The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-06-20
THE OWOSSO TIMES.
EDMUND O. DEWEY, EDITOR.
OWOSSo, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1902.
Some Impressions of the Unitec
Stades Senate.


The chairman of the National Repub
lican Committee, Hon. Marcus Alonzo
Hanna, Junior senator from Ohio. has
been a conspicuous figure in the poll
tics of this country, for comparatively
short time. but in that time he has
made his personality felt, as has nc
other man of recent years. He became
manager of the Mckinley campaign in
1896, and since that time much of the
success of the party in national politics
is justly credited to him, his untiring
zeal and wonderful personality.
A business man purely and simply mp
to the campaign of 1884 Even then he
was only interested as an ordinary citi-
zen who goes too political convention
to represent his townsnen. His strong
personality soon made itself felt and he
became conspicuous in the conventions
of 1888 and 1896, and thereafter became
chairman Of the national committee
His work since then in politics is so well
known as TO render repetition unneces-
sary. But in the last presidential cam.
p'ign he was the central figure in the
most unique of political contests. A
plain business man stumping the coun-
try for the purpose of meeting and I'M
doing the arguments of the most brill
liant political vagarist of this genera
ton. simply by plain, everyday talks,
delivered in simple, honest, straight
forward manner, and at his very thresh-
old he endorsed the Don Quixote of 10Th
century democracy
Well, he is a plain matter of fact man
now as he comes limping into the cham
Der from his committee room where he
has doubtless been hard at work
He seldom stays long for he is always
busy, seemingly always meeting people
who are continually calling for him.
He has very alert look On his feet
he appears slow and leans on a cane be-
cause of some trouble with one of his
legs. He is well educated, but seldom
takes part in debate. In this session, so
far, do not think he has made single
set speech. But he works and works.
1t may not be said of him that he is one
to whom language is given to conceal
thought.
At the present time Senator Hanna
is engaged in work of stupendous un.
dertaking-the attempt to reconcile
capital and labor in the present day
8 rife That Senator Hanna should be
chosen for this purpose seems bit in
congruous. That the man who has
been cartooned from end to end of the
land as the enemy of labor and the pro
genitor, as it were, of the trusts, should
be placed at the head Of the national com
mittee of arbitration seems an anomaly
Yet it is not so, while it is true thai
Senator Hanna has controlled and i.
controlling vast mining interests ani
extensive shipping business, he has al
ways managed to stand well with hi:
men, When there have been differences
they were adjusted to the satisfaction
of the men, and he has always listened
to any reasonable complaint and has in
variably been just in dealing with EN-
ployees and they know it. No one
should question the commences of his
efforts, at this time, to bring about
better understanding of the relation Of
employer and employee, knowing hi
reputation for justice and probity
Senator Hanna has great work befor,
him. But he is equipped well for thu
task in his individual characteristics
He understands the situation from tn,
standpoint of both sides. If he shall
succeed in this it will be of more conse
quence to the vast interests of the coun