The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-24

SENATOR HANNA AT HOME.

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The Hours Which He Devotes to
Friends, Work and Pleasure-A Man
Who Never Changes His Mind.
/ The most overWorked piece Of mech
anism in all Washington is Senator
| Hanna's door bell Scarcely day pass
es it is not set ringing at least $50 times
and often and again. between breakfast
and bed time, it announces the arrival
of the 200th caller. No man in Wash
ington, except the president, receives as,
many callers.
| Senator Hanna's abiding place in
Washington is the Arlington hotel, and
his rooms are on the ground floor of an
annex which was once a private house.
A colored man in livery of the hotel is
| appointed to guard the street door. and
of the ten score callers whose cards he
! receives every day not more than fifty
or seventy five succeed in obtaining an
audience. Many call, but few are chos-
en-. To give heed to the speech of even
| fifty persons in one day. however, is no
| small thing. Only man trained as
Senator Hanna has been from boyhood
in business methods and endowed with
remarkable executive ability could ac-
complish it.
Senator Hanna is a business man,
first, last and always. He Is polite in
business, busineSsike in politics. He
exacts business methods from all with
whom he comes in contact. With none
of his callers does he waste either time
or words Nothing pleases him more
than direct, concise and to the point
a fpp of hut Il; op4a
litical face is the face of a sphinx. Not
line nor a muscle of it every betrays
what he is thinking, nor an expression
ever tells whether he is pleased or dis
pleased. He is an unerring Judge of
men, and when he thinks a man worthy
of confidence he is unreservedly commu-
NEGATIVE, but with his average caller he
is as unresponsive as grave image
Although he accomplishes a great deal
in day Senator Hanna is not a meth
odical man. He has no fixed plan of
daily life. He is not an early riser. He
breakfasts at 8, and breakfast is to him
the chief meal of the day, for he says
that he does not feel that the day is
properly begun unless he has breakfast
ed well, His morning meal is hearty
one, and soft boiled eggs are an invaria-
BILE item on his bill of fare. He has al
ways been blessed with a fair appetite,
and although by no means an epicure,
he is fond Of good living He likes
sweets. Coffee he drinks sparingly, and
in regard to alcoholic liquors he is ex-
ceedingly abstemious. He is very fond
of good cigar, but smokes only mod
eratey.
Immediately after breakfast he re-
turns to his reception room and callers
are admitted. AT 1880 he drives to the
Capitol He enjoys thoroughly the part
of the day he spends there. He never
makes speeches. Almost the only pub
lie address of his on record is the one
he made in Chicago during the last
presidential campaign. 1t was brief,
forceful and unadorned Senator Han
mas work in the senate is done in the
committee rooms and not on the floor
of the senate chamber. He makes other
men do his talking for him. He pre-
fers to be the power behind the throne
In comparison with senate orators Sem
ator Hanna is as the engineer, deep
in the bowels of a man-of-war, to the
gold-laced captain on the bridge. He /
does not seek for applause, and he
cares not rap for criticism. He
knows exactly what he wants, and as /
he never changes his mind, never loses |
his nerve and never gives up, he al |
ways gains his point In the end.
He reaches home after his day in the
senate only in time to dine, After dim
ner he has usually some social engage /
meut, for he is undisguisedly fond of
society. He is fond of the theater. and
enjoys the lighter operas. In Cleve-
land he is owner of the opera house,
which is a pet hobby of his. He gives
1t great deal of attention, and all its
bookings are subject to his approval
When he is in Cleveland, he never fails
to appear at the theater with Mrs.
Hanna every Monday evening.
For books he has no great liking. In
he DAYS when he was not quite so busy,
he used to read great many light
novels for relaxation. Now he finds
lime for nothing but the newspapers, of
which he reads a great many, and
few of the magazines. He is extreme
Y fond of whist and plays exceedingly
we'll. For horses he does not care at all.