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Dedication of the Monument 
 Erected to the Memory of 
 
 MARCUS A HANNA 
 
 UNIVERSITY CIRCLE, CLEVELAND 
 May Twenty -Third, Nineteen Hundred Eight 
 

 
 TO 
 
 MARCUS ALONZO ■ HANNA 
 
 this • monument 
 is • erected • by- friends 
 and • fellow - citizens 
 commemorating • his 
 efforts • for • peace 
 between • capital 
 and • labo r ■ his 
 useful • citizenship 
 and • distinguished 
 public • service 
 
 Born • September 
 
 xxiv • m • d • c • c • c ■ xxxvii 
 
 Died ■ February 
 
 xv ■ m • c • m . IV 
 
 MCMVII 
 
 INSCRIPTION ON PEDESTAL 
 
Trustees 
 The M A Hanna Monument Association 
 
 James Barnett 
 Andrew Squire 
 J B Zerbe 
 George A Garretson 
 J H McBride 
 E H Bourne 
 Myron T Herrick 
 J H Wade 
 E R Perkins 
 H H Brown 
 S H Holding 
 L E Holden 
 John F Whitelaw 
 W A Leonard 
 H D Goulder 
 J J Sullivan 
 A A Pope 
 
 Judge Sanders 
 J H Dempsey 
 C A Grasselli 
 D Z Norton 
 Horace Andrews 
 Lee McBride 
 E W Oglebay 
 James H Hoyt 
 C C Bolton 
 C F Brush 
 M S Greenough 
 H P Mcintosh 
 A B Hough 
 W G Mather 
 Samuel Mather 
 Calvary Morris 
 James Parmalee 
 
 Executive Committee 
 
 Samuel Mather, Chairman 
 James H Hoyt, Secretary 
 
 George A Garretson William G Mather 
 Myron T Herrick Andrew Squire 
 Edward A Roberts, Ass't Sec'y 
 
Report of Unveiling Exercises 
 
HP HE monument erected to the memory of 
 Marcus Alonzo Hanna, located in Uni- 
 versity Circle adjoining Wade Park in Cleve- 
 land, was formally dedicated on Saturday 
 afternoon, May twenty-third, nineteen hun- 
 dred and eight. The ceremonies were at- 
 tended by an audience approximating ten 
 thousand persons. Seated upon the speakers' 
 platform near the monument were Mr Sam- 
 uel Mather, President of the M A Hanna 
 Monument Association; former Governor 
 Myron T Herrick, who served as President of 
 the Day; Honorable John W Griggs, former 
 Attorney-General of the United States, who 
 was the orator of the day; Honorable War- 
 ren S Stone, Chief of the Brotherhood of 
 Locomotive Engineers; Honorable Andrew 
 L Harris, Governor of Ohio; Monsignor 
 George F Houck, Chancellor of Cleveland; 
 Rt Rev W A Leonard, D D, Bishop of Ohio; 
 Mr F D Underwood, President of the Erie 
 Railroad; Mr Elmer Dover, former Secretary 
 to Senator Hanna; Mr Harry S New, Chair- 
 man of the Republican National Committee; 
 Newton D Baker, Esq, City Solicitor, sev- 
 eral of the monument trustees, and other men 
 of prominence in city, state and national af- 
 fairs. The occasion was also favored with 
 the presence of Honorable William H Taft, 
 Secretary of War, whose visit to the city was 
 incident to a convention of the Associated 
 Western Yale Clubs. 
 
 In the audience were a large number of 
 the friends and associates of Senator Hanna, 
 
together with Mrs Hanna and members of 
 the family. The exercises were attended by 
 Mrs Augustus Saint Gaudens and by Mr 
 Henry Bacon, the latter being architect of 
 the monument. 
 
 As guards of honor at the exercises there 
 were five military companies under command 
 of Capt J B Perkins, these companies com- 
 prising a Provisional Company of Engineers 
 under Captain William E Price; First Bat- 
 tery Field Artillery, O N G, Captain Julius 
 Blasis; Troop A, O N G, Captain William 
 M Schofield; Co K Fifth Infantry, O N G, 
 Captain Arthur S Houts; The Cleveland 
 Grays, Captain A E Sprackling. 
 
 The program opened with the singing of 
 "The Pilgrims Chorus" by the Singers' Club, 
 accompanied by the Great Western Band. 
 The invocation was given by Rt Rev George 
 F Houck, Chancellor of the Diocese of Cleve- 
 land. A brief address reviewing the move- 
 ment to erect the monument and introducing 
 former Governor Myron T Herrick as Presi- 
 dent of the Day, was delivered by Mr. Sam- 
 uel Mather, President of the M A Hanna 
 Monument Association. A letter from Vice 
 President Fairbanks, who originally accepted 
 the invitation to serve as President of the Day, 
 and later found it impossible to leave Wash- 
 ington on account of important matters pend- 
 ing in the Senate, was read by Governor Her- 
 rick, who followed with informal remarks, 
 near the conclusion of which the bronze statue 
 
of Senator Hanna was unveiled by Mrs Ruth 
 Hanna McCormick and Mrs Mabel Hanna 
 Parsons, the Senator's daughters. The ora- 
 tion was then delivered by Honorable John 
 W Griggs, Attorney-General of the United 
 States during the administration of President 
 McKinley. An address by Hon Warren S 
 Stone, Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of 
 Locomotive Engineers, followed, and the 
 Singers' Club rendered Handel's "Largo" as 
 the concluding feature of the program. 
 
 Before dismissing the audience Governor 
 Herrick called upon Secretary of War Taft 
 for a brief expression and the Secretary re- 
 sponded, after which the benediction was pro- 
 nounced by Rt Rev W A Leonard, D D, 
 Bishop of Ohio. 
 
