The morning times., 1897-03-04
HANNA KEPT BUSY As A BEE
large Program Marked Out by
y Himself for Today.
HIS PART In THE CEREMONY
LIE and Two Hundred and Fifty
~ Friends VIII Have Seats In the
Stand Opposite the Presidents.
Hundreds Called to See the Chair
man and He Was Also Serenaded.

Mr. Mckinley's best man, the remarkable
Marcus A Hanna, has program of activity
mapped out for himself today
Mr. Hanna win have his breakfast at a r
early hour today and soon after make
call on Mr. Mckinley. This consultation
VIII be the last that he Will have win
MI Aichlnley as a private citizen Mr..
Hanna win then return to the Arlington
lof the completion of any little unfinished
business with his private secretary, Mr.
ferklns, and viii remain in his rooms until
he goes to the Senate.
| After the inaugural cerem ony Mr. Hanna
WIZ personally occupy fiont seat in the
| Lafayette Square stand, opposite the
| Presidential reviewing stand. With MIR.
| Hanna here will be his friends and CO.
| workers to the number of $50 He took
| Sl,250 out Of his own pocket for these
seats, and they viii be occupied by ESQ
| OF the people who elected Mr.. Mckinley.
When the inaugural parade has passed
a luncheon at the White House follows
The former and the new President viii
be there, and Mr.. Hanna viii also par
ticipate in this formal function.
Mr.. Hanna will remain in Washington
until TIE extra session, and quite probably
until after the passage of tariff bin.
During all this time he will be a potent
FACTOR, as he has always been since he first
conceived the idea Of making Mr.. McKin-
ley President of the United States.
Mr. Hanna's day yesterday was full of
business, as today will be- From his break
fast with Gen. Horace Porter, at 7:3O in
the morning, until he returned TO his
hotel at late hour OF the night he was
never without occupation enough for GER
tainly three ordinary men. HI called on
AIR Mckinley twice during the day, and
he received calls himself from a great
thfong of prominent Republicans He re-
FUSED himself to an even greater throng
AT very frequent intervals he received q
call from man who wished only to raw
his respects All the others wanted some
thlnS or We're summoned by Mr., Hanna
himself for consultation. Several Cabinet
and other important problems were solved
During the early afternoon two Columbus
organizations which VIII participate in
the Inauguration were at the Ariington To
pay their respects to Mr. McKinley's
generalin-chief The first was the Kurtz
Republican Club, which wheeled up and
aims in front OF the main en-
trance. of the hotel at little after IL
o'clock.
The Club wore handsome uniforms. of
white coats. blue braided, white caps and
lcggins, black trousers, and blue capes,
with gold. Their officers carried
immense axes, and wore large leather
aprons They wheeled up in fine style,
and everybody in the hotel expressed their
But Mr.. Hanna was not there |
He had LETT Just before they came.
However, at O'Clock he was very much |
in sight The Republican Glee Club, of |
'olumbys,- was the attraction this time |
Mr. Hanna came down stairs with Senator |
elect Foraker, and Gov. Bushnell, and all |
three the gentlemen made speeches. Mr..
Hanna's speech was OF course impromptu. |
1t may also be stated that il was not gem
IF oraJory. Gov Bushnell dragged him
nto the lobby and forced him to say a
few words.
Mr.. Hanna fingered in the lobby few
moments while the glee club sang national
ongs N fine style for him, and then again
-anished All during the Afternoon except
or the time of his second visit to Mr.. Nc
linley he was again receiving visitors.
The last event but one of Mr.. Hanna's
lay was his attendance at the dinner
given by Col John Hay TO the Republican
'hiefs in honor of the President-elect. The
tinneI was over early and before 10 !
clock MI Hanna was back to his hotel.
lie then went out for the last time, TO the
sbbitt and remained in consultation with
DR. Mckinley some time, saw a few more
'eople at the Arlington, and went to bed
{ II O'Clock