The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-15
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EuIoaies of Mark Hanna.

Most of the day in the Senate April
7th was devoted to eulogies upon the
character of the late Senator Marcus
A. Hanna. Mr Foraker presented the
usual resolutions OF sorrow and was
the first speaker. He said:
IN the grave with him lies buried
all differences, all hostilities, all preju-
dices ard all unkindness of feeling OF
every sort that ever at any time may
have been entertained.'
He did not believe that il living.
Mr.. Hanna would want other than
frank discussion of his qualities. Con-
tinuing. Mr.. Foraker said:
ITO those who knew him only as |
knew him for the first four years Of
our acquaintance. he was an unusually
lovable man. He was bright, CHEEKY,
generous, kind, strong and ever ready
to practice self-denial, especially when
it involved the preferment of friend.
These qualities were so pronounced
and SO manifest that none other could
well be seen by those who looked only
through the 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 Of he
had differences with anyone or net
with opposition from anyone it must
have been without fault on his part.
But while he thus appeared to his
=, friends, and to all who were in accord
with him and had no occasion to know
| him except in agreeable relations, he
| appeared to have some additional and
| less agreeable characteristics to those
who we're so unfortunate as to be in
opposition to him concerning any mat
ter he deemed important.
| "To all such he was the very imper'
sonation of antagonism itself. He had
such strong convictions that he always
felt mpelled in such cases to contend
| with all his energy and powers for the
| views he entertained and the cause he
espoused.
LAS result he seldom resorted tc
diplomacy, or to any kind of effort tc
placate or mollify opposition, but re
| lied upon the logic of hard knocks.
Like Napoleon, he believed that the
way to win victories was to have the
heaviest artillery and plenty Of it. ant
to make vigorous use of it."
Mr.. Foraker spoke eulogistically o.
Mr.. Hanna's intellectual qualities, o.
!
executive qualities, his stron9
common sense, his business train
ing, etc. but said that he was de
ficient in scholarship and oratortca
gifts.
Speaking of Mr. Hanna's career II
the Senate. Mr.. Foraker said:
His services in the Senate covered
4 period of almost seven years. Durini
all this time he was influential AM
helpful in determining policies and II
shaping legislation of national and in
ternational Importance and conse
quence. but he left behind him no stat
ute or other measure of which he wa
distinctively the author"
Referring to Mr.. Hanna's part in tn
Mckinley campaign, Mr.. Foraker SAT-
This was his great opportunity, AM
he improved it SO thoroughly that h.
not only excited the affectionate re
gard of his own party, but also com
manded the admiration of his oppon
ents. it was an arduous work, wei
done.
Besides Senator Foraker. those VIII
spoke were Messrs. Scott, Cockrel
Platt of Connecticut. Cullom. Black
burn, Elkins. Fairbanks. Daniel. Pei
kins, Depew. Beveridge, DolllVel
kearns and Dick.