Despite the public view that McKinley was Hanna's puppet, there was instances when the two fought bitterly. One example was when Hanna snubbed the offer of New York party boss William C. Whitney because Hanna refused to place a Democrat in McKinley's cabinet. The two fought so intensely about the event it was rumored at the time that they would sever political ties. Though the break of their political bond never happened, it showed that McKinley was not a mere servant of Hanna. | Source: New York Journal, 1896Download Original File
