The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-03-02
Senator Hanna's Career,

Marcus Alonzp Hanna was born in
New Lisbon. Co.nmbiana county. O |
on Sept 26 1897 He attended the
public village school and high school
at Cleveland being conspicuous al
ready when small boy for his I'M
usual ambition fer an education Most
of The boys at that time thought it
foolish to go to school longer than
until their thirteenth year, but Mar
Gus Hanna insisted that he be sent to
the high school and his father con-
scented on the condition that he was
to spend all the time not occupied in
school WORK in helping his father in
his store This store was owned by a
firm named Hanna. Garretson & Co..
hut though the older Mr. Hanna was
good business man the store was no
success AT the age of twenty young
Marcos Hanna entered the employ of
his fathers firm and five years later,
on the death of his father in 1852, he
assumed control of the business and
conducted it until 1867. when the firm
was dissolved
Immediately after this Mr.. Hanna
associated himself with the firm Of
Rhodes & Co. the pioneer coal and
iron firm of Cleveland. He retained
his connection with this firm until
1887 when he became senior partner
and changed the name of the firm to
M. A, Hanna & Co In that year he
organized and equipped the Cleveland
Transportation company, one of the
largest lines operating on the great
lakes He told. some years ago how
this idea had entered his head when
he was still grocery clerk. "In our
grocery business. he said. 81 had a
great deal to do with transportation
on the great lakes, as many of our
goods We're shipped by that route. I
gradually saw that it would pay me
to become interested in lake vessels
so bought part shares in several of
them AS our business increased de.
| termined to own vessels of my own
so bought one and named it after my
| father. Leonard Hanna. Then, as |
| needed more vessels. determined to
| build them myself and started ship
| building company This company has
| finally become owner of all the mines
in the northwest and ships it's ore in
| its own vessels In that way became
interested more in iron mines and
| shipbuilding than in the grocery bust
ness and achieved a greater success
than would have been possible in my
| first business"
| In 1894 he was elected to the presi
| deucy of the Cleveland Union National
bank and in the same year he was
sent as delegate-at-large from the
state of Ohio to the Republican ma
tional convention. He was a warm
personal friend Of Senator John Sher
man and strongly advocated him fol
the presidential nomination in 1880
1884 and 1883 In 1898 and 1896 he
took charge of Major McKinley's pre-
liminary canvass for the presidenc.
and conducted it so we'll that he wa'
. chosen chairman of the nationa
committee and given the entire con
duct of the campaign This position
he had occupied ever since.
Mr. Hanna organized and cor
trolled many industries. employing
large number of men. often as man,
as 10000 He was always highly re
spected and we'll thought of by all hi
employees who might see him at an,
: time they had any grievance or com
plant to make This RELATIONSHIP
with his employees gave him a great la
Dor following in political matters il
Ohio On March g 1897. Mr.. Ham
was arpoirted United States senate
by Governor Bushnell! of Ohio, to fl
the vacancy caused by the resignatio
OF John Sherman In 1898 he wa
elected senator by the legislature q
Ohio for a TEN of six years In tn
serate he became in very short tim
pa8f'v through force Of circun
stances hu. more because of hi
st.ans rGivduality-a leader of hi
party ard has easily been the mos
prom zen. aud powerful political fl;
, u~a III - asst twenty. five yea"
, Greatly Reduced Rates to the West an