Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-08
EULOGIES OF HAM A
OCCUPIED THE sENATE's ATTEN-
TON YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Messrs. Cockrell, Cullom, Blackburn,
Elkins, Fairbanks, Daniel, Perkins,
Depew and Others Spoke.

The Senate was occupied with eulogies of
the late Senator Hanna yesterday after
noon until 4:3O o'clock. After The Stars
report OF the proceeding was closed Mr..
Ccckrell spoke Of Mr.. Hanna as a soldier;
Mr.. Plat Comm of him as a personal
friend; Mr.. Cullom, as a great man from a
state Of great men; Mr. Blackburn, as a
political opponent, and Mr. Elkins, as a DO
litical leader.
Touching upon Mr. Hanna's political
career Mr.. Fairbanks referred to the
mention of Mr.. Hannas name in con-
nection with the approaching presidential
contest, saying that the suggestion needed
only the encouragement Of his assent to
make 1T formidable reality" but that he
was satisfied with his seat in the Senate
In referring to Mr.. Hanna's rise in 1896.
Mr.. Daniel reviewed the campaign of that
year, calling attention to the fact that In
That campaign the issue of the single stand
ard had first been raised, and SAYING that
the contest was a battle royal. He spoke
OF the Ohio senator's Virginia ancestry,
and said that he had never shown sectional
tndictiveneSs. ..
Mr.. Perkins related a conversation he had
had with Mr.. Hanna concerning the Saliva
ton Army, on the occasion of the dinner
given by the Ohio senator to General Booth
=. ~ asked him, said Mr.. Perkins, IF he be-
lieved in the principles of the Salvation
Army, and he replied, believe in the
practical effect of the worksfn which the
Salvation Army is engaged. They are re-
deemlng thousands of men and women
every year and making useful citizens of
them. I regard this as practical Christian
ity, and l accordingly make it a rule to
give something to the Salvation Army
every month -
Mr.. Hannas industrial theories formed
the especial theme of Mr.. Depew's address,
and he found in Major McKinley's selec-
ton for the presidency part of the de-
velopment of those theories. Mr.. Depew
also referred to Mr.. Hannas reply to Sem
ator Pettigrew's attack upon him, saying
that previous to that time the Ohio man
had dfstrusted his powers of speech "The
reply, MI Depew said, was not speech.
1t was a shout of defiance. But the at
tack broke the bonds that had bound Mr.
Hanna and evoked a gigantic power which
In the end worked the ruin of the South
Dakota senator
Mr.. Beveridge spoke of the practical char
acter of Mr.. Hanna's mind; of his hold upon
the people and his conservatism. Years, he
said, made him wiser, but mellower. too.
and ne dwelt upon the fact that the dead
senator had won not only the peoples APP
plause, but also the peoples affection.
In the course of his speech Mr.. Dolliver
touched upon the suggestion that Congress
was being captured by business men and
millionaires, and declared that he had no
anxiety on that account. On the contrary
he regarded as one of the ben signs of the
times the fact men identiA14 with large
affairs in life We're willing to assist in shap-
ing national affairs. He found in Mr.. Han
mas familiarity with business the secret of
his success a leader in public concerns
Mr.. Kearns told of his first meeting with
Mr.. Hanna at the st. Louis convention in
1896, saying that the senator's frankness
inspired immediate confidence. He review
ed his career from that time forward, find
ing in Mr.. Hanna the model public man and
private citizen
Mr.. Hannas successor In the Senate, Mr..
Dick, was the last speaker of the day He
reviewed in more detail than other senators
had done the career of the deceased states
man. and, like Mr.. Foraker touched upon
the course of Ohio politics with which Mr..
Hanna had been associated.
When Mr.. Dick finished his address the
Senate adopted the resolution presented at
the commencement of the ceremony, and,
at :33 p M, adjourned as further mark
of respect.