Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-02-25

Immediately after this Mr.. Hanna
associated himself with the firm of
Rhodes & Co., the pioneer coal and
iron firm of Cleveland. He retained
his connection with this firm until
1887, when he became senior partner
and changed the name of the firm to
M. A. Hanna & Co. In that year he
organized and equipped the Cleveland
Transportation company, one of the
largest lines operating on the great
lakes He told, some years ago, how
this idea had entered his head when
he was still grocery clerk I'm our
grocery business, he said, 81 had a
great deal to do with transportation
on the great lakes as many of our
goods were shipped by that route.
gradually saw that it would pay me
to become interested in lake vessels
so | bought part shares in several of
them. As our business increased | de.
termined to own vessels of my own,
SO bought one and named it after my
father. Leonard Hanna. Then, as
needed more vessels. | determined to
build them myself and l started ship
building company. This company has
finally become owner of all the mines
in the northwest and ships it's ore in
its own vessels. In that way became
interested more in iron mines and
shipbuilding than in the grocery bust.
ness and achieved a greater success
than would have been possible in my
first bus ness.
In 1884 he was elected to the presi-
dency of the Cleveland Union National
bank and in the same year he was
sent as delegate-at-large from the
state of Ohio to the Republican ma
tional convention. He was a warm
personal friend of Senator John Sher
man and strongly advocated him for
the presidential nomination in $780,
1884 and 1888. In 1895 and 1896 he
took charge of Major McKinley's pre-
limin2ry canvass for the presidency
and conducted it so well that he was
chosen chairman of the national
committee and given the entire CON
duct OF the campaign. This position
he had occupied ever since
! Mr. Hanna organized and con
trolled many industries, employing a
large number of men, often as many
as 10000. He YVES always highly re-
| spected and we'll thought OF by all his
employees, who might see him at any
time they had any grievance or COM
plant to make, This relationship
| with his employees gave him a great la
Dor following in political matters in
| Ohio. On March 2, 1897, Mr. Hanna
was appointed United States senator
| by Governor Bushnell OF Ohio, TO fill
| the vacancy caused by the resignation
| of John Sherman. In 1888 he was
| elected senator by the legislature of
| Ohio for {. term OF six years. In the
senate he became in very short time
partly through force of circum-
| stances, but more because of his
strong indiyiduality-a leader of his
party and has easily been the most
prominent and powerful political fig
ure during the last twenty-five years.
In his domestic life Mr.. Hanna was
exceedingly happy. On Sept q, 1864,
he married Miss S. Augusta Rhodes,
daughter of Daniel P. and Sophia
Rhodes of Cleveland. A son and two
daughters were the fruits of this mar
rage. During later years Mr.. Hanna
was exceedingly conspicuous on ac-
count of his efforts to establish more
amicable relations between labor and
capital, and the idea of organizing the
great National Civic Federation was
largely due to him. His efforts in
this direction have been highly ap-
preciated by leaders on both sides in
the labor question and to show their
appreciation they presented him with
fine statue in marble representing
| Peace" This statue, which stands
In his library in Lake avenue in Cleve-
land. the senator is said to have ap-
| preciated more than anything else in
his possession.
If Grip threatens use DR.. Miles Nervine.