The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-18

and who is not given TO taIhlnS thioush
his hat. That Hanna should stay at the
head Of the committee is the express Wish
of Mckinley. If he thought that Hanna
was to quit the committee he would prob
ably refuse to run. He is timid SOUL
good man, and he needs the Hanna verte-
bra to stiffen him up when things begin to
get squally.
Mr.. Hanna is now going over to Europe
TO get cured OF the rheumatism, ostensibly,
but / think in reality to get chance to
allow his legs to shrink back to their nor
NAL length and get OUT of the way of the
importunate office seeker who will now
come after him since the Mckinley civil
service order.
The republicans are making big prepd-
rations for a red hot campaign in Ohio
this fall, probably because they realize that
they have fight on their hands, and Han
ma will be back in time to dispense the
Doodle for that event.
Many papers In this country are now
saying that Senator Joseph Benson Fora
ker of Ohio has been eliminated, wiped off
the political map. as 1t were, simply be-
cause the Hanna candidate, Nash was
nominated by the republican convention in
Ohio. With many, the wish is parent to
the thought, because Mr.. Foraker is not
without enemies. In fact. he is the PROUD
possessor of a variegated assortment Of
them, and I, for one, sincerely colgratu-
late him on having so many of that kind
Many people are disposed to critlcise
Senator Foraker for the position he took
just before the convention in Ohio. Why
should they? He did nothing but stick to
his friends. If there is one thing that Mr..
Foraker has developed to a greater degree
than any other it is loyalty to his friends,
and that is a trait admired by every manly
man on Garth That accounts, in large
measure, for his political success and it
also entities him to It.
am not at all in line with Mr.. Fora
ker's politics, l abhor his politics.
think his politics badly in need of a strong
dose of bichloride Of lime, but I'm sim
cere admirer of his personality. His is
the strongest, most forceful personality
in the senate today and he is the most
likeable man In that cody because he is
the most human. For his politics | have
nothing but execration for his personality
nothing but the highest praise
But, while he is strong republican, he
treOnpntlV
sanship and under those conditions he be-
comes actually lcvable. He is a llan who
has developed wonderfully since he entered
the senate. He has had 1t in him all the
time, but he has never before had the op-
portunity to display his wonderful ability
and give the world assurance of the nan
he is.
1t was in the Cuban controversy over
year ago that he first attracted my atten-
ton and that of every other lover of hui
manity. His attitude in that trying time
preceding the war with Spain was simply
superb, and he made men like Hoar. Hale
and Hanna hunt holes every time he rot
on his feet to talk. He curled them up like
a cutworm with his sarcasm and ham
mered the immortal ichor out of them with
MS invinotble logic. He did as much as
any other one idan 10 shake loose the CRASH
OF the money changers from the admins
tration and compel it to recognize that
there was something else in the world be-
sides money,
He is by long odds the most powerful
orator in the senate today, and l am not
overlooking our own Daniel and some
others on the democratic side when saw
that He will have only one competitor
In the senate when it meets next, and that
Will be our own Charles A. Culberson, who
is going to paralyze some Of the old
staGers when he makes his maiden speech
and Mr.. Foraker will be one of the first
men Ia the senate to offer his congratu-
lations to the young senator from Texas.
We OF the South have been preiudiced
against Senator Foraker because lie used
to make paltiseE republican speeches, and
opce upon a tilne submitted few remarks
anent few Confederate flags. We did NOT
NAS 'h'h' we mlSunuerstOod HIM.
mat was all a part Of the political play.
Many OF our own people have done the
same thing when they were playing for DO
rtical popularity, and they would do the
same thing again today. 1t is the perfectly
natural thing for politician to do.
But Mr. Foraker stands today as the
very antithess OF Mark Hanna in politics
he Is everything that Mark Hanna is not
he IS an educated gentleman, refined and
gentle and sympathetic. student. a pro-
found lawyer and scholar, as his recent
sleeches IN the senate proclaim him to be-
he 10 full of the milk OF human kindness
ana Always puts man above the dollar. He
is absolutely frank and fearless, and there
lore absolutely honest.
~
He is clean man and no dirty dollar
ever stuck to his fingers. He would scorn
70 oiioe voter or take an Office he was
not honestly elected to by the people. He
i friend to humanity and was the best
advocate that poor Cuba had in the senate
Mheh the Wall street sharks and coupon
chppers thought they had things grabbed.
he never dabbles in stocks and the lobbv-
.s'S 'hat swarm the capitol always give
MIN wide berth 4.