The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-02
THE MODERN WARWICK.
From the Times-Herald.

Measured by the difficulties to be over
| come and the results attained, Mark a.
| Hanna has proved himself the apies';
most sagaciOuS and successful polltlcai
| manager of modern times. He is norm
| leader-a strategist of the highest type.
| His work in connection with the 81.
Louis convention displayed his great re-
! sources as an organizer. But when ne
| assumed charge of the campaign lie was
| confronted with difficulties that would
have staggered veteran manager. Iirst
| of all, he lacked experience, but this vas
| more than offset by rare business talents
| and indOmitably energy. The solid south
| appeared to be allied with the solid west,
| and defeat seemed almost inevitable. Then
| the free silver men had two years the start.
| Conditions existed which had no prece-
, dent, and the experience of the older lead
| ers was of but little use, except in u gem
| eral way. The case was unique compli-
| Gated and desperate, and required eOr its
| solution an original genius and the best
| resources of a fertile and well-trained
| mind. But Hanna was fully equal to the
| exigency.
! Mr. Hanna's experience illustrates the
| efficacy of opportunity in developing lat
| ent talents. Grant possessed to the high
est degree the essential qualities Of a
| great general but his talents lay dormant
| until developed under the harsh discipline
of experience and work. 1t was a case
of gradual unfolding of one talent after
|
| der the inexOrable force of necessity.
Hanna saw his duty, measured it, and
performed it. He could well exclaim with
Caesar: .Veni, vidi. vici." What Grant
| threatened with disunion. Hanna was to
| Mckinley when the country was men,
| aced by reputation.
After his success at St. Louis, it was in
| cumbent upon Hanna. despite his ineXpe-
rience, to accept the Craftsmanship of the
Republican national committee. But he
displayed his astuteness from the very
outset. He was a clever harmonizer, and
addressed himself when on the very
| threshold to bringing the Republican
| household into close and harmonious re.
| lations with him and with each other. He
| succeeded in accomplishing this task with
| extreme tact, and the party is a model of
unity today. He put his party into solid,
| invincible shape and organized it with the
| skill of veteran general In over thirty
states that ] visited during the campaign
| | observed that Mr.. Hanna had the most
| skil!fully organized and best drilled politi-
| cal force the country ever witnessed. 1t
| showed the executive genius of a master
| mind. His was the invisible hand upon
the lever that swayed powerful and we'll
| drilled political army with wonderful pre-
cision and with destructive effect. Trained
in the school of Roscoe Conkling in New
| York. when the forces of that consummate
strategist met in battle array the clcverly
| i
In position to speak by the book regard
| ing Mr.. Hanna's organization in the re-
| cent campaign. A better organization
than either COnkling or Tilden devised for
| service in the entire country. From Mr.
| Hannas success In the present campaign,
1t is wonder that he has not had himself
nominated and elected president.
Hanna's success is due largely to his
wonderful perception of the difficulties
| before him. to the clever use of the ma
terials IN hand, and the right use of potter
tial energy. lie struck at the right time.
at the right spot, and with unerriIg pre-
cs,on. And by his success he has over
| Tapped one-half of the coming race-four
years hence His course was directed to
bringing the silver forces together en-
masse and destroying them by flank
movement. The free silver party pur-
posed to bisect the American dollar, but
| Hanna bisected the un-American free sill
yer party. He did not conduct any ex-
periments; he did not strive for the un-
attainable or the doubtful. He decided
| just what states he could carry, Just what
states he wanted and went to work. The
results show his wisdom. Between the
Atlantic and the Missouri river and north
of the James and Ohio rivers Mr. Hanna's
forces were invincible. There he waged
the battle. and there he won his splendid
victory. The twenty-five states that
l.;;, Hanna , won show population Of !5;5ooo0
| tDJ "a, g.
| 976; the twenty states carried by the enemy
have a population of q, 900, 900, with a total
| wealth of S1G,GS0, 3Si ,8S4. The states won
| by Hanna show an illiterate pOpula ation--
| unable to read or write-of rs per cent;
| those carried by tother fellow have %
per cent. of illiterate population. So We
| understand that Mr.. Hanna conducted
| distinctly educational campaign among a
distinctly intelligent people, and won upon
the merits.
The leader of the gold forces in the re-
| cent campaign was shining mark for the
malevolent But we love him for the
| enemies he has made. He was sadly ma
| ligned the country through, orally and
| pictorially. But the people never stone
poor fruit. Perhaps we should consider
| the libels, ISLANDERS and atrocious cartoons
leveled at Mr.. Hanna as a monument to
his ability as a political general. Ger
| tainly he was the worst abused man of
any that ever essayed to manage a politi-
| cal campaign. One wild Texas editor
| called him the "scourge of God" BY his
| foes he has been considered a political
bashi-bazouk; by his friends, including all
the patriots of the country, a broad-mnd-
| ed, sagaciOus and aggressive yet big
| director of the sound money party,
| Mr.. Hanna has presided with great digni-
| ty and decision over the obsequies of Bry-
| an, Altge!d, Tillman, Jones and good
many free silver men.
In view of his splendid ser ices to the
| country, Mr.. Hanna richly earned the
gratitude of the order Of Justly loving
people, and this gratitude should be an.