The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-27
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practice of the house. as he had TO do
to succeed, under his own whip and
spur.
He did the thinking for the house and
got all the blame for what Ii did or the
credit, as you choose to look at 1t. And
this will be the case again this winter.
Only it will be more difficult for Mr..
Reed to carry out his policy with such
an enormous majority TO handle and
with his rivals eager TO embarrass him.
At the beginning OF the session Mr..
Reed stands higher in politics than ne
ever did before. He is the head OF the
Republican class and the great question
here is whether he will be able TO hold
that which he has gained. 1 must say.
I think he will.
Now that John Sherman has placed
his own name on the retired list l think
that Mr.. Reed is the strongest man in
the Republican party. He is certainly
the most brilliant among its leaders
He is the only one who can be properly
termed a genius. Ex-President Har-
rison would only be termed a genius by
his most devoted admirers, while every
body else would say that he is a man
Of great talent and great versatility
and great force OF character. Reed IS
different, just as Blaine was different,
with that difference which we try to in
dictate by calling a man a genius.
Reed was never appreciated outside Of
Washington until within the last half
dozen years, because of a combination
of physical lethargy and intellectual in
difference which kept him from putting
forth hi strength. If he had been OF
Blaine's nervous, excitable and SNOWY
temperament he would have had
throughout his twenty years of congress
the same prominence that Blaine had
throughout his congressional career.
But here in Washington 1 think that
Reed has always been recognized by
those who had the chance OF hearing his
remarkable conversation, IL not by those
who heard his speeches and read what
he wrote, as an unusual and original
man from whom almost anything might
be expected in the way OF intellectual
achievement
"A lazy giant" was the way he was
summed up a dozen years ago, and the
only question was whether the giant
would ever think 1t worth while to rise
and show what he could do. SIX years
later ne did arise and he soon made his
name a household word all over this
country, and his doings familiar 10 all
who read newspapers and magazines IN
other countries. Since then he has
grown steady in the public estimation
and has Just as steadily developed his
intellectual resources, until now he is
recognized at something like his real
value. His Ambition, that seemed 70
slumber so long. woke with a fierce APP
petite when IL did wake. and his mas
terful Will has been seeking TO crafty
ii, and in the process he has constantly
grown in the public eye. Everybody
realizes now that, whatever difference
there might be as 20 the wisdom Of his
policy or the justice Of his acts. he
would be a great president. in the sense
that he would. Ike President Cleveland.
direct his own administration and
not be directed BY the members OF his
cabinet
People would say that Mr.. Reeds
cabinet officers were clerks" becsase
they would be only what they were sup
posed 10 be. advisors and not managers
OF the president II is. OF course. rss
presidents duty 70 govern, and equally.
OF course, the cabinet has 10 RESPONSE
biIity whatever for the government. IN
as.uuch as. as a body, i is entirely IN
known 10 the law, and the president
need never call IL 20 meet from the be-
ginning rothe end OF his term Each OF
its members. as the head q his partic-
ulsr department., ls, of course, recog-
nizetd by law and - responsible 90
congress and 70 the president. but the
president Is not responsible 90 any 81
them any more than he - 20 all % them. I
and can govern without them II he
chooses Ar. Rse1 would govern vhesa- /
81 with or Without them. for over every
thing else n has makeup stands his h |
dependent and inperious viii