Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-31

cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 20. 1S97.-The
equatorial election will occur at Co
lumbus in few days. and 1t will then
be finally settled whether Mark Hanna
Is to succeed himself aus senator of the
limited states. From what l can learn
there seems little doubt as to his cleo
ton. but there are plenty of Judases IN
Ohio politics. and If the Foraker faction
can defeat Hanna without bringing OPP
probrium upon itself it will undoubted-
Nv do so. have heard nothing but
Foraker and Hanna since l came into
the state. In Cincinnati every one
lauded Foraker, with only here and
there a shouter for Hanna. Here the
majority are for Hanna, but a num-
her of Jealous rich men question his
ability and incline toward Foraker.
HANNA AND FORAKER COM
PARED.
IT Is wonderful how strong both men
are in the hearts of the people. l
who would roll up their sleeves and
fight for either Foraker or Hanna.
Foraker is the typical fighter He be-
lieves in winning by aggression. His
whole life has been fight. When he
was ready TO 30 away to school the
war broke out and he entered the army.
He was hardly old enough to be sol
der, but he fought his way through
the war. taking active part in the bat
ties of Lookout Mountain, Mission
Ridge, Atlanta and dozen others ana
being the last man of his regiment TO
be mustered out. He carried his ami
mostly with him after the war closed,
and when he was governor protested
against giving the rebel flags back to
the South Foraker has backbone as
stiff as the Corinthian columns at the
front of the Capitol at Washington. He
does not give up and he Keeps on
fighting after the battle is over. He
wanted an education. but he served
throughout the war, and when II was
closed entered college. going first TO the
Methodist University at Delaware, ONO,
and afterward to Cornell. Hanna is
also a tighter, but he fights In differ
ent way. He plans his campaigns. or
ganizes his forces, studies human ma
ture and automatically molds every
thing to his WILL The reason for this
lies somewhat in his education. He
started life in his fathers store in
Cleveland, but times were hard and
business poor Later on he invested
his savings in an iron mine, became in
terested in variety of different en-
terprises and by diplomacy. push and
honesty succeeded in making n great
fortune. Like Foraker he is man OF
strong friendships This Is shown in
the way he has stuck to Mckinley,
Like Foraker he ie a good fighter, and
like him, he seldom forgets an injury
and will keep up his campaign to the
last.
GREAT POLITICAL ORGANIZERS.
Both Hanna and Foraker are astute
politicians. Roth have their forces well
organized, but Hanna knows more
about organization in day than For
aker does In a month of Sundays
Foraker has friends who manipulate
the machine for him. one of these is
Charles Kurtz of Columbus, Gov. Bush
nell is another and George Cox, the big
liquor dealer of Cincinnati, was until
recently the third. All these men,
however, cannot compare with Hanna
in this respect. / doubt whether he
has his equal in the world. spent some
time at his headquarters here and
looked over the books showing how he
ran this last senatorial campaign. The
whole state was divided up into sec
tlons, Every man of Importance was
known. Every vote was counted
Every newspaper editor had been lined
up and the wires reaching from the
itITN faNne DlllUln& EXTENDED 10 every
hamlet Of Ohio. Scores of clerks were
kept constantly busy. Two hundred
and fourteen. daily papers and all OF
the weeklies published in Ohio came ia
the headquarters. A corps OF readers
clipped these, summarized their matter
and presented II to Hanna's lieuten-
ants. A close touch was kept with
every county, and the correspondence
was such that 1t amounted to hundreds
OF letters day
HANNA'S CAMPAIGN FOR M'KIN-
LEY.
Hanna's presidential campaign for
Mckinley was managed as no cam
pnign was ever managed before. The
whole United States was divided ur
JUST as he divided up Ohio. He knew
as much about any one of the counties
or Lower California or Upper Maine as
ne cd about the different parts OF
northern Ohio. He not only knew in
diYduals, but he knew public senti-
ment. and he spent vast sums to change
~ His correspondence was so enor-
nous that for a time II was said he
tpent MS much as $50 900 n week for
Iostarc and ] havd seen II stated that
onOuOVOp documents were sent out IN
one week by mail. All told, the amount
OF money Mt his command ls said t.
t'Ne been more than si,0000O0. and ]
hhNo no doubt that this money, as far
hS Mr.. Hanna was concerned was
tpent logltimately. He skipped nothing
y letter was never sent where n tele-
ram would bring tine news more quick
e' ana much OF the business was done
ny special wires and ong-distance tele.
'nnnes, In this work ne was aided very
aFHelY by President Mckinley. The
iTnsldent Is one OF the shrewdest oi
pnuclans. by means of the telephone
ma Hanna We're side by side
,uoush one was in Cleveland md the
ulner In Canton. Every day OF
Hanna would get on the train
tlNlng a lot % papers with him. and
uown to Canton. The ride is moi
i.le than an hour or so. During the
urney he would have two seats Ia
hlnSelf and would sort over these pa
l,g's' so That he had them lust in the
saape IN which Mckinley would under
-lnd them most quickly. He would
weed NJ once to business, and to-
.l'r the two In coune of hours
.'uid so over the whole field. and by
,lNnlng Hanna would be back IN Cleve-
uu WIN new set of directions for
w suhordinates. He Is, you know. n
,uou Judge of men, and he picked out n
3Ice OF organizers which needed only
~ gcherhl direction. He does not he
I've IN doing things he can get others
n,n 20 90. In this way he saved him
~ Tor the big things and was able ia
nloW an his force where It would dc
me most good.
MARK HANNA'Ss ILLNESS.
suii Hanna did too much. His illness