The Invocation 
 
 With Informal Preface 
 
 By Rt Rev George F Houck 
 
 Chancellor of the Diocese of Cleveland 
 
Right Reverend Bishop, Mr. Chairman, 
 Ladies and Gentlemen'. 
 
 Before pronouncing the invocation, I wish 
 to make a few remarks. He who was first 
 asked to be here to take part in these exercises 
 this afternoon and whom I am asked to repre- 
 sent, is no more. The last letter he signed and 
 sent was the one in which he accepted the 
 invitation to be here this afternoon — Bishop 
 Horstman. He had a great regard for the 
 man in whose honor we are assembled here, 
 and if the Lord had spared him it would have 
 been a great pleasure for him also to honor 
 him this afternoon by his presence. But God 
 willed otherwise, and the gentlemen in charge 
 of the memorial arrangements asked me to fill 
 the gap caused by the Bishop's death. Of 
 course, I cannot fill the place he would have 
 filled, but shall try to do the best I can. Per- 
 sonally, I had always the greatest regard for 
 the Senator whose memory we are honoring 
 today. I had his friendship for years, and 
 therefore I can say truthfully, I loved and 
 respected the Senator in life; I revere his 
 memory in death. 
 
 O, Almighty God, eternal Father, Creator 
 of heaven and earth, of all things visible and 
 invisible, we honor and praise Thy holy name. 
 We thank Thee for all the benefits Thou hast 
 showered upon us as a nation. We thank 
 Thee for having reserved for countless ages 
 this vast continent, to serve as a new theatre 
 
in which, the drama of human rights and hu- 
 man liberty is to be played. We thank Thee 
 from our hearts for all Thou hast done for us 
 as a nation. Thou hast made us strong among 
 the nations of the world. 
 
 We thank Thee for the great men Thou 
 hast called to be our leaders, our guides, to 
 shape for us our destinies as a people. We 
 beg Thee, O God, to give us more of such 
 men, unselfish, devoted to the nation of which 
 they are a part. We thank Thee for having 
 raised from our midst the one to whom we 
 pay honor today. We hope and pray that 
 we may follow the example of these great 
 men, and imitate their honesty, their patriot- 
 ism, their rugged, stalwart virtues. 
 
 We beg Thee, Almighty God, to continue 
 Thy favor, Thy blessing upon us. Teach us 
 to love Thee, and to serve Thee. 
 
 Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed 
 be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will 
 be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us 
 this day our daily bread; and forgive us our 
 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass 
 against us. And lead us not into temptation; 
 but deliver us from evil. Amen. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
 and to the Holy Ghost. Amen. 
 
Address 
 By Mr Samuel Mather 
 
 President of the M A Hanna Monument Association 
 
Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 Before introducing the President of the day, 
 it has been thought fitting that something 
 should be said with regard to the creation and 
 development of the movement that led to the 
 erection of this noble monument. It was in 
 February, 1904, that the whole country was 
 shocked at the sad news that one of its greatest 
 men had passed away. The United States 
 Senate had lost one of its ablest members; the 
 State of Ohio perhaps its most distinguished 
 citizen; and we, his fellow citizens here in his 
 own city of Cleveland, a highly valued friend. 
 I shall leave, however, to the speakers who are 
 to follow, the welcome opportunity of telling 
 the story of his life and achievements, of his 
 great abilities and public services. 
 
 It was in the spring of that same year that 
 General Garretson and I were in Thomas- 
 ville, where we were asked by Colonel Oliver 
 Payne to undertake the raising of a suitable 
 monument to Senator Hanna in Cleveland. 
 Colonel Payne said that he considered Mr 
 Hanna the strongest and most distinguished 
 man that Cleveland had given to the nation; 
 and he expressed the wish to start a subscrip- 
 tion for a monument to him in Cleveland. He 
 expressed also a preference that subscriptions 
 should be received from residents and former 
 residents of Cleveland only, a wish that has 
 been observed, save in two or three instances, 
 where personal friends of the Senator from 
 outside the city, learning of this movement, 
 
insisted upon being permitted the privilege 
 of participating. Upon our return to Cleve- 
 land we called a meeting of those more par- 
 ticular friends of Senator Hanna who were 
 then in the city, naming those present at this 
 first meeting as trustees. Upon conferring 
 together it was decided to try to secure the 
 services of Augustus Saint Gaudens, acknowl- 
 edged as not only the greatest sculptor of 
 America, but as the greatest in the world of 
 his day and generation. To our gratification 
 Mr Saint Gaudens consented to undertake the 
 work, although even then in somewhat poor 
 health., and began the work at once, finishing 
 it only a short time before his lamented death 
 a few months ago. It was perhaps the last 
 important work he was engaged upon. Learn- 
 ing of the Group Plan contemplated for our 
 public buildings here in Cleveland, Mr Saint 
 Gaudens expressed great interest in it, and 
 the hope that a suitable permanent place for 
 the monument might be found upon the Mall. 
 Inasmuch, however, as a few more years must 
 elapse before the Group Plan can be consum- 
 mated, this spot was finally selected, with the 
 courteous co-operation of the Mayor of the 
 city and of the director of parks, Mr. Leslie, 
 and with the approval of the city council. 
 Whether eventually or not it may be found 
 practicable to remove this monument to a 
 place in the Group Plan, I think we may still 
 feel that this present site is in every respect an 
 admirable one. 
 
