Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-25
ganize. Ther3 is nothing L love So
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Thumb-Nail Sketch of
Speaker Tom Reed
New York journal.

lery on locker can see much 10 interest
him in the Hous-. There's Tenn Reed.
SDe2ker-puTely aquatic is Reed.
There is The very essence Of the ocean
In him; his tones are Ike a breeze his
very gait when he walks puts one n
mind Of q grand swell, and more than
anything else, Reed locks like SEAL
or, perhaps, the seals big bro,hsr, the
W3lrus
Reed is not so fat as ne is big; he IS
full-chestsd and with a round back like
a porpoise; and these, with MS little
sealish eyes, the rolling walk, fi.pper-
like fashion Of carrying his hands
mak-s q wh0.e effect which IS oceanic.
There is the suggestion of activity
about Reed, TOO. which makes one very
sure that if any fish Of a White House
nomination were thrown into the tank
he'5 have ii before f had accomplished
on frightened circuit
All this ocean in Reed IS perfectly
becoming ana natural For Two cen
turtles and over his people, inhabiting
the CGsc1 Bay country. have been nSn-
ermel and ocean goers. They have
been whalers and cotfshermen and
merchantmen. One time ard another
Reed has searched every. inch Of coast
on he map. save where the Arc.ic ice
forbid e.
Reeds father w3s q sailor; az one
time q fisherman and again The captain
Of q coaster The salt winds hayz con-
-red much stamina and power on the
Reeds. and every sign would point TO
the present Speaker living 10 On adj
v1ncai 90. His father died al eighty
TIVE 7~7 his T0-her az eighty.
Reeds own family is made up of his
wife and daughter, Kitty, the latter
girl of perhaps twenty.
Mrs. Reed is the daughter Of Con-
eregatiOnal clergyman OF Portland. her
tastes are domestic. and she avoids the
r0ugh-a1d-umble Of Washington So
ciety. She is q woman Of wide culture
and education, and a great reader.
Withal. Mrs. Reed is q profound French
and German scholar and three or four
evenings @ week she has the big Speak
or before her like q sch0olboy, giving
him lessons in these languages.
Unlike many women to whom power
and position are as the breath Of their
n0strils. Mrs Reed cares but little for
the eXaltation Of her husband i'm poll
tics One day q newspaper worker out
% write an article ON Reed, asked the
Maine man If it would be possible to
get O. picture of Mrs Reed.
II don't know about that" said
Reed, closing one eye with an express
sion @ cross between a quiz and a
thought I've never, between You and
me. been able 10 get Mrs. Reed to moro
than tolerate my political career She
i'm no wise approves of it,, For which
reason she Will hesitate, and probably
refuse 20 let YOU print her picture.
Kitty, however. is quite a politician,
and. I believe indOrses me in my public
character. I think perhaps she'd Ike
10 see her picture i'm an article
One would suppose that when success
had beaten upon q man like a storm;
when he was holding the second great
est Office i'm the government. with re-
markedly fine chance Of holding the
first ne would have neither misgiyings
nor regrets AT having plunged into pub
lie affairs. And YET there are doubts
i'm Reeds mind if he did we'll in ever
holding an Office. In conversation with
in two months. Reed sold:
cts to be much questioned IF I were
at all wise i'm getting into politics. The
chances are if I'd attended solely 10
my law business I'd be comfortably off
end the master Of a good practice
Politics can hardly be said to pay any
body All THIS he uttered with a
thoughtful, half sad air; and it ex-
presses what he really feels.
and worth of career IN politics come
from the fact shat he's poor. Reed has
no money. That needn't daun- him.
however, in his path; no matter what
trail he might have taken, whether pub
lie or private, he'd not have had any
money. Reed was born with his hands
open and saves money Ike a seine saves
water.
When Rod relaXes he usually goes
fishing. He likes TO hunt and s a mar
vel with q rifle; but hes a bit heavy
for the hills. His vacations therefore.
are generally Of the rod and reel sort
Last summer he ish-d all the way from
the Atlantic % ne ST. Lawrence.
Tn temper Reed is combative; ne likes
House contests and The hot eagerness
and ardOr of sharp debates He makes
ep.grams. Reed does. generally very bit
ter ones, and i'm the catch-9s-catch-can
collisions Of The floor no one has been
found who can cope with him.
Once when Springer was talking the
II.roisan got of that rather worn and
Over-wcrkei phr3ss of Clay. I'D r3th-
er be right than be President" said
Springer, and then he paused and beam
cd on the House as one who'd said a
very coed and original thing.
"The gentleman ed take nc alarm"
inte~iec,ei Reed with his Down East
drawl. his valrus eyes glinti1g sar-
donic2lly. Nhe gentleman need take no
alarm; the gentleman Will never be
either"
When Reed makes what the press
gallery calls cone of his characteristic
s0eeches." the eff CT IS that Of a House
hail Storm Everything ON the oppo-
site side is beaten fs as q field of turn
.ns. New. while performing as Speaker.
ne makes TO speech S. He does. how
ever what is mere wonderful still-le
re7rs and re3Qs such 4 harvest of order
I'm the House as ore would not have sup
posed was possible to such a rugged,
contrary soil.
INGERSOLL ON PRAYER.