The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-29

 | iirmed when they beheld MT. Hanna's | performance at the Republican State | Convention at Columbus. Here MT. | Hanna was not compelled to play sec | ond fiddle in the chorus. He was the leader of the orchestra. He had every thing his own way. But apart from a wholesome sitting down upon former Secretary of the Treasury Foster .who | would not tote fair. MT. Hanna again
 went in for harmony.
 He wanted harmony and he got 1t. He nominated a ticket by exclamation. | and for once the chief figure in Ohio politics has things in fine shape for the | approaching campaign. with all the | factions united in the bonds of aom- | mon interest.
 Those Washington observers who
 think MT. Hanna has started for the White House bid us take notice of the
 manner in which the junior Senator
 from Ohio patted the senior Senator | upon the back. Two years ago, ac-
 cording to the prevailing notion. MT. Foraker tried to stick knife into MT.
 Hanna's back. His closest friends did | all in their power to defeat Hanna's s | senatorial aspirations, and Foraker declined to call them off. He said the | campaign was over. so far as he was | concerned, when the polls closed cleo | ton day. MT. Hanna had to make his | fight alone. Worse still. Foraker's strongest lieutenants were in the field | against him.
 Mark Hanna has never been noted as forgiving person. Humility has | never been in his line. He has some
 reputation as punisher of his wicked | foes. Yet he and Foraker stand at aI at in The resolutions praise both Hanna and Foraker. the latter little more warm | ly. It was Hanna's Convention | through and through, yet Foraker was indorsed for reelection. He was com
 intended by name for his services in
 connection with the Porto Rico legis-
 lation.
 In all this the astute onlookers at the national capital perceive the fine
 ness of MT. Hanna's hand and the ex- | igtence of a well-developed case of | presidential ambition.
 Their theory is that Mir. Hanna in- tends to go before the next Republican national convention as the candidate | of Ohio. In order to secure fair treat | ment at the hands of the Foraker fac | tion he consents to bury old animosi- | ties and tie Foraker to his chariot by
 making the senior Senator his candi- | date for reelection. Without the help | of Hanna everyone knows that Fora ker could not get back to the Senate
 If reelected with Hannas aid common
 decency will compel him to help send
 Hanna delegation to the convention
 of 1904 and probably to go there In per-
 son to make a nominating speech. If MT. Hanna really aspires to the Presidency-and no one can see any
 good reason why he should not if he cares for that sort of thing-he is cer- tainly going at his campaign in mas terly fashion. The first and most i'm | portant desideratum with a Presiden- tial aspirant is to have his home State in good shlpe. He wants harmony and | loyal support. He needs to be pre- | scented with enthusiasm and earnest ness. If MT. Hanna is not d candidate | for the Presidency, he Is at least, in | Washington opinion, acting very much | like a man who is or who may wish to be, and who is planning to have | things we'll in hand in anticipation of the fateful hour when he is to decide
 whether to go in ornot.
 Some of Senator Hannas closest
 friends here do not think he is seriously thinking about entering the field as candidate, though they admit that he may be getting affairs in shape with view to such a contingency. One man,
 who knows MT Hanna very we'll and Is a keen judge of character, says that in his opinion the man does not live
 who would refuse a nomination for the Presidency at the hands of the Repub- lican party or even refuse to permit his
 friends to go to work for him if he
 thought there was a reasonable chance of success. This man adds that he is
 we'll convinced MT. Hanna will be a candidate unless che Senator's health two years hence should be such as to
 make it necessary for him to eschew
 ambition.
 It is pointed out here by well in-
 formed politicians that if MT. Hanna
 should happen to decide to go for the
 nomination it would be almost lmpos-
 sible to beat him. The big commercial
 and industrial interests would be dis tfnetly favorable to him. He has the Republican organization at his pack
 In almost every State and Terrltory
 men who love Hanna and who believe
 in him as a great leader and organizer are in control of party affairs, or at
 least exceedingly influential thereln. Federal officeholders all over the coun- try would naturally throw their influ- ence to Hanna. and President McKin- ley could not be ungrateful enough to forbid them.
 Considering all these factors, says this observer. MT. Hanna Is probably in position to secure the nomination If he wants to so after it in his charac- teristic way.
 Not long ago, 1t is worth while to note here. a Republican Senator from a Western State. one of so much prom thence in party affairs that he has him self been much talked of as possible President, was asked by the writer IT he thought Hanna would permit his friends to boom him for President.
 Permit them?" replied the Senator, with a smile; If you ever see him holding any of them back please come and let me know. He wants that nom nation and in my opinion he'll get it."
 This Is the opinion of a good many Senators, who have watched MT. Han mas meteoric rise in the party, and his valiant efforts to become a speech maker and a leader of legislation in the Senate.
 Whether or not Senator Hanna is actually planning an onslaught upon the White House, not for well loved friend this time but for himself, future developments will have to determine. But 1t Is clear that great many prom inent members of the party, including other aspirants for the same honor. d. ready believe Hanna is a factor which must be reckoned with. The skillful manner in which he is fixing up his