Arizona republican., 1904-04-08
MT. FOraker Speaks of
 His Colleague
AS TO THEIR DIFFERENCES
They Were Numerous but They Were Honestly Inspired for the Ubbuild- ing of the Party in the North and the South of Ohio.

Washington, April Tn accordance with a previous agreement the senate today devoted practically its entire time to eulog!es upon the character of the late Senator Hanna The galleries were crowded with the friends and ad- mirers of the late senator and the speakers were given the closest atten- tion. MT. Foraker was the first speak CT. He presented the usual resolutions of sorrow and asked for their consid- eration.
 Stating that he had first become ac- quainted with MT. Hanna at the na- tional convention of 1884, where both were delegates at large, MT. F'Craker said that they had co-operated in sup port of Senator Sherman for the presi- dency.
 As a result of that experience" he said, we became warm friends, both politically and personally"
 This friendship, said the senator, had been interrupted prior to the conven- tion of 1888, when their relations were entirely interrupted for the next three years, "Yhen" he went on, "in modi- fled and less cordial way, they were resumed, and thereafter continued un- til his death. These relations were less cordial than previously, because, all though we, at times. heartily co-ope- rated. and in a personal and social way were entirely friendly, yet in po- litical matters, we were generally op- posed to each other in factional con- tests and controversies among the re- publicans of our state"
 He said MT. Hanna's relation to MT. Mckinley had naturally rendered him dominant in Ohio politics" These matters of the past, said the senator, were brought up only for the purpose of illustrating the point of view from which he had studied the man.
 He said:
 In the grave with him lie buried all the differences, all the hostilities, all the prejudices and all the unkindness of feeling of every sort that-eYer at any time may have been enter tained.
 ITO those who knew him closely only as I knew him for the first four years of our acuaiqntance, he was an unusually lovable man. He was bright. cheery, generous, kind, strong and ever ready to practice self denial. es- pecially when it involved preferment of friend
 These qualities were so pronounced and so manifest that none other could well be seen by those who looked through only partial eyes of friendship.
 By these traits and habits he nat urally made such ardent friends of all with whom he met that it was easy for them to think and believe that if he had differences with anyone or met with opposition from anyone, it must have been without fault on his. part" !"
 Foraker spoke eulogistically of Han mas intellectual qualities, of his uner- ring judgment of men, his executive qualities, his strong common sense, his business training, etc, but said that he was deficient in scholarship and or atorical gifts. Speaking of Hanna's career in the senate, Foraker said: His services in the senate covered a period of almost seven years. During all this time he was influential and helpful in determining policies and shaping legislation of national and in- ternanional importance and conse- quence; but he left behind him no stat ute or other measure of which he was distinctively the author
 Referring to Senator Hanna's part in the Mckinley campaign, MT. For aker said: This was his great oppor- tunity and he improved it so thorough ly that he not only excited the affec- tionate regard of his own party, but also commanded the admiration of his opponents. It was an arduous work well done.
 He grew not alone with years, but even with days. Soon the whole coun- try came to understand that he was one of the really great men of his day and generation. Then the pendulum of public opinion swung quickly in the opposite direction. Misconceptions failed and misrepresentation ceased. In short, although he had deficiencies. and probably disappointed expectations in some respects, he filled a great place among the greatest men of his time. and died respected, beloved and mourn ed by all classes of his countrymen.'