Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-19
THE OLD MAN"
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Is What Senator Hanna's En-
ployes Call Him.
THEIR CORDIAL RELATIONS
Proud Record of Fair Treatment
Illustrated bv a Recent Strike.
HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD UNIONS
Incidents Showing His Thoughtful
Care For His Employees.
THEIR CORDIAL RELATIONS
HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD UNIONS
WHAT THE LABOR LEADERS SAY

He Has Always Been a Leader In Pay
ing High Wages and In Treating His
EmpIoyes In a Cordial, Friendly
Spirit as Fellow Citizens - Some In
stances of His iairnes4.
Few men in public life have been
so mallciously attacked as Senator M.
A. Hanna, and few men of his promi-
neIce are more misunderstood by the
people at large.
Americans love fair play. 1t is an
instinct with the American people, and
fair play and frank statement of
facts about Senator Hanna will be of
general interest at this time, when Mr.
McLean's newspaper is daily writing
Mr.. Hanna down as a brutal" and
Corrupt boss" and seeking to make
him an issue in the campaign.
Much of the misconception of Sena-
tor Hanna is due to the fact that by
nature he is direct and TO the point,
almost abrupt in manner at times, and
this has frequently been misconstrued
and is the only basis for the stock
Democratic charge. He is frank, di-
rect and not q pettifogger or
Political Palayerer
That is all the basis that exists for
the talk of brutality" A kinder man
at heart or a more honorable citizen,
as shown by all his relations with his
employees and others through many
years, can rarely be found.
A great many people who have been
reading Democratic newspapers for the
past three years entertain an absurdly
wrong impression of his character. 1t
is true that Mr.. Hanna is a very sue
ed thousands of men. At this time II
is estimated that there are about 5000
men employed in business enterprises
which are controlled by him, and
about 5000 employed in other enter
prises in which he is largely interested.
In this connection it is well to know
that every dollar owned by Mr.. Hanna
is invested in enterprises which give
employment to workingmen. He does
not believe in holding real estate for
speculation, nor in devoting his ener-
gies to clipping government bond
coupons.
1t was favorite howl of the Demo-
cratic press two years ago that Hanna
was a labor crusher," They are
Singing Very Low.
on that this year, and the reason will
appear further along in this brief
sketch.
Mr.. Hanna is an easy man to get ac-
quainted with. When in Cleveland his
offices in the Perry-Payne building are
wide open. The writer has stood in an
anteroom with two governors of states,
two congressman and several promin-
ent business men from out of town,
while Mr.. Hanna sat at his desk in the
other room in full view talking with a
motorman, who wanted a job on the
Little Consolidated" Street Railway,
which is controlled by Hanna. The
senator's room are open to all comers
and there are no ushers. Rich and
poor are treated alike, and every man
takes his turn to see Hanna, without
regard to rank or prominence. 1t was
so before he entered politics; his ma
tional prominence has
Not Changed 1t In the Least.
The conditions in Cleveland during
the streetcar strike this year are OF
great interest to every worklngman
who honestly wishes to get at the true
relations between Mr.. Hanna and his
employees. There are but two street
railroad systems in Cleveland, known
respectively as the big Consolidated
and the Little Consolidated" The
Little Consolidated" is controlled by
Senator Hanna, who is the president
nearly an equal business, the "Big
Consolidated" being somewhat tht
larger. The president of the Bis
Consolidated" has not been friendly
to Mr.. Hanna in either business or pol
itics. Several strikes have occurred
on the big Consolidated" system
while Mr.. Hanna's road never had {
strike in its whole history.
About three months ago the EN-
ployes of the big Consolidated"
which employees about 800 men-pre
sented a list of grievances to the Off
GERS of the company. A disagreement
followed, and the men went out on thu
most serious strike in the history o
Cleveland. The conditions in Cleve
land since the strike was inauguratet
are familiar 10 The entire country.