The record-union., 1896-11-21
A Campaign of Education of Voters to
be Conducted
From the Present Until the Next
Presidential Election-Having Lost
the Farmers, a Strong Effort is to
be Made to Win the Labor Vote to
the Republican Party by Nationa
Legislation in Aid of Their In
tereStS.
tereStS.

CLEVELAND (O), Nov. 20.-Chair-
man Hanna had conference here to-
day with F. w. Peck of Chicago, in
which Mr. Hanna outlined the future
policy of the Republican organization
and the Mckinley situation. Mr.. Hanna
also discussed in a confidential manner
the last campaign. This interview, ac-
cording to Mr.. Peck, is as follows:
The Republican party" said Mr..
Hanna to Mr.. Peck will not have such
a close call again as it had in the last
campaign The work of education is
to be conducted strongly from the pres
ent until the next Presidential election.
This will be done because the other side
will work during the next four years,
and if We do not counteract their eff
forts they will win next time. The
policy Of the administration will be in
exploitation of the ideas that will fur
ther advance the strength of the Re-
publican party.
The one great power for Bryan was
the workingmen. Bryan posed as their
friend and succeeded in getting them
practically in line. The fight at the
polls was not so much between gold
and silver as it was the fight of the
workingmen against the man they
thought was the exponent of trusts and
monopolies. They We're led to believe
that Mckinley was the candidate for
the trusts, and not to mince matters,
was my candidate, and that I was the
head center of the trusts. The Popo-
Gratis very adroitly made me the whole
thing, and called me the oppressor of
labor, of course. l can stand that sort
of thing, but with Mckinley it is an
other thing. The labor leaders here
who are friendly to me tell me that If
we are to be successful again we must
counteract this impression, and that
IS what We propose to do. We cannot
90 anything with the farmers. They
have left us, but we ea-as get slls ,aEtor
vote, and we shall begin now to direct
It away from Bryan and his party
How will Mr.. Mckinley do this?"
Why, he knows too well that some
thing more than mere assertion that
the Republican party is the friend of
the Workingman is necessary, and ma
tfonal legislation will be so handled that
it will be the best educator Of the peo-
ple.''
Mr.. Hanna said further to Mr. Peck:
The fight OF silver against gold was
practically abandoned by the Demo-
Gratis 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. The one idea must be to
1nstill into the minds of men that Re-
publicanism is good and better than
Popocracy. Only let Mckinley be in
augurated President of the United
States, and this will be done I have
no doubt but that the result Will be all
We hope. There must be an arrange
ment that will strike the people at the
right time. Mckinley will assume a
d!Gnified attitude of antagonism to all
trusts and monopolies His inaugural
message Will breathe a spirit of abhor-
renee for the Capitalization of such
power as is to-day possessed by the
trusts, and then we will expect the
understanding of the people to do the
rest
-Four years hence will come the next
Presidential election, with the election
OF a Congress. Then we shall have a
tariff measure introduced This meas
ure will be closely identified with Nc
kinley. On that measure we shall make
the Presidential campaign of 1900 On
the tariff agitation We shall rsy to
win the battle.
THE gold Democrats will be with US
in 1900. Bourke Cochran said I, me
when / was in New York that there
was no 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 differ.
The only thing left for them to fight
for was the name. That is true: that
rlacS nf Dpnncrafc which iu not n,
laboring element and not of the hrm
is with us now, and will be with us our
years from now"
Mr.. Peck brought with him an invita-
ton from the Union League Club of
Chicago to attend a banquet given In
his honor two weeks hence. Mr. Hama
declined the invitation, and in giving
his reason stated that he had decliied
q similar invitation from New York
brought by General Horace Porter Tie
reason given by Mr.. Hanna for declh-
ing both invitations lies in the desire
of his to remain in the BACKGROUND,
now that Mckinley is elected.
Many persons" said Mr.. Hanm.
particularly the Popocrats. have givm
expression to the belief that / dictatd
McKinIey's movements, and that
Such an idea might secure substantis-
tion should l consent TO be feted s
you gentlemen and my friends in Ner
York propose"
Turning TO the last campaign, M.
Hanna said: Here in this town tn
Popocrats succeeded in arraying tn
labor element against us. The result
was that we lost 5000 votes. The re
suit In Ohio. however, was the larges
majority ever given to Presidentis
candidate, for, while the plurality wa
smaller. being about $1,000. the ma
jority and the plurality were about tn
same This was due to the fact tha
party lines were very closely draw
and the Prohibition and Populist pal
ties were practically wiped out"
Mr.. Peck inquired about the state
ment that had been published to tn
effect that 10000 votes distribute