St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-27

some of his admirers, with great frank
ness. One of these gentlemen said to
your correspondent to-day: mo one
questions the fact that Mr.. Blaine is a
brilliant man, bat, while Legislator. he
was neither wise nor successful
leader. His party made no progress
under him, and he made shipwreck of
his own fortunes. 1t is not difficult to
explain why. In the first place, he was
at that time far to chummy. He lacked
iron, sand, whatever you choose to call
that quality which enables man to say
No. and to fight parliamentary battle
in dead earnest aud without regard to
hurting the other fellows feelings.
never did and never could do. He
could always be reached and
influenced through his excessive
good nature. 1t was his good
nature that yielded in the Force bill
fight; his good nature that yielded in
always giving the minority a chance;
his good nature that gave to his most
vigorous utterances, then and later, not
the weight of a real Leaders, words, but
the character of the light display of a
man of fancy and sensationalism. He
gained nothing for himself by yielding,
and there is no computing how much
his party lost by it. The South fought
him as vigorously in 1884 as if he had
crammed the Force bill down her throat
ten years before. 1t went for nothing
that at the outset of that campaign he
spoke words of national fraternity and
goou cheer. They were not needed, or,
if needed, were charged up to the genial
| diplomacy of the man. He gained moth
ing by them, and went down in defeat
Dir Of
! Dental aspirations.
"Now, as for Mr.. Reed. he could not
afford, even if he were the kind of man.
| to follow a course so impotent, But
| first of all, he is going in for results
He cares nothing about personal popu'
laIity with members of the opposition;
nothing about any sentimentality as to
the rights of the minority. He is far
more concerned about the rule of the
majority and making that effective for
all party purposes. If the minority in
cidentaIly comes in for little good
treatment, we'll and good, but Mr., Reed
is not making that an object. 1t is
nothing to him if the other fellow gets
hurt. His duty on the box is to drive
the coach along. and he must have a
clear road or he'll make one."
''Do you think he'll reach the presi-
dency by the course he is pursuing %
81 think the presidency lies in that di-
rection. People like positive man.
They prefer him to a brilliant man. You
know where to find Reed. You could
never be very certain about Blaine,
who, although he might start with you
was liable to be entrapped en- route and
led astray. At any rate, Reed has cut
out for him self, and has a chance to
| win. Blaine'S course led inevitably to
disaster"
s.Will he be likely to win in 1892"
"Likelier to win in 1885,"
Since Mr.. Reed is thus definitely in
training for the presidency, and upon
the platform that the people like nerve
and autocracy in office, his course as
speaker becomes of all the greater in
terest.
His assertion is something unprece-
denied here. He simply runs every.
thing in the house. There is in opera
ton what is called caucus rule, but he
is the caucus and consequently his will
is law. The committee on rules cuts
out the business of the house, but il
meets only to formally register what he
has previously decided upon.
His Republican associates and lieu
tenants on that committee are Mr.. Nc.
Kinley, chairman of the ways and
means, and Mr.. Cannon. chairman oil
the appropriations committee. The
former is a man of dignity and capacity
and handles himself well in debate
How far he is in sympathy with his
chiefs high-handed programme is not
known. But he is too loyal 6
partisan to imperil anything by a
too vigorous kick. and a man of
too much pride to do anything he I'M
dertakes by halves. To get the use OF
his best talents, therefore, is simply tt
enlist him in a fight. So far, he has
seconded the speaker in everything he
has undertaken, and is entitled to much
of the credit for the discipline effected
on the floor. MIR. Cannon. on the othel