Mr Saint Gaudens engaged the services of 
 Mr Henry Bacon, the eminent New York 
 architect, to co-operate with him in designing 
 the pedestal and base, and after his death Mr 
 Bacon superintended the final erection of the 
 monument. The total cost of this completed 
 monument has been $65,735.37; and it is 
 gratifying to state that this sum has been 
 given by citizens of Cleveland, with the two 
 or three exceptions mentioned before, sub- 
 scribers numbering over one thousand having 
 subscribed in sums ranging from one dollar 
 upward. 
 
 May I not say, in conclusion, that I feel 
 it will always be a cause of congratulation to 
 us all, both as friends of Senator Hanna and 
 as citizens of Cleveland, that we have here a 
 monument worthy of him and of the great 
 American sculptor who designed it? 
 
 The Vice President of the United States, 
 the Hon Charles W Fairbanks, very gladly 
 accepted our invitation to be present here to- 
 day at these dedication exercises, to act as our 
 presiding officer, and to make an address; and 
 it was not until last evening that he found 
 himself obliged, on account of the delay in 
 the adjournment of Congress, to send us word 
 that he should be compelled to forego the 
 privilege of rendering this last tribute of re- 
 spect and esteem for his friend Senator Han- 
 na. Our esteemed fellow townsman, how- 
 ever, ex-Governor Myron T Herrick, has 
 consented to act in his place in this emer- 
 gency, and I now have the honor to introduce 
 him as the President of the Day. 
 
By the President of the Day 
 
 Presenting 
 
 Letter from the Vice President 
 
 I am sure that the regret of the Vice Presi- 
 dent because of his inability to be here today 
 is not more keen than our disappointment by 
 reason of his absence. He has written a let- 
 ter telling of the high regard in which he 
 held our friend which I am sure you would 
 be glad to have me read. 
 
Letter 
 
 from 
 
 Hon Charles Warren Fairbanks 
 
 Vice President of the United States 
 
 THE VICE PRESIDENT'S CHAMBER 
 WASHINGTON 
 
 May 22, 1908. 
 My Dear Mr Hoyt: 
 
 When I accepted the invitation of the com- 
 mittee to preside on the occasion of the dedi- 
 cation of the monument in honor of the mem- 
 ory of the late Senator Marcus A Hanna, I 
 assumed that Congress would adjourn in time 
 to enable me to attend the dedicatory exer- 
 cises. The exigencies of the public business 
 have prolonged the session beyond our ex- 
 pectation and I am forced to forego the pleas- 
 ure of being with you. This, I assure you, 
 is a very great disappointment to me. 
 
 It was with the utmost pleasure I had 
 looked forward to the opportunity of joining 
 with the people of Ohio in paying tribute to 
 the memory of one of the acknowledged lead- 
 ers in the business world, one of the most 
 powerful party generals the country has pro- 
 duced, one of the most influential members 
 of the Senate of the United States, but beyond 
 all this, one of the best friends any man ever 
 had. Great in business, great in politics, Sen- 
 ator Hanna was great in his friendship. He 
 
bound his friends to him as with hoops of 
 steel. Once his friendship was gained, he 
 never faltered in his allegiance without good 
 reason. He stood firm through good and evil 
 report. In fact, the severer the storm beat 
 against his friend, the stronger was the mani- 
 festation of his faith and his support. 
 
 Senator Hanna's life was one of action and 
 intense endeavor. Whatever he undertook, 
 he did with all his might. He never set his 
 hand to a task which commanded his judg- 
 ment that he did not give to it all of his best 
 thought and all of his most earnest effort. He 
 was essentially a just man. This was the 
 dominating feature of his character and was 
 one of the secrets of his commanding power. 
 
 The greater part of his life was spent in the 
 development of the industrial and commer- 
 cial interests of his country. While he al- 
 ways took a patriotic part in political affairs, 
 it was not until late in life that he became a 
 potential factor in the politics of his coun- 
 try. When he determined to give himself to 
 politics he soon commanded public attention 
 and public respect. By the force of his gen- 
 ius, the integrity of his purpose, his devotion 
 to duty, he mastered public questions and 
 made himself a leading factor in writing them 
 into public law. He had a rare aptitude for 
 the public service. His large experience in 
 the business affairs of the country well fitted 
 him to sit in the deliberative chamber where 
 the nation's laws are debated and enacted. 
 
It was my good fortune to enter the United 
 States Senate at the same time as Senator 
 Hanna. The friendship which had existed 
 prior thereto was increased by our close asso- 
 ciation. I never knew a man who more com- 
 pletely consecrated himself to the public serv- 
 ice. He gave himself to the discharge of 
 his exalted public duties without reservation 
 and with an enthusiasm which carried con- 
 viction to others. His most notable service, 
 perhaps, was in behalf of the construction of 
 the Panama canal. To his efforts more than 
 to those of any other one excepting President 
 William McKinley, we are indebted for the 
 adoption of the Panama route by congress 
 and for the initiation of this enterprise of 
 such great national and international moment. 
 
 Senator Hanna was the friend of both la- 
 bor and capital. He possessed the confidence 
 of both and did more than any other man of 
 his time to improve the relations between 
 them. Each of these great interests in our 
 industrial and national upbuilding knew that 
 the brave, honest-hearted and frank Senator 
 would hold the scales of justice between them 
 with equipoise. He had no hospitality for 
 the demagogue. He was the implacable foe 
 of wrong everywhere and had no compromise 
 to make with it. 
 
 He was abused and maligned as no man 
 ever was, perhaps, in American politics. He 
 keenly felt the stings of abuse. The misrep- 
 resentation entered his soul like a hot iron, 
 
yet he did not complain. His faith in the 
 ultimate judgment of his countrymen was 
 never shaken. He found his vindication, as 
 he believed he would find it, in that spirit of 
 fair play which sooner or later asserts itself. 
 
