Evening star., 1919-02-16


by nominating you for President"
In some respects Col. Roosevelt ana
Mr.. Hanna were alike. Notably in en-
ergy and enthusiasm. They were 'is-
orousIy and heedlessly oral. too. IN
moments of mental excitement nao
to edit all of the interviews with Mr.
Hanna that We're written by my re-
porters. without expurgation, some OF
the interviews would have separated
the republican party into fiereeiy bel
ligerent elements.
y
Temperamentally akin. Col. Roose-
welt and Mr.. Hanna, though they
might have denied it. sympathized
generally with each other. In the last
note that Mr.. Hanna ever wrote he
affectionately called President Roose-
Welt 'old man." and President Roose-
Welt, answering. called Senator Han
ma "old fellow"
know that Mr.. Hanna was very
fond OF Col. Roosevelt, but he was
afraid OF hlm--afraid he would do or
say something that would lessen the
prosperity which he and President Nc
Kinley believed they had restored to
the country. This fear was allayed
in part by President Roosevelts state
ment that he meant to adhere to the
policies of his dead predecessor. That
declaration, made, it might be said. at
the side of Mr.. McKinley's open grave.
pleased Mr.. Hanna immensely. Pros
perity, the idol that he worshiped. was
safe If President Roosevelt kept his
pledge.
But something might happen. Until
his death Mr.. Hanna was pursued by
the dread that President Roosevelt
anti . h1 h M lrt
shut mills and factories and throw
men out of work. This state of mind
caused Mr.. Hanna to be misunder-
stood. He was said to be ambitious
for the presidency himself.
1t is not to be supposed that Mr.,
Hanna would have refused to accept
the highest office in the nation. Pos
sibly when MIR. Mckinley was alive.
he may have wondered whom the re-
publicans would nominate at their
convention in 1894, Hundreds of men
had told him that they hoped to give
him their votes for President, But II
he ever saw the stately outlines of
the White House in his visions they
vanished forever at the tomb in
Canton.
Undoubtedly, President Roosevelt
serving out MIR. Mckinley's term
would, unless something happened. be
continued in the Office, IF l were n
candtdAtt against MT. NoostNtit ioi
the nomination Mr.. Hanna told me
more than once. the republican party
would be torn to pieces and the dem
ocratic candidate would be elected"
Never did MIR. Hanna depart. even
for moment. from the solid ground
of this unanswerable logic. But al
ways In his thoughts, | know. was the
terror that President Roosevelt might
destroy himself and seriously jeop--
ardixe his party. Then what would
occur? I do not think Mr.. Hanna ever
answered this question even to HIM
self, unless he did so unconsciously.
After Col. Roosevelt became Presi-
dent. enemies of himself and MIR.
Hanna, along with troop OF syco-
plants, strove to open a preach be-
tween them. MIR. Roosevelt reached
A stage In hts doubt of friend where
he almost thought that Mr., Hanna
was getting ready to be candidate
against him. He mistook apprehen-
sion for ambition,
William Mckinley gone. men in Ohio
unfriendly to Mr.. Hanna began to
work on the natural suspicious or
President Roosevelt. for no other rea-
son, OF course. than TO obtain patron
age, and standing for themselves