The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-09
Macfarland in the Philadelphia Record.

Fnancis G.. Newlands, the handsome
and weH-dressed son-.n-law of the late
Senator Sharon, who represents the
wacle state CT Nevada, and incidental
iy locks aGser SO much of the Sharon
m.ilacns as he aa,s invested in the
suburbs of Washington and in Senator
Stow,art's American BimetaMic league
and silver knights of Arertoa). Is set
down ccnspicuously as representing the
silver party. whatever that may be.
All this is according to the "unof-
fic,al list" of the clerk Of the house,
which is practically official. Besides
these representatives there will be four
delegates from Territories, the class
steadily diminishing in numbers as the
Territories become states, and before
the coming congress expires Utah's del
egate will become representa- tive with
the right to vote as we'll as to speak,
which is the chief advantage OF the
representative over the delegate.
Theirs VIII then be left only three
Territories (Arizona. New Mexico and
Oklahom9, and before long all three
Of these will doubtless become states,
SO that until Alaska Is given all the
Ctgnlities and privileges Of q territory,
including a delegate in congress, for
the first time since the carly days of
the government all the members OF the
house will be representatives of states.
Old Members Dropped Out.
The enormous Republican majority
swept away SOME old members of the
house and others were left ut home
by failing to get denominations, wnlle
some retired Voluntarily, whose faces
had become SO familiar that Il viii
seem strange not to see them there
Running down the alphabetical list OF
hnlysa Di,,l, ,,.1
Bland, of Missouri. the honest leader
of the sllverites; w. c. p. Breckin-
ridge, OF Kentucky: William ]. Bryan
of Nebraska; William d. Bynum, of
Indiana, and w. Bourke Cochran, of
New York; Michael d. Harter, of
Ohio and Philadelphia; William S. Hol-
man. of Indiana; Charles T.. Hooker
of mississippi; Constantine Buckley
Kilgore. of Texas; Darrell N. Lockwood
of Buffalo: Joseph III. O'Neil, Of Massa-
chusetts; William IN. Springer, of Illi-
nois; Charles Tracey and John De Witt
Warner, of New York, and last, but
not least, William l.. Wilson, of West
Virginia. make up a list which might
be heightened of we'll known Dem
ocrats alone who will be missing, and
many of them will be much missed
when the clerk calls. the roll on the
second of December.
OF course some of the old Republicans
will rot return and Jerry Simpson, the
most prominent of the Popul!sts, will
be conspicuous by his absence. But the
Democratic side. dwindled as 1t will be
to half Its former size, will excite the
most sympathy.
Reeds Great Task.
The great Republican majority, which
will overflow the Republican side of the
n II
half of their side, will be difficult to
manage at the best. and Speaker Reed
Will need all the assistance that ne can
bring to the support of his own strength
ard skill. For, of course, Mr.. Reed Is to
be the speaker. There never was any
real question about that. MIR. Reed Is
50 obviously the man for the place that
he will be nominated In the Republi-
can caucus by reclamation. He is the
leader of the party in the house of rep
resentltlveS as no other man has been
In recent years, for he has not a real
rival, so that his leadership may be
said to be practically undisputed
The difference between his situation
on the eve of this coming congress, al
ready as good as speaker coming to
washington with the lists of the COM
miuteces in his pocket, and his situation
SIX years ago, when at this time he was
engaged in an active struggle with half
a dozen Other.candidates for the nomi-
nation. one Of whom (Nr Mckinley
seemed to those who did not know that
Matthew Stanley Quay and Mr.. Thomas
c. Pla'tt wtre supporting Mr.. Reed to be
more likely to be elected than the man
from Maine marks the tremendous
cnange which he made in his own poll
ticnl fortunes by his masterful admin
istration Of his party and the house
while he was speaker.
The new man from Maine occupies
In the house far stronger position
than the old man from Maine did, for
Mr.. Blaine was never without able and
bitter rivals in his own party in the
house. MIR. Reed probably has some
personal enemies among the old Re-
publican members who are to be in the
next house, and undoubtedly the friends
of Harrison, Mckinley. Allison and
other candidates for the Republican
nomination will do what they can to
embarrass him this winter in his deli
cate and dangerous position as speaker
of the house, and presidential candi-
date. But Mr.. Reed is just the man for
such q trial as he has gone through, and
II any one can come out of II unscathed
he can. In many respects he Is the
greatest parliamentary leader and man
ager in our history and has still re-
sources which are yet to be developed,
in addition to the remarkable powers
he has already exhibited. He thor
oughly appreciates his position and its
dangers, but, having been speaker once
and having been IS years in congress,
he knows all that tnere is to be known
about how to meet his difficulties.
Ex.Spcnkcr Crisp.
Ex-Speaker Crisp will be renominated |
by acc!amation by the Democratic eau |
practically no rival in his party on the |
floor, and he will be its leader while 1t |
is In the minority just as Mr.. Reed has
been leader Of the Republicans during |
their political exile. Mr.. Crisp (or |
Judge" Crisp, as most people here and |
at his home call him, strangely prefer |
ring to give him the title which he wore
on the Georgia Circuit court rather than
that which he held in the chair of the
United States House of Representa-
tives), has advanced in his party very
much as Mr.. Reed did among the Re-
publcnns. Four years ago at this time
1t seemed as likely that Mr.. Mills of
Texas would be elected speaker rs Mr..
Crisp, Of Georgia, and there were sew
eral other candidates for the place; but
In the Democratic caucus two years ago
Mr. Crisp was renominated by accla-
nation and he would be elected speaker
again IL the Democrats had the major
ity in the next house.
It will be as interesting to observe
ex-Speaker Crisp under the admins
tration of Speaker Reed as 1t was to OBJ
serve the administration of Speaker
Crisp. Neither really likes the other,
although at times they have seemed
to be friendly, and there will be GONE
pretty fencing between them when
Crisp, as the leader of the opposition,
attempts to interfere with the speak
er's progress.
The fact that the speaker Is presi-
Dental candidate will make the coming
session of the house much more inter-