Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27

Senator Nathan B. Scott of West
Virginia, a prominent republican ma
chinist, is out with an interview in
which he dominates Mark Hanna for
president in 1904. Scott is very rich,
and so are the arguments he advances
in favor of Hanna. He says:
"There is no greater leader in the
republican ranks today than the Ohio
senator, and I believe him to be the
logical candidate for our party in
Senator Hanna has had abuse and
calumny heaped upon him, not only
by the democratic party, but also by
members of his own party, and the
structures of the latter are uncalled for
and inexcusable.
Mr.. Hanna is an honest, conscien-
tious Christian gentleman. He has
stood by Mckinley and the republican
party through thick and thin, and he
has indicated by his great skill as an
organizer and his adrOitness as q
leader, that he is without a peer in
this great American republic. Sena-
tor Hanna has made sacrifices to stand
at the helm of his party, and he has,
on account of his position, been ira
duced shamefully.
Only recently did the jealous-minded
accuse him of selfish and dishonest
motives in his attitude in the Delaware
senatorial struggle, but I am here to
state that Senator Hanna is an honest
man, not only in business, but also in
politics, and selfshness is not found
IN his composition.
For these various reasons I believe
he is good presidential timber and,
should he be successful in both the
nomination and election, he would be
a worthy successor to the present
Incumbent
That Hanna is "the logical candi-
date" of the republican party as now
con stituted no one doubts. His init
mate friendship with the trust king,
Morgan, his desperate attempts to
benefit the big shipowners by the
81 bsidy steal, his defense of the trust
during the campaign, all combine to
make him the best representative of
the party of trust and combines.
"Senator Hanna has made sacrifices
to stand at the helm of his party"
This is very delicate way of limiting
at what it cost Hanna to be elected
senator. "Sacrjfces'' sounds better
than "boodle'' or brides. Hereafter
when rich and INSCRIPTIONS man
buys his way to the U. S. senate he
will probably be referred to as a man
who has made great sacrifices. We
are advancing in refinement, and
coarse illusions to the actions of rich
men should be discouraged.
Scott is undoubtedly the most OBJ
servant man in this country. He has
found out that Hanna is IAN honest,
conscientious, Christian gentleman -
and that "selishness is not found in
his composition" Now, we will
wager that an ordinary man might
have lived in the presence of Hanna
for years without making those obser-
vations. But Scott's eagle eye pierces
through the man, .overl ,oks his &C.
tions, and discovers what he really is
although he had hitherto succeeded
in hiding it from the world. 80
Yes, by all means let us have Han
ma for republican candidate in 1904,
He would undoubtedly make greater
sacrifices than ever before, to reach
LAh< nrooi1ontio Nh q I. - ,no11
as in fact and the trusts would also
! Sacrifice to elect him. Lots Of mon.
ey would be put in circulation, and
times would consequently be good.
The people might also get their eyes
open TO what the republican party
stands for. Es \. Il ..s <
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