The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
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Is merchant. lawyer. Statesman y.
day laborer mechanic In tia -
all the same. The wise man 81
comfort he can out OF thar ~
has; the fool struggles vainiy ~
this philosophy when no lonSS ~
six years to the day when 4.
elected speaker OF the housS
sentatlves. That was
for Mr.. Reed. j, brought ~
the crowd to the platform. whefs N
could see him. 1t placed sss nv
In his hands. 1t gave him snss1
portunities; 1t laid the fCssa
career with the White Hoilse :. IN
and crown. The first question vSl
Reed had to decide was tha1 ss ~
ship on the floor of the house ~.
for the spcakershlp had been u.1]
of Ohio, Burrows of Michissn ~
of Illinois. and Henderson cf ~
was. generally. supposed one a. \,
OF these would be made chairmp :
| lieutenant in the house. But "a !.
was free to choose, not only ~
| four, but outside their clrcls
| William ID. Kelley was stu ailvs
| member of the ways and mean y.
| tee, OF which he had been chairmss
the republicans were last IN nor
exceedingly anxious to have iii Al
again. Men said L would be cfui
| speaker to turn the old man an,
it would humiliate him and ~,
heart. But the new speaker waS.i
suits, not "reminiscences he rA,.
new tariff bill, and strong 49,
tho floor. So he made McKinlss
man of ways and means.
Suppose he hadn't. Suppose \.
said: We'll. III give Mr.. Kelley i,
place, and the young men can N,
and help the old man out" supps
had decided TO give that chairmany
burrows or Cannon. With a sd
| Mr.. Reed looks back 10 that crltici
ment of his career and wishes som.
| bird had chirruped IN his ear r.
| the future. In that case the tars
of 1870 might have been known N I
| Kelley law or the Cannon bill. Hcy
tory might have been changed hi
stitution of names. hut the litN
! never chirpcd II never occurred h
! Reed, flushed With pride over his IN
| ship victory. that the nun he had
| and whom he now condescended n
| point his assistant in manageu,.I
! tho house was by virtue of thai .
| chance 10 outstrip him In the rasJ
| Reed had failed for the speaker,hsl
Mckinley had won II there nigh,
different story now Ia tell SO Phi0s
| Reed may add to his rules of LIE;
never knows when he Is IN luck o. 4
II. Sometimes we win when we I'D
| lose when we Win"
After the elections In 1870 pn
there We're not score Of men ID |
United States who believed william /
Kinley had political future. II. |
bearing his name had been unmH.
beaten at the polls The people I'LL
only rejected 1t, but they had thrvV
INTO the mud and trampled It, Thgj
| TINS passionately, sweepingiy.
kills Mckinley, said the observer
IS as dead as "a door nail in politin :
| too. because he was such pnn1
cnap. 50 well liked SO manly anil
true. But he has had to pay the ID
OF fanaticism. He was protection
and he has metaphorically and ltd
| lost his head-he has sacrificed Id
| thought. confess ! was among
who believed Mckinley had connl
| suicide by running as a Wild extrcmI
| the tariff at the very moment the
| serVative element of the country n
turning the other way. Reed thouGj
tariff law had borne the Ohioan's l
and not his. Now ne would give d
years OF his life If IL Were "SpelksI
kinl!ey" and the Reed tariff ail
Speaker Reeds programme duriutI
session of congress has ama.s
friends, In the first place, his ds1
ton of do-nothingism astonished all
had learned to look upon Reed =,
RECONCILIATION of legislative ac1
How to do business" which had W
MN so much fame, was changed u |
not 10 do business. In all Of "
programme there was nothing u l
which suggested the Red OF Old
very things the people admired hirI
during his first term as speak1
been conspicuously absent from
term. on the financial and tariff 4
tlons he adopted policy which w,sl
nlsh colorless, and did even this n
lnEiN because the pressure was 50 a
IRON president and people somethiNI
10 he done. But ii is as an economic
reed mas shone most consplcuou9I
= IN the role uf watchdog of the trsl
he, mas attracted most attention. W
IAN was there when the great REl
bold cavalier descended TO a feeM
'ai'on OF The only Holman
-
OF course there is discomfort 81 !
policy. Members of The house says
be all very well for Mr.. Reed 10
out programme that will give
| great reputation for economy ad
| .'erNatisiu. hat that This sort Of
| cutters no parsn!ps for them.
| they can get appropriations for hea
lrlpts' thcir districts may not wan!
another term, and therefore whal
lS MI Reeds reputation for H
going TO do them? Naturally the n
tent in the house over this policy o.
ing up one man by tearing down
| many men is showing itself on ny
" made Its appearance Friday. wh|
cannon and his appropriations con-
we're Knocked out, aud VIC are w
see 4 good deal more of 1t dufnG
inainder of the session.--Wa we
When anybody draws bead on the
ent administration. Senator Hill
knocks up the gun If he can reach
ne has been the most consistent, ar'
energetic defender and apologist tns
dent has had In either branch OF coesL
Notwithstanding this fact Senaia
has not been inside of the White
nut once since he has been In tne
ana that was TO accept an invhsu
dlne about year ago He also cop'
TO speak Of the president in the mo
teimptnous manner in private conss,
The other day some one asked him
reconciled his public defense OF sns
isuation with the private opn'
makes no attpmpf IN conceal