Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-03-08
How Senator Hanley Acquired the
Note Book Habit
Morning journal Bureau.
The Palace Hotel,
Snnlu Ifn N NJ March

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There are a good many persons
around the capitol, the council cham
Der and the Palace hotel who have
made careful inquiry witt a view TO
asccrtaining where councilman :.
Hanley Of B~ernalillo county, acquir-
a the notebook habit. Mr.. Hanley
has the habit in It's most highly de-
yeloped form. His little red book has
tlrcady figured prominently in the
proceedings OF this legislature II II
Is becoming more and more active
md It's edges arc becoming more ana
moro frayed as his duties as CHAIRMAN
Of the council finance Committee ana
Dart proprietor Of the appropriation
bill become more arduOus. To the
Favored few who have had a glimpse
inside its sacred covers that notebook
is a wonder; q marvel OF systematic
arrangement and conscientious com
ellatiOn. It contains about everything
Rorth knowing. from the tax rate 10
Torrance county to tho ifcumielcnce
If the sun. including the time Of de-
1arture Of Santa Fe trains from
Lamy.
The notebook, however. is strictly a
habit Mr.. Tianley carries most or the
information contained in the notebook
IN condensed form I'm his head. The
notebook Is a reflection. a reminder.
IN integral part OF other days that
we're even mare strc anUus than a term
n the New Mexico legislature, For
Mr.. Hanlcy has lived a life OF acton
There is no man In New Mexico pun
lie life today who has Travelled more
extensively than he or who has seen
more of the strange places and far
eorners Of the earth. The senator
rom Bornalillo county acquired the
notebook habit during sixteen ear
Of active service In the United states
navy; years during which he climbed
from an Apprenticeship to Official
rank-and kept a diary, II Is related
that one Of the Hanlcy babies in the
curse Of an exploration tour through
fathers possessions found the
diary ana amused himself by making
a bonfire of it; but Mr.. Hanley had
acquired the habit and the notebook
Is the result
Mr.. Hanley was born in Reading,
Pa, in 1864. of sturdy Irish stock, his
having come to this country
from the Emerald lsir when still a
lad. Mr.. Hanley's father named him
His mother, however, had
IN innate distaste for the name and
insisted upon making it Peter. The
was so ~strcnuOusly argued tina
he innocent %bystandcr in the case
las always becn a little confused
lbout it. He knows That he was hap
lied Patrick and that he was always
Peter in his boyhood days, 50
lc has contcnded himself with sign
his name to checks II legal
"P. Hanlcy." This is the
it goes N the reports Of the
nance committee and that Is the way
[ appears on the records Of Uncle
navy, which show a long and
honorable career. Mr.. Hanley's father
lied when IN was quite young and at
wolve years of age he Went with his
nothcr to Newark, y. j., whence he
allied two years later to see the Paris
EXPOSITION and to travel IN Europe. lie
emained abroad for three years ana
at seventeen possessed of the
gandcrlust which carried him into the
as an apprentice. From 1872
o 1898, at the close OF the war with
Mr.. Hanley remained in the ac-
i've service OF the government. He
ose rapidly from the ranks and
losod his career as gunner of the
Terror. serving actively .
throughout the spanish war and clos
ng hat service with the Cuban block
de. where he vas twice in action.
he terrific work IN the monitor, tho
most difficult Of All fighting craft on
Which to serve. broke Mr.. Hanlcy's
Icalth and he was forced to retire .
rom active service. His last work
at the bo~mbardment of san Juan
nd Immediately after the war ne
anne to New Mexico with his family,
his home in Albuquerque,
there he has taken an active part IN
ocal affairs. having served for six
ears in the city council.
During his sixteen years in the navy
lr. Hanley visited every civilized
ountry and most of tho uncivilized
ncs, having oirelod the globe sew
times, He was on board the Bal
more, ms gunner, with Captain Sc
roe. now Admiral Scbrce, when that
essel made its memorable call at
'alparaiso and came near to beCOm-
involved in a certain serious in
irrational complication, and he saw
onsiderablc service on the China sta
Mr.. Hanley knows the cast
cast of Africa and likewise the west
cast. about as thoroughly as he
noWs the country about Indian Hcan,
for a considerable time he was
ut the proving grounds. lie
as looked in at all the open ports OF
he Orient and he carries a silver
lcdal presented by the late King Os-
ar of Sweden. given on the occasion
{ a visit to Stockholm. lie say that
ne call Of the open sea has lost ITS .
ire for him and that he is content TO :
pend n remainder OF his lie IN :
Mexico. and indeed little re- =
TO indicate the naval man
side from an erect carriage, n bit OF
roll In the walk-and the notebook
the notebook. IT may be said. is
pretty fair index OF a capacity for
loroughness. detail and hard work
enabled Mr.. Hanley to win his
arrant rank at the end Of his first
ven years OF service I'm the navy and
AN lAa 49, IT, AAE go. 49, Il
'ssful leg islator.