The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-16
INDIANIANS DEPLORE
DEATH OF MR.. HANNA
AND EULOG|ZE HIS LIFE
Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge
Say the Nation Has Lost a
Great, Noble Man.
FEELING
EXPRESSIONS
From Representatives Hemenway,
Crumpacker, Watson and
OverStreet.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.-ro Senator
Fairbanks the death of Senator Hanna
comes as a personal bereavement. McKin-
ley, Hobart and Hanna are gone. Senator
Fairbanks was close TO all the men identi-
fed with the Mckinley regime, and the
three most forceful characters of that peri
cd are now but memories. Senator Fair
banks spent the better part of the past
week in and around the apartments of Sen
ator Hanna, and he was i'm the apartment
adjoining the sickroom when the end came.
This is Senator Fiirbanks's tribute to his
friend and colleague:
THE death of Senator Hanna comes to
me as great personal sorrow. Ii is hard
to realize that he has left us. He was a
brave. pure, noble friend-one of the best
j ever knew. His death is a great national
loss. He has literally sacrificed himself
for his country. He was able i'm business
power upon the stump, novice in the
Senate and sagacious in counsel. He was
sincere man. He never did ungenerous
things; he always did great things in a
great way. His hopes were exalted and his
methods exalted. He was a plain man and
delighted i'm serving others. The story of
his life is an inspiration. What pity that
he has fallen at the very zenith of his
power! snail always cherish the memory
of the friendship that so long existed be-
tween us.
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Senator Beveridge returned to Washing
ton a short time after the death of Mr..
Hanna. He at once proceeded to the Ar
lington Hotel Senator Beveridge paid the
following tribute to the memory of the
dead statesman
The Nation has been prepared for the
blow which has now fallen, for the death
of Senator Hanna is a national loss Great
lV A N min ~ no
people at large it was but fraction of the
profound impression made upon those with
whom he labored His characteristics oc
courage, loyalty and decision won the re-
spect and confidence of all; while his ten
derness and consideration made beautiful
the more rugged and majestic qualities of
his remarkable character. He was the per-
sonifcation of force. regulated and di-
rected by far-seeing and methodicai mind.
His the true kind of conserva tism. He
never halted to see which way things were
coming out, and never tried to make the
impression that indecision was really wis
dom. On the contrary, ne determined what
was the right thing to pursue and then
pursued it with the vigor of youth / have
heretofore called him the business man in
staesmanship. He was just that and ne
the greatest man whom the business
world ever gave to craftsmanship. The coun-
try is poorer now that he has gone, and
nobody can ever take the place he held In
the hearts of his friends"
Representative Hemenway said: Since
Mr. Hanna entered public life he was more
in the public eye than any man in history.
At first, while loved by the Republican
party, he was hated by the Democrats. For
four years he had been growing in the es-
timation Of all the people until at his death
he was the most popular man among all
classes of people, sharing alike the conf
dence OF the labOrer and the capitalist. His
loss at this particular time IL a great
loss TO his country, and especially TO his
party
1.-The death OF Senator Hanna will be felt
more throughout the country than the loss
of any other man in public life outside OF
the President" said Representative Crum-
packer. He had the most remarkable ca
reer in American politics. The history OF
this country Goes not reveal parallel he
entered public life at the age OF sixty years
without experience in public matters. with
no practice a public speaker and at once
went TO the front and became a leader and
maker of national policies and developed
into an orator of national fame and repu-
tation. There Is no other instance in the
politics OF this country where man who
entered public life at so late an age acquired
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