnd that life was only being pro
longed by Injections nnd oxygen. The text
of the bulletin was sent by long distance
telephone to L. C. llanna In Cleveland nnd
telegrams were snt to a large number of
the senator's friends, who have kept In
dose touch with his condition clnce It
reached the critical period.
The members of the family who wero
hnstlly summoned to the bedside early this
morning remained dope by since, coming
and going from the senator's room to the
sick chamber. The strain has been a se
vere tax.
There was a constant stream of caller
at the Arlington all morning anxiously In
quiring of the senator's condition. Secre
tary Hay arrived nt tho Arlington about 9
o'clock and wa shown up to the privafo
apartments, where H. M. Hanna, the sen
ator's brother, advised hlm.of tho patient's
condition. Telephone connection was estab
lished with the White House early thla
morning and all bulletins aro promptly tele
phoned to tho president.
. Wntclilna for the Find.
At :30 a. m. IDr. Rixey left, and about
half an hour later lr. Osier went to Balti
more, leaving Dr. Futcher In charge of
tho patient. He continued the application
of tho heroic methods employed In the
struggle to prolong life.
Governor llerrlck of Ohio and other close
porsonul friends of tho senator plied the
doctor with questions when opportunity
afforded, hoping to extract some ray of
hope from his replies, but no encourage
ment could bo given.
Among tlicxso calling at the hotel thla
morning were Secretary Hitchcock and
Secretary Taft, Senators Foraker, Aldrlch,
Fairbanks, Spooner and Hale, and Justice
William R. Day of the United State au
preme court. Sonatora Scott and Kittredge
and General Dick, who were among those
to arrive during tho early morning hours,
remained ut tho hotel throughout the
mornlns.
Mrs. Hanna, who hnd remained nt tho
bedside or In the room adjoining tho aer
ator's since early morning, temporarily
withdrew at 11:45 o'clock. She has held up
under tho ordeal remarkably well. At that
hour Mr. Dover announced upon coming
from tho senator's room that ho was per
ceptibly weaker. All was etill In the sick
room, savo for tho movements of tho doctor
and nursea and tho coming and going of
members of the family.
A few minutes after noon Daniel Hanna
camo from his father's room and An
nounced to those In tho senator's office that
there had been no change, although n!no
hours had elapsed since the beginning of
the lout sinking spell, and throughout the
entire t!m the end had been expected at
any moment. Llfo was hanging by but a
thread and tho pulse was scarcely percep
tible. During the latter part of this period
oxygen had been relied upon more than tho
stimulants and hypodermics to keep tho
last spark from being extinguished.
A bulletin from the sick rcom at 2:30
p. m. readu:
Senator Hanna Is sinking slowly. Res
piration, BO; pulse scarcely perceptible.
RiXEY,
OBI.ER,
CARTER.
The senator's temperature was not taken.
Dr. Osier haa returned from Boltlmore
and expects now to remain at tho sena
tor's bedside until the end.
Works Wonder for Women.
Electric Bitter Invigorate tho female
system and cure nervousness, headache,
backache and constipation or no pay. 60a
For sals by Rutin & Co.
Ilomeaeeker and Colonists.
On the first and third Tuesdays of each
month the Mlscourl Pacific railway will
sell both one way and round trip tickets
at very low rates to certain points In Kan
sas, Arkansas, Southwest Missouri, Okla
homa, Texas, etc On the round trips
stopovers will bo allowed on the going
Journey with final limit of twenty-one days
to make the trip. For pamphlets, time
tables, rates, etc., write or call on any
agent of the company or Thomas. F. God
frey, Pass. & Ticket Agent, 8. E. corner
Hth and Douglas streets, Omaha Neb.
Announcements of the Theaters.
Daily matinees of the Hogenbeck Animal
show at the Krug will not be given, for the
reason that a difference between the houso
and company managements could not bo
adjusted to permit of two performances
every day. So during the engagement,
which Is for the entire week, the only
matinees will be those of Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons, the regular matinee
days of the house. Tho big company of
clever animal actors entertained another
largo audience last night and will no doubt
continue to do a big business during tho
week. This is tho first time the real Hag
enbeck show has been in this country
Dr. Lyon's
PERFECT
Tooth Powder
AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY
Used by people of refinement
for over a quarter of a century
PnrPARCO BY
SEMI-ANTHRACITE
Tou will nerd another
ton of Furnace Coal
TRY BONANZA
No Smoke, No floot
88.00 Per Ton
CENTRAL COAL & COKE CO.
