The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-13

him over his own protest and he
was nominated.
In 1888, when Sherman led tho
field, Hanna had seen another
dark horse" win-Benjamin Har.
fison. sherman was blocked by
the New York leaders. especially
Boss Tom Plat.
In 1895, at a time when II APP
peared that the republicans were
sure to win next year. Hanna be-
gan systematically to weed out the
boss candidates and the fayorite
sons. He found that the state
bosses were all set to tie up the
convention. but he promised pat
ronage and used pther persuasive
arguments and soon had Ohio and
half a dozen other states lined up
for Mckinley. In Illinois he put
Charles G.. Dawes on the job and
Dawes succeeded brilliantly after
great effort.
Speaker Tom Reed had been the
favorite until Hanna got going. He
was the republican party's real
leader. But Hanna's pre-conven-
ton campaign was the most elab-
crate one ever seen up to that time
and Mckinley won without a
struggle. although, such bosses as
Plat and Quay held out 10 the
end.
1t became evident that Bryan
had real chance to win and
Hanna, as the new national chair
man, threw hinself into q brilliant,
expensive campaign. He set out to
educate the country to dangers OF
"Bryanlsm" and free silver. He
used 1,400 speakers and 10000
900 pieces of literature. He levied
quota assessments on corpora
lions, banks and insurance COM
panies, raising an unhearo-ot
amount, estimated at six or seven
million dollars.
He was the most talkcd-of man
OF his time. After McKinlcys
election he refused n cabinet job
and had himself made senator
from Ohio. Later, when a South
Dakota senator attacked him and
intimated he had bribed his way
into the senate he went out to
South Dakota and drove that SEN
ator out Of public ONCE.
Hanna helped revive the senti-
ment for a Panama or Nicaraguan
canal. He reelected Mckinley In
1900 and was being talked OF ~
a presidential possibility when ne
died early in 1904.
The republican party was not
through with hotel room nomi-
nations, however. Although Roose-
velt--indirectly boosted into the
presidency because Boss Platt had
him nominated for vice president
in 1900 to get rid of him as New
York's governor-had been nomi-
mated next and had dictated Taftsl
In 1908, although the
Old Guard and the feeral machine
stca m -roliered Taft into the 1912
and Hughes was a gen.
eral choice in 1915, the Senate
Old Guard In 1920 engineered the
most famous one OF all time.
Senator Boies Penrose, the fat,
ruthless boss of Pennsyivania.
the senatorial Clique
which brought home the bacon
from that meeting at Chicago, al
though he lay Ill In Philadelphia
with q telephone at his hand.
others were Smoot of Utah,
Lodge of Massachusetts, Wads-
worth of New York, Mccormick
OF Illinois, Watson of Indiana,
Rrandegee Of Connecticut and ex-
Senator W. Murray Crane OF
Massa chusetts. Their final deci-
sion for Senator Warren G. Har-
ding was made In George Har-
vey's room at the Hotel Black
stone.
The New York Pennsylvani
clique was fatty opposed to Leon
ard Wood and Senator Hiram
Johnson. Frank Lowden. runner
I'D to Wood, had bene az good as
licked by pre-convention disclo-
surcs.
on Friday night the delegates.
many Of them running short OF
cash, were praying that they
wouldn't have to stay In Chicago
over Sunday. The senatorial group
sent for Harding-who had told
Harry NJ. Daugherty to cease ef-
forts on his behalf because he
wanted to file for the senate again
In order not to lose his seat-and
told him he was to be the next
president.
NEXT: william Jennings Bryan.
the great political boss, who never
was elected and never had any.
thing to offer to the democrats but
hone.