The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-22
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

\. II. Lewis, an observant Washngton
CORE spondent. contidcs tnis opinion To
the Post: "Th,rc is no doubt about 1t.
Reed Is far and away In the lead ioE tho
Republican nomination. He oTei-'JpS
Mckinley, Sherman, Harrison or Allison.
And aside from wEat may transpife not
now fOrcseen. or fUrJSeCable, Reed VIII
win the nomination. Many profess q Tear
that Reed. as speaker. VIII inJurt him
self. They need lose no sleep over II. The
mans too wise, too strong. Unless be-
trayei by some renegade OF his own party
unless treason practice against him TO a
success. Reed viii handle the house Ike II
coach and six. And he'll drive IL to a
nomination for himself in the next con-
ypntlon. Reed knows more than he ala
six years ago: he has grown wider be-
tween the political eyes; he IL more sa-
gaCi1us. with the house forging the Is
sues and picking out the battle-ground
for '9i: with "a set OF rules which pla g
house action in the hollow or his hand:
with q rules committee devoted to his
beck and nod. with an array OF chairmcn
Of committees with but one purpose and
that the success Of Reed; with his own
indomltablc self In the chair. 1t viii be
difficult to destroy Reed by any house
complication. Reed will organize the
house with direct aim AZ the presidency.
Added to his own, he will have the hest
wisdom or his party whispering In his
ears when he does II. Cameron, Patt.
Quay ClnckSou, every gray old fox OF
party VIII lt ElFlu- MN fpulNfts dllNl
what Reed doesn't know they do. The
house will be organized az never was
house before. And across the capitol n
Republican majority In the senate will
foster and pet and COsset Il; ana al FOR
what? To secure Reed the nomination
for the presidency. And when the conven-
tion sits In June, that house SO organized
will be in session; Reed will be In tho
chair; he will have the center of the
stage the best advertised candidate. with
the most merit, OF any who will hc named
to the convention. Now. how are they
going 10 beat him? They can't 40 Il In
front, at noon i'm fair hattie. II he fails
and falls X will be as the victim OF trea-
son: some hand which should have haen
his friend must strike him down This
last IL not unlikely, and II the stars say
auCht OF n Republican future. they fore
tell tn selection Of Reed"
Senator Brice tells william l.. Curtis,
the Chicago Record corrcsp lent, that
he wrote over ZOO letters to ms consl;u-
ents In ohio during the three months pre-
vious to the recent Democratic conven-
ton In the state. BC fore he wrote this
correspondence the Democracy was al
most unanimous concerning free coinage.
When the convention met three-'ourths
of the delegates were opposed TO that
proposition. 1t was n personal CAM
paign. Instead Of using printed argu-
mCnts and making speeches he appealed
directly to men OF influence and lntelii-
gonce in every school district In the state
by personal ietters-over his own sigma
turc-and set them at work to correct the
views Of their neiRhbors at Is not prob
able" says Mr.. Curtis, that n more thor
ough campaign was ever made In the
United States or public opinion reversed
In more radical manner"
For some reason or another senator
Quay has arranged with prcss-clipplng
agency In New York 20 search the files
of the newspapers and make a series OF
scrap-books containing all the mean
things that have ever been published
about him. They are to 20 back rs far as
they can and make the collection IA COM
pletc as possible. No explanation is made
of this singular fancy. The collection Is
not likely to be small one.
n N u
1t Is noted as coincidence that those
Philadelphia @wspapcrs-especally the
Lcdger-which have net offered much en-
couragement to the Wanamaker soma
torial boom gre likewise the ones In which
the Wanamaker advertisements are in
visible or small. II H. not known which
Is cause ard which. effect.