The age-herald., 1898-01-12

De regarded as triumph or the pOWer- money over that of the people. From a strictly honorable political point of view, the opposition which rose up against MT. Hanna was not in keeping with strict party discipline. Mir. Hanna was wise enough at the Toledo convention last June to have the delegates then commit the party to his candidacy by indorsng his few weeks term in the senate and advocating his elec- tion. This was the issue in the Ohio cam paign. The republican party in every county in the state followed in the foot MT. Hanna's candidacy the one feature of the contest. Mir. Hanna had adopted the gag rule early in the battle. It was evil dent that he knew that unless he had the could not control the legislature when 1t assembled, even though it's majority be largely republican.
 MT. Hanna's victory in Ohio was in fact before had carried the state by almost 50,000 majority, Gov. Bushnel's majority in the last election was but little more than 2O,- 00O The majority in the legislature was reduced down from about fifty to five. MT. Hanna is not popular with his own party in his own state. He has been the gener- ous dispenser of money for the purchase of political positions In the last campaign 41 make his election sure, and when the votes were counted he had but bare majority, not exceeding five. MT. Hanna has always gone upon the principle that it was no crime to buy a mans vote when that vote was needed. He always has been and al- ways will be a check-book politician.
 The opposition led by Gov Bushnell and Mr. Kurtz, was righteous one. Imme- diately after the state convention at To- ledo, MT. Hanna in his bulldozing way took absolute charge of the state campaign. He ignored Gov. Bushnell and Gov. Bushnells friends. The first thing he did was to de- mand the removal of Charles L. Kurtz from the chairmanship of the state com mittee He placed in his stead Charles F. Dick secretary of the national committee, and made him his personal lieutenant in the contest. MT. Hanna was not interested in the success of any of the candidates save that of himself It was a notorious fact during the campaign that he was will ing to trade anything and everything to add to his own election, even though it de- feat Gov. Bushnell. MT. Hanna made the republicans of Ohio believe that he was the ministration. That to defeat him meant a black eye to 'prosperity's" president.
 The better class of Ohio republicans have little respect for Mark Hanna. They do though many yielded to him because of his power and his money. MT. Hanna had mill lions to spend for his election, while MT. Kurtz had not dollar. It is true he has has added nothing to his own honor, and has stamped more indellibly upon the minds of the people in general that he is not a fit man to occupy seat in the sem ate of the United States. Those members of the legislature who voted against Mr. Hanna in the organization of that body and proclaimed their open hostility to him, but finally yielded and cast their votes for him, have disgraced themselves more than Hanna has disgraced them by his open purchase of them. That MT. Hanna bought his seat in the senate of the United States, there is no question. The reputation of the man is sufficient to warrant this belief in the absence of direct proof. The conduct of the bolting legislators is another evil dence of his dishonesty as well as their own.
 Ohio has been noted for the corruptness of it's legislators, Calvin s. Brice, an al- legged democrat, purchased his seat in 1891. MT. Brice had not been resident of the state of Ohio for ten years. He was then a resident of the state of New York, but had previously lived in Ohio. There is lit- tie difference between Mark Hanna and Cal Brice Neither have been credit to their respective parties, would either have been elected senator except for their money.