The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-04-08
AS HANNA DOES II,
Sketch of The Successful Manager
Of McKinley's Campaign.


the Cleveland correspondent of the
New York "HeraId." zone could
hardly suppose that man could man
age Presidential campaign and at the
same time conduct several immense
business enterprises and neglect none
of them, and yet that is what NJ. A.
Hanna is doing. Hanna is not poll
tician; he is business man; he has sur
rounded himself with the ablest poll
ticians. The most singular feature of
the Mckinley campaign, as managed
by Mr.. Hanna, is that it is almost en-
tirely campaign of correspondence.
There are no missionaries sent hither
and thither, but the numberOf letters
that are written is amazing. And no
less amazing is the grasp of detail that
Hanna has of the various districts in
the various States, and the exact situ-
alton in each of the districts. / spent
two hours very pleasantly and very
profitably in Hanna's political head
quarters to-day. There were present
NJ. A. Hanna and Chairman Dick, Of
the State Republican committee.
Everything was in perfect order and
absolute quiet reigned. Every min
ute or two stenographer or messen-
ger passed through the Office into adj
joining rooms.
a. Bring me some ink, john said
Hanna, "a the office boy passed
through, and take these kilograms TO
the telegraph office at once"
"And never ceasing in his work and
never looking up from his desk, Hanna
gave his orders or made known his
wants as each employe entered.
al see, said he, continuing to
scratch away with his pen and address
ing Chairman Dick, that you have
marked this Thirty-third district in
New York ''ToO late"
Eyes, sir" responded Mr.. Dick.
"'You are mistaken. The primaries
have not vet been held
Hanna opens every letter and as
signs it to the proper department for
answer, and the way in which he can
remember what each letter contains is
one of the most astonishing things
about the man. He gets five deliveries
of mail per day, and at each delivery
he now receives over bushel basket
full of letters. He plunges into his
correspondence as though it were a
feast, and, not content with debating
replies, he answers i'm his own hand
writing large variety of letters wher-
ever he thinks the influence of perso-
nal communication will be greater.
Hanna is vastly resourceful and many
sided, and his capacity for work is
immense.
Hanna calls the Mckinley campaign
a spontaneous Outburs of the people.
and points to the heaping mass of un-
solicited correspondence with a glow of
pride. With an emphatic smash Of
his prodigious fist upon the desk he de
clared that the masses are for Mckin-
ley, and with a still more vigorous
smash of the self same fist he denies
that the Mckinley campaign is
campaign of Doodle. He insists that
no money is being spent, and that
manufactures are not being fried"
editors and statesmen to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
And now for pen picture of the
man who has suddenly risen before the
eye of the public. He possesses a
burly frame, a round head, a strong
| but not over-intellectual face, and he is
without doubt very good liver.
Hanna would impress any one as a
solid man, physically, mentally and
morally. In manner he is bluff and
curt. When he opens conversation
with you he does it with an ilI-temper-
ed growl, and you mentally resolve
that you are about to spend few un-
pleasant moments. Bat at the next
question his voicesmelts and his eyes
twinkle, and you find that you are
really having quite an agreeable time.
There is good blood in Hanna, plenty of
it, and Rudyard Kipling would add,
"Ah, the bowels of him. for he is
man Of courage. He is fresh, vigorous,
wholesome and his capacity for work
rests upon firm physical conditions.
How did Hanna make his money
He made it legitimately-that is, |
mean it is Legitimate growth of solid
business investments and not the result
of specu lation. He foresaw very clear
ly, and was one of the earliest To fore
see, the financial possibilities of Lake
Superior iron ore region. He became
interested i'm the develomCnt Ofthe iron
ore districts and later in vessel proper
ty to transport the ore to the railways
and the furnaces, and in that manner
laid the basis OF his colossal fortune.
Then he undertook to operate street
railways In Cleveland and is now the
president of a very profitable consolid-
alton of lines. He bought the Euclid
Avenue opera house at big bargain
and this now yields substantial rev.
enue.
The question is frequently asked:
Why is Hanna so deeply interested in
McKinley's campaign He is certainly
giving Mckinley management which
money could not buy, for he is in the
campaign with all the energies that he
possesses. The local papers say that
he is slated to be Secretary of Agricult-
ure, and he is frequently pictured in
blue jeans hoeing potatoes in the gard
en-. But Hanna says that he wants no
office, and he is evidently sincere in
his assertion. He is in the campaign
purely out of friendship for Mckinley.
He manifested the same impersonal in
terest in Sherman's campaign eight
years ago, and did all he could as dele
gate-at-large and potent factor in
State politics to keep Ohio In line
for the Statesman from Mansfield.
Sherman's return to The Senate the
last time was largely due to Hanna's
activity in his behalf.
One must take a glimpse of Hanna's
home life to ascertain the complete
ness of the man. IL is simple and
cheerful. He likes to be with his fam
ily, and is i'm his element when the
fable IL surrounded by quests. Above