The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-02-16

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a local fight to indicate that no advice
would be taken from an opposing fac
tion which had its own axe to grind.
prosperity and sound money was
the rallying cry for Mchlniey's FIRST
presidential campaign, ana Let well
enough alone for the second stand
pa" Is one of the more recent.
Mr. Hanna's entrance into national
deep affection for NE. Mckinley. He
had no personal leanings toward poll
tics
He was contented, prosperous cit
izen, who had all the money he need
ed and was not affected with the
money-hunger which affiicts some mil,
lionaires. But his friendship for Nc
Kinley, and his belief in him and his
principles, led him to seek for his ad-
vancement. Had he had any person
al ambition for the presidency the
praise and adulation paid him in the
last year are sufficient indication OF
what he might have accomplished had
or three years ago,
To the faculty Mr.. Hanna possess
ed Of seeing the practical side of
things, the country owes the present
determination to build the Panama ca.
nal. For many years the agitation had
been continuous for an inter-oceanic
canal across the Nicarauga route.
Speeches without number had been
delivered, and documents printed by
the ton, urging the United States to
build the canal through the Mica
rauga route. The sentiment of the
country was all that way. 1t remain.
ed for Mr.. Hanna with his practical
knowledge of the difficulties of naviga.
tion In narrow channels on the Great
Lakes to approach the consideration
Of the subject in a practical way.
He was not to be stampeded with
the crowd. He was the first to bring
into consultation as to which was the
better route for the United States
to adopt, the men who would have to
use the canal when built-the men
who navigate ships and the ship own.
ers. Laying before them the facts
as to winds and calms, the proposed
depths and widths of the canals, the
| number of locks on each route, and
the twists and turns of the water
| ways, he asked the men to say which
route they would choose. Masters OF
world-circling vessels and of coast.
wise trade ships all unanimously
voted in favor of the Panama route
| The men who insure ships also voted
the same way. That decided Mr. Han.
ma, and by his forceful presentation
Of the practical side Of the question
congress of the United States.
Some men like to be the ruling
spirit and to hear themselves callea
the boss" but with Hanna the loud
| acclaim or denunciation as the case
| might be. never counted for the least
He never apologized for his aggres
siyeness OF for his making an enemy,
any more than he claimed credit for
| making a friend. He loved to be a
| fighter in whatever cause he took up,
rather than an easy-going plodder.
To his personal friends Mr.. Hanna
was the kindliest of men. He never
turned a deaf ear to the needy; never
| refused help to the unfortunate. His
benefactions to the Salvation Army
and to the sisters of charity give an
insight into his breadth of mind and
generosity of purse. Himself an Epis.
! copalian and a vestryman of the
church in Cleve. md, his life showed
his confident belief in the brotherhood
Of n ! and the Catholicity of reli,
gion.
In his home life, Mr.. Hanna was
even Lore the kindly and considerate
man than was popularity suspected.
| His thoughtfulneSs and consideration
for the happiness of the members of
his family, was always right at the
surface, hidden only from those de.
void of tender feelings.
When his opinion was asked of the
venomous cartoons picturing him, he
refused to enter upon long denuncia-
tion of their creator or even of the
paper which gave them circulation.
His only comment was:
That is politics. 1t cannot be
avoided. My only regret is that
should be pictured like that before my
family"
Mark Hanna, as he was familiarly
called, was born on September "a,
1887 at New Lisbon, lnow Lisbon
Ohio. Contemporary history has it
that he was marked, as a youth--by
a magnificent collection of freckles
He was the son of Leonard and
Samantha (Convers) Hanna. His
grandfather was born In Virginia and
his grandmother in Vermont. His
father was physician and later a
merchant Of Cleveland, Ohio Young
Mark was educated In the public
schools Of Cleveland, and at the age
of 20 entered the employ OF the firm
of Hanna, Garretson & Co, of which
| his father was the head. Here. as a