The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-02
HANNA,
The Most Called on Man in Wash.
inEt0n.

The Most Called on Man in wash
ingt0n.
Washington March 31-The most over
worked piece of mechanism in all Wash
ington is Senator Hanna's door bell.
Scarcely a day passes that it is not set
again, between breakfast and bedtime, it
announces the arrival of the 2OOth caller.
No man in Washington, except the Presi-
dent, receives as many callers.
Senator Hannas abiding place in Wash
ington is the Arlington Hotel, and his
which was once a private house. A co..
ored man in the livery of the hotel is APP
pointed to guard the street door, and OF
the tenscore callers whose cards he re.
ceives every day. not more than fifty or
seventy-five succeed in obtaining an audi
ence. Many call, but few are chosen. To
give heed to the speech of even fifty per-
sons in one day, however, Is no small
thing. Only a man trained as Senator
Hanna has been from boyhood in business
methods and endowed with a remarkable
executive ability could accomplish II. 1t
is the penalty of being in the confidence
OF President. for Senator Hanna is near
er President Mckinley than any other man
in the land
Senator Hanna is a business man. first
last and always. He is polite in business,
business-like in politics. He exacts busr-
ness methods from all with whom he
comes in contact With none of his call
ers does he waste either time or words
Nothing pleases him more than a direct,
concise and to-the-poiut statement of a
case, but his official political face is
the face of a sphinx. Not a line nor a
muscle of it ever betrays what he is think
ing, nor an expression ever tells whether
he is pleased or disp.eased. He is an I'M
err1ng judge of men, and when he thinks
man worthy of confidence, he is unre
servedly communicative, but with his av.
erage caller he is as unresponsive as 2
craven image.
Hanna Not Meth OdicaI,
Although he accompnshes a great dea
in day, Senator Hanna is not a method
zeal man. He has no fixed plan of daily
life. He is not an early riser. He break
fasts at 8, and breakfast is to him tbs
chief meal of the day, for he says that h,
does not feel that the day is properly be
gun unless he has breakfasted well. Hi
morning meal is a hearty one, and sof
boiled eggs are an invariable item on hi
bill of fare. He has always been blessed
with a fair appetite, and although by n,
means an epicure he is fond of good liv
ing. He likes sweets. Coffee he drink
sparingly, and in regard to alcoholic
liquors he is exceedingly abstemious. HI
Is very fond of a good cigar but smoke
only moderately.
Immediately after breakfast he return
to his reception room, and callers are nd
| mItted. Some of them are the character
| istic office seekers of the capital Some o
| them come to him on matters connecte
with the national Republican committee
of which he has been chairman since 1S9f
| Some of them call because they fancy tina
to nave the ear of the Ohio senator is L
| have the ear of the man in the Whit
| House, long stones throw across tn
! park Some of them have business wit
| him which concerns some one of the al
mOstplnnumerable commercial enterprises
shipbuHdlng, lake carrying, banking. rail
| reading, mining and what not, in which. h
| is interested and some of them come r
| him for reasons which few who know M,
| Hanna only as a skilful and determine,
| politician ever guess. His friends say tina
he Is one of the most open handed an
| charitable of men, and that he never turn
q deaf ear to any honest story of sufferinp
He has been an active member of a mum
| Der of charitable organizations, and nj
| private charities are carried on without re-
| gard TO society or creed.
| AT 1880 he drives to the capitol II
| enjoys thoroughly the part of the day h
| spends there. He never makes speeches
Almost the only public address of his O.
record is the one he made in Chicago. dur
ing the hast presidential campaign.
! was brief, forceful and unadorned Sena
tor Hannas work in the Senate is done il
the committee rooms, and not on the foo
of the Senate chamber. He makes Otbe
men do his talking for him. He prefer
to be the power behind the throne. +
comparison with Senate orators. with Sen
ator Wolcott. for example, Senator Ham
| is as the engineer, deep in the bowels O
a man-of-war, to the gold-laced capital
| on the bridge. He does not seek for an
| plause, and he cares not rap for crit
cism. He knows exactly what he want,
and as he never changes his mind. neve
loses his nerve and never gives up, he al
| ways gains his point in the end.
Fond of Opera.
| He reaches home after his dav in tn
| Senate only in time to dine After Dime
he has usually some social engagement
| for he is undisgWsedly fond of society
He is fond of the theater and enjoys IN
lighter operas. In Cleveland, he is owne
of the opera house, which is a pet hobb
of his. He gives it a great deal of al
tention, and all its bookings are subiec
to his approval. When he is in Cleveland
he never fails TO appear at the theate
with Mrs. Hanna, every Monday ever
ing.
For books he has no great liking. l
the days when he was not quite so bus,
he used to read a great many light move
fcAr lraln OF hnr he Gr,d.. q