The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-09

cratic party for twenty years or more
and has worked for party success as
siduously at all times. But always
fairly. For the past six years he has
been chairman of the Montgomery
county central and executive com
mittees. He has been a member OF
the state central committee for about
eight years. He was elected chair
man at the Dayton convention in
1910-elected unanimously. He was
a district delegate to the Democratic
national convention in 1904 and del
egate-at-large from Ohio to the ma
tional convention at Denver In 1908.
All OF which is still leading up to
some more remarks about his sys-
tematic ways. When he took charge
Of party AFFAIRS in Montgomery coun-
ty the Democratic party in that neck
o. the woods bore a striking resem-
blance to the shriveled tail of a
molecule. There was positively not
enough Of 1t to go round. Mr.. Hanley
introduced system. He eliminated
many of the useless and set about to
establish a permanent organization
He treated each precinct as sepa-
rate and distinct unit. And now he
has an organization which is excelled
nowhere In the United States either
for cleanliness or efficiency. He
maintains a card system on all the
voters Of all the parties and sends
letters to every man In every cam
paign. Incidentally his party is now
In control of the county and the dis.
trict, and has been in control there
for several years. But in winning
his victories Hanley has made but
few enemies. He leads in manner
that is not calculated to engender an
tagonisms and he enjoys, to degree
that Is remarkable, the friendship of
those Of all parties in his county and
district, and, in fact, wherever he is
known, Among the laboring men of
Dayton he is a power. He has always
favored the union men and a recent
story sent out by his enemies to the
effect that he would be opposed by
labor leaders brought protest out
Of Dayton that put a quletus on the
story in q remarkably short time.
He lives In a rather humble quarter in
| Dayton-never mixes in society and is
| modest in his tastes and habits. In ap-
pearance he is striking and In manner
gracious and pleasing, but there is no
record OF his having received any medals
| for beauty. Smooth-faced, eyes OF blue
and a square sort OF q chin that spells
| determination-these are facial charac-
teristics. Only there is usually a smile
| 70 tighten the otherwise rugged lines OF
the face and penty OF little wrinkles
| around the eyes that remind you that
| the smiles have been located in that To-
cality for n goodly number OF years. He
| Is about Ave feet eight inches tall, weighs
about 165 pounds, Is athletic Of build
compact and well-knit
He Is a man who claims long lists OF
| friends and but few enemies-most OF the
| latter among those who don't know him
| For those who do know him are almost
certain TO like him whether they agret
| with him or not, politically or otherwise
| John A. Mcmahon, than whom there Is
| no more eminent, more learned more re-
| spected man in Ohio-turist, statesman
| and scholar-has this to say about Mr.
Hanley in letter which he recently
made public: "while you are not law
yer, you possess what many lawyers who
are senators do not have-a sound busi-
| ness Judgment, great good sense and a
thorough knowledge OF the needs f Ohio
IN a business as we'll as a political way
That Is a pretty good certificate o
character, coming from a pretty gooc
| source. Mr.. Mcmahon has known Mr.
Hanley from boyhood. He has watched
| him grow