The Portland daily press., 1895-08-06

| Boston, Aug. 5.-J. Manchester Haines
| OF Augusta arrived yesterday. Mr.. Haines
! was member of the National Republi-
touch with party leaders and plans. To
Mr.. Haines there is but one logical out
come to the next Republican convention
| and that is the nomination of Thomas B.
heed OF Maine. This is the way he fig
ures it out: "Mr. Harrison made asgreat
| President says Mr. Haines, "and his
State documents and speeches are the
most f1awless and perfect since the days
OF Abraham Lincoln. He made a splen-
did President and in everything that con-
| cerned his official acts as chief executive
| OF the Dation. His weakness is due to
the fact that he was extremely unfortun-
ate in his appointments for office. He ap-
pointed men whom nobody wanted and
tailed to appoint men whom everybody
| wanted. That is why his support for the
nomination will be weak believe Mr.
Reed Is today the most typical reppresen-
tatlve of modern progressive Republican
ism, and believe in absence of local in
terests and prejudices Mr.. Reed is today
the choice of the Republican party; that
he stands at the head of the column of
Republican ideas as they are today mar
shaled that if he should be nominated
and elected President it would be a tri-
umph of the true spirit of party. (which,
though sometimes obscured, has never
been extinguished since the days of Lin
coin. I think all New England is for
Mr.. Reed and l think New York would
be entirely satisfied with Mr.. Reed. I
think Pennsylvania will in the end be for
I ~ (nn1 111-
seryatlon that what may be now called
the central Western States would be sat
isfed with Mr.. Reed. The Western States
will have more than one candidate and
they will support their candidates with
their characteristic local pride and enthu-
siasm, but think confidence in Mr. Reed
and admiration for his talent and integri-
ty, which extends from one end of the
country to the other will in the end over
come thefmotives of local and personal in
terest, and Mr.. Heed will be nominated
and elected as the best representative of
modern progressive spirit of American
life. In the Democratic party there are
just now no men of surprising promi-
nence. They have no men so prominent
| as Mr. Reed and Mr. Mckinley are in the
| Republican party, and as far as I was
able to see there are no pointers in the
Democratic party for Presidential nolni-
nation. In my opinion the solid south is
on the eve of a break up and it only re-
quires good management to give the Re-
publican party victory in the Southern
States in the next election. The south
does not want free trade any more than
the north does. The south would have
been for protection long ago had it not
| been for the negro question"
In regard to the attitude of Western
Republicans toward Mr.. Reed as a candi-
date for Presidential honors, Mr.. Haines
said Mr. Reed is very popular with the
Western Republicans, who would no
| doubt be entirely satisfied with him as a
standard bearer of the party. Gin my
recent travels I have met with many
prominent Republicans who unhesitating-
| ly pronounce Mr.. Reed as the grandest
man on the continent. 1t is pity they
should hesitate in openly declaring them
| salues for him .,