The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
FOraker Chief Speaker of
 the Day. Tells of the Strong and Weak Points of the Dead in Manner Most Frank-other Speakers Pay
 Their Tribute.

Washington, April 7.-In accordance with the previous agreement the Senate devoted practically its entire time today to eulogies upon the character of the late Senator Hanna. This order of business as taken up immediately after the dis posal of the routine morning business when MT. Foraker presented the usual resolution of sorrow and asked for it's consideration.
 MT. Foraker was the first speaker. The galleries were crowded by friends and ad- mirers of the late Senator, and the speak CTS were given close attention.
 Mir. Foraker's address was a candid re- view of the public career of his late col league. and was read from manuscript. He spoke as follows:
 Stating that he had first become ac- aUainted with MT. Hanna at the National Convention in 1884. where both were del egates-at-large, MT Foral1er said they had co-operated in support of MT. Sher- man for the Presidency.
 'As a result of that experience he said. we became warm friends, both politically and personally" Friendship Interrupted.
 This friendship, said the Senator. had been interrupted prior to the convention of 1888. and their relations were inter- rupted for the next three years, when" he went on, fin a modified and less cor dial way they were resumed, and there after continued until his death These re- lations were less cordial than previously because. although We at times heartily co-operated. and in a personal and social way were entirely friendly, yet in po- litical matters we were generally op- posed to each other in the factional con tests and controversies among the Re- Dublicans of our State"
 He said MT. Hanna's relation to Pres ident Mckinley had naturally rendered him dominant in Ohio politics. These matters of the past said the Senator, were brought up only for the purpose of illustrating the points of view from which he had studied the man. He said:
 Tn the grave with him lie buried all differences, all hostiities, all animosities. all prejudices and all unkindliness of feeling of every sort that ever at any time may have been entertained. I would not discuss anything of such a nature on this occasion If I could, and I could not do so with propriety if would. Here and now all criticisms should be hushed. "
 Would Please the Dead.
 He did not believe that if living Mir. Hanna would want other than a frank
 
 MT. Foraker said:
 'To those who knew him only, as knew him for the first four years of our acquaintance, he was unusally love- able man. He was bright cheery, gem erous, kind, strong and ever ready to practice self-denial especially when 1t involved the preferment of a friend.
 These qualities were so pronounced and so manifest that others could not well be seen by those who looked through only the partialties of friend ship. E..
 By these traits and habits he natu- rally made such ardent friends of all with whom he met that it was easy for them to think and believe that if he had differences with anyone or met with op- position from anyone 1t must have been without fault on his part.
 But while he thus appeared to his friends and to all who were in accord with him, and had no occasion to know him except in agreeable relations, he appeared to have some additional and less agreeable characteristics to those who were so unfortunate as to be in op- position to him concerning any matter he deemed important.
 ''To all such he was the very imper- sonation of antagonism itself
 Had Strong Convictions,
 He had such strong convictions that he always felt impelled in such cases to contend with all his energy and powers for the views he entertained and the cause he espoused.
 Tn all such contests he invariably bat tied fiercely and unrelentingly to the end, spurning all compromises and stop ping at nothing honorable short of un- qualified success
 He was so constituted by nature that he could not easily do otherwise.
 As a result. he seldom resorted to diplomacy or any kind of effort to pla- cate or modify opposition, but relied on the logic of hard knocks.
 Like Napoleon, he believed that the way to win victories was to have the heaviest artillery and plenty of it, and to make vigorous use of it
 While this policy made many enc mics, it also made friends and this friendship was reciprocated to the ex- tent MT. Foraker said, that Mir Han na would often assist his friends in bat tie, regardless of their character
 Only a man of uncommon strength of character and one possessing the con fidence of his fellow w-countrymen to an unusual degree he added, "could have done what he so habitually did in this respect, without serious injury to his reputation, but with him it came to be regarded as a virtue.
 Sign of Strong Man.
 Mir. Foraker spoke eulogisticalIy of MT. Hanna's intellectual qualities, of his un- erring judgment of men, his executive qualities his strong common sense, his .,-in mess training, etc, but said that he was deficient in scholarship and orator. teal gifts.
 His services in the Senate covered a period of almost seven years. He filled great place among the greatest men of his time and died respected. beloved and mourned by all classes of his coun- trymen."
 Mir. Scott was tho next speaker.
 MT Scott who had been closely as- sociated with Senator Hanna politically, spoke of having within a few years lost three close friends-Hobart Mckinley and Hanna He said Mir. Hanna's poi- tical life was inseparably connected with that of Mir Mckinley.
 Doubted New Moses.
 Referring to his appearance in the first Mckinley campaign. Mir. Scott said that MT. Hanna was an unknown quantity a a DOIitical manager and wise men shook