Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-07-06
MIR. REED IN THE HOUSE.
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and the nimbleness Of his brain. II
is . big. round. smooth. moon.like face.
under a white. bare done OF Uranium.
and there IL in |, = suggestion OF hesvi.
meas and imms'uri,y and Of worldly In
nocence hut when that eoun,enanee.
9TH II. round. prominsnt eyes, looms up
on the Repatlican side and faces across
the si.le, there !. an uneasy ha,,er on the
other side and disposition TO dodge the
expected shot.
Ills mouth /. heavy. aud slmo,, de-
note. .,olidi'y; bu, from !, comes such
.wif, .sllls. Il al. such keen arrows OF
sloqusnce AID shots of sarcasm as TO
make the hall ring With applause. There
|. 70 other member more thoroughly en-
joy,d. or whose speeches are more eager.
~ awaited. The Democrat. fear him In
debate more than any other Republican |;
and 10 the reporters gallery the admira'
ton for Reed il unboanded. and his
brish, things. quaint eoneei'' and pat
illustrations are euuen. among the CORE.
'pondsn,.
Occasionally. ir the early part OF a
session. a young member on the other
side will boldly eonfron, Mr.. Reed. who
will ls, hi. eyes res, upon him with be-
nIsn sspres,io, Of f.,hsrly concern, ea'
courage him until the fresh member feels
that Mr.. Reed isn't much OF man after
ell. and then mildly. bu, suddenly crush
hi. pre.umpiuou. opponent 10 some odd
and ridiculous figure ,hs, makes the
members and the gallery 'hou, with
laughter.
Whenever Mr.. Springer gets upon his
feet. Mf. Reed IL vide awake. lie starts
up like . hunter q, the sound OF the
horn. aud CLOS. like biz bear over
q beehive. To worry Springer u the
ks,ns,t .rjoymen, Mr.. Reel kno~'.
lie r,vrl. IN Springer. lie bats
him and prick. him With bsndarillo
a.ri., md shake. little red flags at him
until the gentleman from Illinois gets fair
ly ~ild. and go's d.neins about. pounding
and gt.,ieul.'ing II Anybody else pre-.
sumo. TO bother Mr. Springer. Mr.. Reed
cone. 10 bis I'D q, once. aud hsieely at
tack. hi. opponent lie reserves
Springer To himself. aud will endure no
po.ohing oa his Prrrni.ss.
Ia the pf,.sn, condition Of the Demo.
en'ic side. VI. Reed IL. h'Ppy . =
boy ~ . el.H.bske.
The Democrat. ate di.o'gsnirsd and
.pli, up. and Mr.. Reed !. all the time
either bene,o.sn,ly assisting oae Of the
faction. sg.in,, the other. OF holding
them both up TO ridieule or Arranging
them in .eorehing eloqusnee. Ia this h'
has but one rival. and that IL Batter.
worth. whose speech on the civil service
rider. a few day. ago. MAS one of 'h'
mos, notable heard in Congress fo' lon'
time.
There i. no eoneealing the fac, ,ha
the Democrat. appear TO be hoPelesslI
,pli, in tao Morrison i. daily opposes
10 Holman ard Randall. and the fight
between them and their follossr az
ferce ard bitter. There Is no bringin.
them together. aud ,hi. breach il I. vide
as thu, bei~tsn the Randall protection
nu and the C.rlish fr,e-trsdsis OF reve
nre rfofmsr, The lack Of popular al
mini.irsiion. about whose policy al
could rally. or through which q groun'
Of eomproni.e could be reached aud com
prsiive harmony secured. renders ih'
decentralization greater
The endssvor. Of Mr.. Holman TO Gu
down every appropriation. in accordance
With the policy Of making the Senate
responsible Tor the heavy increase. ~
defeated by The Morrison men ,o,in,
With the Republicans. amid the laushis
OF 10th sides. OF course when the TART
bill come. up It ~lll no, be productive o
any additional harmony among the Dem
ocra,s.
No, only on national matters are ,h'
Democrat. divided in the House Of Rep
r,.en,aiiye.. but the State delegation
indulge in ur.esmly ~rangling anon.
themselves. Every one knows how bar
monious the Democrats Of Ohio are.
Las, Friday the floor Of the house va
the scene Of di.srsesfal quarrel tina
apparently ,hres,en.d to come TO blows
between two Democrat. Of Maryland
Me.,r.. Comp,on and findly. jus, be
fore thA, the Tennessee people were fight
ing over Porter and Harris. and Ken
lucky some time ago had her innings.
IL Is this condition tkA, gives such
man a. Reed bis bes, opportunity. Sat
urdsy he took advantage Of II TO condol'
With hi. Democratic brethren on ,hei
.plii.up condition. bu, encouraged then
with the in,ima,ion ,hs, 80 long as the,
are split In two factions. one Of them ma!
be right. which il better than for ell q
be wrong. a. Is the case when the part!
is united be added further encourage
ment by the assurance tina, all the lowel
organizations Of life multiply and fiue,if,
by splitting up. After giving them ,hi
pleasant consolation. be kindly in,ereedeC
TO mead another little Democratic diff
ference. Mr.. Taulbee had spoken o
Assistant, Secretary Smith as "iha, mar
Smith" Mr.. Beach resented this on be-
half OF the Assistant Secretary as rude
and di.re.pec,ful, and Mr.. Reed suggest,
ed to Mr. Tsulbee that be withdraw th'
word Smith.
Then Mr.. Reed turned bis attention
to the burly Mr.. Regain. whose stumbling
manner in debate always suggests the
old smile Of = blind horse among mil
logs. and after pleasantly prodding hin
till be had the Texas member founder.
ing about, he drew from him the ho,
declaration that be had no, mentioned
the constitution during the day. when
Mr.. Reed exclaimed that that fact made
the day the mos, memorials in the his
tory Of the House. amid such roars oI
Of laughter ~ drowned out tie angry
calculations Of Mr.. Rsgan, and changed
the speech TO . pantomine.
When these little amenities Of elo'
quenee and f,liei,ies Of speech are ia
progress, Mr.. Reeds face fairly shines
with pleasure and the more siekly be.
come. the character Of the laughter upon