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It has been given to no other American to win as great fame as he did in the diverse fields of business and politics, or to make for himself se insting a name in such a brief space of time. But Senator Hanna was not satisfied: his greatest ambition lay in another direction, and he will probably be remembered longest for the work he did in bringing labor and capital to a better under- standing of each other. The greatest good he did was what he accomplished and tried to accomplish to solve the great industrial problem. His greatest service there lay in making labor and capital better acquainted. He was the great peacemaker. In this field there is no one to take his place, no one so high as he in the confidence of interests which oppose each other because they do not understand each other. He had accomplished much in this direction and was arranging to devote his energies and time to this magnificent object. No man was better qualified for the task than he, for he had been a large em- ployer of labor and had been most successful in maintaining friendly relations with his own employes. His first efforts toward conciliation were looked at with suspicion; men on both sides feared he had some ulterior end in view, that he sought some political advantage, but the sincerity of his motives could not long be doubted and his unselfish aim was soon understood by all. He was as honest and frank in this field of activity as in everything else he un- dertook. He realized the folly of industrial warfare, and felt there was no more reason why labor and capital should quarrel than that the sacredness of the family ties should be broken by domestic quarrels. He helped to organize the Civic Federation, and was one of its leading spirits and most active and valuable members. The immense good he accomplished in reconciling labor differences is a story that has not yet been told. When it is fully known. Sena- tor Hanna will be recognized even more than now as one of the greatest benefactors of his time. He was succeeding because he was frank and fair. because he was bringing labor and capitol into more intimate relations and enabling them to understand each other. He was a man of wealth himself, but he never lost sympathy with labor. His interest in all his fellow-men was genuine and sincere. No missionary ever went forth with higher ideals for the service of mankind or with a truer love for his suffering brother than actuated Senator Hanna in his crusade for a better understanding between those interests which should go arm in arm with each other and which would not be in conflict if they understood each other.
It is given to few men to complete the tasks set before them. Man's plans are not often God's plans. Lincoln saw the end of armed strife, but it was not given his sublime patience to solve the trying problems which followed. We had not yet drunk the cup of bitterness to the dregs. Mckinley saw the end of armed opposition to our national authority at the close of another war, but was taken away, leaving many vital problems unsolved.
Mr. Hanna did much; few men did so much in such a brief term, but his greatest task lay before him. Business success and political preferment be- came to him means to an end. He felt the necessity of saner methods for set- tling disputes between labor and capital. He devoted himself to the cause of industrial peace and social justice. To this great end he had consecrated the rest of his life. and had arranged his business affairs that they need no longer engage his attention. He repeatedly declared he would rather settle the labor problem than be President.
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He had no secret longings for other political honors. He was not a candi- date for the Presidential nomination. He was great enough to put aside any such ambition and was never greater than in resisting the flattery of those who would have made him a national standard bearer. He refused to promise the use of his name in connection with it. The public will know but little of the great pressure brought to bear upon him to accept this crown, nor did he, like Caesar, refuse each time with less and less insistence. He was firm to the last, because he felt he was following the path in which his duty lay. He had given his word he would not be a candidate, and with the fidelity which distinguished his life he kept the faith. This, however, did not discourage the support of his friends nor dampen the enthusiasm which existed for him in all parts of the country. No American citizen ever yet, however, resisted the call of his party to be its candidate for President. Had he lived and taken his seat in the next National Convention of his party at the head of the dele- · gation from his own State, who can tell where the unbounded enthusiasm of his hosts of friends and admirers and the demands of the hour would have car- ried that body?
No man ever grew so rapidly in influence and power, and no man who entered politics so late in life ever rose so high. Success and high station in politics as a rule come only to those who have served an apprenticeship in lower places.
He sprang full panoplied and equipped into the arena of national activity. We seek for comparisons, but none can be made because no man achieved so great success who was in public life so short a time as he was. No other man who wrought in the double field of industry and politics ever achieved so great a success in both. He applied the straightforward, honest methods of up- right business dealings to affairs of party and of State. The country was sur- prised, doubted, and then applauded. He revolutionized politics by putting it on a business basis. He interested business in politics to the distinct advant- age of the latter.
He was distinctly the product of his day and generation, a typical Ameri- can of the latter part of the nineteenth century. He was constructive in poli- tics and in legislation as he was in business. He was interested in building up instead of tearing down.
Mr. Hanna's response to his physicians' appeal to help them, made in his last illness, was characteristic of the man, "I'll do the best I can." He always did the best he could, always contended with all his might. He was the sturdy fighter who waged war not merely to win but to overwhelm his antagonist. While he did not seek such conflicts, he did not avoid them. Once involved. the martial spirit in him rose to battle pitch. He fought in the open, gave hard blows, and took them manfully.
