Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-26
Admired by Those Who Like Mel
Their His Policies or Politics.
BITING WIT AND SARCASM.


OF NN"N NNNHNNNH|H AMA'N INV NAHA'
drnu uz. Harrison. Cleveland and
mckinley. We dld not like Genera
Harrison. II was h. who dubbed SIR
IiiHisan "tho ice.waron." Reed had
no ia,ofs 10 ask u President Glove
lad Thls may be- the reason why h.
M him better than his successor
Cleveland sccmn 10 have rcclprocatcd
ths friendly feeling. ~ any rate
h. admired Heed. nud In 1906. some
tiao before the H. Louis convention.
sad b. dil not zee why the Republicans
az not nominate Reed Tor the pfcsi-
d,afy u.s. no was the greatest mcfn.
btf u The Republican party"
NJ Reed war q clear and fofciblc
nrsakef n fhtfp and ready dcbater. q
pefilamfuiarian uncNceiled. and "A man
wi1sg tremendous force ~ character
dominated the House. lie was head
arr shoulder. above any of his cot
leagues. iiis very mgners u brain
couitiled admiration, even among
HI autncfntic policies. In his set
aptteher he was like heavy artillery
N running debate he was sharp
shelter. invariably bringing down At
ionrrsi range those who eanayed TO
opross his path. lie was sarcastic to
a ifEfec and spared neither friend nor
Ne Reeds physical appearance was
not graceful, lie was unEnlnly. A
fnnn n huge proportions, with broad.
fni face. small. mean looking eyes. he
wts q dfoli looking Statesman. Like
ShikfspeAfc'r great humorous crea-
~. A4NaH Ns. Al
bui vas the cause Of wit In other men.
Win Mf. Reed walked he rolled from
40 n side like n lubberiy Hchooi-boy.
liut BIZ dfoli APPEARANCE and drawing
npse,h made his wit and humor all
tn more ei'reilve.
w. spfihscf ~ Illinois used 10 IT.
ritale The ~ sakcr by continually jump.
inr ~ Win d point Of order or pariia-
insntafy inquiry. one day while on
tn floor. during committee of tho
whole h. rrtortcd In answer 10 some
statement u sprinKcra. "rhc gentle
mar FROM Illinois never opens his
mouth but he Hubtracts from the sum
total n human knowledge" This OK
ciioi great merrimcnt. whercnt Mr..
Springer anTrily shouted. "Mr chair
mar, ! would rather be right than be
The gentleman from Illinois"
dnvled Mr.. Reed, twill never BE-
eiihsf." tOreat iauRhtsr)
rui fourteen States have been hon.
ORE with the spcakerrhip; Kentucky,
VhElnia and Massachusetts, have had
-four Speakers each, and Indiana three.
Thffe have been thlrty.two Speakers.
thu most eminent 81 whom We're from
kfniufky, fennaylvnnin and Maine,
Via glay, Carlisle. Randall. Iiiaine and
Red James X. Polk was the only
SPEAKER who ever became Prcaldent OF
tbs United states.
u 4 quite likely that the contest for
Npsaker viii develop Into n STRUGGLE
between the East and West. In the
fify.slHth Congress the Republicans
ha,s very few Southern representa-
tiv's, and Of the $50 men who viii 20
Into the caucus. ~ will belong 60 the
tw.lte states east Of the AiieRhaniea
hna y 70 the nine midwest Htatca 81
Ohla Indiana, llllnoiA. Iowa. Michigan.
Mithenota. Wircunriu. Kansas aud
Mfsoufl That leaves thirty-four
vo,es from the extreme West and South
combined.
En'se,rciary o. State John Sherman
whdse obituary notices wcro widely
Published several weeks aFo, Ia appar-
entity In splendid health for man of
his axe lie was q visitor az the white
Hour this morning To pay his respects
20 President Mckinley and talk over
the political situation In the buckeye
State
A. result ~ recent Developments u
political authority has this @ say con-
rcriiing ltlrhard Croker;
~ leader of the Democratic party
In New York state. OF of the nation. he
VIII cut sorry fTure after this.
POLITICALLY the so dinner was "a failure.
and the disclosures wrung from him
by lhlulsltur Mosa have put tho finish
ne stroke 70 his pretension-, Ten days
ago Richard Croker was atiil - myth,
famons for hla reticence nnd credited
viii superior rhrvwdncaH. great pollti-
'al ngacliy aud remarkable self.con-
Ifol today he stands as u man of low
'unnlng, rather than Intellect. and u
an llnfmliy " temper which IN the re-
ferfe " -vif-cOntrol. ON the witness
itnti Mr Croker II commonplace and
,alhllly llllternte for a great man. II
nufl be something Of shock 20 tho
ner hnnts, lawyers and physicians who
AK pride IN belonging 10 the Tam
nan examination, but do not know
Iuehafi Croker, 70 leirn that he says
YOU done good" ard ~ seen him" IL
. imlosslh'e Tor man who tramploa
>" iilmlly on the grammar primer 20
~ political idol. The enemies of
ran many iu the nation will point with
iefislon at % leader whose vocabulary
= ~ strater nor better than that of "a
'oaiheav,r rammcny has always been
lat.l and txecuted outside ~ New
Iorl state, ana tho exhibition lsirhArd
'roirf has made " himself on the Wit
icrs finnl VIII lee hailed with rxulth-
Ion ~ iha Democrats ~ New England.
he Mcsl and the South. up the
stat, ihe organization IL none too
,opNAf, ana now that the prestige ~
ainnah> has been dimmcd by Richard
,eih.cfais' As they are called on Four
eenlh sIrcel. will sharpen their hatch
ts anl prepare TO do up' Tammany
4 lhe n'At state convention"
Allh1uph Governor Stone has app
loin'ci Matthew \, quay "a senator, In
efallt uf election By the pennsyl-
ana legislature, II IL not considered
Ikci} that the Senate will reverse the
'reerlrnt established In tho cases
ron Wellington, Mnntnna. Wyoming
no ulrFon In these eases Mr. quay
imf voted against seating the APP
.oinie,a hosldos II n pointed out
nav We constitution NJ Pennsylvania
bsol llrlN prohibits the governor from
IN. ns appointments TO the United
Pr lImInary work has already been
eguh on the flrst American census OF
me iyin rgnldenta OF the Hawaiian
,lahla AN dcnumeratora will be nn-
lhrf OF tho mother country.
ln' population OF the Hawaiian lis.