The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-03-21
fsld Of The President and The
House Speaker.
western Man Seated to Succeed
the Czsr- Reeds oifenoss-His
Great strength.

WASHINGTON, March 10Th. adj
ministratlou's contest against Reed for
reelection as Speaker Is occupying
much space In the Eastern press. IL.
likely TO become historical, and may
have a most important bearing on the
Presidential campaign next year.
Reeds jealousy of Mckinley Is well
known. II Is of long standing and APP
pears to have become chronic
In discussing this subject leading
Republican today said: Il am sorry
that events have so shaped themselves
as to force the President to iight Reed.
Mr.. Reed Is of course tough customer,
and he can make good deal of
trouble, but Mr.. Mckinley has demon
strated that he is pretty good poll
tician, and | am satisfied that he will
prove to be equal to the present emer-
gency. Mr.. Reed was given every OPP
portunity to adjust matters on salts
factory basis, but declined to avail
himself OF 1t. That the administration
can defeat Reed for Speaker of the
Fifty-sixth Congress is the conviction
OF the great majority of conservative
observers. Some Western man will be
picked out for the administration
forces to rally around. Ii may be
Henderson OF Iowa, or Hopkins OF ILL
nois, or some unknown man, but the
L.. - trat hn
West.
There is method in this, of course.
The bulk of the Republican member
ship of the next House will be com
posed OF Western men. They will be
in the majority and should, in the nat
ural order of things, dominate the
House. II will lie easier to defeat Reed
with a Western man that with Mr..
Sherman or any one from the Eastern
States
'Mr Reed can also continue his fight
against the administration from the
floor, but the President believes that II
Mr.. Reed can he reduced to the ranks
in the House he will become more
tractable. Anything would be prefer
able, he thinks, to his reelection as
Speaker"
1t is pointed out that Mr.. Reed was
opposed to the annexation of Hawaii
which the administration favored that
he was at no time in sympathy with
the Administrations Cuban policy;
that he opposed the acquisition of the
Philippines and of Porto Rico, and was
unfriendly to army reorganization on
a permanent basis; that he opposed
the Nicaragua canal which is regarded
as essential to the development Of the
expansion policy, and the Pacific
cables, being responsible for the defeat
of both schemes.
II is suggested that his opposition
thus disclosed to the general policy OF
the administration will be almost GER
tain to hinder action II he is Speaker
of the next House, and that moreover,
his great power and prominence en-
courage the development of an anti
administration faction in the party
along almost the same lines of opposi-
ton, save on the money question, as
those adopted by the followers of w.
J. Bryan-anti-expansi anti-army,
anti-almost everything that the admin
istration is for. Moreover, it Is assert
ed that even on the money question
Mr.. Reeds plans differ from those OF
the administration.
Notwithstanding the opposition to
Reed for political reasons, 1t is con-
coded that he Is the biggest and brain
lest Republican alive, and 1t is prob
able that when it comes to show
down many of those representatives
who now talk bravely of opposing him
will fall into Reeds lines as heretofore.