The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-23
WHAT HANNA SAID.
An Outline of the Future Policy of
the Republican Organization.

FROM Ine Pnliaueipuld 1tNSeT.
Cleveland, Nov. 2O-Chalrman NJ. A.
Hanna, of the republican national COM
mittee, had a conference here to-day with
Ferdinand w. Peck, of Chicago, in which
Mr.. Hanna gave an inkling of an ex-
preston by President-elect Mckinley in
his Forthcoming message. He outlined the
future policy of the republican organiza-
ton and discussed the last campaign This
interview, according to Mr.. Peck, is as fol-
lows:
"The republican party" said Mr.. Hanna
TO Mr.. Peck, will not have such close
call again as it had in the last campaign
The work of education is to be conducted
strongly from the present until the next
presidential election. The policy Of the ad-
ministration will be in exploitation of the
ideas that will further advance the
strength of the republican party.
THE one great power for Bryan was the
working man. Bryan posed as their friend,
and succeeded in getting them practically
in line for him. The light at the polls was
not so much between gold and silver as it
was the fight of the working men against
| the man they thought was the exponent
of trusts and monopolies They were led to
believe that Mckinley was the candidate
of the trusts, and to not mince matters,
| was my candidate, and that l was the
| head center of trusts. The popocrats very
adroitly made me the whole thing and CALI
| ed me the oppressor of labor of course. !
can stand this sort of thing, but with Nc
| Kinley 1t is different. The la Dor leaders
| here who are friendly to me tell me that
| If we are to be successful again we must
| counterfeit this impression, and that Is
| what we propose TO do.
1--WE cannot do anything with the far
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! the labor vote, and we shall begin now
| to direct it away from Bryan and his
| party"
How will Mr.. Mckinley do this?'
"Why, he knows very well that some
| thing more than mere assertion that the
republican party is the friend of the work
| ing man Is necessary, and national legis-
lation will be so handled that it will be the
best educator of the people,"
Mr.. Hanna said further to Mr.. Peck:
THE fight of silver against gold was
practically abandoned by the democrats
! two weeks before the campaign closed. 1t
| will never again be the main issue-that
| is, silver as a political issue will never cut
| any more figure than greenbacks. me
one idea must be to instill into the heads
of the men of the cities that republicanism
! is good and better than popocracy. Only
| let Mckinley 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 timestiMe-
| Kinley will assume dignifed attitude, II
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 I'M
derstanding of the people to do the rest
| for the following three years.
-Four years hence will come the next
| Presidential election, with the election OF
| a congress. Then, when the public mind
| is attuned to the idea that Mckinley is
| the enemy of trusts, we shall have a
| tariff measure introduced This measure
| will be close identified with Mckinley.
| On that measure we shall make the Presi-
Dental 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
was in New York city that there was nc
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 the 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"
Mr.. Peck inquired about the statement
| that had been published to the effect that
| OO,OVV NOitIS QiSlIlDuleu LlSAAly III heNeId
| close states would have elected Bryan
THAT statement is true" said Mr.. Han
ma.
Harry Payne was the first to give ut
terance to it. But, although it is true, the
| fact is equally true that the republican
vote in the country at large was kept up to
it's normal condition; that is, the repub-
| lican percentage of gain more than offset
| the democratic gains"
Relative to matters concerning the cab
| met, Mr.. Hanna said:
1.-THE most difficult problem Maj MclSin-
ley has is the formation of his cabinet He
IA is man who, above all things. dslikes
ITO injure the feelings Of anyone. There are
| so many men eligible and who are friends
| of Mckinley that ne fears to appoint one
man for fear others will feel aggrieved
That is a quality in him that attracts al
men and shows the big heart that lies
within him."
Early this evening Mr.. Peck went tc
| Canton to see Mr.. Mckinley.
SENSATION AT GOSPEL MEETING