The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07
BY ISAAC C. THOMAS.

me. mention what you have told me,
mention what you have just said at
the last and see what happens"
Mr. Smith did as requested When
the card was shown to the President,
he laughed.
"Show the Senator in. Show the
chairman in. Show Mr.. Hanna in.
Show in his friend Also
The outcome of the talk which fol-
lowed was eminently satisfactory to
MIR. Smith"
AS National Campaign Chairman,
Marcus Alonzo Hanna is the most
business-like man who has ever filled
the place.
He does more work in less time, he
sees everyone he has an appointment
with exactly on the minute; he is
pleasant and agreeable to all with
whom he comes in contact; he never
fails to laugh at a. joke cracked by a
,, visitor-if there's really laugh in 1t
but he rarely tries to be humorous
himself. and he never wastes time in
arguments.
He listens intently to what you have
| to say, asks questions If he thinks you
| have not put your project in the best
| possible light, and at the end renders
| his decision at once with a simple, al
| he adds sometimes:
Now, Mr.. Blank. I shall leave the
| carrying out of this idea to you en-
| tirely," and after that he never gives
| a though to the details of the scheme.
| He looks for results, though, and If
they are not forthcoming. your next
proposition is likely TO get scant at
| tention.
He is particularly impatient when
/ ~ nla
half worked out. 1t has always been
| the same in his business affairs, and all
| his lieutenants in street railroading,
iron, coal and banking know this very
we'll.
Senator Hanna likes a man who can
do things. Above all, he likes a man
who has initiative and equally he dis
likes a man who makes excuses and
hasn't a plan when called upon to do
a piece of work.
He took up with Myron T. Herrick,
Governor of Ohio, because he did
things, and did them right, when he
was a clerk in a bank in which Hanna
was interested This liking of the
Senator's for Mr.. Herrick, because he
was a young man who knew, is one of
the secrets of the latters rise; for Mr..
Hanna was among those who saw to 1t
that young Herrick was rewarded by
advancement for his diligence in bust
ness.
The two men have been friends ever
since the younger proved to the older
that he had ideas; and as much as
| twenty years ago Mr.. Hanna had been
so impressed with Mr.. Herricks ability
| that he then remarked that Herrick
was made out of Guberndtorial and
Presidential timber-a prophesy that
was partially fulfilled last November
when Mr.. Herrick was elected Governor
of the Buckeye state by the phenome-
nal majority of 10000.
Another similar prophesy of Mr.. Han
mas was fulfilled in its entirety.
Congressman William Mckinley,
along with the majority of the Repub-
lican candidates for Congress- had been
| defeated for reelection in 1890, follow
ing his drafting of his famous tariff
bill. He met Mr.. Hanna several days
after the votes had been counted, and
in the course of the conversation,
asked;
What is your opinion of my defeat7"
Mr.. Hanna leaned forward in his
chair, and shook his finger emphati-
cally.
Its the 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. He and Garfield were great
| friends-almost chums, in fact-both
before and after the latter's elevation
| to the Presidential chair.
The friendship began early in Gar
| fields career, and continued unclouded
| to the day of the martyr Presidents
death. Residents of Cleveland will
tell the inquiring stranger that when
ever Garfield came to Cleveland it was
not an uncommon, sight to see him
| and Hanna walking arm in arm along
| the streets, and laughing and joking
as heartily as two care-free school
bows.
| One of Senator Hanna's marked
/ characteristics is his insistence to
i know everything about anything in
which he is interested, and to find il
out for himself
In 1880 he bought for $4,000 the
! Euclid Avenue Opera House, in
| Cleveland, which had cost $4,000 to
build, and had proved a failure from
| the day of it's opening. He put a
| nephew, l.. G. Hanna, in charge as
manager and through him let it be
known that the opera house would
present the best attractions and make
every effort to please the public.
For some reason-possibly because
the times had at last caught up with
the nterprise-fnancial success at
tended the new management from the
start. That was eminently satisfac-
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