The Irish standard., 1897-09-25
HANNA AS A CAMPAlGNER

In the opening speech Of his campaign
in Ohio Mark Hanna undertook to tell
the people why he should be elected to
the senate. 81 beg you to believe" he
said, that did not go into politics for
any selfish motive" OF course not Mr..
Hanna is a man whose whole life has
been devoted to works of unsclfsh patri-
otism. 1t was only a coincidence that
the candidate whom he selected owed
him $llS.0OO says the Boston Republic.
1.-TWO years ago." he continued "I
could see the danger which threatened
our beloved country. saw the oppor-
tunity for rescue. I thought saw the
man who could avert the danger.
thought | saw what was In the heart Of
the American people: so | gave myself
to the cause of William Mckinley" 1t
rever once occurred to this bounding
patriot that it might be Sin the heart
of the American people" to suspect that
he might want to put Mr.. Mckinley in
Il position where he would be able to
pay the notes for $1lS.OOO which he held.
Oh, no! There was no thought in Mr..
Hanna's mind so sordid as that Nor
did 1T ever enter into his calculations
that a high protective tariff would bring
money by the million into his Golfers
al gave my time and nearly my llfe."
says Mr.. Hanna, ito elect Mckinley
president. | stand here today, not as a
candidate for United States senator, but
to earnestly plead that you stand by the
administration of William Mckinley.
That is the only salvation of our coun-
Try. BY indorsing and standing by tho
administration you will spare the ma
ton from further attacks from those
who preached anarchy and arrayed class
against class a year ago" Mark the
logic of this suggestion: "Mr. McIiiu-
ley was my candidate. discovered
him. He owed me $1lSOOO, and I want
ed to set him up again. Now that he Is
president. want you to indorse his
administration. incidentally you will be
indorsing mo. The thing works beau
tifully. I gave my time and nearly my
life to win. You will be ungrateful I'M
less you elect me to the senate" Aud
in closing this part of his speech he
says: "1'hank God. l was defender Of
my country in that campaign!" We all
remember the plea Of the counsel for
Colonel Yell. of Texas at may be
true" he said, impessively. that
Colonel Yell could not satisfactorily ex-
plain the disappearance of the funds Of
the First National Bank Of Yellville, of
which he was treasurer, but his remarks
on that occasion showed that his
heart beat warmly for his native land"
And so with Hanna. He may buy
votes in Louisiana. Georgia. Alabama
and elsewhere for cash. He may collect
huge corruption funds with which to
purchase votes; he may lie. rob. steal or
do any other dlsrcputable political trick,
and then thank God that he defended
the honor OF his country. Colonel Yell
was n modest man compared with Mr.
Hanna.
Among the blessings which Mr. Hanna
says the people derive from the privi-
lego OF having his man elected to the
presidency is the tariff. 1.-The result OF
our victory" he says. has been the new
tariff law. and l predict that no party
will change 1t in twenty years. No
party dare assuil it," MIR. Hanna is
very confident of the permanency OF his
work. as will be seen. There is method
in his style OF campaigning. too. He
makes no pretense of being al orator
He splutters Il few sentences in Ibis
own homely way" as though lie had
made no preparation. But his addresses
are carefully written-by somebody
clse-and committed to memory.
1t must be comforting to the &. o. y.
organs and to those persons who are
regularly bribed by Hanna to learn that
he and Foraker. the fiery. have made
up. Until after election they will not