The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-01
The COMING SPEAKER
The Race Among the Candidates
tor the Position.
REEDS STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
a Look at Joe Cannon-Henierson and Bur
rows as PrOba lie Speakers-The
Gin lidat IS Wives.


WASHING -oN, Nov. 27.-[Special cores
pond nceo IE HERALD. Tom Reed says
he felt ,urlng his fist K months in Con-
grrss ike fly in a bowl OF molasses-
''there was plenty of sweetness, but no
light" His condition is about the same to-
day Us to the speakership, and this is the
situation of his competitors. Taffy flows
from the tongue of Mckinley and Burrows
and Henderson and Cannon are moving
about the hotels smiling on friends and
enemies alike, with all
THE ENTHUSIASM OF A CAT CHEWING WAX.
Promises are plentier than blackberries
in August, and committeeships are being
arranged on the basis Of the successful
contestant
Who viii it be7
This is where the lack of light comes in.
don't pr, t nd to say. give you pen pic
lures of all of them. You get the lot for
nickel. You pays your money and you
takes your choice.
Major Mckinley, of Ohio, is one of the
finest looking men in Congress. Five feet
seven inches in height, he is as straight as
Michael Angeles statue of David, and line
dropped from the crown of his jet black
head would just touch the heels of his pol
ished boots. Broa .-sh Juldered and well
padded his form would serve as model
for the Washington Athletic club, and his
classic, smooth-shaven face would not be
out of place among the signers of the De
claration of independence in the painting
which hangs III the rotunda OF the capitol.
Major Nc &inley ldCu0tedly looks like
Napoleon BonaparIe, though he once told
me that he did not like TO be reminded of
Al,s,,. HI hnu fnn
dignifieu mouth, the same high, broad and
full forehead, and the same heavy lower
jaw.
HE IS A BETTER LOOKING MAN
than was Napoleon, and his bright, dark
eyes shine out under brows which are less
heavy than those of Bonaparte, and his
frowu Is by no means SO terrible as that OF
the Little Corporal He appreciates, how
ever, the value of dignity, always dresses
in "A double breasted fcOck coat, anG
crowns his classic head with tall silk hat
He generally walks up TO the capitol ano
as he goes along with his chest TO the FIRM
and Ms tall hat in the air, he is one of the
striking figures on Pennsylvania avenue
1t was during such walk that l ono,
passed him in the street car in company
with yo Ma and Cungressmt These
men were Tree trader, and they naturally
disliked Mckinley. AS we went by him
one of tlem pointed to the street and said
in a most significant tone:
''SOme men are born great and some are
born-in Ohio"
The other Two Congressman laughed an
said, lust So" and the two continued to
CiroI" over the remark for the next three
blocks.
Mckinley was born in Ohio, and he made
his first speech one cold February morning
Just forty-tive years ago. Whether born
great or not, be has succeeded i'll maxim,
n staif in he npOnln <
not a nau Of extraordinary natural ability
but he Is possessed of
THE GENIUS OF COMMON SENSE.
He knows how 10 take advantage of gooC
ppOrtunity, and ne never makes Il mistake
He does not speak often in Congress, anu
his speeches cover but few subjects. H
prepares himself well, however, and whei
he does rise o." house and the countr
know tn. t he has something to say. He is
well posted GA .4e rules of tue house, an
he would make a good speaker. His cleo
ton might be looked upon as declaration
to the country that the Republican party
party propose to run its can paign on tn,
protective tariff basis, aid he would bt
just the tp os te in every respect of tn
former spva-cr, M Carlisle. He woulo
in many ways MAKE much better speaksl
than r. Reed, and the party, it is urged
could much easier SPAR him from the tiOoi
than the hrigh. eyed, vitriOl -tonguCd genius
from Mine.
TOM REED is A GENIUS.
His brain weighs more than that of an!
other man in public life, and IL is of tn,
finest intellectual texture. He can Sd,
more bright things in the space Of tel
minutes than any other man In Congress:
can get off in the compass of an hour. H
knows what he knows too, and he Is no
afraid To say it. He has the same conf
deuce in himself now as he had when b,
was boy teaching school and applying 70
admission to thu b II in California. Ton
Reed tells the story himself. His admis
sion occurred at the ii ne when the con
stitutionality of tue legal tender
act was being discussed by tn,
greatest lawyer Of the state of Cal
ifornia. Tie first question the judge
asA,u me, says Reed. Twas: Is the legal
tender act constitutional or uncUnsttu-
tioualF | didn't hesitate moment, but j
replied coOlly and emDhatically, 1t IS con
stitutiOnal.' This ended my questioning
you can pass said the Judge. We Away
pass q man wuO can settle great cOnstitU
tional questions of hand Tom Reed has
been settling constitutional questions from
that day 10 t'.ie He settled his cases wei
enough TO Il AXE a success as lawyer, anC
his self cOuAuon,e. added 10 his remark
able ability, has male him the Republican
leader OF Congress.
no ONE DISPUTES REEDS LEADERSHIP.
Mckinley, Cannon, Henderson and Bur
rows all follow him, and when the fight l.
on in the House it is Reed who watches fol
and is prepared for every surprise. Hi
long term in Congress has amply fitted him
for the position. He 8 posted on al public
Questions. aud his reading has cUIero4 |
nearly every field of knowledge. He is d |
fine French scholar, and his Shakespeare |
is better thuEIbeC than his Bible, though |
he knows the latter well. He has an ana |
lytic mind, and when he gets hold of a fact |
it drops into one of the little pigeon holes |
of his brain, ready to slide OFF his slippery |
tongue at a seconds notice He has the |
bump of humor largely developed, |
and he can't resist saying a sarcastic |
thing even if it does cut the man AZ
whom it is directed. 1t is this element of |
his intellectual nature that will hurt him n
his candidacy for the speakership. Man y
of the sharp things he has said in the past
are remembered now, and some of these
have lost him votes and friends. ] remem |
Der one instance sDecting a prominent |
Inember of one OF the committees of the |
Fiftieth congress The man is dead now. |
and will call him Mr.. Blank, as Reeds |
remark concerning him is not creditable to |
his memory Reed was asked his opinion |
of the committee to which Mr. Blank be- |
longed He replied; "'Oh, /
like the committee very well. 1t is |
composed, in the main, of good fellows |
THAT LITTLE SQUIRE OF A DICK BLANK,
who is good for nothing in Gods world but |
80 be stood up in a corner and spit upon.n
OF course this created laugh at Blank. |