The Irish standard., 1899-10-21
Shall you go to Columbus to direct
the campaign on the part OF the repub
1iccns?''

or anywhere else"
Meanwhile the smoke from the ante
room poured in through the open door
and the crowd OF heelers and strikers,
who had been moved aside, pressed
back again, perplexed and impatient
They could not understand why the
senator would persist in wasting five
minutes of his good time on mere
newspaper man. But Mr.. Hanna raised
his hand and they gave room.
"Thc republican campaign in this
state will be conducted on lines indors-
ing Mr.. McKinley's administration, will
it not?" asked the correspondent.
Certainly" replied Mr.. Hanna with
emphasis. "The republicans of Ohio
indorse the administration throughout,
and make the fight on that basis"
"The Philippine war, too?"
"Of course; that will soon be ended"
Mr.. Hanna's attention was called to a
dispatch in the morning paper describ-
ing battle with a large Filipino force
only three miles from Manila, but he
was silent upon the point Meanwhile
the crowd surged back again. The
smoke thickened and groans OF impa-
tience arose.
"ls it not true that the support OF
Governor Bushnell and the present re-
publican administration OF Ohio is with
held from Nash, the republican candi-
date?" Mr.. Hanna was asked.
you must not expect me to answer
questions like that; you must not" he
replied, shaking his head many times
But he did not deny this grave detection
within the republican party OF his state
Mr.. Hanna said that he would prob
ably remain here until the president re-
turned to the East, and that he expected
to be kept very busy. He also spoke OF
the candidacy OF Mayor Jones, OF To-
ledo, on the independent ticket, and he
was asked what its effect would be- He
said he had no doubt that it would help
Mclean, and that the movement was
maintained for that purpose He did
not charge Mayor Jones himself with
any such object, but he intimated his
belief that he was being used by others
to achieve that end. It$should be added
here that the people Of Ohio, irrespect-
i've OF party, generally attribute SINGER
ity OF motive to Mr.. Jones.
At this point the crowd could be kept
back no longer. 1t surged UP in a
great wave, submerging the senator and
the correspondent alike, and here the in
tcrview ended
"Good-by. I would be willing to talk
to you more, but you sec" said the
senator, shaking hands. and raising his
disengagcd hand fclplessly.
| AS the correspondent left the heccrs
and strikers were dividing the body, and
it was apparent that the lot OF even the
great high boss OF the republican party
was not happy
Mr. Hanna made no effort to conceal
his anxiety. He is greatly troubled by
the factional republican fights in all the
cities OF Ohio, including very serious
one here on his own hands in Clcvc-
land. Ex-Mayor McKisson, OF this
city, is the leader Of faction that is not
well affected toward the present state
ticket, and as he is power in the city
he has to be placatcd A committee OF
fifteen has been trying to heal all diff
| ferences, and Mr.. Hanna usually pre-
| sides at the meetings, but so far it has
failed completely.
Mr. Hanna's political unpopularity in
this his home city is all that his enemies
have claimed it to be. Last night at
the largest variety thcatcr OF Cleveland
topical singer sang a song about the
banquet which it was proposed to give
to Dewey at the Claremont, in New
| York. The banquet was spoken of as
III the future, and the song closed with
these two lines, which were received
with unroarious applause:
| And there'll be Holsters on the bill OF
fare,
For Mark Hanna's promised to be
there.
These are not delicate or refined
lines, and they were sung in place OF
like character, but the 1900 men who
shouted their applause we're all voters