New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-16
MRS NJ A HANNA

my future. he also said Mark there are some
things ] Will do to be President Of the United
states; and I leave my honor in your hands" I
man whom I loved, because I had learned TO re-
sPect ana honor him Il was mission Of love- in
ssPiLSd oy tlst noble character which has no peer
IN this world When took that charge OF Nc
return It unsullied. And when 7 returned from
with NE oL his POL ana saushed
cI Sn[4n and l2ia ny report ar the feet Of my
forgotten the trust, and bring # back without
blot and not sinsle promise 70 redeem think
succession OF the administration. from Lincolns
time 70 the present era. no man ever enjoyed that
Remember your OF course I remember YOU.
Men IN politics who keep their words are so scarce
that when l nnd do not forget him"
These words were spoken by Roscoe COukling Of
New-York. to Mr. Hanna when they met IN a ma
tional convention. The explanation was a very
good index 20 the success that had attended the
junior Ohio Senator all his work-business.
social and political Re had always kept his
word.
conkling's remark brought to 1Ir. Hauna's mind
their last previous meeting ten years before out in
Ohio during the Garfield campaign. General Gar
Held was then at Mentor. little town some thirty
miles from Cleveland Mr.. Hanna, who was even
then somewhat or a figure in State politics WAS
very DESTROYS Of bringing about AN f1fsr,i.vvy -
tween the candidate and Conkiins u am sfr1i5
J. - no, have Time said COnkiug, as they stood
IN the Cleveland station. i must DO back here al
ci9Gk 10 catch the New-Iork train
u bTlLs you BACK here "a ATr
, very much against Conklngs better Judgment
they took tho little accommodation train thai made
Inc matter that Mr.. Hanna was sOhcitOus about
waS eItslStotiIy sdJusted and they hack TO
BIS o'clock The train due in five minutes
but as IL was q SLOW one. there seemed the verv
greatest likelihood IN the world that it Would never
1o' Dsi 20 IA uile TO allow the Senator
hover; was not at All put out and in spite OF
his good nature and hOpefuness As soon as tbe
ram ore" IN on uine Tor wonder Mr. Hanna
Slipping a bill Of goodly size into the engineers
hand he exclaimed: Here; we've got to get into
throw you into the lake" -
Senator Conkling had plenty Of time to catch his
Ialh LOT NeW-lorA ana Tor ten years thereafter
termned Ohioan. " "
While Senator Hanna lying at deaths door
at the Arlington Hotel. many stories Illustrative
Of his pluck. generosity. honesty and optimism,
were heard around the Hobbies Of the hotels and
the Capitol For who had played 90 large
part In the nations affairs during the last seven
or eight years. It was remarkable how few there
who had anything but praise TO tell Of his
be the only vulnerable point m his aTGIor nS
otter that was shown to have been brought into
grun Old business man and politician cared not to
Senator Hanna was one OF the few rich men
that came 10 this place that paid much for his
got said the head porter at the Arlington to
day Most or the men who come here with help
get EN- added the observant porter ''-
The fact that Senator Hanna was a rather I'm
poto politician well known for years Prob
ably in public life knew as little OF the |
geography Of politics he For instance few
days before he taken sick he was talking
with of the Cleveland newspaper men and
the latter happened to mention the With Ohio Con
gressonal District The Vth7' queried the Sen /
ator. Where IS the With. anyway
why. It's up Defiance. Henry and PauIdina /
County way" replied the correspondent
so it is; had forgotten that" exclaimed the /
The very next day the same newspaper man
happened again to mention the With, and again the /
the WITH however. and knew their value HIS oh
servation took in results rather than the minor
steps Leading up TO the finish OF achievements He /
was much as Lincoln was in his Ignorance Of the /
technicalities Of war During the Black Hawk War
one day. when Lincoln reached a narrow bridge at
the head Of column Of horses, riding four
order and finding 1t not cried Break ra9ks ana
reform on the other side" The column got across
went on again four abreast. Hanna gave orders
that gained his end IN politics IN much the same
fashion
Last fail. during the campaign that resulted in /
his reelection the air OF "Hiawatha" was going
the rounds. and every campaign band walled II at |
slrost each crossroads stop Finally in company |
with General Dick. his secretary. Elmer Dover and
two three other prominent Republican wheel
horses. the Senator's car slowed NJ little
IN bet yog a dime said The senator to Dick.
There's not going 10 &c more than one band here.
and Dick passed the word quietly to the different
leaders that "Hiawatha was the Senator's favorite
who enjoyed the joke as nueh as any one asked
one 0Isvs % "a love- that tune he lsiS ma ~
memory se-ves me right. 7 don't think T have
heard it PLAYED during the campaign"
one day at Nassillon the Senator vas 4 little late
II arriving at big meeting, and two or three