The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-23

as gripmen or conductors on Mr.. Hanna's
lines of electric cars in Cleveland. L found
Mr.. Hanna to be very ioyial gentleman,
with full round face of the Scotch or
English tyne He is of medium height
and heavily built, without any tendency
to corpulency. Hair and complexion are
sandy and eyes are gray, but the little
lamb-c.e whiskers on his cheeks are
showing the frost of his fifty and two or
three more years. In facial appearance
and complexion he is the opposite of Mr..
Mckinley, who has aqulline features,
with large chin set we'll forward.
Mr.. Hanna's nose comes outward and
upward. His upper lip is thin and con-
vex; his under lip little fuller and closed
evenly against the upper. People who ad-
mire and esteem square chins will be dis
appointed in Mr.. Hanna's. 1t is small
one with the point projecting forward and
upward and is made to look smaller than
it really is by the large double chin
underneath. Nj. McKinley's complexion
is of a swarthy olive color, while Mr..
Hanna's is that of man whose fresh pink
color has been produced by the cool sea
breezes of San Francisco. l found him
significance of question and ready to re-
ply upon the instant. He walks rapidly
and has an alert air. There is an absence
from his features of anything that would
signify care or worry. In the midst OF the
one thousand and one minute and other
wise complicated details of half dozen
different businesses he does not rave or
fret or worry. Everything is taken up in
its order and disposed of coolly and
quietly. Mr.. Hanna's countenance be
tokened a man who loves the good things
of life, and l am told that his face does
not belle him. He would, no doubt, be in
his element discussing politics with few
good friends in the Maison Richie, Tor
toni's, Marchand's, Delmonico, the Pup
and the Poodle Dog and the score of lesser
known French restaurants, all of which
are found IN San Francisco, but not in st.
Louis. Cleveland or New York. The in.
domitable good humor of the man keeps
his mind in a state of equipose and Sc
renity.
To rattle" Marx Hanna on any propo-
sition would be equivalent to putting
the sun in cold storage. Several
times during our conversation he chuckled
with much inward satisfaction whenever
reference was made to his success as a
politician. However, as in the case of Mr..
Mckinley, he declined to talk politics and
chuckled as he declined. l asked him as
to the feeling among the friends of Mr..
Mckinley with relation to California's
claim for recognition at the hands of the
Republican party. With a sly twinkle in
his eyes and just little bit of a chuckle
he replied that when the Mckinley adj
ministration should have been installed it
would be matter for determination, but
not before. He evidently desired me to
infer from his manner that neither him
self nor Mckinley had made any promises
regarding California and its claims for
recognition by the National Government.
Mr.. Hanna was more communicative
when asked as to his political experience,
and he chuckled all through the telling of
it. He began political life in 1880 when he
was one OF the managers OF the cam
paign in this State. In the campaigns of
1884, 1888, and 1892 he had some expert
ence as delegate to the National conYen-
ton and as a political manager. In 1884
and 1888 he supported John Sherman.
1 asked him whether his having gone
into the field in this present campaign ear
ier than his opponents had not been a
very large factor of his success in procur-
ing Major McKinley's nomination, but he
declined to admit that the earliness of the
bird had had so much to do with the
catching of the worm. He preferred to
make better point by saying that the
large factor in the case was that the peo-
pie wanted Major Mckinley for the Presi-
dency.
YES" he added, with an air of reverie,
~ went out early into the fight" Then he
chuckled once more and the double chin
trembIed with glee. Finding him in such
good humor, tried him again.
DO you know as matter of fact what
is the sentiment of the people, the people
who work in the factories, who dig iron
ore and coal, the men who keep small
shops, the clerks, the doctors. the lawyers,
the laborers, the mechanics and the farm
ers on the currency question:"
Without moments hesitation he re-
piled: "The people are in favor of sound
money, of a currency which means a dol
lar when it is stamped as a dollar and
whose face value does not fluctuate."
In reply to another question, Mr.. Hanna
said that he was engaged in various bust
ness enterprises. He mentioned the min
ing of iron ore, the making of pig iron,
ship building, some other manufacturing
industries and running street cars. Most
of these enterprises are in and around
Cleveland. He had few mines around
Lake Superior and coal mines in Penn
sylvania. Mr.. Hanna spoke of those
"some" and those few mines and val
liable properties with IS much indiffer-
ence as another man would tell that he
owned few head of horses. 1t is not his
ownership of those important properties,
however, which Is remarkable. 1t is
rather the fact that he can handle them at
profit in these days of hot ompetition
and split nickels. and that all the cares,
the risks the comp lications, the innumer-
able petty details which must be taken
into account have not placed wrinkle on
his cheeks nor frown upon his forehead.
In his case the more complications the
more chuckles.
Mr.. Hanna possesses all the qualitica-
tons requisite for a popular and success
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