The Holly chieftain., 1904-04-15
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Eulogies of Mark Hanna.

Most of the day in the Senate April
7th was devoted to eulogies upon the
character of the late Senator Marcus
A. Hanna. Mr.. Foraker presented the
usual resolutions of sorrow and was
the first speaker. He said:
In the grave with him lies buried
all differences, all hostilities, all preju-
dices and all unkindness of feeling of
every sort that ever at any time may
have been entertained
He did not believe that if living.
Mr.. Hanna would want other than a
frank discussion of his qualities. Con
tinuing. Mr.. Foraker said:
ITO those who knew him only as |
knew him for the first four years Of
our acquaintance he was an unusually
lovable man. He was bright, CHEEKY
generous, kind, strong and ever ready
to practice self-denal, especially when
1t involved the preferment of friend.
These qualities were so pronounced
and so manifest that none other could
well be seen by those who locked only
through the partial eyes of friendship.
by these traits and habits he nat
urally made such ardent friends of all
with whom he met that it was easy for
them to think and believe that of he
had differences with anyone or met
with opposition from anyone it 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 We're so unfortunate as to be in
opposition to him concerning any mat
ter he deemed important.
ITO all such he was the very imper.
sonaton of antagonism itself. 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.
"As a result, he seldom resorted to
diplomacy, or to any kind of effort to
placate or mollify opposition, but re-
| lied upon 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
Mr.. Foraker spoke eulogistically of
| Mr.. Hanna's intellectual qualities, Of
his unerring judgment of men. his
tAeNullNe QUALITIES, HIS SlIOuS
common sense. his business train
ing, etc, but said that he was de-
| ficient in scholarship and oratorical
gifts.
| Speaking of Mr.. Hanna's career in
the Senate, Mr. Foraker said:
"His services in the Senate covered
period of almost seven years. During
all this time he was influential and
| helpful in determining policies and in
shaping legislation of national and in
| ternational Importance and conse
quence, but he left behind him no stat
| ute or other measure of which he was
| distinctively the author"
Referring to Mr.. Hannas part in the
Mckinley campaign, Mr.. Foraker said
This was his great opportunity, and
he improved it SO thoroughly that he
not only excited the affectionate re.
| gard of his own party. but also com
manded the admiration of his oppon
| ents. 1T was an arduous work, well
| done.
Besides Senator Foraker. those who
| spoke were Messrs. Scott, Cockrell
Platt of Connecticut, Cullom, Black
burn, Elkins, Fairbanks, Daniel, Per
kins. Depew. Beveridge, Dolliver
| kearns and Dick.