Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-05-04
A WIND BLOWN REED.
The Republican Gear as an Obstacle
to National Prog


Speaker Reed is no FOOL" Mr.. Hanna
IS quoted as saying, when asked con-
corning the reported determination of
the man from Maine to antagonize the
administration.
There is a possibility that the Ohio
senator overrates the stuffed cars as
tuteness; Mr.. Reed has been troubled
with political stra bismus 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 Mr.. Reed has fed with such gusta-
tory ardor upon his own greatness and
ambition, that his intellectual indiges-
ton is undergoing a disorder of the
most aggravated type. His system gen.
crates spleen like weasePs, 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
paintings of victory; he had defeated
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
quilts of displeasure and criticism at
every measure like a fretful porcu
pine.
Reed is big block in the way of ma
tional progress. He is barnacle on
the ship of state. Like John Sherman,
but without as much reason, he is en-
Uttered by disappointment, and his
spirit, crying "Havoc!' ranges for re-
venge 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 Fiji
ty-fourth congress was nothing less
than a base betrayal of the peoples in
terests, and this for the benefit of the
grimy-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 regrettable 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
Jogging unworthy of hsckwoods
court of justice.
These are but samples of Reed
his works.-Kansas City Independent.
Everything Fixed.
It is all settled. The republican ma
tional ticket for 1900 is to be Mckinley
and Hobart, the same as in 1896. Speak
er Reed has given his pledge that he
will not be candidate for the nominal
ton against Mckinley. He will not
thing of opposing him; never did think
of it. Gov. Rooseyelt-well, Col. Roose-
Welt might have had some thoughts
about the presidency when he came
home from Santiago and heard the
shouts of the excited crowds that well
coined the rough riders, but Gov. Roose-
welt is in a different position. Senator
Platt has the governors plans in his
keeping, and Senator Plat has pledged
the governor and state of New York to
Mckinley and Hobart. The republican
national convention will be held as
matter of form, but it win have nothing
to do beyond approving the ticket al
ready made and construct platform
broad enough for every faction in the
party to stand on.--Cleveland Plain
Dealer.