Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-02-19
SENATOR HANNA DEAD
End Came at Washington Tues.
day Night from Typhoid Fever
GREATEST POLITICAL Organizer and Leader
Since the Civil War-suocessfuI in Rus.
mess Before Entering Politics.

mess Before Entering Politics.
one of the foremost figures I'm tbo no
litical life of the United states nossed
away in the death at Washington Niordo,,
hiEht OF United States Senator NIa,,,,,,
Alonzo Hanna of Ohio. after an Illness ,c
two weeks with typhoid fever. His CON
dltion mad been serious several DAYS ,,iti,
hish temperature and partial dclirum.
MI llama was 66 years old ba,.in,r
been born in New Lisbon. Ohio In tgo-
OF Scotch-lrish ancestry His foutI,.
moved to Cleveland in 1S5g lie attended,
western Reserve college at Hudson -
snort time, and entered his fathers gro
Gerry store as clerk i'm 1862. He served
100 days i'm the civil war. roturnin,r ,a
become the head of the grocery firm. his
1ather having died. lie built up an ex-
tensive trade, but in the ucantir,. no
had married the daughter of Daniel y
Rhodes. one Of the chief coal owners Of
ONO ana he formed partnership win
his father-in-law i'm coal and iron on
terPilses' III the course of years the firm
became NJ. y. Hanna x Co tho husi-
ness including in addition to mining
the large ownership and direction Of
steamship lines on the lakes and build
ing steamers. He was also Interested II,
street railroads in Cleveland. and was one
OF the largest employers of labor in that
city. He organized and was president of
wv Nili'l 4NdNlbIldl bdlk OF ('lpNgld nd
His hobby i'm the way of diversion ,,,,s
theauicals, and he owned the Cleveland
opera house, retained there a box for tbo
exclusive use of himself and family and
had a personal acquaintance with many
OF the noted actors. He was also in
tereStcd i'm many charities in Cleveland
Ten years ago Mr.. Hanna was an un-
known quantity as politician tn Tho
pubic at large. although he had been a
national committeeman from ohio iu 1N>O
and had accompanied Blaine i'm his cam
paigning trip for Garfield. He became ac-
quanted years ago with William Me
Kiney first meeting him in a law suit
in which Mckinley WAS the opposing
counsel. In 1895 President Cleveland
made Mr.. Hanna government director
or the Union Pacific railroad. When VIII
Liam Mckinley's financial collapse came.
through the endorsement of the paper of
a friend, MI Hanna was one of the men
who came to his assistance.
1t was in the campaign of 1896 for the
Republican nomination that Harna.
through his remarkable power as an or
EaniZcr. came into conspicuous notice
lie directed the movement for Mckinley
and was a national figure after Nckin-
lrys nomination. He was then made
chairman of the Republican national COM
mittee, and in the campaign which re-
suited in McKiney's election. he was the
director general of the party's affairs.
In the campaign Of 1900 he repeated his
success OF four years before in his man
agement of affairs for the Republican
party. Politicians and students of his
tory declare that it is necessary to go
back to the days of Thurlow Weed of New
York to find Hanna's equal as a party
leader.
His appointment as senator from Ohio
followed his success Of 1896 when John
sherman resigned to enter McKinley's
cabinet as secretary of state. Aftcrward
Mr. Hanna was elected senator. but was
strongly opposed by the Foraker and Nc
Nissan factions and had a bare majority
of ono He went to the Senate absolute
lY without experience as a legislator hut
here, as in every field. his wonderful
power to grasp situation and his nat
ural leadership of men soon won him rec
ogntion. ana although In the beginning
ne was untried as q public speaker he
developed into on" Of the most co.cnt
and forcihle debaters in Congress. Last
fall he was reelected 10y large ma jprity
for another full term as senator.
He was tremendous worker. often he
ing actively employed is hours in single
day, and when attacked with typhoid fc-
from his comparatively recent etumpiu.
tour throughout Ohio.
One Of the important measures which
he championed was for the building of
the Panama canal and a result of his
efforts the opposition of the Senate was
finally overcome and Panama was favor
ed i'm spite of the fact that the Nicara-
qua route had been advocated ny many
party leaders for years.
Senator Hanna was the first great
preacher among the leaders Of his party