The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-06
Politically Speaking, Thomas
B. Reed Is Yet in the
Woods.
GENERAL MILES POPULARITY,
Society Circles of the Metropolis
Stirred by the Approaching VAN
derbiIt Wedding.


up as follows: Ex-senator Platt is striving
to make the best possible terms for him-
self and the Republican organization in
the composition of an anti-Tammany
ticket, but the movement for union has
gained Roadway in spite of the opposition
of Oswald Ottendorfer, and IN spite Of the
protest of several prominent Republican
machine leaders. Republican leaders have
suggested to the German Americans their
willingness to declare for referendum on
excise in New York City and TO State Dem.
ocrats and to Steckler Democrats their
willingness to grant two or even three
judicial candidates. These overtures have
been we'll received.
The Chamber of Commerce completed
Its committee of fifty, and will appoint
subcommittee at noon to-day.
The Republican nominating committee
met at P. NJ. to-day and received a COM
mittee from the Chamber OF Commerce to
discuss candidates. The State Democracy
appointed a con ference committee-one
from each Assembly district and fifteen at
large-including William R. Grace, Oswald
Ottendorfer. Wheeler II. Peckham, Peter
D. Olney, William b. Hornblower and Bob
ert Grier Monroe. The Good Government
clubs met and adjourned till Tuesday with
out completing their ticket. The executive
committee named committee to confer
on a union ticket.
1t looked bright for Democratic harmony
in Kings County at o'clock thi. morning.
After a day of comforting and caucusing
the Democrats had agreed to accept J.
Warren Greene and John A. Taylor, both
Shepardites, for Mayor and Justice of the
Supreme Court respectively. The only
condition was that to the regulars must be
given the nominee for District Attorney.
They presented Frank B. Hurd Jr for this
place.
A prominent daily says: Politically
speaking, Thomas Bracket Reed is still in
the woods, but not so far away as to be
beyond Geographic and mail communica-
ton with the political centers. Just at
present Mr.. Reeds strength is growing to
proportions alarming to his opponents,
and although he is in the woods he knows
it. The managers of his campaign are
Joseph H. Manley Zone of the Republican
National Committees big FOUR, Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, w. Murray Crane
National Committeeman from Massa-
chusetts) and James Phillips Jr. of Fitch
burg. The result of their labor is most
apparent in Pennsylvania, which has
swung from Mckinley into the Reed
column.
Thomas G. Plat and Manley have long
had an understanding that New York's
second choice should be Reed, and as con-
ditions are at present ex-Speaker Reed will
probably go into the National Convention
assured OF the support OF Pennsylvania,
and of New York after Morton's chances
are gone. While the Reed men contend
that they are making inroads into Nc
Kinley's following in the South they will
not make any estimates of strength, be-
cause they know that Reed has got to
placate and harmonic the Republican
factions in the Fifty-fourth Congress be-
fore he can safely lay claim to any actual
strength outside of New England.
Maior-General Nelson a. Miles, the new
commander of the United States army, is
decidedly the reigning celebrity of the day.
Whatever may have been the motive actu-
ating the appointment of so steadfast
Republican by a Democratic President, the
appointment itself is universally popular.
One reason why it is so is that General
Miles is not West Pointer. Deep down
in the popular heart there is and always
has been curious and irrational jealousy
and mistrust OF West Point. The root of
it is perhaps away down in the subsoil OF
American freedom, and is traceable to the
ancient prejudice against standing army.
The popular preference for the citizen
soldier as distinguished from the profess
sional soldier is gratified by the promotion
Of nal ~
unteers OF 1861. 1t is the first recognition
of the kind that has been extended to any
of the great volunteer commanders who
served in the mighty conflict that kept the
Union intact.
Colonel Albert A. Pope, in a speech in
PRODUCING General Miles as the orator of
Memorial day in Boston last May, gave an
interesting recital of his remarkable prog
ress from the position of clerk in a Boston
crockery-store in 1861 to the highest mill
tary rank in the country, and told the fol-
lowing anecdote of him:
at was st Charlottesville that General
Hancock commanding the Second Corps,
saw small regiment holding In check a
brigade of the enemy. Turning to staff
officer he inquired who was in command.
Learning that it was the colonel of the
Sixty-first New York he said, Ride down
there and tell him he is worth his weight
in gold Such compliment from the
maior-general to the young colonel was an
additional incentive to make him fight on
until the task on hand was accomplished.
Wounded three times he was being
borne on stretcher to the rear when Gen.
eral Couch, the senior corps commander of
the Army of the Potomac, who had
watched his brilliant fight, looked down
for a moment on his pale face, and then.
turning, said to a junior major-general: IF
that young man lives predict that you and
l will serve under him. The remark was
objected to, but his prophecy came true"
Mrs. Ballington Booth lectured on
"The New Woman in the Congregational
church at Montclair, N. j.. last night.
THE new woman in the newspapers
and OF the stage does not amount to any
thing" declared Mrs. Booth. "The new
woman is mockery. The true woman is
one that stands by the side of man. The
present new woman is too mannish. Ten
derness is unknown to her. She does not
love children, and she does not go out to
bless and helm others She epaoE x el,,b,