The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-05-28
Monument is Dedicated in the
Late Senator's Home
City.
EuL0GY is PRONOUNCED
BY John w. Griggs, Of Pater-
son, N. j., of One of the
Great Leaders.

was unveiled IN wade park today.
Secretary OF War William H. Taft
participated.
The statue was unveiled by Mrs.
Ruth Hanna Mccormick and Mrs.
Mabel Hanna Parsons.
Addresses were delivered by For
mer Attorney General Griggs, War
rem Stone, grand chief of the Broth
erhood Of Locomotive Engineers.
attorney General Griggs said:
THE state OF Ohio glories in a
long coll of illustrious names Of sons
of hers who have won fame for
themselves and never dying honor
for their state. High upon that roll,
where are written the names OF pres
idents Of the Republic, OF great SOL
diers, Of statesmen and jurists. of
financiers and philanthropists, stands
the name of Marcus Alonzo Hanna, In
whose honor this monument is raised
and dedicated this day. For his
countrymen of this generation, who
know his work and his worth, no
monument is needed to remind them
of his pre-eminent services to the
hoNiOh. ASClOlG AV alSu llCy hhCW
and honored and appreciated, and
they have not forgotten, and will not
forget. But in the days that are be-
yond, when other feet shall tread
these paths and other eyes shall
read his name, upon this monument,
1t will serve to recall great leader
and an ideal citizen. If some inquir-
er in after days shall ask why is there
Il monument to Senator Hanna. II
shall be answered: because he filed
all the ideals of an American from
youth to the day he died, rising step
by step to the highest plane OF use
fulness in the service of his coun-
try; because, as a business man he
was successful in business by honor
able methods alone; because, as q
prosperous man he was not proud;
because, as a friend, he was loyal
and truehearted; because, as a leader
of men he was wise yet unselflsh; be-
cause, as an employer of labor he
had a genuine heartfelt sympathy
with his employees, and more broadly
with all who toll: because he was a
man among men; because, in many
and varied apacities-merchant
manufacturer, capitalist. political
leader, and senator in congress. he
was an ideal American citizen.
TT is not remarkable that Sena-
tor Hanna should have achieved
conspicuous success as n captain of
industry; what is remarkable and
without a parallel is the fact that af-
ter. spending all the years of his life
down to the age of SO in business
pursuits without any conspicuous
participation in political affairs he
moved at one step to the very front
fthe political organization to which
he belonged and became without dis
sent or contradiction its leader. And
such leader! How sagacious he
was; how untiring in his industry;
how sweet-natured and yet how
firm and consistent; how winning and
conciliatory: how patient and for
bearing! He was not without ambi-
ton. but his ambitions were all no.
bic and beneflclent, the ambitions of
one who was conscious of his ability
to render service to the wrold and
desired to do it-not for his own
self's sake but for the good OF his
country
"He was not chosen leader; he
simply moved to the froont and all
followed him without asking to see
his commission.
Let no one think such place is
an easy one to fill. There Is no Of
flee or function. not even the presi-
dency of the United States, so diff
ficult The success Of his campaign
for the nomination and election of
President Mckinley led to his APP
States senate. In that body where
prominence and influence are by rule
of long tradition withheld until the
service of a full apprenticeship, SEN
ator Hanna easily, naturally. and at
once. was admitted into the very In
ner circle Of senatorial confidence.
Once started upon his career as q
statesman his development was phe-
nomenally rapid. Though entirely
unframed and inexperienced as a
public speaker he quickly become
one Of the best, and Senator Hoar,
himself distinguished In that art. pro-
nounced Senator Hanna the best de-
batter in the senate.
but this successful man of busi-
ness. this political leader, this great
He had an abiding trust in Manhood
and appreciated the fact that the
workingman of one decade is priv
LEGGED to become the employer and
capitalist Of the next. What we
want today he declared. lis to Amer
icanize organized labor. to fit them
to our conditions. to show to those
who are charged with the respon-
sibility OF leading these organizations
how important 1t that we get to-
gether ma friendly spirit with de-
termination to find better way to
settle our differences. ] would rather
be the means Of bringing labor and
capital into friendly relations than
be president To find a better way!
Who filter than he to- show us that
better way? With his long and hap
py experience as an employer, with