The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1899-04-29
REEDS ADIEU
TO PUBLIC LIFE.
THE EChO'S OWN C0RRESP0N-
DENT AT WASHINGTON DIS
CUSSES THE SUBJECT.
Speaker Reed to Practice Law in New
York City, to Receive $4,000 per
neutrality-suspicious. as 10 the Next
Speaker Cost of Expansion and
Folly OF. Fighting the Filipinos.
ROOM OF THE SEA CoAsT ECHO
World Building, Pennsylvania Ave,
Washington. April 25, 1899

ROOM OF THE SEA COAST ECHO. }
World Building, Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, April 25, 1899.
Speaker Reeds withdrawal
from public life to enter a law
! firm in New YORK, has stirred the
political pool to its depths. 1t
means the withdrawal Of a most
! forceful even if tyrannical per-
sonallty, from Congress and pre-
cipitates an embarrassing contest
| for the next SpeakerShip just
when the Republicans have no
energy or strength to spare for
that sort of thing. Their House
majority is very narrow and
a SpeakershIp contest may create
factions which can not he healed
before the Presidential campaign.
There is some speculation as to
whether Reed is not retiring from
Congress in order to be free to
enter the Presidential race, but it
is the general opinion that like
Blaine he sees that he can never
reach the golden apple of the
Presidency, for which he has hun
gered so long. SO the wearied
autocrat of Congress feeling that
his day is done, will turn his at
tention to drawing the same sala-
~ as if he were President. For
| it is said that he will receive $50,
900 a year for the prestige of his
name with law firm that he en-
ters.
OF course plans are already be-
ing laid to capture the next
Speakership. Probably every
Republican Congressman in the
country lies awake now of nights
thinking what a splendid figure
he would cut if the party bosses
would only recognize his own
estimate Of his transcendant abb
lity. The political trust which
manages the Republican party
will permit as few candidates as
possible. That there is more than
one is indicative of the factiOnal
fights which the most astutue
leaders connot keep from coming
to the surface. Those who figure
and probably correctlyAthat
Reed is out of politics for good,
say that he takes a sardonic plea
sure is resigning when that act
will give most annoyance to the
Mckinley forces. Even if the
Administration soothes its nerves
and temper by landing a speaker
more plant to its desires, it
still has a nice fight on It's
hands and the friends of the
persons who don't get to be
Speaker make plenty Of troubles
for the Mckinley second term
boom. The time which must
elapse before the contest can be
decided will addevery element of
bitterness to the rivalry.
The West is already arraying
itself against the East and deman-
ding the innovation of a Speaker
from that section, but it is more
| than likely not to get it. The
caucus nominee for Speaker must
receive SO votes. The 13 States
east of the Allegheny mountains
will have 76 votes in the next
House. The nine Middle Western
States rs If the latter add a few
| Congressman from the far West
they might land any candidate on
| whom they can agree. But al
Ireadv they have several candidates
| in the field. Those most prOmi
nentIy mentioned just now are
| Henderson, Of Iowa; Hopkins, OF
Illinois: Babcock, of Wisconsin
| Sherman, of New York and Gros
tvenOr, of OHIO.
| GrosvenOr would be the choice
of Hanna and the Administration
| for has he not already been then
faithful mouthpiece in the House
but then you see everything or
earth can't come from Ohio and
they will probably have to take
some one else.
Reed is grooming Sherman as
j his successor and Platt hasn't sale
what he will do yet. If he should
trot out Payne then Mr.. Sherman
would be sorrow he ever entered
the race. Hanna has been in
New York and the Administration
is evidently worried for fear the
willy Platt is ''touting for
Roosevelt and will use the Speak
ership contest to further the pros
poets of the Rough Rider. All
| this is the more interesting because
it is distinctly not the Democra-
tic funeral. 1t is quite safe to
leave the Republicans to squabble
over prize of doubtful value to
anvbody-except the man who
gets it, and 60 on with the cons
tructive work for the next cam
paign.
Eyeryweek brings a new tale Of
woe from the Philippines. The
subject is not allowed to become
stale and uninteresting. Now 1t
IS that brave Lieutenant Gilmore
and IA of his crew were ambushed
and probably massacred by the
| 1,oo,ofoe More mon lost here than
| is our great naval battles of the
Spanish war. The rebels are by no
meaos subdued. They are more
aggressive and vindictive then
ever.
And this news comes right
on the heels of Lawton's fal-
limo back on Manila. The
territory won by so many fierce
battles was at once reoccupied by
the Filippinos, SO the net result