The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-11
|[NLEY THE MASTER
n. Rules With Great Tact,
hut With Firmness.
, HANNA IS DIsREGARDED.

., Mckinley and Cleveland.
Lacked Tact-A Story That
,,,aness. A Prediction by Wal
wellman'
nso,oS March ll.-ISpecial. AL
''a g. the gossip among the big men
n.0nblican party who are assembled
s". rstcb the organization of the ad-
...t,On on new party lines that Pres
w.K,nley is as completely his own
y, IS Mr.. Cleveland or any other pres
was Until recently there has
nrovalent idea that Mr.. Mckinley
- move to be a plastic, easy going
s.n, The notion that perhaps Mark
lu'n DSorld be the power behind the
no was generally entertained, or at
~ s,von thought. The political oppo-
~ ths new administration even went
\, as to say that Mark Hanna, and not
lam Mckinley, was the man being In
ursted as chief magistrate.
A Will Of His Own.
moo ideas have now been wholly aban-
y Not even the opponents of the ad-
,st,otion any longer claim that Mr.
Trlev Il ruled by Mark Hanna or any
sle On the contrary, they are begin
b talk of the straight and stiff spinal
mn possessed by the new man In the
sts House. must say that this is not
,rrse 10 me. have known William
Kinley for many years, and l have
MN that underneath the softness OF his
mar the tactfulness of his speech and
manifest kindliness of his heart there
sort of Imperialism. Here In Wash
ban when he was member Of congress
chairman Of the ways and means COM
tee. he generally managed to have his
wsy, But he got it by easy methods
often than not by gently molding
ers to his way of thinking or by prac-
np the art of the true leader In making
er people believe they were carrying out
n own schemes, when In reality they
Il carving out his. Back in Canton
Stark county, where he was 30 many
hes candidate for congress, and where
was the undisputed political captain in
party, had years ago seen him Issuing
es to his followers with something like
hilary authority. / could see, or thought
build, that just as soon as he was presi-
bt Just as soon as all power conferred In
hands and every one was under him
b no one over him, this imperiousness
bis nature would assert itself. 1t has
ne to pass.
But It Is all done smoothly and tact
)ly. In selecting his cabinet President
kKinley followed his own bent. There
two or three conspicuous instances of
self reliance which led him to disre.
Id the wishes even of Mr.. Hanna. Much
Mr. Mckinley likes Hanna, grateful as
was to him, eager as he was to please
b, at least two cabinet appointments
ged by the national chairman, and per-
tently urged, too, were not made. So 1t
been with number Of appointments
the diplomatic service 1t Is only justice
Mr. Hanna to say that he has made no
Ort to manage things either at Canton or
he in Washington. He has taken q mod
and sensible attitude. He has given
vice when 1t was asked for, and, save as
two or three points, has not been at all
sistent, During the first four or five
Us of the presidents occupancy of the
bite House Mr. Hanna never went near
(m. He saw Mr. Mckinley only once in
Yashington before the Inauguration.
lenty Of other prominent men were with
rising sun much more than the War
ck Of the administration was.
A Contrast.
President Mckinley made his own cabi.
and he Is its master. There is not a
|an among the eight ministers who ex.
Fctsanything elsethan the most complete
% cordial submission to the will of his
pei. That he will rule the cabinet as
implicitly as Mr. Cleveland ruled his cabi
no one doubts, But he will do 1t by
Cre tactful methods In the general work
administration, in carrying out poll
and making appointments, Mr.. Nc
ghley Will give much greater appearance
uelerence to the wishes of prominent
gu IN MS party, especially senators and
ulng members of the house of represent
ives Than Mr.. Cleveland did. In carry
out his own sweet will President
'e'eiano was sometimes unnecessarily
rupt and even offensive. President Nc
lnley will have his own way, but he will
s IL gently and without offense. Nc
,niry Is born tactician; Cleveland wa.
van 10 china shop, The Temperament,
'ne TWO men Is somewhat alike in sor,
supstrata of stubbornness In method
sy are wholly different.
~ only fair to Mr. Cleveland to say
~ 80 lar as his cabinet was concerned, III
saaged to get along without harshness
ueated his official advisers as gentle
ana friends The stories that hav,
- 'oid OF his brutality are for the mos
apocryphal He did on one or two
a saI sit down upon" member o.
.aOinet In way which must have lef
's spo. IN the heart of his victim But
RUE ne was jolly and kindly. Mer
aS were In the Cleveland cabinet hav,
"a ae many times of the good times the,
bn,.o - snelr official and personal inter
Snd N.Y. Nv WIN the late president. Mr. Cleve
HAM. was not always so gentle In his treat
q, .so' Others, and 1t was in this way h,
kicaI sss ., his reputation for being tyran
val and domineering.
II, Only a Little One.
\ tho 'v n: IN point: One day there appeared
him" eSs q statement, made by ,
N ~ uihcer unnamed, Of the Cuban pol
ksatea Me Cleveland administration /
EVIL I quite stir. So much criticism die
|nd rsn v mat the president repudiated 1t
Ather pauiated 1t In a way which made 4
kbo h ssscomfortable for the cabinet office
comm"""ru given 1t out. whoever he was
Eecreta"u gossip ascribed the mistake {,
hId nlai.,o iney, and many newspaper
.p'aihly that Mr. Olnev was tho man