The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-04-08
STATESMEN'S PARADE.
Washington's Daily Procession
of Greatness.
SPEAKER REED Is IN THE VAN.
us used tn Have = Companion. but Now
He walks Alone Somewhat Oppressed
by Carkiug rhoughts - Promenade OF
Justices-

BY Carkfug Thorghu - fromenaos Oh
Justices
WASHINGTON. April 7.--[spccial. lin
those halmy days Of spring Pennsylvania
avenue Is becoming gay once more. Every
evening just before Q o'clock we have now
the statesmen's parade This procession
Of greatness has been 20 some extent inter
fered with by the winter, but IL Is now In
full blast again. IL Is q very interesting
show. At that hour the statesmen OF the
senate and house. tired OF their long after
noon OF doing nothing In the oyerheated
and not easily respirable air Of the capitol,
love to stretch their legs In n stroll down
the broad avenue that leads from the ma
tional statehouse TO the executive mansion.
Tom Reeds Change.
Conspicuous among the paraders every
day Is Speaker Reed. Generally he Is
alone. There was time when Mr. Reed
rarely walked down the avenue without
one or more jolly companions. In the old
days polliver of Iowa or Payne OF New
| York or Lodge of Massachusetts, generally
accompanied him, joking and laughing as
| they ambled along. Now the big speaker
| Is usually accompanied only by his
| thoughts. With his hands clasped behind
| his back, his eyes on the pavement and his
big body rolling gently from side to side
Mr.. Reed waddles along, observed by all,
but rarely seeing any one. IL Is a subject
OF much comment that the speaker has
changed since he became a candidate for
president.
No one can deny that this s.true, but II
would be unfair to say that the change
has been so marked rs TO spoil or pervert
one OF the most interesting characters we
hux kaA L. L.
Mr.. Reed. with all his strength and ability |
and courage, Is an exceedingly sensitive
man, and have reason TO know Is often
hurt to the quick by jokes concerning his |
presidential aspirations. Like most great |
men, he Is extremely self conscious, and /
do not doubt IL Is true that since the am Il
hilton to become president entered his
brain Mr.. Reed has not been able TO forget
IL for single instant. He doubtless finds
Ii an exceedingly uncomfortable thing TO
live with.
Mr.. Reed Is sometimes accompanied by |
Congressman Aldrich OF Illinois or Sem
ator Aldrich OF Rhode Island In his after
noon walks down the avenue, but he is
not as lively and jocular as he once was.
The big speaker appears TO have become
convinced the people OF the country re-
garded him as something Of joke and
that the only way in which he could con.
vince them Of his earnostness was by So
bering down and standing all the time on
his dignity.
stevenson's Popularity.
Vice President Stevenson Is also a fire.
luent participant In the statesman's pa
'ade. There Is no more popular man in |
Washington than the vice president. Every
'ne knows him and every one loves him. |
As he walks down the avenue he is met |
" friends at every turn, and 1t Is easy 20 see {
n their greeting OF him and his OF them |
hat the feeling is earnest and from the
leart. And yet, despite all this personal |
there is scarcely any talk OF
ieneral Stevenson for president Not that
le Is thought too small for the office-far
rom it-but the simple truth is the vice
presidency Is sinking lower and lower In
he estimation Of the politicians. 1t is an
'fice absolutely without influence or pow
II, and somehow 1t is the fashion to look
ipon its incumbent as beyond the possibil.
ty OF promotion. On every side one hears
! sheer at the Office, but not at the man |
Who now fills 10 with so much dignity and
race.
The yustices' Parade
Chief Justice Fuller and some OF the as.
ociate justices OF the supreme court walk |
own the avenue nearly every day. They
re nearly always in n group by them.
elves, not mixing freely with senators |
nd representatives. This Is due in part | ,
o the fact that the supreme court adj | :
ourns regularly Mt 4 o'clock in the after |
Don, while neither house Of congress usu
lily concludes its sitting till about 8.
therefore the Justices are the leaders OF Z
he procession. But there Is another rea. {
on for the clannshness of the supreme |
ourt justices. They have n sort of tradi | :
ION that the dignity OF the court requires !
hem to certain extent to set up n coterio
their own, and not TO mix freely with
Their people They do mix, Of course, but
My with some reserve. In their dinners
nd other social intercourse they form a
ique, or circle OF their own, and very n,
Intellectual and charming circle 1t Is 4
Justice Field Is never seen in these III
alks down the avenue. His health is I'd
filing fast now, and the famous old iu.
st, now so years OF age, is trying hard to
eep up strength enough to enable him to
ay on the bench ! 4 years longer which
i'll beat oil records for length OF service
ustice Field came upon the bench In 1853
IL Is about time the Macs were com.
~, said statesman who has the Scotch |
refx to his name during discussion OF n
ie presidential situation 1--WE have =
aited a long time and think we arc now
lily due. DO you know that with all the
acs there are In this country we have II
sver had one In the White HouseY We
ave never had one rs vice president, nor
speaker OF the house OF representatives,
Dr. rs chief justice Of the supreme court
wo Macs--a Mclean and n McKinley-I
I'VE been on the supreme bench as asso
ate justices, half dozen have been In | Co
Q cabinet at various times In the past.
ID OF course great many have been in m,
ngress. But VIC aspire to higher things IL
want the presidency Of the United If
atcs, just for n change"
Another peculiar fact in the political Z
story OF tho country is the absence of the wv
me OF Smith from the roll of great men. ""
iough perhaps the most common name ES
the country, we have never had Smith :.
president, or vice president, or In the ~
eaker's chair, or on the supreme court
nch. WALTER WELLMAN -
Sick stomach means sick man Tor u