The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-28
LIFE OF MARCUS A. HANNA.

WORK. BY Herbert croly. The Mac. Mac
milan Company, publishers, New horh
Probably no man having to do with
the public life of the United states
was ever more grossly maligneo ano
more perversely misunderstood tnan
Mr. Hanna. The attacks upon MN
did not cease even after his death; IN y
fact, they have not altogerher csaseu
vet, But those attacks are shame
to those who make them, while IN no
wav discreditng the man upon whom
they are made. "a,
Mr.. Hanna was in the best sense =
captain Of industry, but he never
had any onarres With hls men. anu
among those who were faithiui III ins
support in everything that he nnder,
took, his own employees were the most
faithful. There was never among INC
laborers in his employ any serious
disagreement between him and theH'
He was a man who made large amounts
of money and spent large amounts,
but it was never charged ,upon MN
that he made that money dlshonesCly
or TO the injury Of Others
This hook is a very thorough. faith"
full presentation of Mr., Hanna S life
from, birth to death There are TWEEN.
tv-eipht chapters in it, and In all OF
them which treat OF his pubic ac-
tivities. be is shown to have taken
leading part and never to the dlsad-
vantage of the public, but always to
its benefit and for the furtheranee Oh
the principles. policies and personages
whereby Mr.. Hanna conceived the best
interests Of the public would be served.
His preat feat was in the making OF
Mr.. Mckinley President. The devoted
friendship of Mr.. Hanna to Mr.. Nc
Kinley ought to have been enough to
silence The tongues of slander OF all
who had confidence in or respect Tor
Mckinley, since ii would have. been
quite impossible for Mr.. Mckinley to
continue s1ch a warm. close. and In
innate friendship with Mr. Hanna If
he had been the sort of man that his !
maligners represented him to be,
An interesting episode in this book !
is the way IT treats the uprising of
an active sentiment for Mr., Hanna |
as candidate for the Presidency IN |
1904 as against Roosevelt, There can |
be no doubt that if Mr. Hanna had
lived there would have been an insist
ent demand that he should stand for
the Presidency. and that Roosevelt
should step aside. At the same time,
This book presents evidence that dur
ing all Of that period when the Ohio
state Convention pronounced with such
unanimity and enthusiasm for Mr..
Hanna for the Presidential nomIna-
ton, it appears that Mr.. Hanna always
was firm in support of Roosevelt and
that the two men understood each
other perfectly.
The work is IN important contribu-
lion TO American biography, and also
TO American politics. 1t is inspiring
to the Young men who may read ii and
draw from it the lesson that a young
man by diligence, thrift, aud personal
energy may not only get into the
front rank, but acquire such power
as will enable him to sway to almost
any degree the destiny of the Repub
!lc. as Mr.. Hanna did when he so eff
fectiyely supported Mr.. Mckinley for
the Presidency. The author has done
his work in excellent style. He has
shown discriminating Judgment. and
has written the story Of Hanna s life
III most agreeable. admirable stYle