The Monticellonian., 1899-05-12
A WIND BLOWN REED.
The Republican Czrr as an Obstacle to National Prog
 

Speaker Reed is no fool Mr. Hanna is quoted as saving, when asked con. corning the reported determination of the man from Maine to antagonize the administration.
 There is d possibility that the Ohio senator oyerrates the stuffed czar's as tuteness; MT. Reed has been troubled with political strabismus ever since the national convention that nominated Mckinley, and cannot see much farther than the pug nose on his face. Over feeding is at all times disadvantageous; and Mir. Reed has fed with such gusta- tory ardor upon his own greatness and ambition, that his intellectual indiges- ton is undergoing q disorder of the most aggravated type. His system gen crates spleen like d weasel's. and yellow jaundice has had such an effect on his appearance that he has mistaken him self for worshipful Chinese Joss.
 As Mr. Reed stood before the house during the last hours before congress adjourned, he felt proud of himself and his nostrils distended with the
 
 the Nicaragua canal bill; he had de- feated the bill for promotions in the navy; he had been instrumental in making a scandal of the civil service laws and the census; in various ways, so far as he dared in the face of public opinion. he had frustrated the policy of the president, and had sprouted quills of displeasure and criticism at every measure like a fretful poreu- pine.
 Reed is big block in the way of na- tional progress. He is a barnacle on the ship of state. Like John sherman. but without as much reason, he is em- bittered by disappointment. and his spirit. crying "lIavoc," ranges for re vengc like Ate. "come hot from hell" :"
 After the lesson of the Oregon. the killing of the canal bill and the substi- tuition of a measure but little if any better than the one passed by the Eff ty-fourth congress was nothing less than a base betrayal of the peoples in- terests. and this for the benefit of the erimy-handed agents of the Panama canal scheme. who brought shame and reproach to France as they will bring disgrace to this country if given the chance. The perpetuation of the Samp- son-Schley controversy. itself one of the most regrettahle consequences of the war. thus giving new force to the question as an element of discord in the navy, was an example of petty petit logging unworthy of backwoods court of justice.
 These are but samples of Reed his works.-Kansas City Independent.
 Everything Fixed.
 II is all settled. The republican na- tional ticket for 1900 is to be Mckinley and Hobart. the same as in 1896. Speak CT Reed has given his pledge that he will not be a candidate for the nomna- ton against Mckinley. He will not thing of opposing him; never did think of it. Gov. Roosevelt--well, Col, Roose- welt might have had some thoughts about the presidency when he came home from Santiago and heard tine shouts of the excited crowds that wei eomed the rough riders, but Gov. Roose- welt is in different position. Senator Platt has the governors plans in his keeping, and Senator Platt has pledged the governor aud state of New York to Mckinley and Hobart. Therepuhlican national convention will he held as a matter ot form, but it will have nothing 10 do beyond approving the ticket al ready made and construct 8 platform broad enough for every faction in the party to stand on.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.