He fought to conquer and to conquer overwhelmingly, but truce declared and peace effected, he harbored no resentment and punished no enemies. He not merely forgave he forgot. True, he was not satisfied with a narrow margin of victory; it must be decisive. Even when success was absolutely assured, he did not relax his efforts in the least. This feeling was misunder- stood and led to misconception, and was the great source of the excess of cari- cature from which he suffered. He needed only to be thoroughly known to be vindicated of all charges.
Measure him from whatever point you choose, his sturdy honesty shines pre-eminent. The arts of the demagogue he scorned. He hated all shams and artifice,. He had no secret, dark-chamber method of achieving results. He did not win by intrigue. He worked in the open; his methods might at any time have been laid bare to the gaze of the world. There was no secret in his handling of men. He was honest, frank, sincere, sympathetic, friendly. He was direct in his methods and masterful in his dealings. His friendships were not confined within the narrow circle of party politics, for he gained the admiration and respect of those who would not agree with him. His honesty and sincerity no one could doubt.
If he was devoted to any cause it was on account of its righteousness and justice, as he viewed it. He never concealed personal and selfish aims under the guise of advocating public measures. He was frank and open in his rela- tions to all legislation. He did not look to the shifting weather-vane of public opinion to find direction to guide his steps. What seemed right to him he
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did. He never lacked the courage of his convictions. He was modest and unassuming; he never sought applause and never carried himself to be seen of men. He won no victories on the field of battle, he did not fill the seat of highest authority, but he was a pillar of the State.
He was to a marked degree a well-balanced man, a man sane in all the relations of life. It follows that he was hopeful and optimistic. Cheerfulness and good nature were the very essence of his being. He bore with him at all times the atmosphere of love and sunshine. He was square, brave, and true, a great, tender-hearted manly man. No one was ever deceived by his bluffness of speech when the beaming eye and kindly smile belied the sense of his words. The catholicity of his interests and sympathies was as boundless as his charities. He had some faults that are common to most men, but he pos- sessed virtues so rare as to challenge recognition and admiration. He was at all times a man of deep and abiding convictions of mind and heart.
The enthusiasm and devotion he awakened are only possible to strong men. As he was loyal to others, so were his friends loyal to him. Those who knew him best loved him most. The Old Guard was not more faithful to Napoleon than Senator Hanna's friends to him.
No man who made so brief a passage across the theater of our national life ever left a stronger impress on his day and age in every walk of life in which he took an interest. It is too soon to determine his rightful place in the Valhalla of our national heroes, but it is certain that the impartial biog- rapher will record him a great party leader, a statesman of high rank, a patriot of purest loyalty.
That I can not be mistaken in my estimate of this man is proven by some expressions of regard and affection spoken by his colleagues in the Senate.
Senator Platt, of Connecticut, said: * * * "when Marcus A. Hanna died all the people mourned with a grief that was deep and unfeigned. Something in his life and character had en- deared him to all classes. What that something was it is difficult to say, but we know it was given to but few men in this world to inspire such respect and affection as did our deceased comrade and brother."
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, said:
'In the death of Senator Hanna one of the most remarkable men of our country has passed away. He had an extraordinary career, a career that chal- Ienged the admiration of the people without regard to section or partisanship." Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, said:
"Marcus A. Hanna was one of the foremost Americans, one of the most eminent members of this great forum. He achieved place and power through no mere caprice of accident. He forged his way to the point of vantage oc- cupied when he laid down his responsibilities by the strength of his own genius and by virtue of arduous deeds done."
Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, said:
* * * "he became next to the President himself, the dominating force in party affairs, and after the death of his lamented friend unquestionably the most popular man in our business and national life."
Sentor Depew, of New York, said:
* * * "Hanna. the party organizer, the party leader, the President maker, the Senator and the statesman."
Senator Daniel, of Virginia, said:
"He was at the time of his death the most conspicuous and most in- fluential of the public men in the service of the country."
Senator Kearns, of Utah, said:
"His life is the ideal for which the youth of our country should strive. In his intercourse with men he was all that stands for sterling manhood, and he surrounded his home with a halo of purity and love."
· Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, said:
"It is not more than just to say of him that at the end of his six or seven years of public service he held in greater measure than any living American statesman the confidence of all classes. He was a man of sufficient power and force to have made and left his impress upon any Senate that this country has ever known."
