The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-07
'EULOCY ON HANNA
Senate DeY0tes a Day to Men,
ory of Dead Statesman.
Senator Foraker Offers Resolu-
tiOn and Makes an Address.
PAYS WARM TRIBUTE
To the Character and Worth of
His Political Rival
But at the Same Time Points
Out His FaiIings.
PAYS WARM TRIBUTE

Vey of certain lands in Cascade coun-
ty. Montana.
In accordance with previous agree
ment, the senate devoted practically
its entire time today to euIogies upon
the character of the late Senator Han
ma Mr.. Foraker presented the usual
resolutions and asked for their consid-
Grafton. Mr.. Foraker was the first
speaker. The galleries were crowded
by friends and admirers of the late
senator and the speakers We're given
/ close attention.
Mr.. Foraker's address was a candid
view of the public career and a frank
| analysis of the character of his late
| colleague.
Stating that he had first become nc
quainted with Mr.. Hanna at the nd
tfonal convention in 1884, where both
! were delegates at large, Mr. Foraker
/ said they had cO-Operated in support
| of Mr.. Sherman for the presidency.
| LAS a result of that experience" he
/ said, I'VE became warm friends, both
| politically and personally"
This friendship, said the senator, had
4 been interrupted prior to the conYen-
1 tiOn of 1888, when their relations We're
entirely Interrupted for the next three
| years, When, he went on, lin a mod
/ flied and less cordial way, they were
| resumed, and thereafter continued ul-
/ til his death. These relations were less
/ COIQlal Inan previously, because al
| though we at times heartily cO-opera-
| ted, and in a personal and social way
were entirely friendly, yet in political
matters, we were generally opposed to
| each other in the factional contests
and controversies among the Republi-
! cans of our state" He said that Mr..
! Hanna's relation to President A1cKin-
/ ley had naturally rendered him dom
inant in Ohio politics" These matters
of the past, he said, 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
differences, all hostilities, all preju-
dices and all unkindnesses or i'll feel
/ ing OF every sort that ever at any time
may have been entertained
Il would not discuss anything of such
a nature on this occasion if could,
and I could not do so with proprte. y
! if I would. Here and now all criticism
I should be hused, except only that
which may be inseparable part of his
actual life, character and public ser
vices"
! He did not believe that if. living,
/ Mr. Hanna would want other than a
| frank discussion of his qualities Con
tinuing Mr.. Foraker said:
ITO these who knew him only as
/ knew him for the first four years OF
1 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 frlend-
'slThese qualities were SO pronounced
and so manifest that none other could
we'll be seen by those who looked
through only the partial eyes of
| friendship
ssRv these traits and habits he nat
uralIy 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 II must
1 have been without fault on his part.
"But while he thus appeared to his
I friends and to all who were in accord
with him, and had no occasion to
know him except in agreeable rela-
tions, he appeared to have some add1-
I tional and less agreeable character
istics to those who were so unfortun-
ate as to be in opposition to him con-
cerning any matter he deemed impor-
tant.
ITO all such he was the very i'm
! personation of antagonism itself He
/ had such strong convictions that he
| always felt impelled in such cases to
/ contend with all his energy and
/ powers for the views he entertained
/ and the cause he esDOuSed.
I'm all such contests he invariably
battled fiercely and unrelentingly to
the end, spurning all compromises and
stopping at nothing honorable short
| of unqualified success.
HE was so constituted by nature
/ that he could not easily do otherwise.
GAS a result he seldom resorted to
4 diplomacy or 10 any klnQ OF effort
placate or mollify opposition, but re-
/ lied on 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. and to make vigorous use of it
While this policy made many en-
/ emies it also made friends, and this
friendship was reciprocated to the ex-
tent Mr.. Foraker said, THAI Mr.
Hanna would often assist his friends
in their battles regardless of their
| character
/ "Only man of uncommon strength
| of character and one possessing the
| confidence of his fellow countrymen to
an unusual degree" he added, could
have done what he so habitually did
in this respect without serious injury
! to his reputation. but with him it
| came to be regarded as a virtue"
Mr.. Foraker spoke enthusiastically of Mr.
Hanua's intellectual qualities. of his un-
| erring judgment of men, his executive
] business training. etc, but said that he
! was deficient in scholarship and oratorical
gifts.
/ Speaking of Mr.. Hanna's career in the
] senate, Mr. Foraker said:
/ His services in the senate covered a
period of almost seven years During all
/ and helpful in determining policies and
| sha ping national and international ques-
| tiOns of Importance and consequence, but
| he left behind him no statute or other
bauthor"
Referring to Mr.. Hanna's part in the
Mckinley campaign. Mr.. Foraker said
This was his great opportunity and he
improved it 50 thoroughly that he not on
~ excited the affectiOnate regard of his
| own party but also commanded the ad-
niration of his opponents. 1t was an ar
| duous work we'll done.
He had the usual experience of men