The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-19
10 RETIRE BOSS REED.
Republican lmperlaIlsts Want to Shelve
the Big Arbitrary Speaker.
HEPBURN OF IOWA NAMED FOR THE PLACE
western RcpubIicnns tsiscd 10 sup
port the Iovvnn because the West !
ImI0rscd Mctxinlcy's Policies.
Especial Dispatch 10 The posi.l

Washington November 1S.-Jhe anueXa-
tionists appear 20 be in earnest in their
endeavor to retire Tom Reed from the
speakershTp. Several times recently ru-
snors have been start d that Reed woull not
be permitted to hold d position where he
would be a check TO the administration
policy OF imperialism. 1t Is said now that
the opposition TO Reed has been crystali2ed
and that Western man--Hepbuin Of Iowa
has been mentioned be given the
speakership in the Fifty sixth congress.
Reeds hostility to Imperialism Is the
ground upon which his defeat is sought;
the people who want to Dust Re d call il
progress commercial expans on" ana
other pet names, but imperialism Is its
real cognomen. II would appear that the
administration is behind these endeayors
t. arouse hostility to the speaker. for Mr..
Reed may do serious damage TO the co.-nl-
cation plans of Mckinley: the Western
members are being "tafhed" most e,e-
Eantly. they are told that Reeds presence
in the chair, holding the views which he
is known to hold. will be projudicial 10
the interests Of the Western States and
may seriously interfere with contemplated
legislation hnarlng upon the government
OF those colonies, particularly the Hawaiian
and Philippine Islands; they are told that
tie East did not support he administration
in the last election. and hence that It Is
no; in sympathy with the movement loUk-
ing to the expansion o this country's DO
maius. The Westerncrs, on the other
hund. are given to understand taat they
saved the party from defeat, ior VITA ut
tbs influx of new material tie house
would have passed into the hands OF tHe
Aomocrats. The WeSI, 1t Is alleged gall
lantiy upheld the administration and placed
itseli en- record as indorslng everything
Nc Kinley has done ani IVES about to no.
For these reasons. it is alleget by thee
champions of the Western interests, 1t IL
but meet and proper that a Western man
should be honored with a eeat in the
speakers chair.
Hepburn, who is the latest man brOuglt
forward TO defeat Reed with Is the CHAIR
man OF the committee on interstate enl
foreign commdrce, and is one OF the most
Influential members OF the house on the
republican side. Win Hepburn In tae
char, the friends OF annexation would Le
certain 10 be we'll represented on she va
rsous committees having these matters ia
charge, and would not be handicapped by an
lFnsyinft1t'hetlc speaker. as they are sure
20 be IL Mr.. Reed is on the throne.
Tint autocrat!c body, the committee On
rules, would have terrors for them. and
would not be the inilexible, lmmoyable leg
islaltiye obstacle that it now is under
Reeds rule.
Such rs, at all events, the refrain OF thY
tune which the opponents Of Speaker
Reed are now singing in their attempt TO
excite hostility TO his candidacy for speaker
of the next house. Whether the recalct-
irants viii be able TO maintain tbs bod
front when ihey come face 30 face with the
c7ar remains TO be seen. Past experience
teaches that when preseated TO the test
they could never keep their courage up 10
the sticking point.