The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-10
To Add to Ex-Czar Reeds Cup Of
Misery Harrison Proves
Ungrateful.
AS Speaker He Protected Little
Ben, Who Made His Enemy
Postmaster.
Tho Democratic Campaign Com mittee Ac-
lively at Work. Tariff Literature Still
In Heavy Demand.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-There is NO
doubt that Tom Reed is highly incensed
over the action Of the president in appoint
ing Dow to the Portland, Maine. collector
ship. In talking with his friends one morn
ing recently the speaker did not mince his
words in denouncing the president for his
course. He was emphatic and pointed in
his language. He said no one knew beside
himself and Mr.. Harrison the sacrifices he
had made in behalf of Harrison's admin
istration. He had undertaken cam
paign in the northwest, and had aided
many men who were in favor of the
free coinage Of silver to secure their cleo
tion in congress. When this question was
up before congress, not fewer than twenty.
five free-coinage men insisted on the pas
sage OF a free silver bill. Mr.. Harrison
bluntly stated that if such bill should be
passed he would feel it incumbent on him
to veto it. He appealed to Mr.. Reed, al
most begged him, i'll fact, to save the ad-
ministration from this rupture of the party
in the northwest by hauling off the free.
coinage men in the house, trusting to his
own manipulation Of the patronage to con-
troll the free-coinage senator's.
1T was none of my fight" Speaker Reed
is reported to have said. II was not up for
denomination. I did what Harrison asked
me, with how much difficulty and self-sacri-
fee no one but myself knows, and my re-
ward has been the ignoring of every re-
quest that have made since of the admin
istration. Mr.. Harrison is without sense Of
gratitude or Justice"
The democratic campaign committee are
sending out as many documents AS if it
were presidential year. They are doing
little or no other work, and they are taxed
to- the utmost to secure and send out all the
documents that are demanded. They were
not prepared for such demand as has been
made upon them. The indication, from the
character of the requests they receive for
literature from all parts of the country,
shows that the interest in the tariff
question is greater than it has ever been
before, but there are other questions also,
which are interesting, in the republic. In
all parts OF the county comes demand for
the leading speeches on the tariff, and hun
dreds Of thousands of documents have been
sent out, and from one section and another
are heavy demands for literature on silver,
the election bill and land questions. Be-
sides what the campaign committee is do
ing, the Tariff Reform league is sending
As far as the democrats are con-
cerned, literature is all they have to
give. They say they have no money at all.
and are conducting a purely educational
campaign. The delay of final action on
the tariff bill prevented the democratic
campaign book from being out on time. 1t
could not be issued until the tariff fight
was over in congress. and now it is pretty
late to be of general use in the campaign.
The book was prepared by Mr.. Logan l..
Carlisle, the talented son of Senator Car
Isle, and it is said to be one of the best
campaign works ever published.