Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-07

this time he was prominent. influential and
helpful in policies and shaping
legislation of national and international
Importance and consequence; but he left
behind him no statute or other measure OF
which he was distinctly the author"
Referring to Mr.. Hanna's part in the
Mckinley campaign, Mr.. Foraker said:
As Campaign Manager.
This was his great opportunity, and he
improved It so thoroughly that he not only
excited the af~yectioaate regard of his own
party, but also commanded the admiration
of his opponents. It was an arduous work
well done. He had the usual experience of
men who do great things well. He was
made the target for all the criticisms,
abuses. SANDERS and nbels that malicious
ingenuity could invent.
There was no ignoble trait or passion
that was not ascribed to him and portrayed
of him in the political cartoons and writings
of that day. A less strong man would have
despaired and been destroyed by it. but he
never showed the slightest concern on such
account. Conscious of his power and the
ultimate vindication of his purposes, he
disregarded them all and went steadily for
ward upon the lines of duty as he saw IL"
He grew not alone with the years. but
even with the days. Soon the whole coun-
try came to understand that he was one
of the really great men OF his day and
ktItI lHCu liz pCDouAd1I VI
opinion swung quickly in the opposite d.
~rection. Misconceptions faded and misrep-
reservations ceased: praise succeeded to
criticism and favor followed. until he en-
joyed at the hands of the American peo-
pie a most rare and exceptional esteem
and admiration.
"In short, although he had deficiencies,
and probably disappointed expectations In
some respects, he filed a great place among
the greatest men of his time, and died, re-
spected, beloved and mourned by all classes
of his cou~ntrymen.'
Senator Scott's Eulogy.
Mr.. Scott, who had been closely asso-
ciated with Senator Hanna politically, spoke
OF having within a few years lost three
close friends-Hobart, Mckinley and Han
ma. He said that Mr.. Hanna's political life
was inseparably connected with that Of
Mckinley.
Referring to his appearance in the first
Mckinley campaign, Mr.. Scott said that
Mr.. Hanna was an unknown quantity as
a political manager and wise men shook
their heads with doubt and fear at the
sudden ascendency of this new Moses OF
the party. Continuing, he said:
"He addressed himself to this new re-
sponsibility with characteristic determine
ton and zeal, and more than fulfilled the
expectations of his friends. His methods
were original, and his directness fasCi-
mated his political opponents and COM
PEELED their respect. He was the right
man in the right place.
The splendor of the victory of 1896. fol-
lowing. as ii did, one of the fiercest political
campaigns the nation had ever experienced,
demonstrated that there had been no error
in the choice of a leader. and proved that
those who placed their faith in Mr.. Hanna
knew in whom they trusted. 1t won for
him the unbounded confidence of the coun-
try at large and made the second decisive
victory gained by the republican party in
1900 through his wise and conservative
N1e1dpFShin huf the realization of general
expectation"
Felt Attacks Of Cartoonists.
In telling of the attacks made upon Mr..
Hanna. particularly during the second Nc
Kinley campaign. when he formed the sub
ject for cartoons in many newspapers, Mr..
Scott related the following Incident:
II shall never forget one morning when
he handed me a New York paper containing
a cartoon of himself pictured as a huge
monster. clad In a suit covered over with
dollar marks, smoking an immense cigar
and trampling under foot women and chill
dren until their eyes protruded from the
sockets and their skeleton forms writhed in
agony. After l had looked at it for a mo-
ment. he said to me: That hurts, When
i have tried all my life. to put myself in
the other fellows place, when I ave tried
to help those in need and TO tighten the
burdens of those less fortunate than my
self, to be pictured as l am here, to be held
up 10 the gaze OF the world as a murderer
of women and children. 1 tell you 1t hurts
And looking up into the frank. manly face,
l saw the tears coursing down his cheeks,
and he turned and silently walked away"
In closing Mr.. Scott said;
THE world is better because he lived.
So exalted was his character, so illustrious
his achievements. so noble and unselfish
his ambitions. that life gave him up re-
lUctantly and death was proud to take
him. But death cannot take from US the
memory of what he was and what he dill.
His name will live from generation to gen.
Grafton. and his memory, so enduring. will
b. loved and honored for the strength AMI
stdiiciency of his manhood and for what
he gave to his country and to his fellows
OF worthy and ~untiring service