."hones: Tc 402 Sou!b ISili Street
siree itie V. rut's ,t!r :t" rnlcak'o inl It
should rot be i'fou:nl.d With the vnr out
r-n. 1! slu ws ;:ivc;i undr 1 1 1 - H.ieube.k
heme, but without liio nuthmlty of t.u
prc.it ri.l-nnl I .nn"
An rxtin in.i'.incc wl'l be glen nt
Orj'houni to.li . The ra'r of scats for tho
entire woik. with the oiphcum show iu-i
tho ntticiilon. has bten o lirge Hie m.'H
ngi'inent tlei'tdcd It would b luce sary ti
j;lve this x:ta pcrfoi nun c to meet th
lercit demsn.l. Morbui's dogs, the canliits
that 1 resent the Mule comely mil d "A
Faithless Woman," have proved n big at
traction for children and women In all
titles playd, nnd tht v v :li undoubtedly
draw bit; at tin aflormnin performances
here.
Auc'.lml Auction! Auction!
Unredeemed pledges nt Adler's loan of
fice, 8. K. Cor. 12th nnd Karnam sis.
Kills Montana niDorr,
MISSOULA. Mont.. Feb. lli.-Edward Tt u
deau, a deputy sheriff, was shot dead today
by a drunken character named llernuui
Parsons. A posso is in pursuit of tin)
murder r.
-as
For Long Journeys
To iuvipornto ami fortify
tho system for exertion two
LIEBIG
COMPANY'S
Extract of Beef
f Far bettor as n rcfivHlier
and stimulant tlian nlcoboL
A Bracer without reaction.
TELEPHONE 431
r
1H FA H NAM ST.
AAA I IIVAII 1 1 PI f AAII
ounAN UK HAnU liUAL
ALL SIZES.
ROCK SPRINGS COAL
CANON CITY NUT COAL
FOR COOK STOVES
And many other grades, from cheap
est to the beat.
Nebraska Fuel Co.
1114 Farnam St. Phor.e 431.
Yoar
Last
Chance
At inose women s anoes at our cut
prices. Not as many as we did ha- H
but nearly every cite end width, at
Jhe different prices.
Women's shoea, turns or
welts, regular (4 and
values, for
1.50
Women's ono-strap slippers
for house wear, regular
$l.r and 12.60 value, at ...
75c
75c
Misses' shoes (broken sixes)
regular 1.f0 to $2
values, for
Women's ahoes, spring
1.25
2.50
heel, regular 3 and
12. W values, fur
100 pairs mon's $3.50
double solo patnnt
calf cut to
8
DREXEL SHOE CO.,
'HI9 Farnam Str.i.
Omaha's Up-toOr.i Shm Huj
WHO DID IT?
ys, who employed thn detective wlvi
wus sent here from the Kansus City bra mil
of the Finkerton letiiive Akuihv, To
SPY AltOUND TUB FI'.Kli JUT lKI'OT:J
lo tlnd out where we Ret our K"l. "
Th drUKKiHts of t Ih-bh three citlcn -Omaha,
H'.uth Omaha uiul 'uuiiil Jtlul'fs
are clalminK that was u put up job! You
Hxk Captain Mostyn of the Omaha l'ollcn
Depurtmeiit. Cbbf Ietectlvx Dunn or
IetectlvM nommhue or lleltfi ',(11 1 WHY
'ANT WIS lil'Y (iOOl)H !N OMAHA,
ANYWAY, like other druKglHts die.an
when wo offer the cMih for ihfin?
IS Till-; I'HIO 1U S1NKKS 1)1 KKKIIKNT
thnn any other huHliuss In the eyes of Ilia
commercial world?
Iion't the I'Koli.n want competition In
thi tlrUK business?
Why are the Council Hlnffs lrugir1ita
selling- patent medicines for one-he'f iirlfo
tiince we opened a etore there': TUK
IJKOT u know:
SCHAEFER'3 SI
FPIC3
L'J i TOKO
Ji. T. YAT;8. l'fop.
161 )i r.v' ChfiiKO .St.., Oioiih'i. ' rbor.cn
147 nnd I 24tli uuil N Sis.. South OiiiuIih.
I'hoiie Nv '.. bUi Ave unit M.iin Hi,
Council Hluff.;. Thorn! XIX AH yooi de
livered In eiilier cltv absolutely free.
Charles F. Krcllc
TIN, feHtlil IKON AM FURNACE
WOKK, f.TC
A:l l.'ii'd of Furnace and
E'.ovs Osilr.gs en Iliird.
OtO ft. ltitlt fct. ': deplume ii 1 1
Sputy Ftat VsTtrtnarlau.
Food inspector
A. L. (UMACCIQTTI, -t. V. S,
CfTY YKTL.H1.NA1-.1AK.
OfTVe ai. I li.hrmarv.
feSBBWBBBBBBBBBByMSBSBMtss
lit M"l Jtlanon f:.
Tlc;fe"fc b
s
3
I
