The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-05-14
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can nominee for tho presidency was
senator Hanna, some Republican
nev spapors showed disposition to
resent it. They declared, in effect,
that Mr.. Bryan would do well to at
tend to his own business. and some
we're 80 nnpatrlotic as to hoot at the
idea Of Hanna.
Just why the suggestion should
have been so promptly resented we
could not clearly understand, for GER
tainly Senator Hanna is no worse
than his party. He stands as the rep
resentative OF commercialism In poll
tics, to be sure, but in this he does not
differ at all from his party. which is
the party Of commercialism. Certain
ly there is no good reason for Repub-
lican editors to get mad with those
who suggest that the Ohio senator be-
come the nominal as well as the real
leader Of their party.
Mr.. Hanna has denied the soft inn
peachment, but there may be some
thing in this Hanna business Here,
for instance. IS Perry HEATH secre-
tary Of the Republican National COM
mittee and Senator Hanua's most
trusted lieutenant who, in signih-
cant Interview published in the New
York Herald, says:
There IS not man In the Repub-
lican party who could get the next
presidential nomination so surely as
Senator Mark Hanna, and not a man
in the United States who could be so
easily elected
81 know Il sounds a bit startling at
FIRST, continued Mr.. Heath. but, when
you come to think over it, you viii
agree with what say Some days be-
fore congress- adjourned | was talking
in Washington on the same subject
with a number of prominent politi-
clans. One Of them was a strong can
didate for the nomination himself.
They tooy looked surprised at the sug-
gestion. but, when they came to think
It all over they agreed exactly with
me.
Under normal circumstances. /
don't think Mr. Mckinley would en-.
tertain denomination. Therefore. 1
repeat the strongest man for the
today is Senator Mark
h&4na, He would be the easiest to
elect The people have an erroneous
idea Of M. Hanna. | can only say
that the people don't know him. After
FIVE years of the closest iadmacy. /
think | should be in position to say
something about him. better, at least,
than those who only know him
through the newspapers, as a political
"He has proved not only his ability,
but his character for cleau-cut,
straightforward dealing, which only
those who know him intimately can
realize. Time and again, when ques-.
lions have arisen in the councils OF
the party which old stagers at the
game Of politics have been unable to
solve he has invariably been able to
overcome the difficulty with some
precise, clean-cut suggestions which
lstuniahed everybody present
"The boom In American commercial
lifairs is only fulfllment of Mr.
Ianna's predictions made in 1896.
Turing the FIRST Mckinley. Bryan cam
,aign. With him it was no mere par
isan enthusiasm or Utopian dream Of
What he would like to see, but, on the
contrary a well-thoughtout conclu-
lion Of what would inevitably happen,
,ased on q purely business cancula-
ion.
While Mr. Hanna would be the last |
nan in the world to detract in the
lightest from the credit due to the
PRESIDENT, personally for his able adj |
Of affairs, which, by the /
gay | may say, commands the respect |
like Of Democrats and Republicans |
s. no other presidents administration /
Ias done. still | think Mr.. Hannas |
trung confidence and sensible course /
as been invaluable to the president.
Whether this talk of Secretary /
Heath may or may not be significant /
{ Hanna movement, as it ia certain /
o be interpreted, there IS no doubt /
hat the man who does the talking /
ELECTS what a good many Republl- I
ans are thinking. Senator Hanna
as grown greatly in their estimation.
he old-time politicians who sneered 4
{ him when he first essayed party /
management learned In the first Nc
linley campaign that be was the man
4 al men TO handle the forces of I
heir party; the second campaign saw
ot only repetition of his skill as q
nanlpulator but brought him out as a
ampaign speaker and a popular one
{ that, ono of the distinctive sue