The Portland daily press., 1894-09-14
Mr.. REEDS PLANS.
He Will make Campaign Tour of the
West this Fall-Speeches in Several
states-California May Possibly be In
cluded

Hon. Thomas B. Reed has gone to the
Adirondack region in northern New York
for vacation of about ten days. At the
end of that time he will return to Portland
and prepare for the work of the Fall CAM
paign preceding the congressional election
of November Nearly all the States now
have their election on the same day In
November, so the campaign will go on
simultaneously. Mr.. Reed has received IN
yitations to speak in every State where
there is an active Republican organization.
West Virginia and Texas Republicans are
especially urgent. 1t is probable, however
that he will be unable to visit those States.
He will make his first speech about Sep
TENDER 25th., in New York state. probably
in the city of New York. 1t is doubtful if
he makes any other speech in that State,
although urgent invitations have come from
interior cities. one of them promising him
an audience of twenty thousand people.
From New York Mr.. Reed will probably go
directly to Indiana, speaking in Indianap-
oils. Thence he will go to Illinois. The
city, or cities, in which he will speak in
that State are not determined upon yet.
A leading Illinois Republican has written
since the Maine election that he will have
an audience of forty thousand people,
whenever he may speak in Illinois. The
Northwestern States will come next. iowa,
Minnesota ard perhaps South Dakota.
Then he will go to Kansas to help out his
old friend Edmund N. Morrill,, of Hiawatha,
who is Republican candidate for Governor.
Thence he will go to Nebraska, speaking
probably at Omaha. When he is at Oman
he is at the eastern terminus of the route
across the mountains to California. His
invitations to visit that Stale have been
very urgent and for him to do so will mean
"a loss of only three days. supposing his
eastern speaking to terminate at Omaha.
He can speak in San Francisco and other
California cities for the remaining few days
before election, and and come home after
chat event. q:
ThisA plan has not been settled upon
definitely, but Hon. Amos L. Allen, his Sec
rotary, said yesterday that it would proba-
| bly, be carried out substantially as outlined
above.
Mr.. Reed has usually gone into the West
at elections when Representative to Con-
| gress are to be chosen, selecting those
places where the Republicans were most
| hard pressed. This is his usual rule, to GO
| to the weakest places in the Republican
| line. In 1890 he followed this rule. That
was the year of the Democratic tidal wave,
and some of the Democratic papers made
| themselves merry pointing out the districts
| where he had spoken that had gone Demo-
cratic. Mr.. Reed will undoubtedly follow
| the rule this year of going. where he is most
| needed. regardless of what the silly may
| say: but the indications are that no Demo-
cratic paper will have chance to make
merry over the result.
| fOf course the great prize which the two
| parties are to battle for now is the control
| of the National House of Representatives
| The Democrats, with FROM one to two hun.
bred sure seats in the South, profess tc
feel confident that they can win the sixty
or more needed in the North to perpetuate
| their control 1t is said that Speaker Crisp
has kept out ola Senatorial fightsin Georgia
in the expectations that he will be speaker
again. On the other hand, the Republicans,
although handicapped, feel confident
of wrestling the control OF the
House from the Democrats. there
| by stopping tariff agitation and
securing stability for the business interests
| of the country. The results in Maine and
| Vermont go far to justify Republican con
fidence.