Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-04-13
CHAMP gAKS letter
The Recent confab at
Jekyl Island.
Nh REED HANNA
SAsEs OF ENDURING rROzFgzITY

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PeoBle Hsse tie Rsmeev IN Th@lr
Hanas-A valu.Ass Palma Servant
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Ths hissurie ou.sAh a Jskyi izlAnd
& cF@, and IL uuri1 knsEs jus8 e.
Ezeh ss il did before Tat great event
-Dsroly thar and =sfhlng mcrs-but
II HcA Thnnas b Red shock the fat
and greasy paw q MErcza A. HMnnA I
imagine that during the p~sSfurmancs
thsrs was rznntng thr01gh his cnpa-
ci0us do1e q thought tie fRmcns coup
lst fru7 Tenzysaas
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u wsslt tA.a ny saugsa ssuh ua,sr ~
nlzgAs EAaaEza IN ~.
And II fay ehAzce thaf shGrpst q
to1gn& AozN srz utfw Mr. Reeds
thozgkss Ct Hanna and EEnnafsm Il
wozA E4ks he Eickest renEing that
h1uRn sys sFx psxussA II he spsnksr
zhook k4n& with ths bosS I cznnut be-
hsve It was n hisn&dhip FIR is is an
~izposltalify in nature that any genuine
trien2zhip AozA exist bstwesn thu IL
lnx<riCzs ms Erun Maine and any q
ths HxzzA gang for Mr. Reed Knows
.-zsn4 bsss@-sAat IL u1s Hanna who
--ws - a.
Dental zazizxtssn IN 1895; nof only
Fsvzted IL q tang which might Be
forEivsn. bat prevented il b the foul
* mans tie most znlinited uss a.
boodls h1wn 70 ths history q AMER
ezz poitiz a~psrfau&ncs which win
nsFE Be sithG forgottsn q forgiven BY
tie Esaksr G. any ether holest man
That suEEG I bard . story 70 the
elect that tie b0sse considered NJ.
Reeds case and decided that thsy were
afraid 10 B0rzinats kim because they
cCuh not cantro hin afssv be was slect-
ed II that Be trna they paid him the
highest f<ihutsi in their powsr-ths ras-
Gals fear a an honsst man. What Q
splendid spitzph Il w=zH BE- Here
hes Thonzs Bracket Reed who vas
defssfsdfor the presidential nomination
By jobb1 boss and boodlers because
they knew thsy couA not control himi"
There r wors things than defeat
Such tribuss as that isa greater honor
than the usSidency itssf
Reea an4 the vie Prsslaeney.
So far as Mr. Reeds -agresing to run
for the vios presidency isconesrned. lido
not believe ons word Of IL WITH him
bsyona what be has habit is aut Cesar
aut nuIluk Nothing except death or his
own positive destination can prsvent
his agzin hsing speakeE, the position
second in power only to the presidency
.itself-a position which Is peculiarly
saitsd 10 his gsniuA Sarsly be would
not swap Of that shining and exalted
station for the drOwsy and impotent
position q vice pssidsntl
That be i aahitiols 10 Be president
goss without saying. for that ambition
Is cherished b every man within can
non shot Of IL Il Is a laudable ambi-
ton In any man, especially In a man
with sneh noble endowmsnts Of mind
a. Mr. Reed possesssa
The only thing that would induce a
manaAEMssAand great capae-
.ify 10 accspt the vice presidency Il the
small chance Of saccesding to thu prasi-
dsncy by death Of the incumbent II
Mckinley lives ont his present tsrm,
the republic viii have endured through
IS presidential terms Only four vice
presidents have risen to the highest
.o6ce By the death Of their ~chiefs-that
Ia one 0at Of seven-and On the doc
trine Of chances 1t is safe 10 assume
that that viii be about the proportion
in the future Ii is inconceivabls 10
those who know and admire Nj. Reed
and many admire his shining talents
who politically differ with him toto
~c9lO-thzt be would be willing 10 aink
his marked individuality in the vice
presidency for that small chance Of be-
coming president I doubt very Each
IL be would greatly valne the presidency
If il anne to him in that way. That be
wOuA highly prizs il coming as the
free win and nRboueht gift Of his coun-
tymsn. Is beyond all cavil, but that
his stalvart nature would enjoy being
substitute for any man Is a thing alto
gethsr incredible.
Material Fer = G-==x Book
Should be, however, for any reason
Accept q vice presidential nomination
and should he be elected there Is q
way in which he could make a fortune
in money and at the same time build
himself q monument more lasting than
bronze and l0ftier than the Egyptian
pyramids and that w0ah be By utiliz-
ing the four years leisure afforded By
The vice presidency TO write q book en-
titled "Hannaism." Sucha book would
contain more Wit than Sidney Smith
dreamed Of more sarcasm than
Dean Swift was suthor Of, more humor
than Marx Twain " evolved from his
inner eonsdousness. together with much
learning and much wisdom
When the publishers Of Thomas Hart
Benton's Thirty Year, View" asked
him bow many copies they should print.
the great AiaDuEian broadly replied,
The last census viii show you the
number Of people in the rspublic." II
Is safe to ssy that every American citi-
zen possessed Of money enough to pay
fW d wozN subscribe for eueh a book