Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02

| mnhnE money In New YORK. II was for
financial reasons that Tom Reed gave
vi the fpcakerrhlp and went back to
law. lie viii probably make a fortune.
lie II thrifty ana he has the Yankee
ability to bargain. He viii get single
Tees much larger than his HpcakcrHhip
salary, and he could make big Income
from his literary work IL ho cared to do
20. Tom Reed Is u master " English.
lie writes rapidly and always writes
well. lie can turn out four or fivc thou
! sand words Ia an evening and when his
manuscript Is finished II Is ready FOR
the printer. lie dii some writing while
u" was speaker, and his income has Tor
years boon Increased BY his literary re-
ceipu. lie has not attempted iccturinR.
| although he has Received many offers TO
go on the platform. For on. lecture
which he gave In boston he was paid
@l,VJ0 and this same lecture he has re-
peated q number of times at soy per
night. He has written great many
magazine articles. and his work OF this
nature u 70 popular that he can COM
| mnnd his own prices.
| lie VIII probably write a book some
day giving his remlnlscencoA OF public
men and his times. II 50. !, Will have
a large scale. II Will certainly be well
written. Mr.. Reed Ii "A coliegc-brcd
| man and has no end OF Latin and
| Greek quotations .. his command He
In also n French scholar. his chief
amusement being the reading OF raahy
French novels In the original. but he
never let's his French. Greek or Latin
| rct into his speeches and considers
plain everyday English the best mcdi-
ufn OF thought communication. Tom
Reed has generally been considered a
lazy man. This IN a mistake. He has
always been a hard worker and
hard student lie mastered tho
French language after he was forty
His range OF historical reading il very
wide, but he II thoroughly abreast OF
the literature Of today.
speaking pf Reed as "a lawyer recalls
a story ! once heard as to his ndmis-
sion to the bar. lie was brought up.
you know. for minister. Ills father
was a New England sailor. and he
wanted to have one preacher In tho
family. Tom was selected to be that
one lie was sent to the high school,
ana finally by means Of some assistance
from the church was admitted to col
lcgc to study for the ministry. IA
he went on with his studies he found
that preaching was not his mission
lie went to the church people and told
them that he could not 40 ON with his
course at school upon the existing I'M
Outstanding, but that he would pay
hack the money which they had given
him as soon as he could. lie at once
went TO work, ana by teaching and
doing odd Jobs was able to keep him
self at school and at the same time to
pay his debts.
The moment he gave up the idea Of
being u preacher he decided 90 make
, the law his life profession. He bought
some law books and crnmmed Black.
stone while he was tending school. AZ
ter time he had saved enough to take
him to California and he decided to 40
there TO make his fortune. As soon as
he arrived IN the state he applied for
admission 10 the bar. The examination
was at Stockton. and the Judge who
put him through his questions was a
wcll-known lawyer named Wallace.
who aftcrwar1 became chief Justice Of
the State. Tom Reed. In relating the
story. says that his examination con-
alicd OF only two questions. The first
was az TO whether he had studied law,
Young Reed replied that he had, The
second question followed. II was:
us the LEGAL tender act oonstl,u-
tlonal?'
Yes. sir; 1t undoubtedly Is" was the
reply,
THAT is all right" said Judge wal
lace. You may consider yourself ad-
mitted TO the bar, Anybody who can
answer ofihandcd great question like
that. upon which ~ many mighty
minds are divided. ought to be able to
practice In any country"
Tom Reeds practice was not sue
tthhIul IN ~ any rue ne
soon returned TO Portland, and IN 1864
became a paymaster In the United
States navy, lie held this position
about u year and then opened law
office In Portland. lie soon acquired
n large practice, was elected To the
legislature. then to Congress, then
Speaker, and now he n back 10 the law
again In New York.
The election OF Henderson win be n
cut and dried nffalr. There viii be no
opposition to speak OF. and he VIII be
chosen unanimously. l met man last
night who was one OF the candidates In
what was perhaps the greatest speak
ership contest of-our history. This was
Senator John Sherman. | called upon
him at hts house. on franklin square
and had a chat with him about tho
days Of 1859. when Congress ball0ted
from the 9th OF December until the last
OF January for speaker. There were
thirty-ninc ballots. and John sherman.
then n young Representative of thirty
three. was throughout the whole the
leading candidnte, lie came at one
time Within three votes OF being elected,
and an the thlrty-nlnth ballot. seeing
there was danger OF the Republicans
falling To get the speakership, he throw
his vote to william Pennington. OF New
Jersey. who was thereuDon chosen
speaker The contest was a most eN-
citing one. Both North aud South were
excited over the hanging OF John
brown. and party rotations were
stretched TO their utmost. a book by
Hinton ". Helper. entitled "The I'm
pending Crisis" antagonlatic To slavery.
had been published and II was charged
that sherman had recommended the
use OF the book as campaign docu-
ment. The truth was he had never seen
tho book, and merely recommended II
on the statement that certain obJec-
tlonablc things alleged to be In Il should
be cut out before publication.
During the contest violent speeches
were made. Shermnn's friends stuck
To him throughout the whole, and
Thnddeua Stevens said he would never
change his vote until the crack OF
doom. When nj last having chnngud
II, he was asked how he could break
such promise, he replied
"Well, the truth II. really thought
I heard IL cracking
II was about this time that Sherman
came near having duel with Wright
M 10 some remarks made By the lat
ter In debate. Wright was member
OF Congress from Kentucky, In n
speech upon the floor he said something
which was very offensive to Sherman
and Mr.. Sherman thcreun0n took up
q box Of waters and threw them In
Wrights face. Wright was u fire.
eater, and sherman thought he would
certainly challenge him or attack him,
lie put q pistol In his ovorcoat pocket