The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-16

Il
lhe national Republican convention, which
will meet In month at St Louis. it Is
safe TO say that the most influential man
| will be Mark Hanna 81 Cleveland, and
next 90 him Senator Quay. l understand
| that both Hanna and Quay will be at st.
/ Louis the latter notwithstanding the fact
| that he is candidate. Perhaps it would
i be impossible 60 find anywhere in the
/ United States two shrewder and more sue
sessful politicians than Quay and Hanna.
1 Both are, to some extent, misunderstood
| men. Both are supposed TO be selfish and
i grasping, eager for power, domineering
and always having an eye open 10 the main
chance This is mistake rs to both of
them. Ii is commonly said In Washington
and elsewhere that the nomination and
election Of Mckinley will virtually make
| Mark Hanna president Of the United
| States; that he will lie the man behind the
scenes, and Mckinley only the flgurehead.
| have made careful inquiries about this
among the men who know both Mckinley
and Hanna and find there Is little or no
foundation for such theory.
| McKinIey's Methods.
| Major Mckinley is much like other men
we know In public or private life, In that
| his methods are soft and gentle. He loves
| to get along without friction and believes
the easiest way to handle men Is through
their good nature, their vanity, their
friendly side. II Mckinley had his choice
| OF attaining an object in view by harsh
methods or soft ones, he would choose the
latter every time. All his career has shown
| this. But this light upon his character by
| no means reveals weakness. Having &C.
| complished what he set out for, there is no
| man who likes To have his own way any
better than this pleasant spoken Ohio
statesman. He Is essentially Scotch In
his characteristics, with just enough Irish
admixture to make him genial and pleas
ant. But the Scotch in him permits no
man TO put him in leading strings.
gentleman who has known Mckinley in
timately all his life said this To me about
him:
MAKE no mistake about Mckinley.
From the first moment no sets foot in the
White House he will be his own master
He will be as easy and gentle there rs he
has always been. He will listen TO great
deal of advice. But in the end be will fol-
low out his own judgment, will have his
own way Mckinley Is thoroughly well
balanced He is a deliberate sort of man.
He likes to hear all sides He has lots of
patience. He does not rush of and do inn
portant things impulsively. But when the
time for decision comes you will find him
right there in his own right, fully conf
dent OF himself and completely his own
master. p"
Big Hearted Hanna
Then you do not take much stock In
the theory that Mark Hanna will really he
the presidontf'
"Not the slightest. Nor does any other
man who knows anything of the facts and
OF the temperament OF the two men. i
have told you what sort of man Mckin-
ley is. Now let me tell you something
about Hanna. He is one of those great,
big hearted, big Drained chaps common TO
our American life whose first ambition In
life Is 60 make pot of money. After that
Is done they love to interest themselves in
some fad In horses, in colleges, in religious
work, this, that or the other. Mr.. Hanna
makes fad out of his friends He is es-
sentially hero worshiper, as most rug.
gcd, virile men are. -
Then If Mckinley is nominated and
elected you do not think Hanna will want
to come to Washington and pose as the
man behind the throneS''
"Of course not. have heard Mark |
Hanna say that he was going to come |
down here to see his friend inaugurated |
and TO tako one dinner with him in the |
White House, just ms sort of jollihcation, |
and that then he was going back home to |
stay there and attend to his own business, |
leaving Mr.. Mckinley to attend to his. l |
know Mr.. Hanna well enough To know
that he means what he says Ho will be |
so afraid of being accused of meddling
with the administration that dare say he |
will lean over backward in trying TO keep
away, just as Mr.. Whitney did in his desire |
not To be thought as influential with Pres.
ident Cleveland during the present term |
IL Mckinley wants Hannas advice, he |
will have to send for IL.
Points About Quay.
Senator Quay has been the head and |
front of the opposition To Mckinley He |
is looked upon here as the greatest poll |
tician in the United States, as the man |
with the brightest brain and best balance |
and greatest resources Not u move has |
been made In the effort Of the field candi |
dates to defeat Mckinley that Quay's adj |
vice was not asked about lt beforehand |
Plenty Of things have been proposed that |
Quay would not indorse. For instance, II
was at one time suggested that bitter /
attack be made upon Mckinley personally, |
using such matters as his failure I'm bust |
ness some years ago and the fact that his |
debts were paid by the same friends who |
are now pressing him for president, with |
a mortgage on him" as some people |
think. Mr.. Quay put "a stop to that. 1T |
is foolish politics" he said. Attack Nc
Kinley that way, and you do him more |
good than harm. You rouse sympathy for |
him. Besides 1t is unjust. There Is no |
justification for such an attack Nor |
should you fail to remember that MIR Nc. |
Kinley is Republican and that he may be |
nominated, and that we shall all support |
him and do our best to make him presi |
dent
No one In the senate knows Quay better /
than Senator Woloott of Colorado, and / /
asked Wolcott one day to tell me what sort /
of man Quay was from an insder's point |
of view. "He is prince among men,"
replied Wolcott. He is one of the most /
generous men ever knew. Instead of al. /
ways looking out for himself always |
scheming To what he can get, as most peo
pie seem to think, he Is ever trying to do |
something for his friends He has been |
in this presidential fight more to help his /
friend Platt than for any other purpose. /
Quay Is man who will die in the last
ditch for his friends, and that Is the secret |
of his power up In Pennsylvania. lie Is
idolized by the Republicans Of his state
and though the quietest man we have hers
In the senate he Is one of tho most popular.
Matt Quay Is great man and an admira-
BILE man" WALTER WELLMAE
TWO CUTE FOXES.