The herald., 1896-05-12
KICKER OMULLIN TALKS
WITH MARK HANNA

CLEVELAND. May 2-"Mul.", says
Mark Hanna, chuckin' the bottle me
way. ''youse is all right. an I'm stuck
on your style. An bechuxt me an you,
| Mul," he goes on. II don't mind tippin'
me hand to you bit"
| That fiatters me, Mark" says I, but
| after all, it's doin' me dead open an
shut justice. I'm no brass band guy.
! see? don't strike town like a bloomin
| circus; but youse can trust me. I'm as
soon q mug as ever comes down the
pike. An when it comes, Mark, to prac-
tical politics. Kicker .O'Mullin is that
| swift he can lose an express train in
walk. G'wan. therefore. me ears is all
\ attention"
| We'll, then," goes on Hanna, takin'
a COW swallow from the old bot without
| bothern' a glass. "of course youse Is
| dead aware l owns McKinley-I calls
him Mack when l needs him quick an
| wants him bad-I owns Mack, as was
sayin', and I'm out sprintin' him for the
| pres 'dency. An bechune us, Mul, it's
| dollars to disease of the heart / puts
| him in winner"
That's the view entire" says, IAN
| as 1 sees you sweatin' over your game,
me mind gets choked up wonderin' do
you mean it, an what is there in 1t for
you"
'Mul," says Hanna, dead thoughtful,
TN spiel it to you what's there in it
for Marky. 1 bees one of them stiffs,
Mul, who is out for power instead of
profit See? rye made me bundle. I'VE
| got dough to thrun to the birds-money,
Mul.. to burn a wet dog. I own ships
an the'ters an coal diggings an busi-
ness blocks. I'm in the push distinctly.
Mul, when 1t comes to dust. That's
| Mark Hanna"
| Correct youse be-" says, putin in
me Endorsement to give him chance to
| get fall out of his breath, an to show
him likewise I'm at the heels of his chin
| music an followin' clost Correct you
bees, an the money muckers all stand
| for 1t. youse is dead wise fowl. Why,
| one of them Wall street marks he says to
me, just as I quit New York, 'Mul,' says
he. make no mistake about the old rap
paree Hanna. He can make money like
some suckers makes trouble. an as easy.
Trun him into the air, this Hanna, an
he'll make $40 before he comes down.
| says he"
An dead right he is, too" says Han
ma. But as was laying it off, I've got
stuff enough, see? An so now I starts
In to be great. An ,Mul, Mckinley is me
system. Be maxim this guy president
what does Mark Hanna become? On the
level. Null, when 1 lands Mack in the
White House. purely be me efforts an
me dough, mind youse. don't own the
| earth?"
Youse have the world be the tail, an
down hill pull" says, "an' slim doubt
| of it,"
You Sees" goes on Hanna roominat-
I've, without me an me bank roll. the
dub Mckinley don't go a foot. He's only
a SIX spot be nature. Mul, an when I
PICKS him up an begins to curry him for
race for the White House he's Just been
peaten Tor congress an'has about played
out MS string. But sends him in for
| gov'ner; an then, when he goes brok.
an gets caught signing Sis. 900 worth of
notes-pretty fresh bluff, that. an him
not worth $4,000 at the time-I trims to
tne dazzlln' front an makes good. You
.unloIes yourself. Null that all this
makes me proprietor of the Mckinley
through" VIC Se'S
~ was dead generous" I remarks:
you squarin' them debts They has Nc,
hiniey out on limb"
~ was generous" replied Hanna, "as
lIeeiy ADMIT TO you in confidence, Mul:
put 1t has to be done, too. It's like anv
pther campaign play. We was all busy
iayln the keel to his boom when them
oepts comes tumblin' on to us like
pan OF milk from top shelf OF course.
they had to be paid same as we has to
hire brass bands and rent halls. Kohl
saat an Myron Herrick passes the plat
ter IN among the high protectionists an
We all dumps in wad of bills at the
start to bait the play. an we rakes in the
PcttlI them plunkS was eaSy.
BUT now it's done, Null. while admits
goes to the front in a spirit of benevo-
fence, the other suckers mostly who gives
up does so as speculation. They wants
protection. an to get it they want Nc
make good his debts, see?''
Mckinley shows he's game" I OBJ
serves maxim over all his property
to youse an Herrick that time Coin
tat broke to pay his debts
Great idee, that. Mul," says Hanna.
beamin' on me; lit was me plan complete
l knows how to fake up stage as well
as any geeser who's snortin round in
poltics. You bet could give Platt and
Quay cards an spades when it comes
to spun-glass racket. has Mac make
the duff He turns in his little handful
OF dough; all he has. Pay me creditors,'
he says. We gives her all back again
an the feet on the grand stand is great
1t looks dead sincere, an honest for Mack,
an is that generous it's out of sight on
our parts. That's the way the public
says Havin' Mack stick in hiss stuff
that time, an we givin' it back is for
bluff in politics, Mul. what calls a
stroke of genius"
:" 1t was a ceilin' play" says.
An that's how it stands" says Han
ma, AN how l goes back of Mckinley.
When hes Wfnner-make no mistake
he will be-the real president will be
Marcus Aurelius Hanna, Mul. I'll be the
main guy, an that's no lie. neither
Now, youse is onto the secret of me
excitement" goes on Hanna, "over Nc
Kinley. an why turns in and makes
night an day deal, an blows me wad
like it's tissue paper to 'lect Mckinley
| president. l owns him now. an looks
to own him then. I simply improves
me own property, Null
But won't Platt and Quay get in on
the play" l says. ''an' force a divide?"
Not life - To-
'leventh hour racket goes with this.
AS says before, ] states agin, Platt an
Quay is only brace of political kids
They ant in 1t with me. They's babies
beside me, Mul. an I'm not-a-going to
let 'em come near enough Mack's boom
to hand him a ripe peach, see? Platt
an Quay, an stiffs of that tribe don't
get in on this circus never in thousand
years. kicker O'Mullin in San Fran
cisco Examiner.
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