 Although not a trained orator, he spoke 
 upon the hustings and in the Senate with 
 exceptional power. There were few men 
 trained to public speech who equalled him 
 in the manner and forcefulness with which 
 he addressed himself to the consideration of 
 political questions. He always mastered the 
 subject which engaged his attention and de- 
 livered his messages with commanding power. 
 
 Senator Hanna was a stalwart Republican. 
 He believed in the necessity of party organ- 
 ization, in rallying the political forces of the 
 country in behalf of any great cause. He 
 firmly believed in the virtue of his party and 
 in its efficiency as an agency in the promotion 
 of the general welfare. 
 
 The relations which existed between him 
 and President William McKinley were sub- 
 limely beautiful. The mutual confidence, the 
 mutual faith which existed between them did 
 credit to both. 
 
 The monuments of his genius are to be seen 
 upon every hand in this great city where the 
 later years of his life were chiefly spent — the 
 city he loved so well ; the city where his ashes 
 will rest forever. 
 
 He fell to sleep in the zenith of his power, 
 one of the most respected, honored, loved and 
 
trusted men in public life. His name was a 
 household word from sea to sea. He fell as 
 he could have wished, at the post of duty in 
 the nation's capital — one of the most distin- 
 guished among the nation's greatest states- 
 men. You do honor to yourselves in honor- 
 ing the name of such a man. 
 
 The monument which you are to dedicate 
 will stand as a perpetual inspiration. It will 
 teach the lesson of the virtue of devotion to 
 duty, of earnest purpose, of exalted effort. It 
 will proclaim the life and services of one of 
 the nation's faithful servants, a man tried and 
 true, heroic in stature, a dutiful citizen, a 
 loyal friend, a man of pure patriotism. 
 
 I can not express to you the measure of 
 
 my regret that my public duties preclude me 
 
 from sharing with you in dedicating the 
 
 monument to commemorate the life and 
 
 Very sincerely yours, 
 
 Charles W Fairbanks. 
 
 Hon James H Hoyt, Secretary 
 Cleveland, Ohio 
 
Remarks 
 By Hon Myron T Herrick 
 
 President of the Day 
 
Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 It is not my purpose to deliver an address. 
 But this is an occasion of such great impor- 
 tance to the people of Cleveland, and espe- 
 cially to those who knew and worked with and 
 loved Senator Hanna that I can not forbear 
 saying a few words. The last time that we 
 met in relation to our beloved friend we 
 were bowed down by grief. Four years have 
 passed, and today we come together not in 
 sorrow and tears, but with pride and joy 
 — pride in the achievements of our friend 
 and joy in being able to show our apprecia- 
 tion of his kindly and lovable character. 
 The period of mourning is passed. Time 
 has not deadened our sense of loss, but the 
 bitterness of personal bereavement is so far 
 molified as to enable us to understand that 
 though our friend has been taken from us, his 
 example and ideals must live as long as we 
 continue a nation devoted to the right. In 
 this thought we should find much consolation, 
 for it not only justifies our grief, but confirms 
 our faith in the imperishable force of his life 
 work. There is something of a triumphant 
 note in our meeting today, inspired, as we 
 are, by his life and character to press on to 
 the accomplishment of those things for which 
 he so earnestly worked. 
 
 Were I to speak of him at any length, I 
 should but echo the affection that is in your 
 hearts, and the thoughts that are in your 
 minds. We all know of the early business 
 
career of Mark Hanna, when, earnest and 
 ambitious, beating down opposition by the 
 main strength of a single purpose, he acquired 
 a measure of wealth far in excess of that al- 
 lotted to most men. In his contest for indus- 
 trial supremacy he came into contact with 
 the elemental qualities of human nature. He 
 saw men at their best and at their worst. He 
 grew to sympathize with the hopes and am- 
 bition of the miner delving in the earth, and 
 of the employer controlling the destinies of 
 thousands. Gradually and unconsciously the 
 knowledge of men at first hand began to 
 mould and determine the character of Mark 
 Hanna. He touched life at so many different 
 points that he soon appreciated the needs of 
 those in widely separated circumstances. With 
 this knowledge, this sympathy, this appreci- 
 ation, there developed in him a desire to bring 
 the discordant elements he saw about him in- 
 to that harmony he knew to be essential to 
 national life and prosperity. From that time 
 on, to fulfill the duty he felt to be his, he 
 dedicated his life to his country's service. For 
 what he accomplished in the latter years of 
 his life, for the impetus he gave to the at- 
 tempt to bring about a better feeling between 
 employer and employed, the nation must be 
 everlastingly obligated to him. 
 
 Senator Hanna was essentially a statesman. 
 He had the clearness of vision, the breadth of 
 view, the unerring judgment of men and 
 methods that has characterized the great pub- 
 lic men of every age. What is more he had 
 
courage to act as conscience and understand- 
 ing dictated. With him, as with Washington 
 and Lincoln, the fundemental factor of our 
 national existence was unity — unity of pur- 
 pose and unity of action. He seemed to grasp 
 intuitively the great fact of the solidarity of 
 American life. Lincoln saw clearly that a 
 nation half free and half slave was doomed. 
 Senator Hanna was equally certain that unless 
 the bitter misunderstanding between labor 
 and capital could be removed, a destructive 
 conflict would ultimately ensue, and it became 
 the sole purpose of his life to so unite the in- 
 terests of labor and capital that his country- 
 men might dwell forever in peace. 
 
 Four years ago we laid away all that was 
 mortal of our friend. We are here today to 
 unveil the statue wrought by the genius of 
 Saint Gaudens that shall perpetuate the face 
 and form of one whose spirit shall live with 
 us forever as one of America's greatest citi- 
 zens. 
 
