St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-03-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Speaker Reed Sure to Succeed Him
self as Speaker.
Committee chalrmanships For Maine Mem
bers Candidates For Office Plenty 0s-
borne TO Succeed Collins.
Special to the CALIFORNIAN


with him must devote themselves to the
grave responsibilities of the trust which
Is now in their hands.
Mr.. Mckinley has already announced
in his inaugural address, that he will
call an extra session Of the Fifty-ffth
congress on March 10. IT is well under
stood that the one and practically only
purpose of that convention viii be Ia
enact Republican, protective tariff
bill Mr. Mckinley and leading Repub-
licans in Washington and throughout
the country, think that with the speedy
enactment Of protective tariff measure
times will rapidly and permanently i'm.
prove.
With the converting Of the extra ses-
sion on the date mentioned, Hon Thomas
B. Reed, representative from the state
Of Maine. and the present speaker Of the
house. will be reelected to that highly
responsible office, and in point Of in
fuence second to none in the country
excepting Of course, that Of president.
There has been some talk Of candidate
In opposition to Mr. Reed among the Re
publicans but II has been the mere idle
chatter Of those who have been disap-
pionted in some petty object, concerned
in which perhaps the man from Maine
may have indirectly been a factor. In
all probability the leading representa-
tive Of the Republican party in New
rns ANU anu us recent cai'uluate ior tiie
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iisoh pl'i' 'ne MINIS Dill the mckinley
uii anu '"e uSoh DIN are known
tHiousH tue idhu' w men the new tarlit Dill
eileiseS i'"iIl Governor Dlhgleys com
mlttee room II VIII thenceforth be known
@s the Hlns'ey plll' ana VIII go on the
statute DOORS II passed as the tariff law
Vi 'ne cou'lIy ioI many years TO come
AnotheI 'hlhg IN connection with the
cha iriliahShlp OF 'he committee on ways
anu uleaHs II that the gentleman ac-
corueu inns uls'lhs uisheu hohor is al
ways 'le ieaaer OF the majority side OF
the mousse mus II VIII be seen that Gov
erhor lHisley commands nigh power
ol influence IN washington He is re-
gatded as one oil the most conservative
PUBIC men ever sent TO the Capitol tC
represent Maine or any other state.