New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-06-14

obnoxious Lodge elections bill is not
likely to be the popular choice for
candidate for the presidency. Besides
Reed is a man who, while his brains are
big ssand Z his ability recognized,
cannot refrain from saying sharp and
witty things about men even IN his own
party. His Chow is ever ready with
| shaft for Democrats and oftentimes for
Republicans, and these shafts always
leave a sore which in politics never heals
John J. Irgalls was man who. would
do the same thing. As Senator Vest
once said of him, he would rather ground
a period than make point" Tom Reed
would rather say a bright and witty
thing than make a friend. Two instances
may be recalled of Reeds manner of
treating people. Both men were Re-
publicans and cranks of that party, and
so recognized everywhere. Elijah A.
Morse of Massachusetts, who makes him.
self absurd on every occasion, was
screaming one day for recognition. Fin
ally Reed told him that e.would recog-
nize him, and to call his bill up by unani-
nous consent, at the same time sending
word to Joe Cannon to object to it.
Morse got recognition, made a little
speech about the interesting woodchuck
he had in charge and Cannon objected to
it. The story was too good for Cannon
to keep, and he told it until it finally
reached the ears of Morse. Ofcourse he
was mad, and went up to see Reed, and
said:
"What do you mean by giving me rec
ognition and then sending word to Can
non to object?''
Without being the least impressed by
having been caught in what he had done,
Reed drawle1 out:
"Because wanted to get rid of vou.''
And that was all the explanation that
Morse ever got.
The other man was Picker of South
Oak ota, who never failed during his
first term in congress in putting the Re-
publican party in a bad light on prohi-
bition. He was assisted by the Demo-
Gratis when they did not go on record.
Pickler had way of having outrageous
| prohibition amendments attached to bills
! in committee of the whole when the
! Democrats didnot care toi.ave their votes
recorded, ssand then on the yea and nay
vote they would defeat the amendment,
| placing the Republicans in some of the
prohibitlon-infected districts IN bad way
on the recorded vote. Every time Pick
Ter made break of this kind it was
fully explained to him and he was argued
with, but he would always close the ar
gument by saying:
"Well, let the Republican party adopt
prohibition, then they will be all 1ight.''
| Reed as speaker Of the house under
took to demonstrate with Picker one
time and, being met by the same answer,
he Wet back to the speakers chair and,
as he relieved the man who had been act
ing as temporary speaker, said:
II never fully understood what was
meant in the Bible by the wild ass foal'
until I saw Pickler.''
OF course everybody appreciates these
things, and when they are uttered they
are repeated with a good deal Of delight
1t is only when they come home to the
men they are aimed at that it makes
| them Tom Reeds enemies. Tom Reed
has been long enough in public life and
said enough good things and true things
to have made him an impossibility as a
presidential candidate. Blaine called
Conkling turkey gobbler, Or said he
had the strut of turkey gobbler, and
! Blame failed to carry New York in 1894