The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-03-12
ROOSEVELT AND
REED THE PAIR
That Hill GO In 10 WroSt PTeSidOn-
tial Nomination
FROM WILLIAM M'KlNLEY
freddy" Will Make the Race on His
War Record.
REED IN THE ROLE OF TRAINER
Simpsons Friends Very Bitter Because
HeWas Not Promoted Over Schley
and Watson = Department
Standing at His Back.
REED IN THE ROLE OF TRAINER

Washington. March 11.-(Special.)-There
are some very interesting phases of poll
ties unfolding themselves slowly within
the republican party here and by the time
the next congress meets the two rival forces
are likely to be seen facing each other Ill
the daylight with scalping weapons
drawn.
One side will be headed by Governor
Roosevelt with Speaker Reed and Lodge
as his lieutenants, the other the president
himself with Grosvenor and host of ad-
ministration hackers. The fight became
open when the republicans in the house
held the caucus to draft some sort of
financial hill to present to the next con-
gress. 1t has been developing rapidly ever
since. During the closing days of congress
the speaker and his cotorie did not attempt
to disguise the fact that they were assum-
ing a hostile attitude toward many meas
ures of the administration and were open in
their opposition to some of it's pet schemes.
| The fight between these two factions from
now on is going to be an interesting one
and it will be seen that it will be developed
along these lines.
speaker heeu T0dllEcS THAI lie Cdliiot hoPO
to defeat the president for a denomination
and in order to prevent his denomination at
all he must take up some one for the honor
who has war record and who can raise
the battlecry with as much gusto as any
one else.
The friends of the administration, If not
President Mckinley himself, sees pretty
well how matters are shaping themselves
and that If he is to be defeated for re-
nomination it will be by Governor Roose-
welt. The Roosevelt clan has been rising
rapidly When he was first elected COVER
nor of New York it is doubtful if he had
any idea of pitting himself against his chief
but there are those who have convinced
him that his independence and integrity
are just what the country needs following
upon war He is willing to cooperate with
those in power who are DESTROYS of forcing
his fortune and of landing him in the
white house without delay.
Speaker Reed His Backer
Back of the Roosevelt movement stands
the mammoth figure of Speaker Reed.
Senator Lodge is the closest friend that the
governor of New York has personally.
Lodge three years ago was Reeds right
brought him out for Reed then will keep
him in touch with him now. 1t will be a
big up hill fight to overthrow the president.
In the first place custom seems to demand
his denomination. He will be said to typffy
the party and that to repudiate him would
be to repudiate the party. The war was
fought successfully and peace highly hon
orable was negotiated during his admins
tration.
The president has carried himself with
courage and patriotism and he cannot be
attacked on any personal grounds.
There remains only to gather up the
fragments of discomfort of some, the am
billions of others and the failure of the ad-
ministration to give currency reform to
which it stood pledged. This gets us to
the meets of the opposition, the heart of
the battle.
The friends Of the administration are
now openly claiming that the speaker has
captured the committee which was appoint
ed at the republican caucus to recommend
some financial reforms to be embodied in a
bill at the next congress. While the admin
istration is represented on the committee,
still the speakers blind followers, Paine,
Dalzell and Hopkins, will control 1t or be
able to prevent any affirmative action.
These men do not admit such a charge,
but 1t is being made, that they intend that
If there is any currency reform at all 1t
shall be only temporary, in order to cause
the money interests of the country to doubt
further the sincerity of the administration
in handling the money issue and redeeming
its pledges. The other side, who are well
aware of what the administration people
are saying, are giving out statements to
the effect that they are ready to frame
permanent law, but they are being charged
with blocking the game merely to shield
the administration, which does not want
any currency reform Immediately pending
presidential nomination and election.
This will give some idea of how the
wheels of politics are beginning to turn.
The men who are working up the Roose-
welt boom pretend to believe that the DEM
ocrats can carry the next election IL Nc
Kinley is renominated, but that If Roose-
welt is substituted the back bone of the
opposition to war issues will be broken, as
Roosevelt will be nominated as a rebuke
to what is now called, enormously possibly.
Algerism.
The pot is put on, the fagots laid and
| every lepuuiiCdu VIII oPpoSSS 4hcfNiuley -
asked to come forward like witches in Nc
Beth and drop in their egredient from
'toad that under coolest stone to 'bab-
boon's blood" Speaker Reed is being
charged with touching the light to the
fagots and starting the pot to boil.
In this picture there is fiuttering like a
| spirit, darting in and out, watching the
Vaccinations and noting their schemes, one
General Grosvenor, who, as the guardian
of the presidential claims, neither sumbers
nor sleeps. He has postponed indefinitely
his trip to Europe. and will remain here to
expose as far as possible. the moves of the
enemy. He has not begun to figure as yet.
| It Is too early. But he IL gathering data.
| As q member Of the committee to frame q