The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-02

CLEVELAND O.. Jan. 1.-The ssna-
.orIaI sEs--tlan viii occur at Columbus in
fes days. ard IL viii ti7en be iinaliy set
fiaa whether Mark Hanna Is 20 succeed
himself 40 senator Of tie United states
From what I can learn there seems Ht;ie
doubt as 10 sls eleerisn. but there are
E1gsr:y OF Ja4dases 10 Ohio politics, ard IL
sas Foraker faction can defeat Hanna
without bringing opprobrium upon Itself
& vii undoubtedly Go 80. have heard
nothing bat Foraker and Hanna since /
cane into the state. In Cincinnati every
oae lagaea Foraker. with only here sud
1fsere saouter for Hanna Here the ma
t3fisg are for Hanna, but a niImlsr Of
jealous ricn ugen question his ability and
incline toward Foraker.
Hanna and Foraker Compared.
1t n wondeefssf how strong both men are
in the 3eaf4s OF rfs people. i could and
tNersty a4en ln any Ohio city who would
r8i 8D shelr sleeves and fight for either
Foraker or Hanna. Foraker IS the typical
tighter. lie believes IA winning BY az
erosion. liz whole life has been i fignt.
" ben ne was ready 20 40 away TO school
tfse MAR broke out and he entered the
army. RE was hardly oiG enough to be n
soldier. bat he fought his WAY through
the war taking active part in the battles
OF lockout Mountain. Missionary Ridge,
Atlanta ard dozen others. and being the
ssst rBsu Of bis regiment 10 be mustered
out IIe carried his auimosity with nl4n
after the war closed ard when ne aas
governor protested against giving the
rebel flags back 20 the South. Foraker
has BAG bone as Stift sAe CoriHthian
columns al the front Of the capitol at
Washington. lie does not give up and lie
keeps on Fighting after the battle II over.
lie wanted an education. bur Ire served
snroa2 hort the var, and when 1t was
Closed entered college, going first 10 the
Methodist university al Delaware. Ohio.
and aftsrward 10 Cornell Hanna il also
tighter. bat ne fights in different way.
tie plans bis camps igns. organizes lis
f9rcez, sladiss human nature and diplo-
.H8tteaitg nioIds everything 10 his VIII.
Tine reason for this lies somewhat IN mis-
sdnfa'ion- He started life in his fathers
STORE IN Cleveland. bet times were hard
ana business po1-. Later on he invested
his savilgs IN an iron mine became inter-
ested In . variety of different enterprises
and by diplomacy, push and honesty sue
ftaaed in Taking Il great fortune. Like
FprakeT. he Is = niGn Of strong friend
ships. This Is shown ln the way he stuck
10 Mckiaey. Like Foraker h.. is a good
tSfftes, sne, like him, he seldom forsets
an injury, and will keep up his campaign
~ the last
areat Political organizers.
Both Hanna ana Foraker are astute
poHucians. Both have their forces well
organized. bat Hanna knows more about
ors5nizstio IN dag than Foraker does
tn a month OF Sundays. Foraker has
friends who manipulate he machine for
alan. One Of these is Charles kurtz Of
columbus. Coy. BUSHNELL Is another and
George Cox, the big liquor dealer of Gin
einnati was until recently the third. All
these men, however cannot compare with
Hanna ia this respect fou.t whethes
be has his equal lit the world. l spent
some time al his Headquarters here and
looked over tho books showing how he
ran this last senatorial campaign The
Whole state was divided up into sections
Every man OF Importance WAS known
Every vote was counted. Every uewspa-
per eaitcr had been lined up and the
wires reaching from the Perry Payne
haiid ~ extended 10 every hamlet I'm Ohio
seafsS OF clerks we're kept constantly
busy. Two hundred and fourteen daily
Tsp * aud all OF the week.-Mrs. published
IN 6aio came to the headquarters A
cCgps ~ readers clipped these summar-
3 hrii matter and presented IL TO Han
Ha - nienans close touch was kent
v{fh every county. and the correspond
enee WsS such mat it amounted 10 hun
1Teds Of letters "a day.
saama's Campaign for Mckinley.
Hannas presidential campaign for Me
Haley was managed As no campaign WAS
ever managed before The whole United
States VAS divided up just as he divided
hp bnio. He knew much about any
one of the counties OF Lower California or
OF Upper Maine as he did about tho differ
ert parts az Northern OAio lie not only
Knew individuals. but he knew public sen
tlnent. and he spent vast sums 10 change
II. Ills correspondence was So enormous
tnaE for time tx was said he spent as
much as $4,000 week for postage ami |
have seen Il stated shat So ro0 @1 docu-
a.
Al told. the amount NJ money AZ his com
naaUd Is said 90 have been more than
$f@N9sA. and / have $50 doubt that thia
money. faf Mir. Hama Mas concern
81. was spent ieEltmately Ue skmped
nothing. \ letter Was twyev sent where A
telegram so0id bring the news more
quickly. and much OF the business VAS
done by special wires ana long distance
erh0Hes. Ia :Nis work he aid Il
very largely ny President Mckinley The
president u ong OF the shrewttesl ~ poN-
tietans. Is means Or the telephone Ia
and hanna were side by side though one
MAS 10 Cleveland and the other IN C-3u.on.
Every day Or so Hanna would gear or the
train taking IA iat Of papers WITH hlm.
sua "a down 20 Canton The ride is not
mote TRAN al boar or so. During tbe
Journey ne would have TWO seats "a hIiu~
sex ana would eert over cheese papers. -
that he hsd SIZE hi tust iu the shape ia
which Mckiriey w0utd understand ttrta
Rssst quickly. He wood proceed st uqru
- huslneys, and together the tHa in a
CallVtc o honrs Wocjt a. over {he whole
sle!si and ~ evening Hanna woald b4
back in cleveland wish e uew set OF Iii
Tectleus fer his suhue5lln4tes. fIe Is Xau
knew. soed 5u1se of u. n. apd ne
picked ant force 0F 2fpAu3E.Fs NAfca
needed only his general directions, lie
does Dot believe tH doing thins< }3s ,an
Esf either men 80 de. Ia this Nay he