The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-10
|IIY ALL WANT HANNA
:. ,be Biggest Man In the
republican Party
.v IS PAYING THE PENALTY.
How He VIII Get Along
|s''l'" s.,.te-Tbe Bible Upon which
In ''' x.Kiniey Took the Oath Fur
Pre'' ...,can M. IL. Bishops.

..s sepate-The Di"''
y ' '..,, mckinley Took the Oath Fur
' ''s.s ,, African NJ. E. Bishops.
.orox March 9.-ISpecial' l-of
WAs8lNoioon Of the Republican party
the pis .he national capital to witness
ought W .mt and participate In the
ln ";Tation of the government " par
Mark Hanna is without any ques
ems, pigrest. Mr.. Hanna IS paying the
pn the p'e ssme He is wanted by every
FnaV u his hotel people stand In line
be- Az m chance TO enter his room ana
aiting lo ~, him about official appoint
bniT WI" A. Hanna tries to see every one
enlS nature is greater than his
is gVO' He promptly informs all callers
rens'h ot his business to parcel out the
pa .0 II that is President Mckinley AFFAIR
ns' aS chairman of the national commit
u \ ~ :. generally recognized to be his duty
W. srinnow the wheat from the chan
neiP .,o that men who are entitled TO
pa " ST. for their party services are
ODSuei "hance 10 present their claims In
Hanna Is Very Tired
lima has achieved his ambition
", hocome a senator of the United STATES
~ ~. Ot = a very happy day for Mr. Hanna,
las seen his protege escorted I'd ohe
rs,ta House by triumphant throng' ana
me- .1. , is entitled to sit among the
nv - the American house OF lords.
O' aro fine trophies for one man TO
n''0 nan who but few years ago was
eai' in our politics outside his own
prt Mr.. Hanna has won these
la.e e.,os and achieved this high place at
.,rStful cost. He is really very tireu
have never seen in public or prl-
uan Dute a man who needs rest as much as
Soos and if Mr.. Hanna's physician does
y, insist upon his giving up work ana
w. Tor a time and devoting himself
Viz n the task of recuperating his
,,renctb. | should not be surprised TO see
.".oI collanse. Mr. Hanna has been under
.amondons strain for more than n year.
%Sa camnaipn for McKinley's nomination
rsalv began two or three years ago active-
i II had its start at the Minneapolis
cOrvention of 1892, but for the last two
roorc Mr. Hanna, as its organizer, has
,bmoht or talked of little else.
Tbere was the campaign for the nomina-
,,on After that had been won the nation
a rampaign came on, with five months OF
,bo most arduous and trying labor that
srv man ever performed How Mr.. Hanna
STRUGGLED and toilcd and worried and car
red point after point and put up his pig'
broad shoulders and supported terrible
burden of responsibility no one but himself
and one or two friends knows. When the
election was over, it was supposed he would
cet little rest. He certainly was entitled
toit. But not so He has worked almost
as hard since election day as he did before
His office at Cleveland has been the Mecca
Of office seekers. He usually found 90 mel
waiting for him when he reached his desk
and by nightfall the number had not I'll
minished.
leadership In the Senate.
There is a good deal of curiosity as q
how Mr. Hanna will get along in the sen
ate Some there are who predict he VII
run afoul of senatorial traditions: that h
will not have sufficient respect for the ira
ditions of that honorable body; that he vii
try to become IA leader too rapidly On
senator, and very prominent Republica
senator he is, said to me; Mr. Hanna Is
great man. He has had wonderful sue
cess But he has been in the habit OF ru1
ming regular military campaign. He ha
issued his orders like general III the iielt
and they have been obeyed 1t will not d
for him to try those tactics in the senate
They will fail. In the senate, you know
the equality of men is strictly recognized
Here the tradition is that every man is e'
cry others equal Things are accomplish
ed by mutual concessions The unwritte
law is that when collision comes on OF
man says to the other. You yield littl
will yield little, and we will fix it up
No leadership in the SENSE in which TIT
term is applied is possible in the senat
Even MIR Allison. Mr. Aldrich. Mr.. Go
man, Mr. Quay, who are the actual leade
OF the senate, do not try TO govern I'M
coax and smooth and use soft methods. -
All of which is no doubt true. But
my opinion Mr. Hanna will easily accor
modate himself TO the circumstances.
ne Keeps his health, he will soon becor
one of the most influential men in the sc
ate by following the very methods WIFI
The senate insists upon l know Mr. Ha
Ia pretty well and ] know him to be
most adaptable man. He can use the al
OF llattery and softness and persuasion
well as any man. At any rate his care
IN the upper branch will be watched wi
great interest.
Bumps on the Moon.
There can be no doubt that Mr. Hann'
troubles have only just begun The off
seekers will poster the life out of him
auGitlon he looks upon himself as respt
sue TO great degree for the success
'ne Mckinley administration The prom
passage OF the tariff bill is his great IN
SION 10 this he will bend all his energi
~ THIS task his bed will not be one
roses. There are thousand difficulties
.ne way AS one old senator expressed
Mr llama set out to capture the mos
ne got 1t, but now he finds there
bumps on it"
"aJor Mckinley took the oath of of
upon Bible furnished him by the bish
VI the African M Il church 1t wa:
gorgeous affair, made specially for the
sas'on ID bindery at Cincinnati.
SU'ers We're inlaid with gold and silly
~ many In the vast audience which
..inoied at the east front of the cap
e Meie seemed to be something peculia
S slng mat the representatives of the o
oUMntrodden race should furnish the B
~ "nlch new president took the oatl
~, o'ioe. But the judges and officer
,L supreme court were not pleased
,he bishops were permitted TO furnish