The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-27
HANNA WAS CALLED DOWN
THE PRESIDENT STOPS HIS ORA.
TORICAL EsCAPADEs.
Party Leaders Alarmed About Chair
mans Chicago Speech - Protests
Against His Talk on Trusts.
Especial to The Post. J


Chicago, September 26.--It has leaked
out here that the occasion of Mr.. Hanna's
visit to Canton was for conference with
President Mckinley at the latter's re-
quest. And the talk here is that Marks
career as spellbinder has been ruth
lessly cut short.
For the first time in the campaign 1t is
said Mckinley has found it niece seary to
interfere with his campaign manager In
any way. But Hanna in few brief Ell
forts was having such disastrous effect
among the workingmen and farmers in In
diana and other States where the trust is
not admired that the presidential candi-
date found it necessary In the interest of
the party, not to say anything OF himself
to interfere and call off Mr.. Hanna's dates
as "spellbinder,' much to the disappoint-
ment of National Chairman Jones of the
democratic committee. AS result Mr.
Hanna will devote his undivided time to
the management of the republican cam
paign and dispense the trust contributed
campaign fund where, in his opinion, it
Will do the mcst good.
Before leaving for Canton Friday even
ing, where he had been hastily summoned
by the president, Chairman Hanna said
that he had been asked TO make some
speeches in South Dakota and Kansas, ami
that he also had desire to visit Mr.,
Bryan,s State and would do so If he cou.d
find the time when he returned from New
York. He announced positively that he
would make number OF speeches in Chi
cago and especially in Congressman Lori
mer's district, which is normally demo-
cratic. He said that he did not care to say
positively that he would go to the Da-
kc,as and Nebraska because something
might arise to interfere and the dates
would have to be Cancelled
The something did interfere and 1t came
in the shape of summons from Mr. Nc
Kinley. who was leaving Washington for
Canton, 10 meet him there. This Mr..
Hanna did, and when he got there Mr.. Nc
Kinley showed him kilograms and protests
against any more speeches like the trust
speech delivered by the Ohio senator he
fore the commercial mems MONDAY meet
ing here Wednesday. when he said ~
do not believe there is a trust in the
United States" The kilograms OF protest
stated clearly that the effect of such a
speech was serious in its bearing upon the
campaign Most OF these kilograms came
from Indiana and Ohio where the antipa-
thy to the trust and similar Industrial
combinations is so great that It Is already
disturbing the peace of mind of the presi-
dent.
As consequence Mark Hanna was told
plainly that he must make no more
speeches without first submitting what he
is going 10 say TO rigid censorship and
that he must not attempt to make the
Dakota and Nebraska trip under any cir
Gums .ances. As matter of fact, Senator
Hanna was little dubious about attempt
ing to make any campaign speeches until
Perry Heath and Congress man Land &
urged him to speak at Delphi. His recep-
tion there appealed to his vanity. The
hattery of the republican papers turned
his head and he was induced to make a
second trial before the Commercial Men S
club at a MONDAY meeting. There was
where he got into trouble. He believed
that 1t was UP to him TO say something
about trusts, and he did so with venge-
ance. He launched forth In challenge t.
Mr.. Bryan to tell him what trust was
and then followed with the assertion that
there were no trusts in the country and
finally concluded this phase of his address
with bold statement that the only trusts
he was aware of existed in this country
were the cotton bale trust and the ice
trust. which he said certain democratic
politicians were supposed to be inter-
ested in.