By the President of the Day 
 
 Introducing 
 
 Hon John W Griggs 
 
 As Orator of the Day 
 
 Among those whom President McKinley 
 called to Washington to form the remarkable 
 cabinet that was looked upon — and not in 
 vain, as the hope of the country as we arose 
 from the ruins of the panic of 1893, was J onn 
 W Griggs, the personal friend of Senator 
 Hanna, who is to deliver the oration of the 
 day, and whom I now have the pleasure of 
 presenting to you. 
 
Oration 
 By Hon John W Griggs 
 
 Former Attorney General of the United States 
 
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 The State of Ohio glories in a long roll of 
 illustrious names of sons of hers who have 
 won fame for themselves and never dying 
 honor for their State. High upon that roll, 
 where are written the names of Presidents of 
 the Republic, of great soldiers, of statesmen 
 and jurists, of financiers and philanthropists, 
 stands the name of Marcus Alonzo Hanna, in 
 whose honor this monument is raised and 
 dedicated this day. For his countrymen of 
 this generation, who know his work and his 
 worth, no monument is needed to remind 
 them of his pre-eminent services to the nation. 
 Before he died they knew and honored and 
 appreciated, and they have not forgotten, and 
 will not forget. But in the days that are be- 
 yond, when other feet shall tread these paths 
 and other eyes shall read his name upon this 
 monument, it will serve to recall a great 
 leader and an ideal citizen. In the record of 
 his life we find none of the spectacular or 
 romantic features which the figure of a great 
 soldier presents to the popular gaze. Nor 
 is there any great executive deed of renown, 
 nor any statute of transcendent beneficence, 
 to which his name is attached as author. If 
 some enquirer in after days shall ask why 
 then is there a monument to Senator Hanna, 
 it shall be answered: because he filled all the 
 ideals of an American from youth to the day 
 he died, rising step by step to the highest 
 plane of usefulness in the service of his 
 
country; because, as a business man he was 
 successful in business by honorable methods 
 alone; because as a prosperous man he was 
 not proud; because as a friend he was loyal 
 and true-hearted; because as a leader of men 
 he was wise yet unselfish; because as an em- 
 ployer of labor he had a genuine and heartfelt 
 sympathy with his employes, and more 
 broadly with all who toil; because he was a 
 man among men, because in many and varied 
 capacities — merchant, manufacturer, capital- 
 ist, political leader, and Senator in Congress, 
 he was an Ideal American Citizen. 
 
 There have been others as honest and suc- 
 cessful as he in a long business career; there 
 have been others equally devoted to philan- 
 thropic work; and others (though not many) 
 as capable of leadership; and still others as 
 strong and wise as he was in the councils of 
 the nation, but the country has not yet pro- 
 duced another that combined all these quali- 
 ties and characteristics in an equally con- 
 spicuous degree. 
 
 It is not remarkable that Senator Hanna 
 should have achieved conspicuous success as 
 a captain of industry; what is remarkable 
 and without a parallel is the fact that after 
 spending all the years of his life down to the 
 age of fifty-nine in business pursuits without 
 any conspicuous participation in political 
 affairs he moved at one step to the very front 
 of the political organization to which he be- 
 longed and became without dissent or con- 
 
tradiction its leader. And such a leader! 
 How sagacious he was; how untiring in his 
 industry; how sweet-natured and yet how 
 firm and consistent; how winning and con- 
 ciliatory; how patient and forbearing! He 
 was not without ambition, but his ambitions 
 were all noble and beneficent, the ambition 
 of one who was conscious of his ability to 
 render service to the world and desired to 
 do it — not for his own self's sake but for 
 the good of his country. 
 
 The story of Senator Hanna as a factor 
 in American politics from 1896 to the time 
 when death put an end, all too soon, to his 
 career, is one that ought to be kept familiar 
 as an example. He was a party man. He 
 believed that a government by the people can- 
 not be successfully carried on by a disorgan- 
 ized mass of citizens acting without concert. 
 He recognized the value and potency of 
 traditional beliefs in political organizations 
 quite as much as in religious denominations. 
 His training in business had taught the value 
 of systematic and thorough preparation for 
 political contests. And so, when from pure 
 admiration and love of the man, he took up 
 the cause of William McKinley and resolved 
 to secure his nomination for the presidency, 
 he brought to bear all the experience and wis- 
 dom which he had acquired in his successful 
 business career, together with a spirit of de- 
 votion, and a genius for political pursuits, 
 which were a surprise to the country, and 
 which at once secured for him recognition as 
 
the one pre-eminently fitted to assume the 
 leadership. He was not chosen leader; he 
 simply moved to the front and all followed 
 him without asking to see his commission. 
 
 Let no one think such a place is an easy 
 one to fill. There is no office or function, not 
 even the presidency of the United States, so 
 difficult. The tenure is not fixed, but pre- 
 carious. There are no statutes to guide, no 
 courts to sanction or enforce the leader's will. 
 His sway depends upon his own inherent 
 qualities of wisdom and tact, upon his fore- 
 sight and his prudence, upon his freedom 
 from selfishness, upon the faith he is able 
 to inspire in his intention to be absolutely 
 loyal to his word, and, last of all, upon the 
 success which his party achieves or fails to 
 achieve under his guidance. In all these 
 qualities Senator Hanna was unequalled; his 
 success was uniform and unprecedented. 
 
