Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-09-27
'HANNA'S CHICAGO
DONATION LUNCHEON
Republican Chairman Urgently In
vites Windy City MiIIionaires
to Contribute.
PARTY TREASURY is BANKRUPT
Declares Croker Is Raising Millions
and Tia, New York Is in Danger
Unless Republicans
Wake Up.


nnd-deliver luncheon is the talk of
Chicago. The republican national
committee, rolling i'll wealth for four
years, is today a bankrupt Congress-
man Burke of South Dakota, National
Committeeman Greene of the same
state and Charles Y. Herried, the re-
publican candidate for governor, have
been in the city four days pleading for
money to conduct the republican CAM
paign i'll their state. The South Da-
kota delegation held a conference
with Hanna Sunday and were told the
national committee had no funds.
They were advised to remain over UNI
til Tuesday.
The South Dakota delegation called
again last night but got nothing. Min
nesota pleaded i'll the same way. Its
delegation was headed by w. III. Eus-
tbs, the republican candidate for gov
ernor two years ago, and his efforts
were supplemented by letters from
the state committee. Minnesota got
as much as South Dakota and no
more.
AS result of Mr.. Hanna's luncheon
an effort will be made TO organize the
Chicago business men along the line
of 1896. Although forty Invitations
We're issued to outsiders, only twenty
five replied, but these represented
more than hundred million dollars.
The first step taken by MIR. Hanna
was to enjoin secrecy on the part OF
his guests. But MIR. Hanna himself
supplied the news.
How Much Was Collected?
One important detail is lacking to
complete the story; that is the
amount promised by those who at
tended the luncheon. William Lori
mer of Illinois, once street car driv-
er, now member of congress and the
republican boss of Cook county, came
to Hanna's assistance. In explaining
the Illinois situation Lorimer said
that all depended upon Cook county,
and that unless the republicans woke
up and got to work with money to
spend for organization they would
lose the county and possibly the state.
Hanna declared that New York was
in danger, and that it was as easy for
| Richard Croker to raise two million
| dollars in that state as it was to raise
two dollars.
and don't let the idea find root"
said he, that Croker is not in earnest.
l know what | am talking about. He
| will exert his full power to accomplish
| Bryan's election. Croker is ambitious.
| A few weeks ago | thought there was
no danger in New York state, but now
i regard the situation there as dam
| gcrous. The democrats of New York
are active and alert, the republicans
are apathctic. That is the Situation,
gentlemen" Hanna then asserted
| that the financial policy of the gov
eminent was at stake and i'll detail eN-
planned to his guests how I'ryan's cleo
ton might change enough states
which elect senators to give 16 to adj
vocates control of the upper house,
| while the lower house would certainly
be gone il Mckinley was defeated.
.Amons Tlose Present.
Bar the politicians connected with
| the national committee and George II,
Peck, who represents millions if he
does not possess them, every one OF
IIanna's guests was a millionaire and
some OF them multi-millionaires.
Those present We're:
Alexander III. Revell, furniture deal.
en-; John NJ. Smyth, the rich mer-
chant; Henry G. Selfrdgc, manager
of Marshall Field: Otto Young, pro.
prietor of the Far department store;
John c. spry, the millionaire lumber
man; .Adolph Nathan, the clotliey,
who has just built a half million dot
lar building; George II. Peck, general
counsel for the Chicago, Milwaukee, d
st. Paul railway; John Il. Clark, cap
italist; Nolney +. Foster, capitalist;
George L. Adams, capitalist; b. Il,
Sunny, electrical supplies; John G.
Dupee, manufactures; George II
! Nichols, wholesale commission mer.
chant; Il. a. Eckhart, broker; Clar.
ence Buckingham, director of tha
Union Traction company and the corp
exchange, and George II. Warner, pres
ident OF the real estate board.
My object was TO wake them up
said Hanna afterward, and 1
guess | did. 1t was just like the
luncheon l gave in Boston, PhiladeL
phia and New York, but the boys
| newspapers did not get on TO the
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