The morning times., 1896-11-23
NR. HANNA'S TELEGRAM
One of the Unpublished Messages
of Election Night.

There was one tcle gram handed 10 Ct:tir-
man Babcuck at Republican headuuarters
IN this city on the night Of the election
that was not given to the press
1t was from Mark Hanna, and as it Is
ali over now, there Will be no impro-
priety in telling about it
II was about 3 u. IN. Everybody was
very sleepy with the exception OF MIR
Bahcock, Mr.. Mercer, secretary OF the
committee; Mr. Schradcr. of the press
committee. and Mr. Pierce waggaman.
MIR. Wagsaman WASH evening dress wear
in5 i'i> SIX hat wen back from his fore
head
At $50 o'clock there was decided
sensation IN the office Up to that time
all nf the TelOrtS We're rose Culored for
the Republicans Mr.. Jones at Chicago
wasn't saying a word: nor did he say any-
thing up Ia 30, when a growl came in
from him by one OF the press aSspcIa'iuns.
in which he protested Soleu.nIy asslinst
the way the reporters We're ''COlorins the
dispatches" Everybody laughed, Tut
with Just the least hIt OF reserve prudence
because 1t might have been as Mr. Jones
intiInated-
Soon after this protest from Mr.. Jones
there Was a change an the tenor OF the dis
patches The words If or IeFadyeuuIre
began To appear IN the kilograms and the
Republicans about the room b.gau To look
4 shade less rosy.
II was while this area of low pressure
was tits depththat Mr.. Babcock calle,i me
ul the walters Of the hotel and sent him
out Tor provisions There Were fewer than
half dozen people keeping tais late
watch at headquarters and the Culurcd
Gentleman's eyes fairly hldZed with as
constituent when Col Rabcock gave an
oIder for So worth of sandwiches, at .
cents apiece. This was Col. Rabcuck'S way
Of !ntimatiuG the desperation of the sit
uatiun- The culored gentleman said moth
ing. but went Out and came back with the
fIve loaves and three fishes. There were
some things To go with the sandwiches,
which also went
Although CuI Babcock never ceased t0
claim everything, 1t looked uncomfortable
for at least an hour. ItdTfecte,i Al " gg;i-
man So deeply that ne volunteered tu bring
the kilograms in to Mr.. BabccCk hot from
the wires which Were sIL-.ru.- IN "A room
just across the corridor. Mr.. WagGaman
never tnOk off MS SILK nat W., .Ie. T. the
slightest variation from the original angle
of the same. He brought in several dis
patches which did not eXnIiaraIe anybody
tU any extent, and at last ha cam. in with
one that made everybody as wIie awake
aS III they had been duyci n tsc neck
Col. Bab rock Openedthe telegram, glanced
a'thc bottom Of it ana remarked Hanna"
Just listen TO this and weep" continued
vi. hfp|'tN' Nho ''td lvG'i HhIF 'Nc list
few words which were THE Jig is up"
Everybody wept.
Read il all, read it ALI" urged Mr.
Wasgaman with suppressed emotion
The Jig is up resumed Col. Babcock
reading, but let us retire gracefully and
take a drink''
The telegram was signed Mark Hanna
all right, but everybody believes that it
NaS IfJin %it va rII,.t CON-
Spirator at the telegraph instrument
The jcllificatiOn over the sandwiches and
This telegram had scarcely Subsided when
Col. Babcock got "A telegram from his son
Stain. that the chairman mad carried his
Wisconsin by the biggest majority in its
history. This was a maScut telegram Others
came in quick succession from Indiana and
even Minnesota, ST. that the chairman was
able TO say that the whole Lake family
had voted just as he had predicted