Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-16

great senator made his last speech
The funeral will be conducted Frida
at st. PauPs church, where his daugh
ter, Edith was married. The intermen
will take place at Lakeview cemetery
Hanna Strictly of Ohio.
Marcus Alonzo Hanna was strict!
OF Ohio. He was born in the villag,
Of New Lisbon, September "a, 1897
where rs childhood was spent wher
he was IS years old his father moved
to Cleveland, and went into the whole
sale grocery business. Marcus, who
was the eldest Of seven children, went
to the public schools, and spent one
year in college. After his education
was considered completed by his faith.
or, he entered the grocery firm as a
clerk, and worked for several years,
at the same time thoroughly master.
ing the details Of the business, When
his father died in 1861, he reorganlzed
the business, and became the head of
it, with d. p. Rhodes as partner. A
few years later he married Mr..
Rhodes daughter, Augusta.
The new firm Of NJ. A. Hanna & Co
grew rapidly and great deal of trans
portation on the lakes became neces
sary. Mr.. Hanna became interested
in several vessels, and in short time
was the owner Of one. which he named
for his father Leonard Hanna. He
soon became the owner of valuable
iron mines in Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Michigan, and had an entire feet
of vessels Having thoroughly studied
and learned the details of his steam.
ers, he decided to build them himself,
so his shipbuilding plant was organ.
lied, and put into successful opera.
tion Street railways next occupied
his attention, and he built the Cleye
land City Street Railway, and organ
lied his laboring forces so cleverly
that his line has never been affected
by a strike. With all these enterprises
on his hands he next opened a bank
and at one time owned the town opera
house, and ran ii successfully.
Mr.. Hanna has always successfully
coped with the labor problems. He
knew the value OF a days work. ana
got 1t; he also paid for 1t. When the
first labor union was formed he
studied II most carefully. and then
organized an employers union. He in,
herited ability, and received an educa,
tion In business His ability as a per.
feet organizer has been one OF his
gifts, and continuance" another.
A self-Made Man.
The story OF his life is the dramati.
zation Of energy. the romance OF in.
dustrial achievement. Thousands of
other successful Americans have been
raised and lived as h5 did, but they
did not attain the same results. THE
American Warwick" as he has often
been called, was unpretcntious hear. /
" and kindly In manner and simple
IN ntastes. Loyalty to friends WAS
one OF his most striking characteris.
tic lie might have been termed n
set'made man, for the paths he carved |
out for himself We're not the ones fol. !
lowed by his father before hlm-be I
made the way for himself.
Mr., Hanna was always more or loss
Interested in politics. and often used /
TO STATE that he never missed the pri. |
man2s or failed TO vote. He went IN. /
to national politics mainly through his
interest In and personal friendship for
three Ohioans-Sherman. Garfield and
Mckinley In 1894 he began the 81.
sanuo task OF preparing the country
Tor the election OF Mckinley in tSe6
Before this he had felt that the conn.
Try was not quite ready for McKinIav,s
vigorous protection policy. but when
ne assumed management Of the cam.
palgn he found that ii had long hean
such an issue. He and McKin. q
ley were bound together by common
for a protective policy as
well as by personal friendship The
needs OF labor and the rightoousress
ot protection" he made his political
creed Mover has a national campaisn
been conducted and organized In me
masterful manner Mr.. Hanna ann I
ployed' William Allen White has said
nI him in regard TO politics that he
had eash-register conscience ana
Nr Hanna lived up TO the rsputation
10 tho day OF his death. /
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