Day upon day he grew in intellect, vigor and political strength, until he was the recognized leader of his party and a great Senator. In reaching
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this eminence he never crawled an inch; he went there as the eagle goes to mountain top. Dignified but not ostentatious; frank but not blunt; reserved but not austere; patient and laborious, he conquered all conditions; surmounted all obstacles, and survived all vicissitudes. Each day added to the charm of his manner, the force of his eloquence, the completeness of his logic, and his grasp upon public affairs. He became the wonder of his colleagues, while he attracted the admiration of his countrymen.
As a citizen Mr. Hanna was in sympathy with all influences which tend to good citizenship. While he was keenly alive to merit the commendation of his fellow-citizens, his duty to the state was the dominating thought of his mind. He was sincere and courageous, and avoided the use of political art to secure his advancement. He walked among his people an able, modest, force- ful man, worthy the confidence of his fellow-men. His fidelity and honesty of purpose will ever invite the attention of the student of his marvelous career.
Mr. Hanna was imbued with the genius of our institutions. His love of country was largely developed; his love of her institutions was still more so. He believed cur form of government met the needs of mankind, and was per- manent in its ability to deveiop human capabilities; that the principal degree was the foundation of genuine liberty; that it was the acme of human gov- ernmental intelligence.
He worshipped law and the Author of law. Mr. Hanna had unbounded faith in the people; he sought their education that they might be better able to comprehend the duties of citizenship and to more fully understand the respon- sibilities which it imposed upon them. His aim was their education and honesty, fidelity, self-respect, courage, devotion and patriotism, that thereby they would not only be able to detect the unwholesome theories of the sophist, but the more dangerous methods of the demagogue, and courageously thwatr their purposes.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the battle of Lexington and Concord; on that day the embattled farmers first fired the shot heard round the world, which marked the beginning of an armed conflict that was not to cease until a new state had been recognized among the family of nations-a state de- voted to liberty and the rights of man. Today we commemorate one who traced his descent from a brave soldier of that war, and who was himself in every fiber a patriot and a lover of his country, for Senator Hanna was an intensely patriotic American. He believed that Lexington and Bunker Hill were as heroic as Thermopylae; that Yorktown had greater influence upon the progress of the world than Waterloo; that Sedan was far less significant than Gettysburg: that Magna Charta was not greater than the Declaration of Independence: that Washington and Lincoln and Garfield and Grant and Mc- Kinley were incomparably greater benefactors of the human race than Alex- ander and Caesar and Napoleon.
He believed that the soldiers who followed Washington and Grant fought in causes holier than the Crusades and for principles as lasting as truth. He believed that the American flag stands today for the grandest story of prog- ress in the history of the world and for the greatest recorded triumphs of civilization for the highest intelligence and the loftiest purposes, for boundless opportunities, for the broadest liberty, personal, religious and political. for freedom, for justice, for education, for progress, for right and for righteous- ness; in short, that it stands for the best government among men.
He believed that in the record for past success rested the assurance of the future progress of his country, and that Lincoln at Gettysburg delivered an eternal prophecy when he declared that "this Nation. conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, and that gov. ernment of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth."
My friends. these walls had scarcely ceased to echo the applause which greeted Senator Hanna's triumphant re-election to the United States Senate, when there followed days of declining health and illness which did not at first alarm, but soon awakened fear of the final outcome. When he was stricken the people watched through saddened days and nights for news from his bed- side, where hope and despair alternated in quick succession. In a conflict with disease which brought out the courage and determination and hopefulness of the patient, Senator Hanna met an adversary he could not conquer. At last the end came. His mighty heart ceased to beat. Millions were in tears; a Nation mourned.
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The President and Cabinet, Ambassadors, judges of the Supreme Court, Senators, Congressmen, generals, admirals, governors of States, legislators, State officials, municipal officers and captains of industry attended his funeral services. Manufacture in his native State paused; commerce and transporta- tion stood still; the busy hum of machinery and industry was hushed, the miner laid down his tools, labor in all callings ceased its work, and all men bowed their heads in memory of the man whose loss they mourned. The State had lost its first citizen, his party its acknowledged leader, the country a patriot and statesman.
'And so he passed away in the fullness of his influence and his powers, in the full possession of his splendid faculties, in the midst of a public career which gave promise of even larger usefulness, secure also in the knowledge that he was known and honored by his country; that all misunderstanding and misconception had passed away; looked up to by one vast set of interests as its shield and by another as its sincere friend and true adviser.
In closing I place this wreath from a dear friend upon his resting place:
We know not why our friend was taken away. God's ways are not our ways. His death made a vacancy which will remain unfilled.
He left the example of his life-a rich heritage.
The enduring love of his countrymen crowns his memory.
