Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-15
Senator Hannas Death Is Anticipated At Any Moment

do things Above al. he likes man
who has Initiative. and equally he dis
likes a man who makes excuses and
hasn't a plan when called uipn to do a
piece Of work.
He took up with Myron r. Herrlck,
governor OF Ohio. because he did
things, and did them right when he
was a clerk IN bank IN which Hanna
was Interested. This liking Of the sem
ator for Nh Herrlck, because he was
young man who knew. is one Of the
secrets Of he ater's rise; for Mr..
Hanna was among th0g' who saw % II
that young Herrick was rewarded by
advancement for his diligence In busI-
ness.
The two men have been friends ever
since the younger proved To the older
that h. had ideas. and M much as %
years ago Mr. Hanna had been ~ i'm
pressed with Mr.. Herrick's ability that
he then remarked that uerrIck was
made out OF guhernatOrial and presI.
Dental timbcr-a prophecy that was
partly fulfilled last November when MI
Herri& was elected governor OF the
Buckeye state by the majority of 10
600.
Another similar prophecy Of Mir Han
mas was fulfilled IN us entirety.
Congressman william Mckinley.
along with the majority OF the Repub-
liCan candidates for Congress. had been
defeated for reelection IN $780, follow
ing his drafting Of his famous taun
bill. He mot Mr. Hanna several days
after the votes had BEEN counted and
I'm the course Of the conversation
asked
what Is your opinion OF my de-
feat?"
Mr.. Hanna leaned forward in his
chair and shook his finger emphatcal'
ly
1T Is tho forerunner Of your success,
william" he said You'll be governor
OF Ohio yet. and after that president OF
the United States
Mckinley was not the only president
with whom Mr.. Hanna was on Intimate
terms lie and Garfield were great
frlends-almost chums in fact-botll
before and after the lntters elevation
to the presidential chair.
The friendship began early IN Gar
fields career and continued unclouded
TO the day Of the martyr president s
death Residents Of Cleveland VIII tell
the inqurng stranger that whenever
Garfield came to Cleveland II was not
an uncommon sight to see him and
Hanna walking arm I'm arm along the
streets. and laughing and joking as
heartily as two care-free school boys.
one Of Senator Hanna's marked char
acterlstics Is his lnsistence TO Know ey'
erything about anything I'm when ne Is
L.. II h. =
self
I'm 1850 he bought for $780, 900 the Eu-
cid Avenue Opera House In Cleveland,
which had cost $4,000 TO build, and had
proved a failure from the day OF us
opening, He put a nephew. Il. e. nan
ma, IN charge as manager ana through
him let II be known that the opera
house would present the best attrac-
tions and make every elfort to please
the public.
For some reason possibly because
the times had at last caught up WIN
tho nterprise-ilnanclal success At
tended the new management from th'
start That was eminently satisfactory
to Mr.. Hanna, but he wanted TO hnt
out Just how the money was made. 81
night after night found him on thI
stage talking With the carpenter. th'
property man, the stage manager anc
everybody else employed thereon. As
result he soon began making sugges'
lions about this piece Of scenery or the
method Of operating some particular
mechanism,
"Why don't you do II this way?' he
would begin, then outline his Idea, and
close with, Would that be- an improve
ment2"
II the carpenter, or whoever he might
BE- thought the idea a good one, he
would say so. II not, an argument was
sure 10 follow until one or the other
was convinced that he was wrong.
Sometimes II would be the carpenter,
sometimes Mr.. Hanna. But Hanna must
have carried his point a good many
times, according to the stories told OF
him to this day back OF the Euclid
Avenue Opera House curtain. These
recitals also tell how Mark knew just
about as much about scene shifting az
the rest OF us fellows"
Nor was Mr. Hanna long In forming
ideas OF the kinds OF attractions that
he wanted at the opera house. This was
shown In 1889, when his nephew thought
II would be good thing to book n
wrestling match between Duncan Ross,
the Scotch athlete. who was then tour
ing the country, and a Detroit wrestler
Of the name OF Mclaughlin.
Mr. Hanna held different view TITS
not the right sort of thing for the opera
house" he said. Don't book It,"
The nephew ignored Mr., llanna's adj
vice. The match was booked and pulled
off. A few weeks later the opera house
had ncG manager