Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31
Reed In His own District.


The attitude Of Secretary BLAINE and
Speaker REED towards each other on re-
ciprocity and the tariff has excited great
Deal of interest, because they are both
venomous members of the same dangerous
party and hail from the same State, where
they are bugs OF the bigger sort. Some en-
terprising parties in New York have deem
ed IL worth their while to sound the cur
rents of sentiment towards Mr.. REED In
his own district, and the reported result
contains some disclosures which make
very interesting reading. in view OF the
Speakers performances during the present
session Of Congress.
The temper and disposition OF public
men is OF vast consequence in estimating
their conduct. sometimes of more than
their professed opinions. What REED was
st home when be was first sent TO Wash
ington may be very different from what
he ia now, but what he has become now In
Washington will not only stick to him, but
stick out from him in Maine.
Cosurn non onimun muiant, q,d trans mare
cp,Tsln,.
In Congress he has become tyrannical
and conceited bulldozer and a vile ma
lignant towards the South.
Now what do these recent Investigations
report OF him in and near his own home
For the sake of party harmony and SUI
premacy his political supporters have
hushed up their discomfort, but the rum
blings arc becoming more and more threat
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Inmates. and has never had any love even
from his supporters, many OF whom are
now cautiously grumblipg against him.
Even his elevation to the speak
ership did not cause local pride to paw the
air with delight" Some of his dissatisfied
constituents, however, did. with the in
junction that their names be withheld,
give vent to their views and feelings. There
are grounds why many of REEDS support
ers hitherto would like for their pockets
20 have the benefit OF q little reciprocity
with Canada There are also in his state
a number of factories for canning fish OF
ali kinds, and hence the cost of tin-plate
becomes O matter of moment. so that for
this and other reasons there Is a growing
I.
preston, that the high-tariff business has
been overdone. and that the MCKINLEY
bill Is not as lovely as a rose. They no
Longer swallow the "home-market fallacy
and declare that if there were mode OF
secret balloting REED could not get back
TO Congress because so large number are
tired of his arrogance.
4.
how REED and other Republicans. too,
make use Of the liquor prohibition law of
Maine; they turn 1t into an instruments or
bulldozing saloon-keepers 1t is we'll
known that the evasions of the Maine
liquor-law are 80 numerous as to have led
its opponents TO exclaim triumphantly
that prohibition does not prohibit" In
Portland there are about $50 places where
LIQUOR is openly sold, and the Republicans
carefully watch the owners OF these places
20 see if they merit this profitable privi-
leee by voting the straight Republican
ticket. This privilege would not. of
course, be allowed TO any Democrat. On
the contrary. ii any Democrat were guilty
Of any violation of the lquor-law he
would be hauled over hot Goals because
&be administration of justice is in the
hands Of Republicans. Thus Mr.. REED
and his allies bulldoze these $50 liquor
dealers, and Others through them. into his
support; and they have been his main re-
iiance for obtaining his normal majority of
about 1900 votes.
Thus this man REED. who by his fancy
costume and his tyrannical actions has
turned the House Of Representatives into
O mere tennis court, which he bosses at his
pleasure, treats his own constituents worse
than he charges the southern Democrats
with acting towards his colored Republic
can brethreni
Speaker REKp's conduct became SO intol-
cradle that several Republican players in
his'little tennis-court have given him pub
iicly a "piece Of their mind"; and only
recently the respectable Democratic spectd-
sors had TO run hastily away to prevent
him from counting them into his nefarious
game.