The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-23

= LATTLE. the Queen City OF the
~ Northwest as she calls herself
and Tacoma declines pointedly
70 call her--has a two listed. squareN
3awed male herman for Mayor.
His plain. blunt name is Hanson
Ole Hanson. A fortnight ago the
Puget Sound metropolis OF hills. rain.
shipyards. indefa.igable enterprise and
$4,000 population was pretty effectu-
ally paralyzed by a strike. This strike.
its leaders boasted. was the first real
general strike tho United States had
ever seen. Tho paralysis from IL was
going to last until the shipyard
workers got the wages they demanded
and incidentally until the fear of
new God had been put in the heart
Of capital the nation over and the
world around
It lasted less than thlrty-six hours.
Within that time tho aforesaid Ole
Hanson smashed the strike between
the eyes. BY the end of forty-eight
hours. when Major-Gen. Morrison ar
rived To take command Of the Federal
troops on strike duty. he found and
ssported the strikes backbone broken.
And next morning the breaker. this
man Hanson, awoke TO fnd himself
nationally famous.
Tho good for you" kilograms piled
ON his desk bulked almost as large as
the floral tributes from his own towns
mon did-townsmen, many OF them,
who three days before had been nerv-
Gus about him as a dangerous radical.
And the flowers choked the Mayors
ONCE full, or nearly. And now the
paragraphers OF hundred cities
newspapers are naming him as their
candidate 'for anything he wants, "
and 80 are plenty OF oracles more
weixhty If not more discerning. His
own State led of with a Hanson boom
for Governor.
Tsid OF His Duty in Ringing
Words.
Most salient OF Mayor Hanson's per-
sonai traits 10 a homely directness OF
speech. What he means he says as
words come to him. particularly when
. fight is on. He took one look At the
general strike and pronounced II not a
strike but q revolution. adding the now
famous line that echoed ringing from
ocean to ocean: THE seat OF the city
government il still at the city hall"
Eefore q review of the episode.
Which no wideawake mind should heed.
you will want an idea Of what Han
son Is like to meet--at least picture
of him. His height is medium, his
physique rather fraii; the strong i'm
preston his presence makes Is of
vitality and nervous force rather than
muscular power. He has large, vivid
blue eyes, a Norwegian heritage. and
a great broad head with a nearly
white name Of hair that may once
have been blond. Your visual color
snapshot OF him In action would be
a fash Of blue and CLEAN Of snow.
His face is deep lined, but in a good
humor pattern. The features are
Americanized Scandinavian in model
ling. His bearing is alert. even brisk.
When he walks. his step corresponds.
In dress he Is locally noted. not only
for neatness but for a certain posi-
tivsness (which doesn't mean loud
ness) Of taste. He used to be fond OF
heavy overcoats OF fortnight, decided
cloths.
Hanson prefers whenever be can
10 deal with you face to face. and
81 the matter 10 important or deeply
interesting to him. he wants no stand
offt6h distance betWeen tina facAa His
strip Of your eyes and attention 10 al
most physical. It won't let 90. Last
summer In the heated term he went
70 washington on q city business
srrand. ana they took him to tho
White House. and there-but that
story comes later.
He Ii q natural catch -catch-can
srator. or rather platform talker, and
2 an extremely effective one. no more
mincipE words or INDUCING in fior,
a.