New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-14
MR.. HANNA'S AMBITION.
DESIRE TO UNITE LABOR AND CAPITAL
NOT TO BE PRESIDENT.
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he was not now nor did he expect to be cahpi-
date for the Republican Presidential nominal ion
in 1904 The declaration volunteered ny
Senator Hanna apropos of dispatch from
Washington in an Ohio newspaper statins III
effect that il was we'll understood in tfls o'''
that he was cane ate. He said;
If these fool people, some Of whom are my
friends and others my enemies. Wouiu 81. ~
talking about my being cana aH oocor,-
President / am confident ] could accom-
plish something of real benefit to the country
in the task l have undertaken 10 p s; ms
about thorough and permanent understaIiu n.r
between capital and labor. or betWeelI INC -
ploying and the working classes MY Wolh
along this line is greatly embarrassed IL noe
actually hampered. by the frequent talk OF my
being a candidate for President. L am not 1"
candidate for President, and do not expect W
become a candidate 1 want everybody 10 u I
derstand this, so that can go on ~ Mioh ~ Cd
task assigned to me by the National civic 80
Grafton without having my motives NeMeu
with suspicion. I would rather be instrument ma,
in bringing the employing classes ana 'he
working classes together. so that strikes anu
OF her industrial disturbances would DE HILL
mized if not wholly abolished, and nave circuit
for that achievement placed upon my tonlp-
Stone than be President of the United states
am convinced that if L can accomplish the task
SET for me ! shall be genuine benelaCtoi u
my country whereas. If / should be IIesiuehl
am not so certain of the good | could do.
SENATOR'S SINCERITY ASSURED
The Senator to whom Mr.. Hanna made this
declaration is one of the wisest and most eK-
perienced men in public life He objects 10 the
use Of his name for the reason that he does
not care at this time to become associateu III
any way with the speculation about the he-
publican leadership in 1904, but he SAID at'er
o,,oting Mr. Hanna to The Tribune CORE
spondent that he firmly believed the ohloah
meant every word he uttered on the subject OF
the Senator to whom Mr.. Hanna talked so
frankly. II hope the newspapers will stop all
this talk about Hanna being candidate as L
know he is not and i now see that Mr. Roose-
vet has clear field for the nomination IN I'Vf'
The conversion of this veteran Republican
Senator to n thorough belief in Mr. hanna
sincerity in the frank expression quoted Is Oh
peculiar significance for a variety OF reasons
Not the least OF these is that less than TWO
weeks ago he said this to The Tribune CORE
spondent:
Unless Hanna with loud oath Jumps into the
air and declares he is not candidate ana theh
itmps down with all his weight on what appears
to be a movement to make him canuluate:
President Roosevelt will have gooo ueai vi
trouble before the next HepuplicdH mamma
Convention meets.
Persons hest acquainted with Mr.. Hanna who
have been told what he said to his colleague
in the Senate the other day believe that he
meant every word he spoke, for they have never
known him consciously 20 make misleading
or false statement, either of his purposes or MS
views In fact it has become common saying
among people here and elsewhere who have had
an opportunity to get acquainted with the Ohio
Senator that Mark Hanna never lies. II the
name of the Senator TO whom he made MS
declaration could be used, as his comment upon
IT has been used no longer would there be any
g
attitude toward President Roosevelt and the
nomination in 1904, because this Senator's great
experience with rren and affairs has been such
as TO make him an expert in judging of the
sincerity and insincerity of his fellow men
Hence it can be accepted settled fact that
Senator Hanna is not a candidate for Presl-
dent and that he will not become candidate
HARMONY IN PARTY PROMOTED.
There is a deeper political significance in this
Of more immediate interest to Republicans than
appears upon the surface. 1t means that there
will he fewer Earring incidents IN the party in
Congress than there have been for the last
month or two for there will be no cause or ex-
cuse for Republicans in either the House or
Senate to quibble and split hairs over party pol
fcfes In relation legislative action Therefore,
IT can be expected that the factionalism that
has been threatening in both houses soon viii
disappear, and that the party Will present an
unbroken front to the eager and hopeful Democ-
racy in Congress on all the great and vital
questions Moreover, it can be expected that
as soon as certain elements in both branches Of
Congress learn that Senator Hanna has no
thought or wish to be considered a candidate
the administration will encounter no more OBJ
stacles at either end of the Capitol. and that
everything will move smoothly to the close Of
the session. with vast profit alike to the coun-
try and the party.
Even far more important than any OF those
considerations is the effect the changed stu
alton will have upon the forthcoming Con-
gress campaign. 1t is an interesting. If not a
significant coincidence that ever since Mr.. Han
mas alleged candidacy has been whispered
bout some of the best informed party leaders
have almost despaired of the Republicans car
rying the next House. Expressions TO this eff
feet have given to the Democrats more hope
than they possibly could obtain from any actual
condition of the national sentiment, but with
the Republicans in Congress thoroughly united
and enthusiastic for President Roosevelt there
viii be such harmony and singleness Of purpose
from now that all the energies and resourc~
of the party organization will be concentra.~-
in the Congress campaign next summer and fall
to the end of increasing the Republican majority
in the next House over the present majority of
forty-one The National Committee of which
Senator hanna is chairman ana 1OStHdSltT
General Payne vice chairman already is pre-
paring TO lend its full aid to the Republican
Congress Committee. Of which Representative
Rahcock of Wisconsin, will he chairman for the
fourth consecutive term, and with the two or
ganizations thus working in perfect accord and
under the most experienced leadership available
there need no longer be any doubt of the party
retaining control OF the House. Local dissen-
sions may possibly cost the Republicans two
or three districts in Pennsylvania, but with the
marty leaders in all the other States pulling to-
gether il is confidently believed this loss will be
more than overcome in New-York, Illinois, Mis-
souri, Kentucky and Tennessee. A sweeping vic
tory of this important character to his credit