The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-02-18
The dea III of Senator Marcus A

The dea III of Senator Marcus A.
Hanna removes one of the ablest
statesmen of the nation. The Pho
neer-Press of Tuesday says of him:
''There have been greater men in
the public life of this country than
Senator Hanna, men greater in
character and intellectual force, but
there have been few who have be-
come SO deservedly conspicuous and
important in the national govern
ment. His principal gift, the gift
that made him powerful and useful,
was remarkable organizing ability,
combined with keen judgment of
the practical worth of men. 1t was
this gift that accounted largely for
his success in directing large and
varied business enterprises and that
gave peculiar value to his services
in the most arduous educational
campaign in the country's history.
Though Senator Hanna was a type
of the business man, he was a rare
type. He was not the typical bust
ness man as commonly represented
in literature and not infrequently
found in real life. He was not one
of those who are entirely self-made.
He was not merely money-getter.
He was practical man, trained in
practical school, but he did not
measure the practical soley in dol
lars and cents. Eight years ago
this was the common judgment of
him, however. Cartooned and lam
pooned as the incarnation of sordid-
ness and hardly known outside of
Ohio and beyond the comparatively
small number of politicians who
had dealings with him, he was com
monty regarded as selfish, unscrup-
ulous and tyrannical. His real
worth is clearly indicated in the
completeness with which these cal
umnies are now recognized as such,
yet few men have taken so little
trouble to defend themselves. He
and his friends treated these de-
fractions with a silence that was
not even contemptuous. He SIM
ply went on with his work and
lived them down"
Does he consider such formation
an "encroachment of corporate
greed?'
Does or does he not consider the
object of this company the elimina-
ton of competition in railway
transportation?
These questions do not require a
column of statement to answer they
can be replied to by yes or no.
They are not answered in the inter-
view. Will Mr.. Dunn come out
in the open and reply to them, if
not, why?
The newspaper fraternity, and
her numerous other friends and
readers heartily congratulate Miss
Mary McFadden on her recovery
from dangerous illness and her re-
turn to her work on the Duluth
News-Tribune. We would be will
ing to be sick year if oul recovery
would call out such sincere express
sions of regard.
We gladly usurp the space that
we had reserved in our editorial
columns for exciting war news and
soul narrowing political rumors for
the following sage advice to farm
ers from the Herald's official
poet.
When the supply man comes
around,
Oh then, unwind your jaw.
Give him a kick on the first
bound,
And never 60 to law.
The outsiders cold as ice,
When you want to get trusted,
If you are flush he's mighty nice
He scorns you when your busted.
A dollar ne'er returns again,
When once it starts to roam,
If you want to see it once more,
then
Just spend it right at home.
The "Dunn Campaign Club Of
Princeton Is out with a booklet in
forming the people Of the state
what wonderfully great man MIR.