Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-19
HANNA VISITS CHICAGO.
Selects and Leases Republican Ma.
tional Committee Headquarters
in Auditorium Hotel.
Campaign Will Be Formally Opened
About August Hanna Will
Stay After Sept l.
Committeeman Payne, Graeme and
Kerens Meet HIM Peck Creates
Some Fun.

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Chicago, July 1s.--No more democrat
&c figure appeared In Michigan avenue
yesterday afternoon than that of Mar
Gus "A. Hanna, senator from Ohio and
chairman Of the republican national
committee. Whether on the steps Of
the Chicago Club or in the lobby of the
Annex, he met men face to face. looked
them in the eye, shook their hands.
greeting them in to-man fashion.
Like Ulysses S. Grant, the senator held
an unlit cigar between his teeth, and he
was neither ELUSIVE n6r8ungenial, only
a plain. everyday. commons sense man
of business, who both likes men and
uses them.
Y He Wore an ordinary gray suit. a turn
down collar and a light blue tie. He
supported his rheumatic knees by ii
good, old-fashioned stick With an ivory
handle.
His turned up unaristocratics nose has
not the Caesarian and imperial down.
ward curve of the noted '.anti-inlperi-
alist" leader, nor have his puisad lips
the thinness, and decisive curves of the
mouth of Bryan. But the small eyes
while kindly. are keen, and it is easy
TO see they have been used these many
years in scrutinizing all sorts and con-
ditions of men Without hesitation and
without reservation.
Senator Hanna came by the o'clock
morning train from Cleveland and went
back again b. the o'clock evening
srain. He consulted With three other
national committeeman G. Payne of
Wisconsin, Graeme Stewart Of Illinois,
and r. G. Kerens of Misscuri--and be-
fore his departure had selected and se-
cured what Will be the Headquarters of
the republican national committee.
The quarters chosen are leased from
the Congress Hotel Company, which
controls the Auditoriuna. They COM
prise Nos io3 and 1914 in Michigan ave-
rue and Nos 19 and 81 in Congress
street. Altogether there are about forty
rooms. The numbers taken in the ave
Eue are those of two of the flats or.
apartments which adjoin the Annex on.
The south, While those in the street bel
two of the three houses across the alley
s to the westward of the Annex.
s No IL has been taken for some time
By the republican national congression-
U committee which has quarters in the
Auditorium hotel and VII! use the Con-
sress street building az its literary
warehouse.
The four committeeman We're in ses-
sion IN fat Din the Annex from 4 in the
Afternoon until near Senator Hannas
train time. They We're concerned prac-
tically with the headquarters question
alone. But all their time except the last
aalf- hour was ken up by callers. Who
had this and that proposition to present
1SHs$ 49,, sl4,,r 49,,
fact. their choice wa limited to four To-
cations, that finally selected. a suite in
the Great Northern Building. one in the
Leland Hotel, and apartmentsSin the old
Ricnelieu. The senator himself and
Graeme Stewart had made an inspec-
ton of these four during the morning.
Mr.. Stewart said last night that the
headquarters would be occupied just as
soon as desks, chairs. telephones and
campaign paraphernalia could be moved
to II.
The campaign will open before Aug. i
& H. c. Payne Will be in town all the time
Mr.. Payne, with Graeme Stewart. r. C.
Kerens and Harry S. New of Indiana,
will be in charge.
Senator Hanna said before he left
that he would be al the headquarters in
New York during August, but would
come out here To stay the first of Sep
tsmber, and would take flying visits &c
New York thereafter. Much in the
fashion of 1896, he concluded
Senator Hanna and Governor Rooee-
Welt met at luncheon in the Chicago
Club. The meeting had not been plan.
ned. The Rough Rider chieftain cam III
from Minneapolis by the O'clock af-
terEoon train. George r. Peck. Col. j
r. Nutting Of Davenport. Ia. and two
gentlemen from New York We're Witt
him. Mr.. Peck took him to the Chicagt
Club for luncheon and the two fell Ii
With the four national committeeman
and with II. II. Kohlsaat.
MIR. PECK CREATES LAUGHTER
The whole party lunched together. Mr.
& Peck set the table in a roar by reoitin,
what the crowd yelled at Watertewn
Wis when their train pulled thru:
'Dickery. dickery, rough and ready,
What is the matter with Teddy
Some talk of the campaign followed
and it is understood the governor ex
pressed himself as wishing to place him
self altogether in the hands of The com
mittee, and az willing to go whithe
they directed and as much az the,
wanted him to.
The remark attributed to Senate
Hanna concerning the Rough Rider
hat came up and they all thoroughly en-
joyed the joke.
Said Col, Roosevelt after the lunch
con: "WhatSa good fellow Senator Han
ma is. He'always says fiat What h
means; and like it,
Neither senator nor governor wa
much inclined TO be interviewed. ,rh
latter felt he ought to be let off and hi
speeches taken instead; the former de
clared very generally he didn't mean /
be interviewed. and anyhow h
shouldn't say anything but what he al
ways says
Nevertheless along toward Z o'clocl
up In fiat D Of the Annex, when the otf
er committeeman had gone forth I
stretch leg, the senator sat on sof,
with his stick, which is never now ali
rent, in his hand, and gracefully sui
mitted to the inquiation.
TIRED OF PErT1GREW.
DissatisfaetionA Among the Pops an
. 'ss.sis,a With Mr.. Pettigrew VIII Gil,
Ssstssouth Oak ota to Mckinley.