The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-08
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man. He said: I'm the grave with him lie
buried all differences, all hostilities. all ami
mosities. all prejudices and all unkindness
of feeling of every sort that ever al any time
may have been entertained. | would not
discuss anything OF such a nature on this
occasion If / could and 1 could not do so
with propriety if / would. Here and now
all criticism should be hushed except only
that which may be an inseparable part in
his actual life, character and public serv-
ices" He did not believe that If living
Mr.. Hanna would want other than a frank
discussion of his qualities.
Continuing Mr. Foraker said: ITO those
who knew him only as L knew him for the
first four years OF our acquaintance, ne
was an unusually lovable man. He was
bright, CHEEKY, generous and strong, and
ever ready TO practice self-denial, espe-
ciaIly when it involved the preferment of
a friend. These qualities were so pro-
nounced and so manifest that none others
could well be seen by those who looked
through only the partial eyes of friend
ship"
Mckinley campaign. Mr.. Foraker said:
This was his great opportunity and he i'm
proved 1t so thoroughly that he not only
excited the affectionate regard of his own
party but also commanded the admiration
of his opponents. 1t was arduous work
we'll done He had the usual experience of
men who do great things well. He was
made the target for all the criticisms,
abuses. ISLANDERS and libels that malicious
ingenuity could invent. There was no
ignoble traitor passion that was not as
political cartoons and writings of that day.
less strong man would have despaired
and been destroyed by it, but he never
showed the slightest concern on such &C
count. Conscious of his power and the
ultimate vindication of his purposes, he dis
regarded them all and went steadily for
ward upon the lines of duty as he saw 1t.
HE grew not alone with the years, but
even with the days. Soon the whole coun-
try came to understand that he was one
of the really great men of his day and
generation. Then the pendulum of public
opinion swung quickly in the opposite direc-
ton. Misconceptions failed and misrepre-
sensations ceased; praise succeeded to crft1-
cism and favor followed, until he enjoyed
at the hands of the American people a
most rare and exceptional esteem and adj
miratiOn.
I'm short, although he had deficiencies.
and probably disappointed expectations in
some respects, he filled great place among
the greatest men of his time and died re-
spected, beloved and mourned by all classes
of his countrymen."
HEARSTS LIBELOUS CARTOON.
Mr. Scott, who had been closely associ-
ated with Senator Hanna politically, spoke
of having within a few years lost three
close friends-Hobart, Mckinley and Han
ma. He said that Mr.. Hanna's political life
was inseparably connected with that of
Mckinley. In telling of the attacks made
on Mr. Hanna, particularly during the Sec
ond Mckinley campaign, when he formed
the subject for cartoons in many newspa
pers. Mr.. Scott related the following Incl
dent: u shall never forget one morning
when he handed me a New York paper
containing a cartoon of himself pictured
as a huge monster clad in suit covered
over with dollar marks smoking an immense
cigar and trampling under foot women and
children until their eyes protruded from
the sockets and their skeleton forms
W m a
it for moment he said to me: That hurts,
when L have tried all my life to put myself
tried to help those in need and to tighten
the burden of those less fortunate than my
self, to be pictured as 1 am here, to be held
up to the gaze of the world as a murderer
of women and children. / tell you it hurts
And, looking up into the frank, kindly.
manly face, / saw the tears coursing down
his cheeks and he turned and silently
walked away.
Mr.. Cockrell spoke of Mr. Hanna a
soldier; Mr.. Platt, of Connecticut, of him
as personal friend Mr.. Cullom as a great
man from State of great men; Mr.. Black
burn as a political opponent, and Mr.
Elkins of a political leader.
In referring to Mr.. Hannas rise in 1896
Mr.. Daniel reviewed the campaign of that
year, calling attention to the fact that in
that campaign the issue of the single stand
ard had first been raised and saying that
the contest was battle royal. He spoke of
Mr.. Hannas Virginia ancestry and said he
never showed vindictiveness.
Mr.. PERKINS related a conversation he had
had with Mr.. Hanna concerning the Saliva
ton Army on the occasion of the dinner
given by the Ohio senator to General
Booth. II asked him." said Mr.. Perkins,
'if he believed in the principles of the Sal
walton Army, and he replied: L believe in
the practical effect of the work in which the
Salvation Army is engaged. They are re-
deeming thousands of men and women every
year and making useful citizens of them.
regard this as practical Christianity and 1
accordingly make Ii rule to give some
thing to the Salvation Army every month "
Mr.. Hanna's industrial theories formed
and he found in Major McKinley's selection
for the presidency a part of the develop
ment of those theories.
Mr.. Dolliver touched on the suggestion
that Congress was being captured by bus
mess men and millionaires, and declared
that he had anxiety on that account.
Mr.. Kearns told of his first meeting Mr.
Hanna at the st. Louis convention in 1885,
saving that the Senator's frankness in
spired immediate confidence. He reviewed
his career from that time forward, finding
in Mr. Hanna the model public man and
private citizen.
Mr.. Hanna's successor in the Senate, Mr..
Dick was the last speaker of the day
He said mo man who made so brief a
passage across. the theater of our national
life ever left a stronger impress on his day
and age in every walk of life in which he
took an interest. 1t is too soon to deter
mine his rightful place in the valhalla of
our national heroes. but it is certain that
the impartial bicgrapher will record him
a great party leader, statesmn of high
! rank patriot of purest loyalty"