The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-14
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Maine Leaders and Prominent Ecpuhl.c
| ans Played fer lvcns
| st. Louis June Is. rho Republic says
| that rcm Reed OF Maine was deliberately
knitted by Maine men. Bloinos old rou-
ieuanis having paid on the dead s'a,'S-
nuns score with the man VINO would not
kn,sl To him
! New England can TO longer taunt ohio.
! Haze and frye AMI lmwlry Aldrich,
| Proctor and Cnaniior 10 more shnl poiut
TIE singer OF scori at Foraker and Gar
ned and Foster says 'pc krpub.c. The
irNdrliiy Of Ohio politicians must here
after he u forbidden subject for jorular
converse with thu cold ana stein YANKEES.
lteed has been mufooucd, h'trtNri. NOR
tuned. humiliaiel. degraded. flc greatest
republican OF his tlmo has been riahh.d
bY his alleged friends, liilt one New eng
land politician stands out consp'cuqusiy
Tor fidelity and deVrt ion - bis p.ghiet
tfoth. ana his name is Henry Cabot
Lodge
Fanv year oiro 81 was asserted in
WsshirgtcN pstRA' ehes 20 Ihe Republic
Than ihe New England leaders We're NOS
LOYAL 10 Reed. wtn the solitary exemption
OF senator Lodge. Doubt was cvoE cust
On the sincerity Of Joseph H. Mnnlcy.
who. as an old political student and
henchmnn OF Blaine. never buricnrd him
self with regard and vcneraiion for
linino's towering riva. in his own Staie.
Reed might not be the rholoe for pr"si-
dent OF the republican National couven-
iiou. even II tho best efforts OF lla al
ler'.l friends were eNertcd m h.s pehalf.
hut cer'ailN II thlrr . whom h' iutipaird
honest Ia their cNerlions. eager n the
CAUSE, he NV Eng rnnd lptC would
rot cu' the pitinble figurc heforo b pnrty
aud his country that M. Reed. hy force
oi ".roums nnces. stands ili now
u Is a long story Involving rigalrlrs,
ambitions aud political power
With ability caunl 10 Hlain''S at his best
and FIR superior intellectually nad otal-
I'D IL y al
peeftd "a he tranFf arrod to he -enn q.
Rcd Gould nos see WHY Eus"e ilslo
should h. q sem or VIM he was mefe y
a reprcs'niaiiye ~ a district ~ what T.
iinifs habits and manners are NOT ~ IN.
best. ANA his morals have often be
spoken in his dislike Of both Hal" AMI
Frye The senators from hi STATE. 70
to either Of ne Maine soaa;or-. 1'aeg
made speeches from the same llatform.
without any personal rcr9eni.i-n
II was Ne custom 81 'hc Maine ROTH
cinns 10 subordinate themselves ep'iieiy
to Bian" % nnttcr the great man. ~ in-
sisi that Blaine was an orlcle IN pnllic
and saint n r,ivatf, heol nty,.r sub
hos Of his own. aud has had ~ for a mum
pr pf Years. Linz, ego mhny Others Of
Elaine was altogether pure nud un'arn-
lshed statesman. Iio had read IN" Mail
ligan letters. and did rot apnrovo OF them
ne iidl carry rpnrlhIcU TO go II alone
as an indepfuden. factor in roiiiics. aud
not as "A nero yassal. q cheerful subor-
dlnaic Of James q, Blaine.
Thil ~ conrse aneered blaine. and al
selves 10 driest Reed. and cpnfnc his H.
nnenre T. a narrow corner Of bis state.
wears ago, and they. did not exchange
N. ..l'p !izeu ,atfs Ore
Ble'no,s death, The power Of Hale ! rye
a an, Manlcy IN Maine politics was ~
nNFt-fI shr..
have never permitted Rood 10 exercise di-
ret control in pnrcly Maine politics.
Nine or ten years ago Reed came With
in go vote Of being 4, featad for congress
IN his district. This cpcuei lia ewes 70
his danger. and hc paii soma. attention tn
having h,s own coner,.ssl nal district or
ganized i-inder@nienily Of the Siais
machine. Since then he has been watch
fil and defian, OF his ouenles NJ home
When he became a candidate for pres-
dent. The Maine politicians made PR.
tense Of supporting him. IT was only
pretcrsA. however. and never anything
more When The present house Of rcpre-
'he New York boss. went T. Washington
and asked Reed 10 appoint Serene r.
Payne, a representative from New York
chairman of the committee on ways and
means. Reed without hesitation, Declined
to do so and gave no rfs,sons. Mr. Plat
commnned with himself ."ff.' thought he.
TO appoint the Chairman OF the ways and
means at my request when he Is a csnd!-
date for president. and six m7n,hs before
the National convention, what would he
gay To u request Of mine, a month after
he Is inauuurated president OF the United
s,atesy' Profound thought. shrewd ros-
sonsng Mr. Plat went back 10 New York
and organized his Morton boom. New
York State would not east us vote IN tho /,
National convention for any arrogant, relf- |
willcd, independent man Ike Speaker |
Reed
Matthew Stanley Quay conceived great |
scheme Of public plundcr. He wanted $780, |
or GN1 expended In ten years, al the rs'n |
~ san fGO f.n voar. in what he called |
public improvements" lie wanted Il, |
pribron the States ~ Pennsylvania and |
New Jersey with canals. He wanted locks |
and dams innumerablc built on the head |
waters Of the Ohio. Quay in fine wanted |
to nrovlde employment for an army ~ q |
couple ~ hundred thousand renubllcans. |
He laid his sch-rne before Candidate Reed
who was a'so the srcsker ~ the h3ise ~
representatives. ard without marley Or dali
iance Reed said that 4 was absurd and |
could not be contemplated
HThis 10 not tfsr man for presidsnt."
thought ar. Quay 10 himself I'VE mutt /