The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-11-23
ABOUT RON REEp OF MAINE.

| POlrlcal writers, east anu WeSL nave
seeminly less TO say of Tom Reeds
candidacy for president, than of anl
Of the other men prominently named IL
that connection Why this should bt
so when there must be general ant
deep-down conviction that the gentle
man from Names chances are a.. bot
tom second to none, we have not been
able to figure out OF course his loca'
ton is not satisfactory to either the
east or west. The state of Maine is
nowhere particularly. financially, polit-
ically or sectionally speaking. But
Tom Reed is a typical American and
a sounding representative OF the dom
inant spirit Of the times. Physically
a giant, mental athlete and a political
car, he is an ideal leader and COM
mander Were he at one with the
west and south on the money question,
as he is in touch with the manufactur-
ing and producing interests Of the east
on that of tariff, he would go into the
national convention of next year with
backing that a combination of all the
other candidates might not be able to
| beat.
How he could put himself in touch
with the west ON the money question
We are not prepared TO say. Parity"
and zone dollar as good as every other
dollar" talk, would not avail, nor would
that Of ''bimetallism," unless 1t We're
in such form and words as would carry
the conviction that he favors a rein
statement of property values through a
greater volume of currency, based on
silver and gold, neither metal to be
given the preference as a redemption
or basic money metal. In every other
respect Tom Reed is the most accept
able man to the American masses. es-
pecially to the great body Of Republi-
can voters, of all those whose names
have been suggested as the successor
to Cleveland The man who faced a
StOrming congress and in spite of pres
tige and by sheer force Of his will COM
PEELED its members to submit TO a rule
of common sense is the very man which
the exegencies of these times demand
While in him there is no trace of mod
ern bluster or jingoism, yet in the for
eign complications which have arisen
in the past three years. and which have
brought only humiliation to the Amer
lean people, he would have proved Of
all the other aspirants, the man of the
hour and for the situation While no
threats of war would intimidate Tom
Reed, neither would desire for peace
cause him to quail into cowardly COM
promise. He is a man who simply |
stands for the right, but stands like !
adamant. Once convinced of his |
country's dues Tom Reed would as
readily and resolutely face all Europe /
as he faced congress over matter Of |
its rules. With Reed of Maine at the |
head of the army and navy and hold /
ing in his hands the power of consti-
tutional veto there would be no Behr-
ing sea episodes nor Alaska boundary |
feints, nor any ten million gold bond
syndicate steals, though Lombard and /
Wall streets combined threatened and
demanded. The west and the south
desire above all things else, man for
president who shall prove superior to
the far-reaching, utterly selfish. monop-
olistic and insinuating interests of the
money power, a combined power at
once more threatening and more dread
ed than any other menacing the pres
ent and future welfare of this Repub-
lie and its people. abroad or at home.
Kansas is held by the politicians to be
for the gallant governor of Ohio. We
presume, unquestionably, that ma
lority Of the men who swerve the lines
Of party and control its conventions
Ire for that bright champion of a high
protective tariff, Major Mckinley.
while thousands of individuals would
5refer that tried, statesman, and un-
patriot, General Harrison.
yet. and Notwithstanding, there is an
element, made up of progressive and
aggressive men in this state who would
'nly have to be convinced of Tom
Reeds favorable moneSfry convictions
o make solid rush in advancing his