The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-26
THEY NET At ST. LOUIS
Hervey Lindley and Mark
Hanna Were There
and 50 WAS JOHN D. SPRECKELS
The Trio Held a Very interest.
ing Session
MARK HANNA'S FADED GRIN
He Turned II Upon the CaIifornians and
They Collapsed
The Eagle Heard Many Of the Facts and II
Screamed
MARK HANNA'S FADED GRIN
He Turned II Upon the CaIifornians and
They Collapsed
The Eagle Heard Many Of the Facts and II
Screamed
And Now Is to Is More Popular With
the Boys In the Trenches Than
Ever-A New and Inter.
esting Story

Did Mark A. Hanna, the discoverer of
William Mckinley in the bullrushes Of
high tariff, as the Republican Moses,
turn down at st. Louis last week the
Honorable Hervey Lindley, the big Re-
publican captain south of the Tehach-
api, and the equally Honorable John D.
Spreckels, the big protection captain OF
the north?
This question is just now irritating
the gums Of every Republican ward,
precinct, city and county leader in the
state Of California, from Siskiyou to San
Diego.
Col. Harrison Gray Otis, who, at ST.
Louis was one of the bottle holders at
the Mckinley ringside, under the eagle
eye of Marcus Aurelius Hanna, declares
upon his honor as party leader that
both Lindley and Spreckels received, in
return for the glad hand extended upon
the banks of the Mississippi the faded
grin. Colonel Otis insists that the in
terview between the two brainy chaps
from the land of the setting sun. and
the Cleveland, O., ringmaker was ex-
ceedingly short and strictly to the point.
He, Otis, first heard the particulars
from outsiders, and later in the day
that eventful day when Lindley and
SpreckelS met Hanna at Molokai Cor was
1t CarOndelet?) and became his'n, War
wick Hanna himself reported the de-
tails of the interview to Otis as it had
exactly occurred.
about the bush. They had come with
blood in their eye and Mckinley pam
pas plumes in their hands to learn the
worst from the lips which were prepared
to spread the words of the prophet.
Would Mckinley, Lindley choked down
sob as he hesitated, would Mark Han
ma, representing protection and the sin
gle gold standard, if the major from
Canton. O., were elected president of the
United States, agree that one Harrison
Gray Otis, and one other, Michael Henry
de Young, were to be sent off fishing
when it came to appointing the post
master at Milpitas or the collector of
customs at Mojave, or were these two
varlets to be in charge of the California
end of the cake?
Marcus Aurelius Hanna, so Col. Otis
ayers, blinked never an eye as he sur
veyed the two Pacific coast supplicants
Tor his powerful favor. II am not q
patronage broker" haughtily comment
ed Hanna, while the window panes in
the Southern Hotel took on thick rim
OF Ice. so cold was the weather for miles
around. Lindley and Spreckels left the
august presence of the king and the lat
ter has not seen them since.
To others Hanna is said to have COM
mented upon the great nerve of the two
California leaders Neither of these
men," quoth McKinley's angel, was on
our side, even when both of them knew
we were in the lead. They were forced
into line under castiron instructions and
then we would have been afraid they
were going to stab us, had we needed
any of their eighteen votes, which we
did not We have known all along who
our friends were out there This game
of politics is not new to us. 1t may be
new to some of those people out on the
coast We have been there before. MANY
a time"
The above is about the size of Colonel
Otis version of the story. John d
Spreckels is at New York, and Heryey
Lindley is at San Francisco. Hence the
other side of what really occurred can
not as yet be learned
The boys in the trenches hereabouts
are in the meantime wondering where
they are at. They would like to do
politics with the eagle, but that bird is
holding out no hope to them Lindley
can do them no good so far as the fed
eral places are concerned, and there YOU
are The upshot of the trouble will be
that the Republican electoral ticket in
Southern California Will not have next
November quite as many votes as will
have the legislative and congressional
tickets. The latter will represent 16 to
l and Hervey Lindley; the former will
mean the single standard and Harrison
Gray Otis. Quien sabe