As when some stately vessel sails away Full-rigged and masted for the wind and tide
Beyond the curving confines of the day, Where cloud walls rise, and unseen perils hide;
- And when in silhouetted majesty She stands, full many statures of a man,
Is seen her greatness and her symmetry- Her wondrous adaption for the plan,
Till she has crossed the bar of human sight, Where blend the boundaries of sea and sky; When all other craft seems small, and blight Of insignificance aggrieves the eye.
So passed Mark Hanna to another world; So sailed his spirit, mighty, staunch and true; Well-built and ready, with each sail unfurled, And with a world's best wishes for his crew.
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With freight of kindly deeds, beyond a price; Of patience, and unselfish simple good; Of charity, and willing sacrifice; Of love that made for common brotherhood.
Would we could hear the greeting and acclaim Upon the other shore! From dome to dome Will ring the welcome to his honored name; So loved by all: "Mark Hanna, Welcome Home!"
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OHIO BUILDING-ST. LOUIS FAIR.
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S. B. RANKIN.
OHIO AT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION.
U NDER an Act passed May 12th, 1902, by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, the following named gentlemen were ap- pointed by Governor George K. Nash as Commissioners to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition :
W. F. Burdell. . Columbus
L. E. Holden Cleveland
D. H. Moore .. Athens
David Friedman Caldwell
N. K. Kennon St. Clairsville
M. K. Gantz. . Troy
Hon. Edwin Hagenbuch. Urbana, O.
The Governor appointed S. B. Rankin. of South Charleston, Execu- tive Commissioner from Ohio. The Commission met soon after appoint- ment, and organized by electing W. F. Burdell President, and L. E. Holden, Vice-President.
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Ohio at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
, The plans of F. L. Packard, Architect, of Columbus, were accepted for an Ohio State Building to be erected on the Exposition grounds, and contract let to the Smith & Eastman Company, of St. Louis, to build same according to plans adopted, and one of the most beautiful of all the State Buildings was erected as the home of Ohio Visitors. It is arranged and conducted for the comfort of its guests. Everything for their con- venience is provided. Besides a sitting and wash rooms for the ladies, a clean, wholesome and quiet rest room, containing comfortable cots supplied with immaculate linen is ever ready for overtired women, and many there are who take advantage of this room. The gentlemen's side contains sitting and wash rooms. In the sitting room box couches are provided for the convenience of tired men, especially elderly mon. In- stead of a rest room, a "Den" or smoking room, in Dutch furnishings, is provided for the gentlemen. Comfortable writing rooms, well equipped with stationery at all times, are at the disposal of visitors. Other con- veniences as follows : Postoffice, Registration Book, enabling one to keep track of friends and acquaintances, Check Room, where articles of all kinds can be left without charge, Local and Long Distance Telephone, and an Information Bureau, where one can arrange for rooms, have arranged an itinerary for doing the Fair, and all kinds of information regarding the arrival and departure of trains, connections, etc. Uniformed Mes- sengers are always in attendance, to direct or accompany visitors unac- quainted with the grounds. On the second floor for the use of Clubs and Societies is a beautiful assembly room. In fact, everything for the com- fort and convenience of Ohio visitors has been studied and provided. The Ohic Building is admirably situated on what is known as the "Plateau of States," on a slight incline leading to the great Exhibition Palaces. . Fine shade trees on three sides of the building. It faces a sloping grove, and in the rear, beautiful "Forest Park" stretches far to the eastward. The air at the building is therefore always pure and invigorating and the broad verandas, well supplied with .easy chairs, afford a cool and re- freshing place of rest. The Commission arranged with Prof. Edward Orton, Jr., of the Ohio State University, for a Mineral Exhibit, with the result that Ohio's exhibit is one of the best in the Mines and Metallurgy Building, and the clay exhibit is considered one of the best on the grounds. This exhibit was collected and arranged under the guidance of Prof. Orton by Mr. Ellsworth Ogden, a pupil of the Ohio State University, who has had full charge of the exhibit. The State Archaeological and Historical Society has made some valuable discoveries lately in explor- ing the villages and graves of that strange and prehistoric people. the Mound Builders, and the display at the World's Fair is the largest and most interesting ever made by this organization. The exhibit is under the care of Prof. William C. Mills, of Columbus, Ohio. Ohio's repre-
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sentation by private exhibitors is perhaps greater than any other. Her Coal, Iron and Oil, as well as her Manufacturers take the lead, and justly makes proud Ohio visitors to. that greatest and most beautiful creation ever attempted by man, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
THE OHIO COMMISSION.
Hon. Wm. F. Burdell, President. . Columbus, O.
