The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
HANNA DISCUSSES
THE SITUATION
Thinks the Republican Party viii
Never Have Another Close Call.
WILL BEGIN WORK OF EDUCATION
Bryan's Power Over the Working.
men Is GOne..Silver and Gold viii
Never Again BE the Issue in Poll.
tics...Mckinley's Most Difficult
Problem.

Cleveland, Nov. 2O-Chairman Han
ma, of the Republican national COM
mittee, had a conference here today
with F. w. Peck, of Chicago, in which
Mr.. Hanna gave an inkling of an ex-
preston by President-elect Mckinley
in his forthcoming message, outlined
the future policy Of the Republican
organization and discussed the last
campaign. This interview, according to
Mr.. Peck. Is as follows:
THE Republican party" said Mr..
Hanna to Mr.. Peck. will not have
such a close call again as it had in
the last campaign. The work of edu-
cation is to be conducted strongly from
the present until the next presidential
election. The policy of the administra-
that will further advance the strength
of the Republican party.
'The one great power for Bryan was
the workingman. Bryan posed as their
friend and succeeded in getting them
practically in line for him. The fight
at the polls was not SO much between
gold and silver as 1t was the fight OF
the wOrkingman against the man they
thought was the exponent of trusts
and monopolies.. They were led to be-
lleve that Mckinley was the candidate
of trusts. and to not mince matters,
was my candidate, and that I was
the head center of trusts. The Popo-
Gratis very adroitly made me the whole
thing and called me the ODpressor Of
labor of course. I can stand this sort
of thing. but with Mckinley it is diff
ferent. The labor leaders here who are
friendly to me tell me that If we are to
be successful again we must counter
act this impression, and that Is what
we propose to do.
I'VE cannot do anything with the
farmers. They have left us. but we can
get the labor vote and we shall begin
now to direct it away from Mr.. Bryan
and his party"
"HOw will Mr.. Hanna do this?"
why he knows very we'll that some
thing more than mere assertion that
the Republican party is the friend of
the wOrkingman Is necessary and ma
tional legislation will be so handled
that 1t will be the best educator Of the
people,
CURRENCY FIGHT ABANDONED.
Mr. Hanna said further to Mr.. Peck:
THE fight of silver against gold was
practically abandoned by the Demo-
Gratis two weeks before the campaign
closed. 1t will never again be the mail
issue-that is. silver as a political issue
will never cut any more figure than
greenbacks. The one idea must be to
instill into the heads of the men of the
cities that Republicanism is better
than Popocracy.' Only let Mr.. McKin-
ley be inaugurated president of the
United States and this will be done.
There must be an arrangement that
will strike the people at the right time.
Mckinley Will assume a dignified atti-
tude If antagoniZed to all trusts and
monopolies. His inaugural speech will
breathe spirit of adherence for the
Capitalization of such power as is to-
day possessed by the trusts and then
we will expect the understanding of the
people to do the rest for the following
three years.
-Four years hence will come the
next presidential election, with the cleo
tion of congress. Then. when the
public mind Is attuned to the idea that
Mckinley Is the enemy of trusts, we
shall have tariff measure introduced.
This measure will be closely identified
with Mckinley. On that we shall
make the presidential campaign of
1900. On the tariff agitation we shall
rely to win the battle.
THE gold Democrats will be with us
in 1900. Bourke Cochran said to me
when l was in New York that there
was no use of their fighting us, that
they could not fight us successfully on
the tariff and that there were no other
points on which we and they differed.
The only thing left for them to fight
for was the name. That Is true; that
class of Democracy which is not of the
laboring element and not of the farm,
is with us now and will be with us four
years from now
Relative to matters concerning the
cabinet, Mr. Hanna said:
THE most difficult problem McKin-
ley has is the formation of his cabinet.
He Is a man who above all things dis
likes to injure the feelings of any one.
There are so many men eligible and
who are friends of Mckinlev that he
fears to appoint one man for fear 9TH
ers will feel aggrieved. That is a quail
ity in him that attracts all men and
shows the big heart that lies within
him."
Early this evening Mr.. Peck went to
Canton to see President elect McKin-
ley.