The morning times., 1896-12-06
ALL HAILED THEIR CHIEF
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it wer. ssed as an emergencyt mt casure,
, but this was denied as being a TACT
The local craftsmanship AMI the visit TO
| the President consumed the greater part
+, of Mr.. Hanna's first day. He, however,
| found time for three-quarters OF an
hours talk with Senator Sherman, which
explained the reason why Mr.. Hanna did
not call at the white stone front on X
street, as it was expected he would do
that among the first things on arriving
in town. This was fruitful cause of
speculation in the lobby as to what was
! the result, but no sign was given by either
OF the conferees rs to what had been agreed
on, IL anything.
Attention to Mr. Hanna was in the mind
of all the local magnates, but eX-Secretary
John w. Foster got in first with banquet
in honor OF the Warwick, which had evi
IDENTIFY been ARRANGED before the arrival
OfMr. Hanna in Washington. This banquet
was given last night at the residence of Mr.
Foster on II street.
1t WAS attended by Hon. II. E. Cooper,
minister OF foreign affairs of Hawaii:
cX-Minister Hatch, Mr.. Hastings, secretary
to Mr.. Cooper; Senators Sherman Morgan,
Hale, Hawley, Chandler, Proctor, Lodge,
Elkins, Representative Dalzell, Mr.. Noyes,
OF The Star; Hou. Beriah wilkins, of
Tue Post; Hon. Gardner q. Hubbard, and
Col. John Hay.
A''s' ''t bUGrt waSanN nDlIt1-
cal, national or international, Significance
in the assembly, SO far AS the Senators and
Representatives and foreign visitors were
concerned, but still it is an Interesting
fact that Mr.. Foster has recently been To
Hawaii, the minister of foreign affairs of
Hawaii timed his visit SO as TO be here
on the arrival of Mark Hanna, who may
be Secretary of State, and that Senators
hhie, Lodge. sherman. and Representative
DalZpu We're cOnSuicuOuS abvocafaS nf
annexation. This is, OF course, only con
jectural as To the peculiar personnel of
this dinner party.
PLANS FOR TODAY
Mr.. Hanna went home after the feast
and retired Immediately to rest. 1t WAS
stated that he had no special appointments
for today and that he had not made up
ms mind what church he would attend.
Even This Is singular considering that Mr..
Hanna is reported to have said that he
worked In conjunction with the Almighty
In the recent victory.
Mr.. llama is quite pleasant gentle
man to talk 10. He had, however, moth
ing TO sa y except in the most general terms.
He said that he was III hopes that the
Inauguration ceremonies would be worthy
of the event to be celebrated That he
had not yet had time To look over the stu
alton, but lie would be here for about a
week.
sto the general outlook he is confident
that there VIII be return to prosperous
conditions not only from the simple fact of
the restorat on OF confidence through the
election of Mr. Mckinley, but by reason of
the probability of the passage of whatever
remedial legislation was needed.
He was beset by cards from the moment
he struck the city until he had finished
his black coffee at Mr.. Fosters residence
His first appearance down stairs in the
hotel yesterday was after he had made the
Woodward appointment. He came down
brusquely by himself and everybody louns-
ing around, and there Were a eood many,
recognized him by his pictures In the
papers, that is in some of the papers
THEN HE EsCAPED.
1t looked for moment, when he reached
the foot of the stars, that he was going to
greet the crowd, but he made n sudden di-
version and disappeared into the barber
shop, where he had q hair cut and shave
thus comforting immortality on that partic-
ular artist with knife and scissors. At that
moment there were near the barber shop
door Senator Proctor, Hon. Dave Mercer,
recent secretary of the Republican Con
gressional committee. Mr.. Babcock, its
chairman; Col. Parker, Gen. Porter and
some Others. Mr.. Hanna did not stop in
his flight into the barber shop, and left the
party speculating on the two grave cues
tons as to whether he would be Secretary
OF the Treasury or Senator Sherman, or
Thether he would have his hair cut solo or
hair cut and a shave.
After hls einergen,e from the barber
shop he did and said the things above
narrated, including his quiet retirement
to bed.
Gen. Porter said last night that the ar.
rangements had not progressed much fur
ther than We're reported in The Evening
Times. He has not yet made any local
appointments and probably Will not be
fore the end OF the week.
1t is expected that Mr.. Hanna. Col. Proc
tor and Mr.. Woodward will get together
during the week and select the chairun.n
of the various local committees.