Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-01
ROMANCE IN POLITICS
The Friendship of aeed Of Maine and Nor
rill of Kansas.
How 1t Originated When the Ex-
Speaker Was a School Teacher
The Kansas Campaign.
Correspondence of The Evening Star.

doubtless, who think that romances are
only woven around two people, one of whom
must always be a woman. The heroes of
romances are usually young and handsome.
too; but Kansas has unearthed one in which
two middle-aged men are the principal
figures. and there is no woman in the
case" though both actors have served
lany terms in Congress.
1t must have been about the time that the
century was making It's first lap on the
second half that the horoscope Of two lives
ran together in the little town Of West
brooke. in Maine. These two lives were EN-
bodied in two young men destined to be-
come great in the councils of the nation.
One, the cider boy by ct least four years.
was Edmund II. Morrill,. the republican
nominee for governor of Kansas, and the
other was Thomas Bracket Reed Of Maine.
Mr. Morrill, was then about twenty-five
years Of age and Mr.. Reed was eighteen.
Mr. Morrill, was elected supervisor OF
schools of the town of Westbrooke, AMI 1t
came about that Mr.. Reed. then a youth of
eighteen-and rather an ungainly one, If the
truth were told-wanted to teach the school.
One of the very first duties of the new su-
pervisor Was to examine Mr.. Reed for
school. and the youth passed the ordeal
with honors. Mr.. Reed was not then well
off in this worlds goods, and hoped to help
was II strict disCiplinarian. and the school
was a hard one, testing his powers to the
limit. He finally got into trouble over en-
co ~ ,o ..iro III taa hi, Th $50 &c
mt into the hands of Superintenden: Nor
rill and he acquitted Mr.. Reed after a fair
ana tuil investigation or the charges.
4 Meeting I'm Congress.
Years rolled by, AMI the two men, yep
arated in early manhood, met again in the
halls of the nations Capitol-Mr. Morrill, as
a Conrressr,,n from, K,ns.s .nd Ar Paed
s -
as CONGRESSMAN from Name Inc TREND
ship OF those early years vas renewed
and the ties between the two men more
strongly ccmented than ever In the Fifty
first Congress wher Mr.. Reed entered the
struggle for Speakership. Mr. Morrill, was
his warmest suppol ter In return. Mr.
Reed gave to the man who nal twice helped
him a step higher on the road to fame one
of the best chairmanships in the gift of
the House-that of the committee on inya-
lid pensions. This WAS n great chance for
Mr. Morrill, He had bepn n brave soldier
during the war of the rebellion AMI the
cause of the soldier xyas very ne,r ~ tis
heart He framed ana CONGRESS- c,ystalizal
into a law the invalid nansion hin which
TODAY bears his name and which has
brought him IIndyinr fame Mai Morrill,
vas tho close nersnu,l fr,an1 of Sneol,ar
Rced and stood nv rim IN OH Tho stormy
WINES u thS 4 ii'S ~ '-ShStSSS- diAthss
MIN by his counsel and by helping to stiffen
VIC ''' po''e VI "e''"'sS
Reed I" Help M"rriil.
Chapter thlrd or the romance has just
opened. congressman Morrill, declined re-
eiecooh 10 the fh'y-second congress- ana
returned 10 MS nome III Kansas 10 enter
busir ess. He has often been urged to stand
for governor of the state. but has always
declined. A wear ago he decided to accent
the nomination If rendered him and in Iune
he vas made the standard nearer of the
state nv the renuhiic,ns Eansas nc is
we'll krown &c dahat,hI,. ,rnund ond Tho
biggest batteries at the Command of the
candidates will he brought into NAV n helm
tbar, tbrougb tba al, Ma hJnyrri1, ~
about tho hi.gast IN tho i-nitai S,ataS
ar the nrasent tive and tbat &c -
SNEAKER Raed q nrosnentive praS;dant
Mr.. Reed. true to the friend of his
stri,pgring worth has consarta6 70 rnara q
numher ~ sne ncbas IN tba state whera,.ar
MI SYorr;n ,binLs No 90 A. ~ 49,,
rnnI Mr. R..d nil, rec.t~e q baartv vi
Come IN Kansas There are a fav renuhu-
cans who do moi ouita liLe his Mir, yiaws
on The silver question hut tbay adr;r. The
snlanG,d courage Of tho man wbo bas Stond
so Molly for reforr, In 1agisI.tiya p,atbods a.,
Congress- and who. against long odds
forced The ,,an ,,bo nj ,,,ost ro,,;ia5 ~,
TO adont his own IDEAS and institute tho re-
form s,,pgestad nv him "
NospseS Nh"us
The republicans feel that they have a
good ticket this wear and az there will be
,
~ oeca'ioi' u so aiouho uelehuiis the
characters OF any OF their candidates they
can ray strict attention to the issues of the
campo :gn, and make the fight on the merits
of tho nartv and ~, exnosition of tic Quail
ifca tions for sunran,e Control of the So
again One of The car didatas bid, fair 70 ha
aS ,vi5eIv fanood &c OddIiny Eoh ra,,,or 80
Tennessee who carried himself into con.
eress and then into the governorsbin of
his state. nv means of his ability to teu a
good story and draw his bow over heart
strings as well as fiddle strings. The nom
inee for secretary of state on the republican
ticket Is Billy Edwards of Pawnee coun-
ty He Is known as one of the "Pawnees"
the name of the powerful tribe of Indians
which once dominated Kansas, and who
made their last stand and went to death
on point of billy land half dozen miles
from Mr.. Edwards present home, in the
southw estern part of the state. Mr.. Ed
wards is a handsome broad-shouldered fell
low. who was born and educated in Penn
and who came to Kansas in the
early seventies to broaden with the country.
LANDED in pawnaa county ana tho ", neno, nd
day after his arrival he began business bv
contracting to dig well for farmer. He
was uas iaooreI ioI SOME .l'he' ana Wnen
hack 70 that He has been for some ZOOS
now one of the moneyed men of the state.
nd ttnl As,,--