The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1899-05-06
PLENTY TROUBLE
OF THEIR OWN.
REPUBLICANS so TROUBLED BY
THE RESULTS OF THEIR OWN
UsTAKES THEY HAVE
No Time to Tap Out the Next National
Campaign. Speaker Reed Tangled,
He Will be Asking Where Is he at
Our Troops, Etc.
ROOM OF THE SEA COAST ECHO. J
World Building, Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, May 2, 1899.

ROOM OF THE SEA COAST ECHO. }
World Building, Pennsylvania Ave. I
Washington, May 2, 1899.
These are stirring times in po-
litical circles. The dull routine
of Congress in session and wrang-
ling over a half dozen more or less
important measures would not be-
Gin to furnish the excitement
caused by recent movements on
the political chess board. where
the whole country is concerned In
every move.
Democrats and Republicans are
manufacturing plenty of political
campaign material. Bryan's lee
lures in various parts of the coun-
try are waking up the Democra-
cy. The cncrouchments of trust
and combines appeals to the mass
ses and they gravitatesto the De
mocratic party because it already
gives promise of both the ability
and inclination to wage an effective
fight against them.
Between the resignation of
Reed and disastrous campaign IN
the Philippines and the fizzle of
1.-The Mazet investigation in New
York, the Republicans have plen-
ty of troubles of their own. They
have no time to map out the next
| national campaign because the
things they did not expect,
persist in happening in most
exasperating way.
! A month ago Mckinley was the
assured candidate for renomlna-
tion, now it is anybody's race with
| tantalizing certainty that even
he who is luckey enough to cap
ture the nomination will have to
be content with that much glory
and leave the White House to his
opponent of the other party.
It seems little early to be cal
culating chances, but everything
| is ripe for one of those great cam
paigns for principle which the
people and not the bosses manage,
and which begins early.
Speaker Reed may have thought
that he retired from politics when
he resigned as Speaker and enter
ed that New York law firm at $50,
600 a year, but be finds himself
tangled in a more complicated
game than ever. 1t is hard to tell
whether he is sit or not.
The Republicans are thinking
that perhaps after all he would
be the most available Presidential
candidate. He could be used to
defeat Mckinley for the nomina-
ton and perhaps slde-track
Roosevelt. At any rate it he
should not be found available
himself. he could so nicely pave
the way for the completion of the
interesting Foraker deal which is
going on in Ohio.
II is rather melancholy to see a
man of Reeds brains and capacity
utilized as a bogeyman to scare
off ineligi5les. Those who
thought Hanna had anything to do
with Reeds resignation are very
much mistaken. 1t was a surprise
and the Mckinley contingent
hasn't pulled its scattered wits to-
gether yet.
Reed in New York may mean
several things. 1t is whispered
| that he is concerned in the reorga'
| nization of the Senatorial alliance
which attempted to prevent Nc
Kinley's nomination at St. Louis
He now makes possible a unlteo
anti-McK1nley delegation from
every State west of Pennsylvania
In every direction McKinley''
chances for denomination are
lessening. He is by no means a:
popular in his party as he wa
two years ago. His lack of back
bone, so convenient sometimes
was rather annoying when he wa
brought face to face with Spain
and the whole country expected
him to act the part OF a reSolut'
Executive.
Then the whole bungling NAL
administration of. the war scored
heavily against him. The Philip
pine campaign is more than un
popular at home. All the more So
because if Agu:naldo had beer
dealt with in the proper sp3rl
there would have been no hostlll-
ties.
The next Congress. with Reet
out of the way, will be the mos
lreckless and profigate in the his
tory of the time the Presidentia
election registers, the deluge VII
come with It.
i Taxes more taxes, and a bono
issue in spite of all.
Trusts. more trusts, and labo
!. crushed beneath their exactlons
Wall street, even now in tn
heyday of a typical speculative
boom. is shivering for fear tn
next panic will hit the country be
fore the deals now pending cal
be cleared up. The big banker
tried to check the pace recentl,
by cutting down the loans on trus
securities, but it answered onl,
for a few days-the wild scram
BILE set in again. The Mcklnle,,
administration will be blamed TO
the panic which is nearly due, an'
rightly, because it representes tn
policy of the Republican party
which makes such results possible
Another rumor that disturb
Mckinley comes from his owl
State It is said in Washington