1931 Old Waldorf Bar Days by Albert Stevens Crockett

OldWaldotf Bar Days in inducing Judge Gary to keep himself aloof from a spot where he might become the prey of too many per– sons with questions to ask, or favors to seek. Judge Gary was one of the biggest buyers of wine-particularly champagne-that the hotel ever numbered among its customers, but most of it was not served in the Bar. Later on, he developed into an ardent supporter of pro– hibition-for the working man. Two-TIME WARWICK Two men who occasionally sat at a table in a remote corner were very much in the public eye during the late nineties, and one for years later. The big man in the baggy, homespun suit, during McKinley's last presi– dential campaign, figured more extensively in the news, the editorials and the cartoons, than did the candidate himself. He was Senator Marcus Alonzo Hanna-not "Marcus Antonius" or "Marcus Aurelius," as some re– porters used to write his name. However, it was usually abbreviated to "Mark A. Hanna." Hanna was a merchant, iron-master and ship-owner of Cleveland, who, in I 896, had taken under his wing William McKinley, father of a famous tariff bill, and by applying the principles of "big business" to a political campaign, twice made him President of the United States. Often seen with Hanna, in the early days, ac– cording to a surviving barman, was the Vice-President of the United States. It was n"ot an un~ommon practice in those days for a Vice-President of the United States to take a drink and admit it. Senator Hanna was very temperate. His son, Dan, was a more frequent patron of the Bar for many years. [ 26]