Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-07
ONE ASKING ONLY.
Speaker Reeds Opinion IL
General of Political Fayors.
Mark Hanna's Ambition -kentuck,
Office Seekers-c olored Linguist.
The Enthusiasm Of General Joseph Hawiel
: National Capital lettings.

Washington. May Especial. lsspeak-
or Reed has his little peculiarities. Oneof
these is that he does not like to ask for
things. A few days ago President Nc
Kinley filled place in the diplomatic serv-
ice for which one Of Mr.. Reeds special
friends was a candidate This gentleman
naturally wanted Mr.. Reed to go TO the
White House and recommend him Tor
some other place, now that the one for
which he first tired had been given TO an
other But the speaker demurred. he
said he was ready to do anything within
his power for his friend for whom ne en-
tertained the greatest affection, but asking
the second time for an appointment was
thing he was not willing to do. IL was
contrary to his principles one asking
is enough, said the big speaker. But I'm
fortunately one asking is not all President
Mckinley is accustomed 20. lie IS more
familiar with dozen or a score Of asklngs.
Rough on the President.
This asking over and over again, BRING
ing pressure, never permitting case &c
sleep, is one OF the reculiarities OF moderf
office seeking 1t is also one of the things
Of which the president complains. Sena
tors and representatives go to HIM dozen
times about a single Application. 1hey
appear to- imagine that unless they keel
up the pressure they will fail. This ma!
be all right from their standpoint, but il
is rough on the president 1t takes his
time and strength. Of late the president
has endeavored to impress upon the minds
of his callers that he is not IA jury which
must be drummed at dag after day, ano
that after one, or at most two, careful rep
reservations he is quite able to determine
any ordinary matter. But SO far the presi'
dent has not had much success in this dl
rection. The horde of place hunters goes
right on making things lively" for the
man in the White House.
In q recent dispatch to your paper
spoke of Mark Hanna's ambition to be
come a public speaker, and predicted that
he would soon be heard from on the floor
of the senate. l have since received n letter
from william Korns of Moline, Ills, al
old friend of the Hanna family. which
contains some interesting Information.
81 knew four generations of the Hanna
family" writes Mr.. kerns, dating bach
so years, in New Lisbon, O. They were
family of business mon, were of marked
ability, and only one of them belonged t.
the professions He was physician. Dr..
Hanna was prominent Wing and the
best political speaker in that part of the
country. If the Democrats met DR.. Leon
ard Hanna in debate, they had to go away
from homo to find u man to match him.
During the forties they would bring Todd
and Hutchins from Trumbull county and
David K Carter from Stark county II
any kind of success was attained in meet
ing DR. Hanna. He was considered one OF
tho best speakers in that county at that
time. Mark Hanna is the son of DR.. Han
na so that while the ability of the family
is largely of a business character, Mark
can truly say there runs In his veins ora
torical blood. He may not know of this,
as be was very young at the time refer
to-.
O6ices For Kentucky.
Now that kentucky has n Republican
senator here, the president is expected to
mako large number of appointments in
that state During the time that the leg
islature of kentucky was struggling tc
choose senator the president declined to
make single appointment in that state
This applied to local offices, and it also
barred Kentucky Republicans from partici
patton in the general appointments with,
in the gift Of tho administration. This nat
urally operated to spur the Republican
members of the legislature to action.
Among the candidates for Office who
have attracted attention here is a colored
mfrgl. Cyrus Field Adams of Chicago. Mr.
Adams is an editor and enjoys the unique
distinction among his race of being the
possessor, of several handsome medals won
by his ability as "a teacher Of German and
other modern languages. Mr.. Adams has
thorough education, and is polished
gentleman asked him if there was any
danger of the race prejudice operating
against him In his efforts to win tho APP
pointment Us minister to Bolivia. Per
haps you do not know, was the dlgnified
reply, "that the only place in all the world
where there is any prejudice against men
OF my color is in free America.
Enthusiastic Statesmen.
The ambassadors and ministers who
went from Washington to the Grant me-
mortal exercises in New York u short time
ago were amazed and delighted at one
feature of the arrangements made for their
comfort Not only were they carried to
md from New York in sulnptuous spe-
cial train over the Pennsylvania railway,
hut such arrangements were made for the
care of their baggage as they had never
before seen or heard of. Employees of the
company visited their residences in Wash
ington the morning the train was to leave
took away their trunks and parcels anc
marked upon each piece the name of tht
owner and the number of the room he was
to occupy in the hotel at New York
These same employees accompanied th'
baggage to New York, took the stuff
across the ferry, loaded it into wagons
carted it to the hotel and put it in thu
proper rooms. All this was done Sc
quickly and correctly that when the diplo
snats arrived at their quarters they fount
their luggage awaiting them. 1T beat
anything / ever heard of, said Sir Juliar
Pauncefote, the British ambassador. Othe
members of the party were equally enthu
siastic.
The Connecticut senators are lively OLE
buys. Senator Platt was married las
week. He is only 20, and surprised hi
friends very much, as they had not sus
pected him of matrimonial intentions
His colleague, Senator Hawley, was mar
ried n few years ago at about the sam
age, and is now raising quite family. II
New York, during the Grant parade,