The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07


the welfare of the young man in poll
tics dates back TO a lesson that the
young man brought home to him in
the early SOS.
Congressman Amos Townsend of
Cleveland was up for reelection, and
his Democratic opponent was Martin
A. Foran, who hardly expected at first
to win more than empty honors, as the
district was Republican by several
thousand majority. But suddenly the
serenity of the Republican household
was disrupted by demands on the part
of the younger element, who earlier in
the campaign had won out at the eau
cause in many of the words. The
Central Committee of the district of
which Mr.. Hanna was an influential
| member, had to recognize the boys"
as they were called, but it did not and
would not supply them with funds
with which to carry on the campaign
| in their respective wards.
What do you boys know about
running a campaign" the committee
asked, amusedly. So the money was
| given to the former ward leaders. and
| the young men were referred to the
very men they had defeated for com
fort, which naturally was not forth
| coming.
That made the new leaders mad all
| over. "We'll teach 'em a lesson" they
said. well show Mark Hanna and
the rest that we're not to be treated
like babies
They went quietly to work among
the young men of both parties. I'VE
young men should not look upon the
campaign solely from the political is
sues involved" they argued. There
| is another thing equally important at
stake. 1t is this: Shall the young men
| have something to say or shall they
be strangled to death? The Repub-
lican Central Committee is ignoring
us completely, because it thinks we are
| powerless. We have figured out the
situation and have found that we can
teach the old men lesson. Let the
young men vote for Foran, and we'll
elect him by large majority in a Re-
publican stronghold
The young men worked early and
late and quietly, but not so quietly
that Mr.. Hanna did not hear about 1t.
But he was not alarmed.
Edgar" he said to one of the
youngsters in his employ, II hear
that you, good Republican, are work.
ing for Foran."
II am" was the reply.
WELL" said Hanna, smiling. you're
making a mistake, Ed. Foran will be
showed under on election day. You
see."
Election day came around. and all
over town the young Republicans turn
ed out in great numbers, voted first,
and then worked with the Democrats
to get out the Foran vote. The Re-
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| the extent of the revolt, then angry,
then thoroughly alarmed. But they
had awakened too late to their dam
| ger, and Foran was elected by the
| comfortable majority of 5000.
Mr.. Hanna did not say anything
about the result for several days;
then he promulgated this bit of politi-
cal philosophy. to which he has faith
| fully adhered ever since:
1.-The election shows that the young
blood in the party must be taken care
of. The old voters are pretty safe all
the time"
1t is accepted as truth in certain
| quarters that Mr.. Hanna dominated
Mr.. Mckinley when President-that
he was really the power behind the
throne. But those who know them
both best have always said that it
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Kinley dominated and not Hanna; that
the President looked often to Mr.. Han
ma for advice, but failed to accept it
quite as frequently as otherwise.
Once a close friend of both Mr.. Nc
Kinley and Mr.. Hanna. who may be
called John Smith," called on the
latter to suggest a change of policy.
Hanna listened long and attentively to
the proposed programme and the rea-
sons for adopting 1t. Then he told his
friend that he would hardly like to
breach the subject to the President.
For" added Mr.. Hanna, 81 have
gone over the same ground exactly
with Mckinley, and he is against the
proposition"
But have you and has the Presi-
dent thought of this?" inquired the
other, advancing his strongest point,
which had been withheld for last re-
sort.
Mr.. Hanna admitted that he had not.
He then took card and handed it to
his visitor after writing upon it as
follows
:.''s's.ss sss...'s. .'.s......ss.....
NJ. A. Hanna, u. S. S.
M. A. Hanna.
Chairman Natl. Com.
NJ. A. Hanna.
John Smith.
Il have an appointment with the
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