Hon. L. E. Holden, Vice-President. . Cleveland, O.
Hon. S. B. Rankin, Executive Commissioner . South Charleston, O.
Hon. D. H. Moore. . Athens, O.
Hon. Edwin Hagenbusch Urbana, O.
Hon. M. K. Gantz, . Trov, O.
Mr. Newell K. Kennon. St. Clairsville, O.
Mr. David Friedman.
Caldwell, O.
EMPLOYEES OF THE OHIO BUILDING.
G. F. Mitchell, Custodian. Marietta, 0.
Mrs. G. F. Mitchell. Housekeeper. . Marietta, O.
B. J. Ruetenik, Assistant to Executive Commissioner . Cleveland, O.
E. W. Bowers, Registrar Cleveland, o.
Frank Johnson, Information Bureau
Washington C. H., O.
Alex: Nelson, Information Bureau.
. Glouster, O. W. S. Cowan, Postmaster ..
H. M. Crow, Asst. Postmaster.
Caldwell, O.
Simeon Gray. Check Room.
Caldwell, O.
George Hagenbuch, Check Room
. Urbana, O. Ellsworth Ogden, Mineral Exhibit.
. Columbus, O.
W. F. Gavin, Watchman Troy, O.
A. L. McFarland, Watchman . St. Clairsville, O.
Frank Stevens, Messenger Shepardstown, O.
W. E. Ketter. Messenger . Marietta, O.
H. Nixon, Messenger .St. Paris, O.
B. Woodbury, Messenger
Columbus, O.
H. H. Sisson, Messenger Nelsonville, O.
Clifford Reichart, Messenger
. Troy, O.
Thomas Howard, Attendant. . Columbus, ().
Mrs. Thomas Howard, Maid. Columbus, O.
Edward Hawkins, Porter Urbana, O.
Alfred Gibson, Porter. Troy, O.
VICKSBURG MONUMENT COMMISSION.
Appointed.
J. B. Allen, Athens.
September 29, 1900
E. Z. Hays, Coshocton
.September 29, 1900
W. P. Gault, Columbus. .September. 29, 1900
Charles Hipp, St. Marys
September 29, 1900
James Kilbourne, Columbus January 6, 1902
Wm. H. Rayner, Toledo. May 27, 1903
OHIO STATE BOARD OF UNIFORM STATE LAWS.
S. S. Wheeler, Lima June 6, 1902, to June 5, 1905
Wm. E. Cushing, Cleveland. June 5. 1903, to June 5, 1906
Francis B. James, Cincinnati. June 24, 1904 to June 5, 1907
St. Clairsville, O.
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STATE TUBERCULOSIS COMMISSION.
J. H. Outhwaite, Columbus. September 16, 1902
Max Senior, Cincinnati
. September 16, 1902
Chas. E. Slocum, Defiance . September 16, 1902
J. M. Rusk, McConnellsville . September 16, 1902
S. S. Knabenshue, Toledo.
. September 16, 1902
J. Warren Smith, Columbus . September 16, 1902
G. C. Ashmun, Cleveland .September 16, 1902
COMMISSION TO MARK POSITIONS OCCUPIED . BY OHIO TROOPS ON BATTLEFIELD OF ANTIETAM.
Appointed.
Wells W. Miller, Castalia. June 11, 1902
D. H. Kimberly, Pievelaud.
June 11, 1902
J. T. Moore, Barnesville. June 11, 1902
David Cunningham, Cadiz. June 11, 1902
E. T. Naylor, Tiffin. December 5, 1903
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COMMITTEE TO REPORT ON FEASIBILITY AND DESIRABILITY OF THE STATE CALLING FOR, TREATING AND EDUCATING CRIPPLED AND DEFORMED CHILDREN.
A. B. Voorhees, Cincinnati. . December 10, 1902
Dr. E. C. Brush, Zanesville.
December 10, 1902
Rev. John Hewitt, Columbus.
December 10, 1902
Dr. Chas. E. Sawyer, Marion. December 10, 1902
A. L. Spitzer, Toledo .December 10, 1902
COMMISSION TO ASSIST OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SO- CIETY IN CONDUCTING OHIO CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF OHIO INTO THE UNION AS A STATE.
J. Warren Keifer, Springfield. June 19, 1902
Rush R. Sloan, Sandusky .June 19, 1902
R. B. Cowen, Cincinnati. . June 19, 1902
David S. Gray, Columbus June 19, 1902
James Barnett, Cleveland June 19, 1902
Charles M. Anderson, Greenville June 19; 1902
Robert W. Manley, Chillicothe. June 23, 1902
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