Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-01

fight. When he was ready to go away
TO school the broke out and he
entered the army. He hardly old
enough to be a soldier, but he fought his
way through the war, taking active part
in the battles of Lookout mountain, Mis-
sion Ridge. Atlanta and dozen others and
being the last man of his regiment to he
mustered out. He carried his animosity
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
uD and he keeps on fighting after the battle
Is over He wanted an education, but he
served throughout the war and when it
was closed entered college. going first 20
the Methodist University at Delaware Ohio
and afterward to Cornell. Hanna is also Il
fght"r. but he fights in a different way.
He plans his campaigns. organizes his
lOic-S, studies human nature and dip
lom2tiCally molGs everything to his will
The reason for this lies somewhat in
his education He started life in his faith
ers store in Cleveland, but times were
hard and business poor Later on he in
vested his savings in an iron mine, became
interested in a variety of different enter
prises and by diplomacy, push and honesty
succeedcd in making a great fortune Like
Foraker he is a man of strong friendships
This is shown in the way he has stuck to
Mckinley. Like Foraker ne is a good fight
or. and, like him. he seldom forgets an in
jury. and will keep up his campaign to the
last.
Great Political Organizers.
Both Hanna and Foraker are astute pol
itic.ans. Both have their forces well or
ganized. but Hanna knows more about
organization in a day than Foraker does
in north of Sundays. Foraker has
friends who manipulate the machine for
him. one OF these is Charles Kurtz of
Columbus, Gov. Bushnell is another and
George Cox. the big liquor dealer of Gin
Gil E1ti. 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 ne
ran lhis last ser.a tOrial campaign. This
whole state was divided IN into sections
livery man of Importance was known.
Every vote was counted Every newspaper
editor had been lined up, and the wires
Reaching from the Perry Payne building ex-
tended to 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 tC
clipped these, summarized their matter and
presented it to Hannas iieutenants
close touch was kept with every county.
and the correspondence was such that il
amounted to hundreds of letters a day.
Hnnna's Campaign for Mckinley.
kiniey Was managed as no campaign was
ever managed before. The whole United
States was divided up just as he divided
up ONO. He knew as much about any
one of the counties of Lower California OF
or Upper Maine as he did about the differ
ent parts OF northern Ohio. He not ONLY
knew individuals. but he knew public SEN
tment. and he spent vast sums to change
IL Ills correspondence was so enormous
that tOI In no
much as Sp,UJp Week fer postage and |
nave seen Ii stated that 3D,Up,vuD docu-
HeHtS We're sent out in week by mail
All told, the amount Of money at his com.
Indnd is said to have been more than 81
OD.Ovo. and l have no doubt that this
money. as far as MIR. Hanna was concern
Ell. was spent legitimately. He skimped
nothing- y letter was never sent where a
Telegram would bring the news more quick
iy, and much of the business was done
by Special wires and ong-distance tele-
prones. In this work he was aided yery
largely by President Mckinley. The Pres
fdent is one of the shrewdest OF politIciana
BY means of the telephone he and Hanna
were side by side. though one was in Cleve-
land and the other in Canton. Every ,lav
or SO Hanna would get on the train. TAX
Ing lot OF papers with him. and go down
TO Canton. The ride is not more than
an hour or SO. During the journey he
would have two seats TO himself and would
sort over these papers, so that he had them
just in the shape in which Mckinley would
understand them most quickly. He would
proceed at once to business, and together
the two in a couple OF hours would &c
over the whole field. and by evening Hanna
would be back in Cleveland with a new
set or directions for his subordinates. He
Ia, you know. good judge of men, and he
picked out force of organizers which
needed only his general direction. He does