 The success of his campaigns for the nom- 
 ination and election of President McKinley 
 led to his appointment to a seat in the Senate 
 of the United States. Here was a new and 
 untried field, but here again the native force 
 and ability of the man brought him quickly 
 to the front. In that body where prominence 
 and influence are by the rule of long tra- 
 dition withheld until the serivce of a full 
 apprenticeship, Senator Hanna easily, natur- 
 ally, and at once was admitted into the very 
 circle of senatorial confidence. And this too, 
 not by reason of the great political influence 
 he had at his command, not because he was 
 
the nearest friend of the President (very 
 often these are draw-backs and hindrances to 
 popularity in the Senate) ; but because his 
 transcendent talents were recognized, and 
 almost unconsciously he assumed by com- 
 mon consent the place of leadership. Once 
 started upon his career as a statesman his de- 
 velopment was phenomenally rapid. Though 
 entirely untrained and inexperienced as a 
 public speaker he quickly became one of the 
 best] and Senator Hoar, himself distinguished 
 in that art, pronounced Senator Hanna the 
 best debator in the Senate. 
 
 We marvel at the younger Pitt, who at the 
 age of twenty-three, by sheer force of his 
 ability, led the contests of his party in the 
 House of Commons. Is it not more mar- 
 velous that Senator Hanna at the age of sixty, 
 after a lifetime devoted to business pursuits, 
 without university training, without previous 
 practice or experience, should by merit alone 
 have become the peer of any member of the 
 greatest legislative body in the world? In 
 open debate by sheer force of argument he con- 
 verted Congress from its long-standing choice 
 of the Nicaragua route for the Isthmian 
 canal and secured a majority in both houses 
 for Panama — a fine illustration of the ideal 
 in legislation, where argument based on 
 knowledge and reason, unbiased by partisan 
 prejudice, sways and controls effectually the 
 legislative mind. Senator Hanna as a speaker 
 had this supreme quality, that he made sure 
 
appeal both to the average mind and to the 
 fastidious and most finished among his audi- 
 tors. He did not employ the arts of the 
 rhetorician, he used few mataphors, and no 
 apostrophes, yet he touched the reason of his 
 hearers, and by his earnestness and sincerity, 
 by his simplicity and entire sanity of view, 
 he compelled assent where more accomplished 
 orators only stirred the emotions. 
 
 But this successful man of business, this 
 political leader, this great Senator, was not 
 satisfied with the measure of service rendered 
 to his fellow-men in this sphere. He looked 
 out upon the industrial world and saw there 
 the elemental stir. He saw the conflicts and 
 disputes, the strikes, the boycotts, the lock- 
 outs, and all the loss and misery that came 
 from these. His great heart was moved. He 
 longed to help. He felt as few in his position 
 have ever felt the importance of dealing with 
 industrial conditions as a grave and serious 
 subject in a systematic way, by orderly 
 methods, in a spirit of large sympathy and 
 benevolence. He had an abiding trust in 
 manhood and appreciated the fact that the 
 workingman of one decade is privileged to 
 become the employer and capitalist of the 
 next. "What we want today," he declared, 
 "is to Americanize organized labor, to fit 
 them to our conditions, to show to those who 
 are charged with the responsibility of lead- 
 ing these organizations how important it is 
 that we get together in a friendly spirit with 
 a determination to find a better way to settle 
 
our differences. I would rather be the means 
 of bringing labor and capital into friendly re- 
 lations than be president." To find a better 
 way! Who fitter than he to show us that 
 better way? With his long and happy ex- 
 perience as an employer, with his vast sym- 
 pathy, his profound insight, and his unaffected 
 enthusiasm, he was the man of all others to 
 lead the way towards industrial peace. To 
 the work of the Civic Federation he gave his 
 time, his money, and the greater part of the 
 little strength which disease allowed him the 
 few last years of his life. The country could 
 ill spare the great Senator; it missed and still 
 misses the guiding hand of the great political 
 leader; but more than these it has lost in the 
 death of the wise and kindly man who was 
 leading the conflicting elements of industrial 
 life into the better way. 
 
 Senator Hanna did not escape calumny. 
 That universal lot of greatness was his also in 
 large degree. His power was too evident, 
 his success too uniform and extraordinary, 
 to permit the small soul of the cartoonist and 
 the slanderer to believe all he did was the 
 work of a true and noble man. They did not 
 know him — at first. Afterwards they saw 
 and knew. And ere he died he had tri- 
 umphed. Not a scurrile jester among the 
 horde but was ready to confess: 
 
 "Yes, he has lived to shame me from my sneer, 
 "To lame my pencil, and refute my pen." 
 
The whole nation came at last to revere 
 him for what he was, a grand, noble, patriotic 
 American. He touched the heart-strings of 
 the people and they responded in sym- 
 pathetic tones. 
 
 His was a noble life — well-rounded, 
 symmetrical, sincere. No vanity marred 
 its lustre, no selfish ambition tempted 
 him. Upon what model he framed 
 his career in life he never told. Per- 
 haps there was none. Perhaps he was 
 merely the happy product of our aus- 
 picious American environment. But there is 
 in the Story of the Emperor Marcus Aure- 
 lius a description of a noble Roman after 
 whom that wise and gracious ruler modeled 
 his own life, which describes this ideal citi- 
 zen of the Republic: 
 
 "In him," says Marcus Arelius, "I observed 
 'mildness of temper, and unchangeable reso- 
 lution in the things which he had determined 
 'after due deliberation; and no vain-glory 
 'in those things which men call honors; and 
 'a love of labor and perseverance, and a 
 'readiness to listen to those who had any- 
 'thing to propose for the common weal; and 
 'undeviating firmness in giving to every man 
 'according to his deserts; and a knowledge 
 'derived from experience of the occasions 
 'for vigorous action and for remission. And 
 'I observed that he considered himself no 
 'more than any other citizen. I observed, 
 'too, his habit of careful inquiry in all mat- 
 
