The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-19
REED CANNOT HELP IT.
The Speaker Must Say Smart
Things.
FOR, ALAS, HEwAS BORN THAT WAY

WASHINGTON. March Is = Special. l.
Thomas b. Reed is again speaker of the
house of representatives. AS predicted
some time ago in these dispatches he was
renominated by the Republicans by accla
nation and without dissenting voice.
This triumphant reelection makes Mr..
Reed easily the second man Of the Repub-
lican party. lie is next TO President Nc
Kinley in power and influence. Republic
ans everywhere will be glad to learn that
so far the two chief men of their party, the
men who have most to do with the making
of the record upon which the party is to be
judged in the future, are in perfect accord
so far as the tariff and other leading poll
cies are concerned One of the first things
President Mckinley did after taking his
chair at the White House was to hold
pleasant and satisfactory interview with
Mr. Reed The speaker of the house was
assured that the new president had no 9TH
er thought, and never had any other, than
that Mr.. Reed was to be elected by the
unanimous voice of the Republican mem. |
bers. The ice once broken, the two big |
men got on very well together. They dis |
cussed the tariff and the financial commits
sion bill, and when they parted twas with |
a thorough understanding rs to the work
| in hand.
Smart, but Faithful.
OF course 1t Is true, as every one here In
| Washington knows, that Mr.. Reed does not
love Mr. Mckinley very much. The two
men never bothered themselves about SEN
timent. They never were chums or cronies
| in any sense But they have never quar-
relied, and there is every reason to believe
| their present pleasant relations will con-
tinue. Mr.. Reed loves to say smart things
about every one he knows. Mr.. Mckinley
!. l.ct so sacred, even as president, that he
ALWAYS escapes the speakers wit. But MIR.
Reed was born that way. He cannot help
it, He has always talked in similar
strain about Republican presidents, and
the Democratic president, and every one
else. He doesn't mean anything by 1t. AS
one of Mr.. Reeds most intimate friends
explained to me: "Tom cannot change MS
nature with every change OF adminlstra-
ton. He is not that kind of man. But
he Is sincerely devoted to the success OF the
Republican party. He wants TO make u
record which will re-elect Repuhilcan
congress two years hence. he has just as
much at stake in the political future as
|
because If the Democrats get control OF the
next house Mr.. Reed will be retired to the
floor Therefore you need look for nothing
else than the most cordial cooperation OF
the speaker with every plan of the admin
istration for building up the party
, MIR. Reed has now been three times elect
, ! on sneaker of the house. He is the elgntn
man in the history of our government TO
eniov the honor of third election. Ma
thaniel Macon was the speaker of the sew
entb. Eighth and Ninth congresses. Henry
: CLAY was speaker of the Twelfth, Ihir'
} teentb. Fourteenth, Fifteenth, sixteenth
8 and Eighteenth congresses HIS SIX eiec
tions TO that high Office constitute the rec
ord and II is one which is not likely to be
broken for many years TO come, IL eNer
Andrew Stevenson was speaker oi I'll.
twentieth. Twenty first, Twenty SECOND
:, and Twenty third congresses. A1ter Jaine'
s x Polk had been elected twice to INT
sneakership, 1885 to 1889, single terms
@ were the rule for quarter OF a century
. with the single exception of Linn Boyd o
= Kentucky, who secured two terms. ochuy |
or Colfax of Indiana was the neAo u
- Gain three elections, serving In the ihiry
eighth, Thirty-ninth and Fortieth con
crosses Following him was James
e Blaine. with three terms, ana h1'ie ia'e
Samuel ]. Randall, with three Terms
John G. Carlisle was speaker OF the rory
eighth, Forty ninth and Fiftieth congress
10 es. Mr. Reed closes the iist 10 oa'o'
GaIusha A. Crows Record.
n With this reelection of Mr.. Reed we DC
o;n the one hundred and tenth year OF COT
;, gross. In that time there have been
sneakers of the house. Mr.. Keed was III
D. thirty first and the late Judge Crisp III
i thirty second Only four men In the III
tory of the congress have been rechosen
the speakers chair after once steppin
down from it. Il. "A. Muhlenburg oil aeni
s,,,voria was sneaker Of the First and Ihif
lis congresses. Mr.. Clay's extraordinary re
oud bas already been mentioned John '
n. mo,ior of New York twice followed Nj
en- CLAW in the chair, and now comes NJ
80 pord twice elected after an interregnu
Of fonr vears. during which the Democra
VI ,,,oro i'm minority i'm the house Oh all u
hg ,re.t men who have occupied the speaker
ng ohair only one ever reached the presidenc
Iomes X Polk. Only three ex -speake
At "ro now liying-Galusha "A Grow Jof
ab w Keifer and John g. Carlisle Inc III
al named. who was speaker 80 years ago
ms still n member of the house
Mention of the olden times REMINDS
~, of a little gossip heard the other gay GO
ne corning the great Daniel Webster SC
nd otor having referred to Webster as
7as greatest orator the American people e.
int inew. another senator took issue WI
nd, him and said Webster was not an orator
ith an The first namcd senator, who was
enthusiastic admirer of the great ~
,,;s Enalander, grew indignant at this ana
iii' clored the other man did not know W.
CO. he was talking about. The result OF
is discussion was that the matter was reis :, q
uts RI Uncle Isaac Bassett, the veneraple oo'
md Leener of the senate. who had been W.
ght nointed page in the senate at MI ",
so ster's instance, and who not only loved
great Daniel very much, but had ks
900 secollection of him. The senator VINO
$40 attended wcbster's fame as an orator ~,
ne suite content to leave the verdict 10 oh
ody passett. as he we'll knew the affection wn
he thc old man still bore his former patr'
lily Put To- the senator's surprise Uncle BASS
ana mid M. cons,de,
- orator He was not an orator as