Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-23
MARK HANNA HONORED
MONUMENT AT CLEVELAND UN-
YELLED THIS AFTERNOON.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. May 23.-A monu-
ment in memory o. the late Senator Mar
Gus A. Hanna was dedicated here this
afternoon in the presence of many dis
tinguished guests and thousands of spec
tators.
The Grafton was delivered by John w.
Griggs, former United States Attorney
General Vice President Fairbanks was
10 have presided but he was unable to
attend His place was filled by ex-Gov
Herrick Secretary Tat and Pres dent
Hadley of Yale College and Gov. Harris
and staff were among the guests.
The monument was dedicated on its
Temporary site. in Wade Park. Later it
will be moved downtown and placed in
the mall being built in connection with
the grouping of public buildings. The
statue is in bronze and was designed by
Saint Gaudens. The figure is eight feet
high. The pedestal. designed by Henry
Bacon of New York. adds twelve feet TO
the height 1t is of granite. A bronze
plate upon the pedestal reads:
.This monument is erected by friends
and .ellow-citZens to commemorate ms
efforts for peace between capital and
labor. his useful citizenship and dstin-
guShed public service.
The invocation was delivered by the
Ri Rev George +. Houck. The statue
was unveiled by Mrs. Ruth Hanna Nc
Corm:ck and Mrs Mabel Hanna Parsons,
daughters of the late senator. The bene-
dic,ion was delivered by the Ri. Rev.
w. A. Leonard. r 'shop of Ohio.
John W. Griggs delivered the Grafton.
Mr.. Griggs' Address.
Mr.. Grigss spoke in part as follows:
If some inquirer in after days shall
xr-I, ic Senator
Hanna it shall be answered: Because be
filled all the ideals of an American from
ycuth to the day lie died rising step
by step to the highest plane Of usefulness
in lie service Of his country. because as
y business man he was successful in buSl-
ness by honorable methods alone. because
as a prosperous man he was not proud;
because as a friend he was loyal ana
true hearted, because as a leader OF men
me was wise yet unseltish; because as an
employer of labor he had genuine and
heartfelt sympathy with his empIo!es
and. more broadly, with ali VINO toll ne
cause he was a man among men, because
i'm many and varied capac tles--mercllaht.
manufacturer capitalist, political leader
and Senator in ConSreSS--lle was an luet'i
American citizen
1t is not remarkable that Senator
Hanna should have achieved conspicuous
success as a captain of industry; what is
rcmIrkaDlo ana without u
fact. that. after spending all the years of
his life down To the age of fifty-nine IN
business pursuits without any conspicu-
Gus participation in political AFFAIRS. he
moved at one step To the very 'front.' OF
the political organization to which he be
longed and became without dissent or
contradiction its leader. And such Il lead
fr, How Sagacious he was. how untlrlng
in his industry: how sweetnatured and
yet how firm and consistent; how winning
and conciliatory: how patient and for
bearing. He was not without ambition.
but his ambitions were all noble and
beneficient: the ambitions of one VINO has
conscious of his ability to render servic"
to the world and desired to do it-not for
his own sells sake, but for the good OF
his country.
But this successful man of business.
this political leader. this great senator.
was not satisfied with the measure of
service rendered to his fellow-nen in
these spheres He looked out upon the
industrial world and saw there the ele
mental stir He saw the conflicts and
disputes, the strikes, the boycotts. the
lockouts. and all the loss and misery that
came from these His great heart was
moved. He longed to help He felt as
few in his position have ever felt and the
Importance of dealing with industrial con-
dtions grave and serious subject in
a systematic way, by orderly methods. in
spirit of large sympathy and benevo-
lence He had abiding trust in man
hood and appreciated the fact that the
workingman of one decade is privileged
To become the employer and capitalist of
the next
Warren S. Stone. grand chief of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
followed with an address.
Mr.. Stones Address.
Mr. Stone spoke in part as follows:
Il desire TO speak as a representative
of organized labor. concerning the
splendid work he did for those who earn
thei.. bread by the sweat of their brows
and who toll that others may live. 1t
was late if his life that his attention was
first called to this subject. after the
great coal strike in Ohio. in which he was
interested indirectly. At that time the
popular prejudice against organized labor
was at its height. He took up the study
of the great question of these constantly
recurring contests between capital and
labor and sought to discover the causes
that resulted in the struggle and to
find a remedy for them.
With his usual method of meeting all
quest ions. he at the first thing
to do was to adjust conditions in a
straight forward manner The result was
the miners of Ohio were given an agree
ment and for the first time in the his
tory of our state was union recog-
nized In this class of labor.
LAS he made a further study of the
question he recognized in the working
man the same instructive spirit as shown
by capital In banding together for pro-
lection and realized as few dc that or
ganiZed labor was necessary part in
the development and distribution of
wealth He planned TO have organized
la Dor AmericaniZed in the best sense. be-
Iieving that some of the objectionable
features OF union labor were of foreign
origin and caused by conditions that do
not exist In America-conditions that
would vanish when the American work
insman was thoroughly educated to an
understanding IF his Responsibility"
Much of the industrial peace we en-
joy today is due TO the new principle he
laid down for the treatment of employees
ard the prompt adjustment of their
grievances.
STUDENTS SPECIAL WRECKED.
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