The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-01-08
THEY FEEL FOR HANNA
Washington Republicans Inter-
ested In the Columbus Contest.
THE SENATOR'S WINNING WAYS.

Has Made Many Friends at the National
Capital - Charles l.. Kurtz, His Chief
Adversary-How "a Boston Lawyer Beat
tho Tariff.
WASHINGTON, Jan. g. Special. mo
Jther man in the country has been more
talked of during the past week than SEN
ator Hanna of Ohio. Mr.. Hanna's battle
for reelection at Columbus has been eager
ly watched by all public men. Naturally
a great variety of views are taken of the
contest. The senator's friends here and
the regular Republican senators and rep
resentatives, with some exceptions, have
all sympathy for him and no end of scath-
ing denunciation for those Republicans
who are trying to defeat him. Their claim
is that the common decencies of politics
entitlo him to tho support of the Repub-
licans who were elected on the same ticket
with him. There is great deal of feeling
on the subject among those members of
the party who stand by the organization.
The worst of it, from the Republican
standpoint is that the quarrel which has
started in Ohio Is not likely to be stopped
for many day.
Popular In Washington.
Senator Hanna is genuinely popular i'm
| Washington. When he first came here,
there was a little feeling, even among his
party associates, that he was flying lit
| tie too high" and as "a newcomer in the
national arena should learn to keep nearer
the ground. But such criticisms are rare
| ly heard now. Mr.. Hanna did look upon
| the passage of a tariff bill as part of his
mission, and since that was achieved he
has been rather quiet. He has not at
| tempted to dictate party policies or to
| pose as "a legislative boss in any sense.
Mr.. Hanna can do things that another
man would not dare attempt, so far us
| that is concerned. He has such a charm
ing, hearty personality, is so breezy, frank
and generous, as a rule, that even the men
| who find him walking occasionally on
| their tenderest political toes do not get
angry at him. He is known as good
| fellow" who can give and take blows,
| and, though, as may well be imagined he
| gets his fair share of favors at the White
House, he does not get everything he asks
! for by long way. / know of a great
many cases in which Hanna has done his
best to push through certain appointments,
only to have tho president say:
| "Mark, can't give you that.
| And that settles 1t.
| He Has His Enemies.
OF course Mr. Hanna has his enemies.
| Every strong man who pushes and elbows
| his way along must have them. The worst
| thing these enemies of Hanna say about
| him is that he pushed poor Uncle John
| Sherman out of the senate and into the
| state department. in order to make room
for himself and that he deserves defeat at
| Columbus for his cruelty to the veteran
| statesman from Ohio. But the transfer of
Mr.. Sherman to the state department was
more Mr.. McKinley's doings than Mr.
Hanna's. Besides, Secretary Sherman says
| he is satisfied where he is and he has no
grudge against Mr.. Hanna.
| Hanna has spent a fortune in politics.
| have heard some of his friends estimate
that the campaign for Mckinley s nomina-
ton cost Hanna at least $500, 900. For "a
/, long time he supplied most of the funds
himself, and it must be remembered the
Mckinley campaign began more than a
year before the assembling of the st. Louis
! convention. In the campaign for election
| Mr.. Hanna did not spend much OF his own
money He had done enough and there
were plenty of others willing to come for
ward with funds
| CDarleS hurbZ, tDt lcdticT VI obo ubei-
Hanna fight at Columbus, is now man
known throughout the nation. He has
leaped to fame at single bound. But he
has been known for long time as one OF
the shrewdest politicians in the country.
He is quiet, secretive, pussy footed, y
Machiavelian. There is no more skill
full man in the world than he in the tricks
of politics. Oddly enough, politics is not
his chief hobby. He is devoted to art. He
knows as much about pictures as he does
about politics, and that Is saying good
deal.
A Funny Tariff Story.
Now and then as dry and dull subject
rs the tariff brings forth IA funny story.
When Mr.. Dingley prepared his famous
tariff bill, he did his best, as he thought,
to protect American mineral water. A
duty of "a cents gallon was thought to
be high enough to keep out all these min
eral waters which compete strongly with
American products, especially the Cana
dian waters. But firm that was inter
ested in the importation of Canadian min
eral waters, with ruin staring 1t in the
face, applied to Boston lawyer for assist
ance.
LETS see, +" exclaimed this shrewd man.
"There is no duty at all on ice. Why can
you freeze your mineral water and bring
it in as "a solid, free of dutyp"
"Just the thing" said the client, with
beaming face.
Tests were made to show whether or not
the quality of the mineral water was hurt
by freezing, and when 1t was found that
after thawing the water was just as good
as before the lucky mineral water man
froze his product into 500 pound Jumps
and brought it across the border. 1t comes
in duty free, and, besides this gain, the
importer gets lower freight rate and
saves the cost Of the casks. Thus q smart
Boston lawyer gets ahead OF Uncle Sam
and the tariff law.
One of the most remarkable resem'
blances in public life Is that which exist.
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