"ters of deliberation, and his persistency, 
 "and that he never stopped his investigation 
 "through being satisfied with appearances 
 "which first present themselves; and that his 
 "disposition was to keep his friends, and not 
 "to be soon tired of them, nor yet to be ex- 
 travagant in his affection; and to be satis- 
 "fied on all occasions, and cheerful; and to 
 "foresee things a long way off and to check 
 "immediately all flattery; and to be ever 
 "watchful over the things which are neces- 
 sary for the administration of the empire, 
 "and patiently to endure the blame which he 
 "got for such conduct. And the things which 
 "conduce in any way to the commodity of 
 "life and of which fortune gave an abun- 
 "dant supply, he used without arrogance, and 
 "without apology. Every one acknowledged 
 "him to be a man, ripe, perfect, above flat- 
 tery, able to manage his own and other 
 "men's affairs. He was not fond of change 
 "nor unsteady, but he showed sobriety in all 
 "things, and firmness, and never any mean 
 "thoughts or action." 
 
 And so we now dedicate this statue to the 
 memory of our loved and loyal friend. 
 We shall pass on and away, but his work 
 and the inspiration of his spirit and example 
 shall endure. 
 
By the President of the Day 
 
 Introducing 
 
 Hon Warren S Stone 
 
 Senator Hanna had the respect of what is 
 probably the ideal labor organization of the 
 United States, the Brotherhood of Locomo- 
 tive Engineers, and it is a sincere pleasure to 
 present to you its Grand Chief, Hon. Warren 
 S Stone. 
 
Address 
 
 By Hon Warren S Stone 
 
 Grand Chief of the Brotherhood 
 of Locomotive Engineers 
 
Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 We have met here today with mingled feel- 
 ings of sorrow and gladness; sorrow that the 
 life of Marcus A Hanna could not have 
 been spared to us for many years to come, 
 gladness that the world at large has so soon 
 after his death recognized the great service 
 he rendered to humanity and has erected this 
 splendid testimony to his memory. In try- 
 ing to gather material for this talk today, I 
 was surprised at the meagre information to 
 be found in our written history regarding 
 the life-work of this wonderful man. It 
 would appear they were so busy villifying 
 him, they forgot to record the great work 
 he really did. 
 
 It is not my purpose to speak of his politi- 
 cal life. I leave to those who are far better 
 fitted, through personal association and ac- 
 quaintance, to tell you of that, but I de- 
 sire to speak as a representative of Organ- 
 ized Labor, concerning the splendid work he 
 did for those who earn their bread by the 
 sweat of their brow; and who toil that others 
 may live. 
 
 It was late in his life, as we reckon by 
 years, that his attention was first called to 
 this subject, after the great coal strike in 
 Ohio, in which he was indirectly interested. 
 At that time the popular prejudice against 
 organized labor was at its height. He took 
 up the study of the great question of these 
 constantly recurring contests between Capital 
 
and Labor, and sought to discover the causes 
 that lead up to these struggles and find a 
 remedy for them. He, no doubt, recognized 
 these contests were a part in the great pro- 
 cess of industrial development and distribu- 
 tion of wealth — each trying to get what it 
 thinks to be its share and naturally differ- 
 ing about the proportions — yet, was aston- 
 ished to find what trivial disagreements had 
 caused some of the most serious strikes. 
 
 He found the tendency of the age was to 
 study economics purely from the political 
 standpoint, losing sight of the moral and 
 social phases of the relations between Capi- 
 tal and Labor that are so often forgotten in 
 the eager pursuit of gain. 
 
 With his usual method of meeting all ques- 
 tions, he at once saw the first thing to do 
 was to adjust conditions in a straightforward 
 manner. The result was, the miners of Ohio 
 were given an agreement and for the first 
 time in the history of our State, was a Union 
 recognized in this class of labor. 
 
 As he made a further study of the ques- 
 tion he recognized in the working-man the 
 same instinctive spirit as shown by Capital 
 in banding together for protection, and 
 realized (as few do) that organized Labor 
 was a necessary part of the development 
 and distribution of wealth. He planned to 
 have Organized Labor Americanized in the 
 best sense, believing that some of the objec- 
 tionable features of Union Labor were of 
 
foreign origin and caused by conditions that 
 do not exist in America, conditions that 
 would vanish when the American working 
 man was thoroughly educated to an under- 
 standing of his responsibility. 
 
 He made a thorough study of this engross- 
 ing subject and became convinced it was the 
 one object to which he desired to devote, 
 we might almost say consecrate, the remain- 
 ing years of his life, and while appreciating 
 the long struggle before him, he put into 
 the effort all the skill and genius of his pow- 
 erful brain and the result exceeded his most 
 sanguine expectations; and clearly proved the 
 American people will sustain a policy that 
 has for its purpose the elimination of preju- 
 dice between Capital and Labor. 
 
 He took an interest in the National Civic 
 Federation. Its motto of the Golden Rule 
 appealed to him. He gave not only his time 
 and money, but put into the enterprise his 
 own powerful brain and now, long after his 
 death, the results of his forethought and 
 genius continue to be shown. He builded 
 for so many years that the stars will cease 
 to shine ere the results of his work are ended. 
 
 He did much to formulate the principles 
 of the Civic Federation and to build it up, 
 until today its fame is world wide and its 
 work in bringing about industrial peace can- 
 not be estimated. As President of the Civic 
 Federation he proclaimed as one of their 
 principles their opposition to the sympathetic 
 
strike, a principle that was later endorsed 
 by the Mine Workers' Association at Indian- 
 apolis during the great coal strike in Penn- 
 sylvania. He enunciated as among their prin- 
 ciples: "We are opposed to the boycott, and 
 we disprove of the restriction of production 
 to enhance values." These principles have 
 today come to be largely recognized and 
 adopted not only by Union Labor, but cool- 
 headed, far-seeing representatives of Capital. 
 
