The Portland daily press., 1895-08-10
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.
New Englanc Likely to be Solid for
Thomas b. Reed.
Concord Monitor. \

(Conccrd Monitor.
In letter in our columns today Mr..
Charles Marseilles of Exeter continues his
fervid advocacy of the nomination of Mr..
Reed for President, his special present
effort being to make New England solid
for the distinguished son of Maine.
Mr.. Marseilles is journalist by profess
sion; an acute and able politician by
natural instinct. The late General GIL.
man Marston was won't to call Mr.. Mar
seilles s'the Thurlow Weed of New
Hampshire. While Mr. Marseilles may
be, in truth is, what General Marston
| thought he was, an astute manager in
political affairs, he is also open and out
spoken in his methods. He believes in the
power of the press, and in appeals to the
press, early, constant and reiterate, in
order to the accomplishment of desirable
results. AS supporter of Mr.. Reed he
deems it his duty not to delay agitation
of the subject while the field is covered by
the active partisans of Mr.. Mckinley,
but to argue and appeal in season and
out of season for such organized efforts as
will, he believes, result in the nomina-
tion of the candidate he prefers We
may expect, therefore, to hear from him
again and again during the next ten
months, and we shall gladly give place to
his intelligent views and his Jealous
solicitations in behalf of Mr.. Reed. 1t is
unnecessary for us to repeat that our pref
erence and Judgment lead us to desire,
equally with Mr.. Marseilles, to see New
England united in the support of Mr.
Reed, and to see the national nominal
tion accomplished as result of such sup
port.
New England Republicans have hither-
to been too little inclined to unanimity
in supporting their favorite sons for high
place. We are sometimes too critical, and
we certainly impair our influence by this
wa MT of unity. If we had been united we
might have nominated Mr.. Blaine in
1876, or again in 1880. Our divisions at
home alone defeated him. Yet the Re-
publicans of the nation wanted him, as
was proved by his nomination in 1884
with half of the New England delegates
third time against him. He was de-
feated at the polls by small nominal and
fraudulent majority for Cleveland in
New York State but he would have
been easily elected IN 1875 or IN 1880. New
England divisions have therefore kept
from us the presidency from the time Of
franklin Pierce to this hour. 1t is time
for such folly to cease. In Mr.. Reed we
have strong and able representative.
No other New England candidate ap-
pears Therefore we should unite in his
support all our delegates The national
convention should, of course, be delib-
erativ body, and should nominate that
candidate, being worthy, who is most
likely to win. But there is no present
reason apparent why Mr.: Reed will not
be our most appropriate leader; fitting
candidate to present and ask for the
suffrages of IL, 900, 900 of American voters;
and as sure to succeed in that canvass as
any Republican who can be pointed out.
Local pride and an intelligent regard for
the Republican party of the whole nation
should therefore unite in making the
New England delegates solid for Mr..
Reed. For once we have hope and be-
lief that we shall see such unanimity:
which will reflect credit and honor upon
us and also best promote our every in
terest.