Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20

pressed steadily forward and attained a
pinnacle Of respect and honor few rnen
reach. As aH organizer he was a master
hand. and the great party in which he
laok - much pride will long feel the loss
q his counsel and advice. 1t took years
Of uiiswersing fidelity to his expressed
opinions on the question Of labor and
capital to convince ths public that he vas
aesuatei by p,lre and honorable motives
insteaa Of political selfehness. but he
lised 70 zee The people convinced Of his
sincerity. sIr. Hanna had scarce entered
public lie before he becaIue The target for
the pencils Of the eartoouists, and they
sought to degrade him in slie eyes Of the
people. To show with what becoming
fcrtitusie the nan wiihsiood this onslaught
and eventually commanded the respect
81 these yiliaicrs. Homer Davenport, the
cartoonis,. had this to say while death
hoyerea over the Senator.
Senator Hanna career proves thai no
honest mas need fear cartoon. Start
ing into publie life in the 'g6 campaign
be has been the target d ,icious, even
brutal cartoons, aiulost continuously. and
set has risen until so.Iay lie IS the strong
es, figure in American politics.. should
lle pass away in his present Illness an tn
tire uatior pill mourn"
Especial effort Wis made BY labor in the
years that are gone 10 as5ail Senator Han
ia with the beiief that he WIS waglns
constant war on the working Glasses in
isyor q pluiocfaey, bat isslay the labor
ers recognize that in the man they had
q s,aunciI friend who was engaged in an
effort 10 bring into closer relationship
these two factions to the advantage Of
both
John Mitchell, president Of the United
Slime Workers Of America says
The death OF Senator Hanna is a dis
tiuct los TO the cause Of industrial peace.
The latter years Of his life were given 10
the promotion Of the work of reconciling
the interests Of employer and einploye
lenjossd tiie friendship Of Senator HanHa
and-to an unusual degrre-his conf
dsnce in matters Of this kind, and know
Of MANY things he has done. Of many sac
rifccs he has made In the intcres; q or.
ganisea wofkingiHen. fer which he neither
sought nor received credit. His efforts A.
chairman OF the National Civic federation
brought him into close relationship with
nearly ali the trade union movements,
and be had the trust asd the respect Of all
Of them"
William D. Huber. president OF the
United Sro,berhood Of Carpenters and
Joiucra. said;
In the death Of Senator Hanna ieel
that this country has los; one ufits great
est statesman aud leaders, oue whose loss
will bc felt among ali men. one who
dared to 10 and say what he Thought was
right, irrespective Of what the opposition
might contend for. lie had done much
toward bringing about amicable relations
between employer and eInpioye, and was
the staunchcsi friend ,ha; trade uniouisis
had in the political arena"
President James Lynch OF the in;ernn-
iional Typographical union. said
Occupying sueh commanding posi-
tion IN public life, Senator Hanna welded
an influence that was prolific in results,
aud his tolerablc and reasonable attitude
on the questions that are causing strife
between capital and labor created letter
feeling and a better understanding on the
part OF the disputauts and the public gen
orally The sentiment thus created will
not die with Seua,or Hanna. II will live
longer than the remembrance oi his po-
litical victories.
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