The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-17
Reed Gave the New Yorker . Tin.
But to No Purpose.
lewan . AAfevva Polstieian anA ooon
vaaaalsAeA Hls Eastesn 0ppenean
-sasssssful Candidate One % tAo
Deot Known Nemhees oe tho
uoase-long Netea los uae AAa1.
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nitsss-Psrssasl Popularity anA
laA0enee sAe Eleasnts e1 oueoono

Special Dispatch 10 the poae.Intealleencse.
WARRINGTON. June lk-rom Read
did not miss anything when he sails1 Cor
Europe instead Of rsmaining here 10 Wit
ness the hsht among the smailsr Try NDr
the position 10 voluntarily seaionsd 70
wasn't much Of Asht- n started out
Hike a free-for-ail. or Donnybeook talr.
but the one-legged statesman from Iowa
soon developed such Z lead that the cen
test quickly resolved itssae Into = race q
re who could lirsA gse on the hand WAGON.
In this there vas great similitude -
the hst s.. Louis convention. whero 4s.
Reeds hope Of the presadsncy went Gin.
merfng. and he had the exQuisite felicity
Of watching HE followers dessgs him u
haste In tho anxiety 20 get under the o.
Of what everyone then Mw would b IL
next administration.
IowA's shot-scarred veteran Win mako
a. good . speaker ~ any that could have
been selected for the next congress. with
Reed out Of the house. there rematns -
towering figure In atatecralt, eloquence Or
power to lead or govern men Reed tow
cred far above hia feilowA He ruled his
friends ~ Z father does his chiidrsn. HI
enemies accorded him that respect thai
b born Of wholesome fear. In an saribes
are than ours rhomee =. Aee4 wouA havA
been = Werwick or . CroOWell. q Q
republic Ne has hecomA saseA with peWsg.
ana eeeks. u tn luxuS1ouo su0nonon4
which wealth mA hing. e1nspsoso M
cars
sAsrnan . Iasntwelens.
Henderson is : far bstier man ~ ~
spsAkership than No who figured a. hle
principal opponent IN the fac&. Sherman.
Of New York. Sherman ID wholesculed,
jolly good fellow. but In politics he -
lightweight. Tbs ease With which tho
Iowa statesman encompassed hss defeat.
in spite Of the quiet tip In advance ~ haA
received and the start which this GAvo
him. ID quite proof enough of that fact.
sherman II young. even boyish. n -
manner ~ times and has not seen long
service In the house. He has risen only
TO the cAairmanship on the commitsee -
Indian affairs. although he has long oesn
looked upon N one OF Mr.. Reeds pFotegeo
In the house. This committee. while Il hao
the making each seaAion Of the big Indian
appropriation BILL by which . good daal
Of money IL expended. yet tho chaifmAn-
ship OF that committee 10 rather = Mega
tive than = positive quantity. II media
good watchdog TO guard tho intersstD
Of the treasury. but beyond that the In
fIuence OF this committee Ia the house 10
not large.
Jimmy sherman HE colleagues call
him, and the rosy chceka the hAppy. care
Iezs laugh eli combine 90 give one an
idea cf youth much more than 6herman'o
forty years eniitie him TO. Sherman II 8
good pasiiamentartan There II no denying
that sact, yet a knowledge Of pasifamen-
tsry law In not all that - requisite IN .
man who aspires 10 nil the speakers
chair. especially when that chair has Just
been vacated by Reed.
Sherman's prom,nence IN tho candidacy
for the seeakershfp was unauestionahiy
due to the fact that Mr. Reed gave him
an opportunity In the last congress upon
every posabie occasion to show what ho
could do. He was frequently called 10 the
chair ard generally acquitted himself
well. On one occasion. however. they
tangled him up - that tho party leaders
were Obliged 10 send to the speakers room
and have the speaker resume the gavei. Ia
order that the Democrats should NOT gsc
the aess Of little parliamentary night
that Rad suddenly sprung up ard was Se-
ing wsxei with a great deal Of yisor on
the Democratic side by surh clever art.
fuf psriiameutarisns ~ Bailey. RichAsd-
son. Lewis. f>entx ard others.
Henderson II the opposite Of Sherman