Evening star., 1895-06-15
REED IN THE EAST
A Skirmish Ground for the Presi-
deney.
AFTER THE new ENGLAND DELEGATION
Factors That Will initiate Against
His Success.
GOV. M'KINLEY IN THE WAY
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
| BOSTON, Mass, June 13, 1895.
| There will be no more interesting presi-
| Dental battle ground on the republican
side than that of New England. and espe-
cially Mass lchusetts. What is more. the
| fight is now on in good earnest, and it will
be about the first real battle to be decided.
New England is one of the keystones in
| the Reed arch, and most of the Reed hopes
are built upon the solidity of this struc-
| ture.
Mr.. Reed wants the solid delegation from
the New England states, and he wants
them very badly. With Maine, New Hamp-
| shire, Vermont Connecticut, Rhode Island
! and Massachusetts in line behind him he
could knock at the doors of the republican
| convention next year with confidence and
| assurance. Without this support his knock
| ing will be far less effective. He realizes
| this to the full, and so do his opponents;
! hence the fight and its early start.
| 1t would naturally seem that Reed would
| have an easy time in securing the New
| England delegates. All New England is
proud of him as her representative. She
| will not allow that he belongs to Maine,
but claims that he represents all the Yam
ke4 states at once. He has powerful friends
| ard numerous over all the section. He is
known personally to the leaders of the
| party in city and town alike. For years he
| has stumped New England, and for weeks
at time has made speeches daily and
nightly in single state. Whenever there
seemed to be real danger of democratic
success the man from Maine was drafted
into service and always cheerfully obeyed.
AT the time that the Massachusetts, demo-
Gratis, under the leadership of Wm E. Rus
sell and the host of young men who had
left the republican ranks, were electing
hafv~ rr-ffh cfo LIMO rlo
Reed was the backbone of the republican
cause in the state.
Under the circumstances, Mr.. Reed is
justified in thinking that now Is the time
for New England to give practical illus
tration of its claim that he is its special
representative at Washington, and do 1t
by Its support Of him for the presidency.
His manag gers and friends have set it down
that the feeling Of local pride in him will
be sufficient to give him the delegates.
Perhaps it will. but it will only be after
hard fight. If the opponents of Mr.. Reed
can make a large hole in the New England
delegation, 1t will be a very effective vic
tory, and would, of course, diminish the
prestige Of the ex and coming Speaker.
Doubt In New Hampshire.
Maine will. of course, go for her big,
brainy son. New Hampshire is expected to
turn its head in the same way. although
there is more or less nervousness in the
Reed camp over the real present thoughts
Of Senator Chandler. The Senator said
short time ago that he Is for Reed. and
that naturally would settle the matter.
But there is a suspicion that he is also for
Chandler. which makes the complication.
There is no doubt that the New Hampshire
Senator has an ambition above his seat
in the Senate, and men who are close to
him say that his ears are listening to the
music that vice presidential bee is max
ing. If western man, say Allison, for
in CT he a fa6 n ant
by the republican convention an eastern
man. say Chandler, might be put upon the
ticket with him.
At present Chambers word is law up in
the granite state The prestige of practi-
cally unanimous reelection as Senator has
brought back to him supporters who had
gone astray during the period when he was
engaged in hitting the heads of friends,
foes and railroads alike, and his trans
formation from the party lion to the party
lamb was performed with so much spectac-
ular effect that the people of New Hamp-
shire are still rubbing their eyes and look
ing dazed.
Even the Gallinger element, who have
lived with knives drawn for years. so as to
be ready to slaughter Chandler at the first
opportunity, now have smiles of peace
upon their faces and olive branches in
their hands. The whole state Is ready to
help its senior Senator to further any am
bition that he has in his possession.
Uncertainty in Vermont.
Vermont would be all right for Reed
were it not for little bit of political his
tory. The people of the state are for Reed
and so are the party leaders, as far as can
be gathered from their expressions of opin-
ion. But the trouble is this: In the con-
vention that first nominated Harrison Red
field Proctor sat at the head of the Yer
mont delegates He had sized up the situ-
alton by the time the convention opened,
ha Of Va Shrou
had guessed right He decided that Harr-
son would be the nominee So, upon every
ballot he arose and announced that Ver-
mont cast its solid vote for Benjamin Har-
riSon. This steady, sturdy action was one
of the incidents of the convention and at
tracted a deal Of attention. Harrison was
nominated and Mr.. Proctor visited him at
hfs Indianapolis home soon after Mr..
Proctor was made Secretary of War by
the man for whom he had cast the votes
of his state and thus obtained his stepping
stone into the Senate.
The Vermont republican leaders were
greatly impressed by Mr.. Proctor's sue
cess. and ever since then have had a de-
sire to emulate it and him. In the last
national convention Congressman Powers
was the head of the delegation, and he was
credited with desire to do the same thing
that his predecessor had done so success
fully. But 1t was not to be, for before
Vermont was reached on the roll call Har-
rison had been renominated and Judge
Powers chance fof a master stroke was
gone. But the same ambition is still up
in Vermont. and this may make the policy
of the delegates different in that they will
consider their own interests ahead of those
of Mr.. Reed.
Connecticut Dependent on AIdrich.
Connecticut has also a weak spot in its
Reed armor, in that 1t is gradually becom-
ing less and less influenced by New Eng
land sentiment. The state is now regarded
as belonging more to New York than to
New England, and hence the feeling of
local pride will not be so strong there, and
there will need to be more work done to
bring 1t in line for the Maine candidate.
Rhode Island will do as Senator Aldrich
says. He Is master there now with undis-
puted sway and so recognized. He is
counted as a Reed man, albeit not a very
enthusiastic one, and the Reed men fear
that this enthusiasm will diminish rather
than Increase as convention time ap-
proaches.
Division in Massachusetts.