 Senator Hanna, as President of the Civic 
 Federation, labored hard to establish a bond 
 of confidence between the man who works 
 with his hands and the man who works with 
 his brain, believing, because they were part- 
 ners in toil, that there was no good reason 
 why they should not be partners in the profits 
 of that toil; that he succeeded is evidenced 
 by the tolerant spirit shown today by both 
 sides. 
 
 I do not believe the time will ever come 
 when no differences will arise between those 
 who have labor to sell and those who desire 
 to buy, for in any exchange of values there 
 is always this characteristic, but Senator 
 Hanna grasped the fundamental principle 
 underlying the whole question, viz.: that life 
 is a matter of mutual interest between Capi- 
 tal and Labor; that one cannot prosper per- 
 manently without the other; that no progress 
 which does not lift up all, ever lifted up 
 any. Much of the industrial peace we enjoy 
 today is due to the new principles he laid 
 
down for the treatment of employes and the 
 prompt adjustment of their grievances. 
 
 He had the love of the workingmen and 
 he won it fairly by showing them he was 
 their friend. One whose great, big heart was 
 ever ready to the call of the poor, the needy 
 and the oppressed. He could council as 
 well as admonish. Could speak to all classes 
 and be heard. Was at home both in the meet- 
 ing of Capitalists and the Labor Assembly. 
 Qualities of mind and heart made him a man 
 who won the confidence of all. There never 
 was a greater need in the world for just 
 such men than today. Men whose life-work 
 inspire and uplift, whose life stands out like 
 a great beacon light to show the way to 
 those who follow after, and while loving 
 hearts and hands have erected this beautiful 
 memorial, (from the hands of that eminent 
 sculptor — Saint Gaudens) to his memory, 
 the best memorial is engraved deep on the 
 hearts of those who labor for their daily 
 bread; in the homes of the miners and 
 their families whose lives he made brighter 
 and better and who, through his efforts, 
 have been able to catch a glimpse of what 
 that banner stands for and what freedom 
 and citizenship under the stars and stripes 
 means. 
 
 The crying need of the world today is men, — 
 Men with the spirit of Marcus A Hanna. 
 
By the President of the Day 
 
 Introducing 
 
 Hon William H Taft 
 
 As we close the exercises, I desire to thank 
 you in behalf of the Committee for your 
 generous support and appreciation of its 
 work. 
 
 I am going to detain you for just a few 
 moments longer. In those days that we have 
 heard so eloquently spoken of, among the 
 younger men of Ohio was one whom the 
 Senator predicted would one day preside over 
 the destinies of the nation. I have asked 
 him to say a few words of the days when he 
 was closely associated with our friend. 
 
Remarks 
 By Hon William H Taft 
 
 Secretary of War 
 
Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 
 I feel that it is presumptuous in me to come 
 before you now to add anything to these cere- 
 monies so dignified and so worthy of the 
 man whose memory we meet to celebrate to- 
 day. I hurried here from the train in order 
 to testify, so far as I might by my presence, 
 my deep reverence for his memory and my 
 gratitude to him as a man for the many 
 favors which he did during his life for me. 
 But I feel that such a personal tribute as 
 that is not appropriate after the considered 
 judgment of the Vice President of the United 
 States, expressed in such forcible language, 
 as a colleague of his in the Senate, who knew 
 the value of his work as a Senator. 
 
 It has fallen to my lot to take some part in 
 the construction of the Panama Canal, and 
 it gives me pleasure here to say what I believe 
 in my heart, that to Senator Marcus A 
 Hanna the United States and the people of 
 the United States are deeply indebted because 
 of his clearness of perception, and of the won- 
 derful force of argument which he developed. 
 As Mr. Griggs has said, he turned the coun- 
 try from that which would have been a great 
 mistake to that which will be an evidence of 
 American genius. 
 
 It is not for me either to add to the beau- 
 tiful tribute paid to him by his associate 
 in the administration of President McKinley, 
 or to attempt to add to that which has 
 been said in such a forceful, simple and 
 
straightforward manner by a man who knows 
 how much he did in facilitating harmony 
 in the matter of capital and labor. 
 
 I only wish to add one thought that 
 forced itself upon me always in my association 
 with Mr. Hanna. It seemed to me that 
 Mr. Hanna was always engaged in push- 
 ing somebody else to the front, in trying 
 to find out among the Americans the man 
 who would do the work which the country 
 needed from its public men. And it was 
 not until by force of circumstances the 
 country demanded his services in public 
 office that he was willing to yield to the 
 call. And when the call came he did 
 yield, and the services that he rendered, 
 not the statutes but the hearts of his 
 countrymen can witness. I think this scene 
 here before us, the beautiful parks, the 
 public buildings, every evidence of a pros- 
 perous city, is a proper scene for him always 
 to look down upon; for if there ever was a 
 man that evidenced in his nature public spirit 
 and a desire that every one might live and 
 enjoy, in as nearly equal portions as possible, 
 that which God has given to the human race, 
 he was Marcus A Hanna. 
 
The Benediction 
 By Rt Rev W A Leonard' D D 
 
 Bishop of Ohio 
 
Direct, O Lord, our State and our 
 Nation with Thy most gracious favor, and 
 further us with Thy continual help, that in 
 all our works begun, continued and ended in 
 Thee, we may glorify Thy holy name, and 
 finally by Thy mercy obtain everlasting life. 
 The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord 
 be gracious and merciful unto you, the Lord 
 lift up His countenance upon you and give 
 you peace both now and evermore. Amen.