Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-27
Different Tactics Employed North
and South.
WHAT Ills OPPONENTS HAVE TO SLY
The Ex-Speaker and Mr.. Mckinley
as Protective Tariff Men.
HARRIsoN's RESERVE FORCE


town are as much surprised as amused at
| a statement which appeared in New York
newspaper yesterday naming the south as
the weak the dangerous. spot in the Maine
mans presidential calculations. This is
greatly at variance with the claims made
| here. So strong. indeed, is Mr.. Reed said
to be in the south that his opponents are
| canvassing that territory with the state
ment that his weakness lies nearer home.
In the east, therefore, Mr.. Reed Is repre-
sented as being weak in the south, and in
the south he is represented as being weak
in the east. Neither story, his friends as
sert, Is true.
Details are by no means full, but some
thing is known about both stories. The
story respecting Mr.. Reeds chances in the
east is not new, but at the same time bears
the seeming evidences of some late addi-
tions. Anti-Reed sentiment Is located In
Vermont. with Senator Proctor as its rep
reSentative; in Rhode Island, with Senator
Aldrich as its representative; in Connect-
cut, with Senator Plat as it's representa-
tive. and in New Jersey. with Senator
Sewell as its representative. The southern
republicans are asked to believe that. with
this opposition in the very section where.
If anywhere, he ought to be fnvincible, MIR.
Reed cannot hope to make winning light
in the next national convention.
Told In the East.
In the east the assertion is made that the
south is an impregnable Mckinley strong
hold Protection is the cry, and the Ohio
&c ndidate is it's idolized exponent. Old Viz
ginia. West Virginia, Tennessee and Ala
ban.a with their coal and iron industries.
Mis- sissippi with her great forest and
Louisiana with her sugar cane are rep
resented as looking to a return to Mckinley
Sc hedules as a guarantee of the setting in
of unparalleled prosperity. Those states.
therefore. as well as North Carolina and
Georgia, are put down as territory where
any missionary work on behalf of Mr.. Reed
will be absolutely without return.
The story as to the situation in the south
is the one to which The Reed man are making
reply. They declare that so far from be-
II weak in the south. Mr.. Reed, matters
even at this early day stand, divides that
| territory equally with Gov. Mckinley. He
has some support in states that are classed
solidly for the Ohio man, and will have
at least four delegations solidly himself.
This strength as his friends insist, has come
to him without any special play on his part.
Reed and Protection.
His qualities are known. His services
| have been appreciated, and so far as the
principle of protection is concerned, as APP
piled to the industries of any section of the
country. his attitude is as friendly as is
| that of Gov. Mckinley This striking fact,
| too, 1t is promised, will be additionally en-
phasized at this coming session of Con-
gress. so that by early spring, when the
states begin choosing their delegates to the
| national convention, the south no less than
the east will have the fullest evidence of
how strictly Mr.. Reed stands up for the
home markets and an intelligent application
| of the American policy.
This New York story develops still an
other point, and that is that, as some of
Mr.. Reeds friends believe, Gov Mckinley
| IS not the man Mr. Reed has got to beat
The Ohio candidate. they admit. will at the
outset be strong. But. as they believe his
strength may pretty well new be estimated.
They see nothing Of a growing nature in it
An examination CT all probable combina-
| tions does not develop him as a winner. He
does not a! pear to them to have any re-
serve force.
The Man In the Background.
1t is the man with the reserve force-the
| strong second-choice man-who looms up in
their eyes their favorite's real competi-
| tor. And this man is? Ger Benjamin Har-
rison.
While there has been no declaration from
Gen. Harrison on the subject yet; while so
| far as the spoken word is concerned the
| ex-President stands now precisely where he
STOOD six months ago: recent events are
thought to bring him a little more into def
| mite speculation in the presidential field.
His visits to New York: his conferences
there with republican leaders known TO be
| friendly to his lenominat ton; his guarded
| and Judicious statements when yielding to
| solicitat ions for an expression of views on
current topics: all are quoted as proof suf-
| ficient that, the time draws near. he is
| taking careful survey of the whole field
and keeping in sympathetic touch with all
| the agencies employed in his behalf to con-
troll the next republican national conven
| ton. No man undertakes the ex-Presi-
dents sagacity or his hold on the conf
dence of the people. Certainly the Reed
men co not. and those of them who have
gone over the whole case carefully-giving
| attention particularly to what may happen
in the event of protracted fight in con-
vention-confes that tie strong second
choice man will be the real opponent of the
strong firSt-choice man.