The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-02

met ministers hu. the treasury had already
been settled aEe hanna did not care to be
looked upon as having rCceiJ ed the place as
a reward for his political services. He want
ed to be the chosen Of the people and hence
his campaign fer the senatorship OF Ohio.
L believe he will do well in the senate, and
that his business genius vii be OF great ad-
vantage in the administration OF the ccun-
try. So far he has been 50 occupied with
his reelection that he has not had a chance
to show what he can do. AS soon as this
Is settled he will devote himself more TO his
senatorial duties. He win probably pick
out some great national measure and make
this his hobby, bringing his wonderful
ganizing powers and business genius to its
support. So far he has only been minor
senator from Ohio. and as the power behind
the scenes with the president. ars
general impression prevails that Hanna
ofices OF the administration. This is not
made nong hs the wheh ha aas
been attributed to him, and he has as far
as possible avoided Completing Mckinley
eyer, are men who stick to their friends.
Hanna is very fond Of his old friends. He
said not long ago: II like my old friends.
and 1 would not trade them for all the new
ones" In this he is not unlike Foraker,
who has a wonderful reputation here in
Ohio for standing up for those who have
stood up for him
oHIo's RICH SENATORS.
bOtn fCrdRer ana hanna are rlcn, and
both are spending a great deal Of money
just now. Foraker is building a house in
Washington ON ground worth SIS a square
foot. a school slate Is about square foot
in size, and when this much land costs you
SIS you can see that good lot will run high
into the thousands. Foraker's house will
be very fine. 1t will have large number
of rooms and will be just the place for
politician who wants to entertain during
an ante-presidential campaign. Hanna so
far has not bought a house in Washington.
but he will probably do so if he is elected
to the senate. He is worth in all probability
a score times as much as Foraker, and Han
mas money is in business enterprises which
are said to bring him in an income Of some
thing like half million dollars a. year. The
most of Foraker's funds come, I am told.
from his law practice. A Cincinnati man tod
me the other day that he received not long
ago 500, coo as his fee in a single case and
that he makes enormous amounts out of his
practice. Hanna's investments cover the
United States He has a line Of steamers ON
the lakes. He owns iron mines in Wisconsin.
Michigan and Minnesota. He is a director
in the Globe iron works, one Of the biggest
shipbuilding institutions Of the United States
He has railroad interests and street car lines
and he Is at the same time largely interested
in coal mines. He has thousands OF men in
his employ, and his pay rolls during the last
year have aggregated about $3.50 600 month,
his employees are strong supporters OF his.
They say he is a good man to work for and
emtnently fair and honest. AS to just what
whether he knows himself. The other day
newspaper friend of mine asked him point
blank how much money he had Hanna
looked up with surprise, and, raising his
hands, exclaimed
my God, man! That's thing that I
never tell even to my own WIFE,
CHARITABLE, BUT MODEST
Both Hanna and Foraker are charitable
men. Mrs Foraker Is a very active mem
Der of the Methodist church, and she is in
terested in all things connected with it.
Hanna gives a good deal to the churches.
| but don't think he is over-regular in his
attendance. He is always giving in some
way or another, but he does not let his
right hand know what his left hand does
| and he never gives extensively. Ben But
terworth tells a number of stories Of Han
mas charity. Says he lone day just after
the panic had struck us, and times were
hard, 1 was in Mark Hannas Office. I had
| friend who was about to lose his home.
He had borrowed money on it when he was
flush, and the Indebtedness was nothing like
the value of the property. But the shrink
were sold 1t would hardly bring the amount
Of the debt. tried to get some Of my rich
friends to hep him. and could not until I
| did not ask Mr.. Hanna for money but lust
told him the. story: AS I was going away,
| however, he handed me a paper, saying:
Perhaps your friend use that Benz
Just then some one else came in and
had to hurry to make my train. When
| got to the car looked at the paper 1t was
| check for 81 500, the amount Of my friends
4
him an everlasting friend of Mark Hanna.
! Mark Hanna did that without receipt and
without a hope that he would get anything
from it, and I can tell you that it takes a
pretty charitable soul to act so in these
money grabbing days.
81 know Of a number of other cases." Maj.
Butterworth continued. 81 once heard
| man ask Mr.. Hanna for money to aid him in
defending suit which an INSCRIPTIONS man
| had brought against him. Equitably the man
had no right to the property, but legally. the
papers were so drawn that he could get 1t,
and the right owner would lose all he had
1t was the owner who asked Mark for $1,000
to defray the expenses OF defending his prop
| erty. heard the man tell the story. Mark
Hanna looked like craven image as he lis
tened, and you would have thought that he
was unimpressed by it. At the close he
told the man he would look into the matter,
and a little later 1 know the man received
check for $1,000 accompanied only by
note which said: I think your case Is just
II it is So and you are honest, as 1 am
sure you are, you will pay this back when
you can.
Frank G. Carpenter
Use the Long Distance Telephone to Mime
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