New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-27
arp REED GIVES OUT NO TIPS.
cpEETs ALL HIS CALLERS WITH UN-
VARYING sUAvITY.
ou,,KNANsHIps AND COMMITTEE ASSIGN
xrxrs BUT no HINTS DROPPED BY THE
BLAND AND iMPERTURBABIE
MAN FROM MAINE.


MAN FROM MAINE.
.-.s,,nrton Nov 26.-If Thomas b. Reed had
aoubts about his unanimous nomination as
."..ser by the Republican caucus next Satur-
cf ,rht. they would speedily be dispeed by
.s. AMOUNT and character Of the mail which
.,.hs down the postman whose tour includes
,ss shoreham. Every one Of the 244 Repub
~ members-elect appears to have called
N his friends to present their qualifications
..r committee assignments to the coming
c,eaker who is working his clerk and his stenog-
-.,her extra time trying to return simple ac-
.oovle6gments for the numerous suggestions.
several hundreds of these letters. in terms which
rs calculated to make no enemies and at the
came time anticipate decisive action. have
.,re ont over the country to-day and the cor
,.snondence promises to retain its present d.
tensions until the complete committee list is
announced some time before Christmas.
About one hundred Republican members,
.ost of them living west of Newly ork, are al
,s,dy here and many of them paid their re-
meets 70 Mr. Reed last night. The ex-Speaker
,as cordial but he conSoed to one his in
cations regarding committees. which his visi-
,ors so persistently lSht Early this morn
INF ne decided TO get some fresh air after an
,ysning Of tobacco-laden atmosphere. presum-
ABLY to be succeeded by a similar experience,
% he walked up the avenue to the Capitol about
II o'clock and went TO the statonery-room
where he ordered a wholesale assortment OF
letter paper and envelopes, on which his clerical
force have since been conveying his thanks for
the munyon's kind and gratuitous letters of
advice Nh which he has been inundated. lie
stayed AVID; from the hotel until almost dinner
time whei he walked back, nodding almost
continuously TO well-wisheis along the mile and
q half route ,
This evening his receptlon-room was uncomfor-
tshy crowded until bedtime. EX-Congressnan
ical, and remained good part Of the evening. as
rstng the host in entertaining his visitors and
IN various ways creating the impression that If
any breach ever existed ii d been fully healed.
D. B Henderson, Of Iowa, did not call. but the
knowing ones were certain that he would be the
next chairman Of the Appropriations Committee.
sns that Mr.. Cannon wouli have to be solaced
with something else las good" No authority for
This statement could be trac directly TO the
agreeable but imperturbabe ex-Speaker but no
one combated its accuracy.
Serene E. Payne and Mr. Dalzell, OF Pittsburg,
both warmly indorsed by Protectionists through
out the country for the Way" and Means Chalr-
manship have both vsitel- Mr. Reed and nave
come away without securing the slightest mixing
as To their chances, and SO ar no one mas been
bile 10 say that he has learned anything by visit
ing the Shoreham Headquarters. except that MI
Reed is working away at his principal commit
tees lust If he had already been elected speaker
md intended TO announce his selections in
another week.