The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-10-15

Froze tsss- tssseAs0 Iaser eeeaa.- -i4s I'll.
What Clay and Webster we're 10 the
Wing party, almost from start 70 fnishs
What Seward and SomDer were to the
Republican party in is infancy, and
eonfEas and Blaine voula bsss 5reu ~
4 in sheiy dkr. saa ihs&r perseaaf rela-
sions been plsszsns shas Resd and Nc
Kinley now kret6 the KspdgIieaH party-
Together they entered Congress. their
frst service being in the Forty-6ah,
coming in just as General Grant retired
to private life. Both are still far from
being sld blss. Thes rrprsssaE he llrsss.
blood and new IDEAS Of the party, cling
ing tenaciously 70 It's old principles, but
adapting their spplieAfio6 70 the latest
Development Of the Intellectual life Of
the country.
It is = matter Of congTatzlstion that
the party in power has two such nagnih-
cent leaders, one for the chair and he
other for the hoor Of the popular branch
Of Congress. To them may be apPiieo
Quintillian's familiar remark about two
great men Of his day, not unequal, but
unalikev Each has strongly marked IN
6iyiiUAliiy. The towering form and
Shakespearean bead Of Reed would at
traet attention anywhere, and his iron
will IS relieved Of aspeEity BY good
humor which fsiriy bubbles over. Ne
Kinley is smaller Of stature, modest 70
shyness, and without being at all gloomy
Is always serious Neither has ever dis
PLAYED the slightest Jealousy Of the other
nor any disposition 70 push himself to
the front Their Prominence has from
the srst been due 10 common consent
in recognition Of capacity for ieader-
ship.
Both Reed and Mckinley are in very
great demand for the campaign, and
both, Il . confidently expected, VIII
come 10 Illinois during thls month % dis
cuss the political questions Of the day.
They are sure to be cordially welcomed
( Their names are familiar 10 the Rerub-
licans from Cairo to Chicago, and vher-
ever they may speak large audiences viii
hang upon their words. Mere curiosity
to see and cordially welcome such sPlen-
did leaders would draw crowds every
where, but deeper than curiosity or ad-
mirstion is the profound desire to hear
what they may hsxs to say in advocacy
Of Republican principles AT last the
high and complicated questions Of the
day are being discussed As belts their
character. Good stories and rousing APP
peals 70 patriotism do not and can not
meet the requirements Of the day
For some reason free trsde is now
/ college fad. The young men who are
enjoying liberal education are, in great
measure, being filed with sophisms Of
political economists who derive Their IN
spiration fron English sources Reed
and Mckinley are men Of intellectual
culture and scholarly attainments They
can discnss the economic questions Of
! the dsy in a way to meet the distinctive
! needs Of the present sifaaiieB. Both are
exoected to speak in Chicago soens and
nowhere in the country Is their more
urgent need oftheir services than in this
eitv. for here what purpOrts % Be the
senior organ Of Republicanism Is con-
l tinualIy sowing Democratic thisties in
Republican, soii.
Nor are the services Of these great lead
ers needed only in discussion Of the iArif.
The election bill rests on the very corner
stone Of Republieanism, and that, too,
calls for the mastery presentations which
it IS sure 70 receive at the hands of the
two great men whom every true Repub-
/ lican in the country must delight to
honor.