The state herald., 1904-04-15
LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
EuIogies of Mark Hanna.

| Most of the day in the Senate April
7th was devoted to eulogies upon tae
character Of the late Senator Marcus
A. Hanna. Mr.. Foraker presented the
usual resolutions Of sorrow and was
the first speaker. He said
I'm the grave with him lies buried
all differences, all hostilities, all preju-
dices and all unkindness of feeling OF
every sort that ever at any time may
have been entertained"
He did not believe that II 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
| 1t 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 1t was easy for
them to think and believe that of he
had differences with anyone or met
with opposition from anyone 1t 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
oh ,tn let ipe n n -
who were so unfortunate as to be in
opposition to him concerning any mat
ter he deemed important.
ITO all such he was the very imper-
sonation of antagonism itself. He had
such strong convictions that he always
| felt impelled IL 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 to
! diplomacy. or to any kind OF effort to
placate or molllfy 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, and
| to make vigorous use of it."
Mr.. Foraker spoke eulogistically Of
Mr.. Hanna's intellectual qualities, OF
his unerring judgment OF men, his
executive qualities, his strong
| common sense. his business train
ing. etc. but said that he was de-
ficient 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 this time he was influential and
helpful in determining policies and in
! 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 was
I distinctively the author"
Referring to Mr.. Hanna's part in the
Mckinley campaign. Mr.. Foraker said
This was his great opportunity. and
he improved II so thoroughly that he
not only excited the affectionate re-
gard OF his own party. but also com
manded the admiration OF his oppon-
ents. At was an arduous work, well
done.
Besides Senator Foraker. those who
spoke were Messrs. Scott, Cockrell,
Platt OF Connecticut. Cullom. Black.
burn, Elkins. Fairbanks. Daniel. Per
kins. Depew, Beveridge. Dolllver.
Kearns and Dick,