The Anaconda standard., 1896-02-02

night when he needs rest, and easily
cancel the debt he owes TO nature for
a straight "a hours Of labor or Tor any
other unnatural strain.
Only once at this session Of congress
has the speaker robbed himself Of sleep
without making up for II later. Ihat
was when he was making up his COM
mlttees. lie was at work then night
and day. late and early The story OF
the way the committee places were dis
tributed he's not yet been told | am
going to tell IL here. 1t Is an illustra-
tion OF the method Mr. Reed pursues In
disposng of the business before him.
That he is a man Of method is made
evident by the tale that is told of his
school-teachinE days. when II is said
he kept boy in after school ON th"
last day of the session because he dId
not know his lessons. His m"thodical-
ness is still better shown in his work
as speaker OF the house.
IN the first place. il must hc stated
that il is not true, as reported. that
Mr.. Reed had much Of the work of dis
tributing committee places mapped out
before he came here. lie was resting
this summer and he gave little thought
to committee selections. lie probably
| fixed in his mind the chairmen OF the
| principal committees - Dingley for
| ways and means, Hit for foreign af-
U . \
| the rank and file he had not considered
at all on his way to Washington. Mr..
/ Allen procured some large sheets Of
/ cardboard from "A Massachusetts man
ufacturer. on these he pasted the
names of the members Of the house,
arranged alphabetically from tho print
/ ed list prepared by the clerk. Mr..
/ Reed had received great many re-
/ quests from members that they hc ap-
pointed on particular committees.
There were 80 requests for member
ship on the rivers and harbors COM
/ mittce-for some Of the committees
/ there were no requests at all. He had
| received also from many quarters en-
| dOrsements of certain men for certain
| committee places. There We're re-
| quests too from state delegations All
| these requests and recommendations
| were entered in "A book In which the
| names of members were arranged al
| phabetically There was also an alpha
betical list Of committees with spaces
| to enter the names of members.
Mr.. Reed took thu list Of members
names and studied II carefully. IL
weighed the availability of each man
| for the position for which he was sug
| gested. or, IL no suggestion had been
! made. he considered for what commit
! tee work he was best equipped II he
! was not sure about member he sent
/
| for some one else and got an estimate
Of the man from him.
! When he has determined that man
| was fitted for work on particular
! committee and had weighed Dis claim.
| IN the balance with those Of others. il
! ho decided to giN" him a certain r'Hr'
he entered the name of tho oHwv.ft".
iu the alrhahctioslly-drr book
| Then under the members name ur tl'
lig card his secretary wrote "ad UF
| Judiciary or whatever his gumw.tfH
place was To be. often one - tn. -
entries was erased because It ua
| found necessary % make aijustuar.
so as u divide th" committee places "a
evenly as possible. and particularly H.
10 put any democrat on SO many com
mittees that he wHrl3 bc aEarwurH j
So there Was constant shifting, au.
the man whose hearts I.siT. wiEl
have been realized under t'H plan %
one day was scheduled for Hfffer dis
appointment on the nest All This wnrI
Mt Reed did with auly clerical assist
anc" from his secretary and from Poi
etano-rarher u Eart him Very bu
for two or thre" weeks. and 2 cost h.u
q great deal Of that sleep d. yalu = s.
highly. lie s.,mr L. HAY. rarHE.rt|
his losses sine. FOR d. .s now l1 fh
pink ~ condition. II. can sit up ia
/ or . o'clock any night. writing sS~tys
and never feel the "VrrtiHu.
The most significant piece II ltsrar
work Nr Reed has done for ~uw- fiw
IS an Introduction 10 the works 80 Hon
/ ~ clay. which is IL be- brought ugr b
the near future. Nr Red 4= a "r.l
admirrr u CLAY. and h. devoted
great deal Of time - protecting b.
Z knowledge OF that eminent America
before h. undertook o. write this iu
PRODUCTION oddly enough Hu- q N.
5 Reeds competitors for the r-rIul t
nomination for the rrs-.i .r..-.. 81
j I Governor Mckiuley iS writing tu
/ ..tail-piece" for this puuir-fI Hv.
3 The fact is. AR Reed enjoys fH. H .'
b hours which hr spends .u bis srHfF u
, with his family much wH~a rnan h
does the hours which he d-yptes q