The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-15
FORGET-ME-NOTS.

jealousy is rampant among our public men,
especially among those who aspire to be lead
ers The ambitious members of the House of
Representatives on both sides are as jealous as
a lot Of ballet dancers. 1t was very conspic-
uous among the Republicans during the con-
test for the Speakership at the beginning of the
present Congress. Some showed it more and
some less, but as a matter of fact Mckinley and
Burrows, and to certain extent Cannon and
Henderson, are still mad with Reed for having
beaten them in that contest. Butterworth, too,
thought with more or less reason that he ought
to have been in that contest, and he is not
without some little feeling of jealousy both
toward Reed, who was elected, and Mckinley,
for whom he as an Ohio man had even to keep
out of the contest. This jealousy manifested
itself conspcuously on the Democratic side of
the House last week. To fill the vacancy on
the Committee on Rules made by the transfer
of Mr.. Carlisle 10 the Senate, Speaker Reed
appointed Mr. Mills, of Texas, to be a
member of the committee. Mr.. Mills, in a letter
addressed to the Speaker and which was read in
the House, declined the appointment When
waited upon afterward by the newspaper cor
respondents he explained that his reason for
declining was that lie had previously served
with Mr. Reed on the Committee on Rules and
never get along with him. Others, however,
refuse TO accept personal dislike of another
member as a valid reason for declining to serve
on the committee with him. They are rather
inclined to believe that Mr.. Millss reason for
not accepting the appointment now is that he
was not appointed on the committee at the be-
ginning of Congress, or later, when a vacancy
occurred by the death of Mr. Randall. lie is
said to believe that he had better right to the
position than had Mr.. Blount, of Georgia, who
was appointed to succeed Mr. Randall, if, indeed
he did not think lie ought to have been preferred
to Mr. Carlisle or Mr.. Randall at the beginning
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The question of leadership or sub-eadershiI
involves much jealousy There seems no way
for man to get diploma except by popular
and official recognition; and the official cannot
always be relied upon to follow the popular
recognition. On the other hand, length of ser
wee does not always count In fact, il is very
seldom that the man Of longest service is re
garded as leader On the score of seniority
Mills, Blount, and Bland stand equal, each
having served continuously since the Forty-third
Congress Any of them was the senior OF
Carlisle, who came in only with the Forthwith
Springer and Foney who have served con
tinuously since the Forty-fourth, were Carlisle's
seniors McMilln, who now gets this appoint
ment which is usually supposed to carry share
Of leadership with it, began service only in Tho
Forty-sixth. Hatch, of Missouri, is his equa
in length of service; and Herbert, of Alabama
who has served continuously since the Forty
fifth, is his senior Buckalew, Of Pennsylvania
is serving only his second term in the House
but he was United States Senator from
1868 to 1869; and Representative Holman
OF Indiana, was member OF the Hous'
in the Thirty-siXth Congress; and with th
EXCEPTIONS Of the Thirty ninth, Forty-tifth, ant