The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-03-21
HANNA ON THE HUSTLE.
The Ohio boss u Manttesttng : sss'
den Interest In the LaborinB
CImsses.

For reasons which need not be en-
larged upon, it is generally believed
that President Roosevelt will attain
what was denied TO preceding acci-
dental chief magistrates-a nominal
tion for the presidency by the party
to which he il accredited. Chester
A. Arthur, a much more tactful man.
rs well as calmer. more dignifed
president than Mr.. Roosevelt Is. was
handicapped by the stalwart half
breed war Of factions within the re-
publican party. which obscured, TO
| large extent, the merit of his admin
istration. He could not please both
wings, and in endeavoring to con-
ciliatc the half-breeds. he offended
and alienated, more or less, the stall
warts. No other of the accidental
presidents, however. came so near
to attaining the nomination which
to-day seems within Mr.. Roosevelts
reach. as did Mr.. Arthur, says the
Albany Argus.
Mr.. Roosevelt has no open quarrel
within his own party to contend
against. Openly and outwardly, the
party is united, and he is accepted
as the leader. Coraially. and even
ostentatiously, his politics are put
forward as the party policies, ever
though the carrying out OF them II
congress may develop secret plots
and animosities which tell of riva
|, business interests. and perhaps o
! conflicting political ambitions. IN
old-time republican leaders ar
: afraid of Mr.. Roosevelt. They drea'
; his bull-in-thc-china-sho character
= istics. They do not know what IA
D will do next; where he will "brea
A OUT next: what idiosyncrasy of pc
: lev. or eccentricity of manner, wi
j next reveal itself. The dispositio
= Of these old-timers is, plainly, I
make the best of it; and to tina
end. the presidents breaks" ar
:. hushcd up. and his peculiar use
the federal patronage attracts bu
}. little comment.
IL is an open secret. however, tina
powerful republican senator's VIII
have been snubbed by Presiden; Roos'
! welt. or who distrust him and regar
him as unsafe and unstable. have bee
! quietly casting about for the mean
y and seeking the man. upon whom
= opposition to Mr.. Roosevelt in 19t
might center. No man has been NOR
often thought of in that way tina
9 Marcus A. Hanna. the Warwick OF tn
late administration. 1t has bee
thought that what may be termed tn
+ Mckinley legend-the tradition of Nj
= Kinleyism- might be personified an
! embodied in Mr.. Hanna as the cand
! date. better than in any other.
II is natural. under such condition
that whatever Mr.. Hanna says or doe
. should attract discussion. Some al
reading a great deal Of meaning in'
= what he told the Ohio society I
= New York at its banquet the oth'
= night:
= Men who are interested In this Civ
- federation have decided that in this gre
IS country OF ours there shall be no dis tinctie
T. Of classes: that the men who may ha'
!. lacked the advantages OF birth and educ
- ton vouchsafed TO Others may appeal su
I, cessfully TO his more fortunate broth
2 TO lift him up ard not 10 oprrtss him
rs Your national Leaders. your captain
y OF Industry must realize this. They mu
= Join In this movement and by their c
" operation must make this an epoch-t
s. dawn Of a new era Of general prosperi
- never before dreamed OF in this country
Il OF course it is possible to interpr
4 this ms mere academic effort to !
n crease the friendliness and good fe'
d ing between the capitalist and Il
= - -. .sxf,
that the speaker might have descrie
g. in his minds eye. an imaginary bann
Re with this inscription: "For preside
4 in 1904. Marcus A. Hanna. of OH
" Platform: Capital and labor. FRIEND
xe not enemies-the one dependent up
r.. the other-united they stand. divid
at they fall"