The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-05
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RNOCp ApOUT N0TEC
hNuLh'ApuUl NulLo'
yyber Thomas n Reed stood Nv tho
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speakers enair Wa'll'G LOT the up
plnuse TO subslde so thnt ne might ud-
49, Az H. ,,,han A., ro,,d
= 'eV"'''u wv ''"'s W."
him speak In the house OF representa-
tlVes, think that was the first speech
he ever made I'm TINT body uo COM
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voice anu HetIou' hGHpeIs luV 'f w
from their reading ana thelF Wrllilb W
see WhhL u was tUll hAu huuvh Wv
mousse IheFe were no srlVta " S Gr",
tory Ihere was no GNoIl 70 I H.,
nhe eHecls' nun VINO luoheu NY Nv
oVerBrown seHOolpoy WIS suplli ..ti.i
some views ~ was ulElnS ssl%nSmi
10 the point, WIN Euou ueiI VI N' wv.
anu on tne ueAu level OF inoho'uL'r, Iut
eNerSnouS t sHW llluI nv M"s s" sn"'n
helped him to hold me attention thsy
attracted My TeCoUeVllun q" tH"t ~
was NOT on nus rect louS, uut Iuah
enough 70 insure u heai'nE ny h'A'
time NOBODY picked oul MI he'u W
tuture speaker OF lne houhc, VIZ nl.m
who would enra6e me uGtnocIasS WIN
rules when later u Wouiu uuopI' az"
within comparatively snort lilhe nr-
come a prominent cohulun'e LOT N'e
presidency
,u., 90, .,
II Mr. Reed had hecn Duhditu OUT "
Congress after one or TWO terms thu
country wnuIl never nave hIuM" nun
fortunately tor Nun uhu NV Itt'
Maine Is not given 10 that soTl Oh ui iIl,,,
she uots NOT take any ttucN III WV ~. ~
that AFTER hpont 80 luhE II cp,l li tii'
turn OF some otner mum OF pl mn uou In,.
~ she Is careful about choGsi"E mos
represehiatlSes nnu t ,h sIy 800 20
get u good "Trip ana TO serve her wei
She gave Ar; blalnr ms sleat 1pPT,
tunlty' She Kept Ar fiye uau or,
haie IN tue house ullu' sHe sutlt n.y. NJ
TO the senate the ONT 10 auCCeru wv
venerable Hannibal HauIlin. the other
Mr., Blaine,
This very practice Is probably giving
Speaker Reed some embarrassment ~
this time His colleagues iiom maine
have served long IN the mousse Mr'
BOutcllc, well known To- many west
Nirginians, has been there Tor ioutItcn
years. Mr.. Dingley ana Mr' Mlllkeh
have each had twelve years OF service
Every one OF them IS II man OF parts
who has made himself strong by ciose
attention to the business OF lcglhlhNoh'
especially To the work OF the commit
tees with which he Is connected. lhe
fitness OF these men Tor important
chalrmnnships Is recognized, yet since
the three nre from one state, not the
most important OF states, ana inc spea-
kcr's own state. the Qestlon Is whether
he will feel at liberty TO reward thGh
according 10 their deserts. ~ Is an IN
terestinG condition that confronts the
speaker.
The speaker was sworn In by Mr..
Harmer. OF Pennsylvania the OLDEST
member In continuous service. IL IL
twenty-four years since MT. Hhrmtr
entered the house OF representatives
While serving his second term nc was
defeated for the third by an indcpehu-
ent movement Of which have some
very distinct memories. for then lived
In his district and took very young
mans very keen Interest in his success
The independent movement went to
pieces In time for Sir. Harmer to tri-
umph ut the next election. and ever
n break. The galleries do not know
Mr. Harmcr. but to his fellow members
he Ii known rs highly useful repre-
sentative. He gives satisfaction TO nm
intelligent and important Philadelphia
constituency, which Is very high praise.
Philadelphia hns one more member OF
the house than West Virginia has. She
rarely makes change in her repre-
sentRtion. Mr. Randall Mr.. O'Ncill.
Judge Kelley served long and until
they died In harness. General Bling
ham has been In the house for sixteen
years and has Just entered on another
term.
There are In other states districts
TINT have become famous because they
give their representatives chance to
grow up with the country These arc
the districts also, that get the best SER
vice This practice has been known to
make n real statesman out OF no more
than ordinary material. The men who
have weight In Congress are not the
men who are shot In at the beginning
Of Congress and fired out ut the close,
There have been one term mctoors, but
they are rare and their path across the
legislative sky Is aoon lost In darkness,
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II IL an interesting coincidence that
Major Mckinley and Mr., Reed entered
Congress together At the same time
/ entered Washington ~ n correspond
cnt. Major Mckinley was nmong the
Il sut fffsptitNrn met. and IL did not tuAo
long 10 discover that he was a good
man TO know lie knew things and
had n very gracious way Of banding
over news when that was the right
thing to do 4 young newspaper man
I'm an important field that was new to
him would naturally warm TO that kind