The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-11

/ facilitate the expedition Of legislative bush
I ness amazingly and will relieve the ad-
ministration OF much embarrassment.
In still another direction Col Henderson
viii promote the rapid transaction Of leg
isation. No one need De told that fully
tenths of the measures brought be
fore the House are entirely non-partisan
In character. It has been said Mr.. Reed
could never seem 10 accept this obvious
fact; his partisanship was so intense that
mis- treatment Of many a non-partisan
measure was Influenced, in some degree,
by the politics Of the member behind it.
In a sense, Col Henderson is as intensely
partisan as Mr. Reed. but the Colonels
parusanship viii not influence his treat
meut Of purely non-parusan measures.
HendersOn's Ability to mix"
Col Henderson's extensive personal pop
uiarity with members Of all political fasths
viii be help to him as Speaker, I'M
doubtedly. 4lr. Reed had friendships out
side his own parry, but, all told, his
friendships were not very numerous. and
he gave much less attention to the com
panionable side Of life than Henderson
always has The social proclivities OF the
new Speaker are well understood in Wash
iugton. He is never SC. happy as when sur
rounded by men of congenial tastes. and
is as likely TO find agreeable personal quail
tiles among opponents as supporters. His
devotion TO the business of being Speaker
VIII an TO wise De less IMAM Hcel 5 was,
but unless there Is a radical and unex-
pected change in his routine. the colonel
win continue to circulate daily among his
friends Of all parties to the pleasure and
profit of all concerned.
He likes 10 drop the pursuit of politics
In his hours OF relaxation AZ least osten-
sibly, preferring story telling, the crack
ing Of jokes and the singing OF songs. to
the discussion of measures out of hours
Nevertheless his daily mixing" time will
enable him TO keep a much tighter grip
on The general situation and the individ-
ual sentiment of the congressman than he
could possibly main ain were he to prac-
uce the semi-sec.usion tat was character
istc of MIR. Reed when the House was not
in session. some Of his strongest admirers,
even, have deplOred the fact that he was
often hard to approach; that it was diff
hcult to present facts or prefer requests
to him in other than his official capacity
These hod that white Mr. Reeds compar-
alive ''standoffishnesS" was undoubtedly
maintained from the highest motives, it
was in reality a hindrance. and not a
help, as was also his frequent abrupt way
of saying No" His friends do not believe
that Col Henderson will be chary Of neg
atives when they should be spoken or that
he wiR be unduly influenced by reason of
his freer intercourse with the members
but do believe that il will rob the No"
Of lis sting in many instances and prove
a source of extraordinary strength to the
speaker and his party. They are expecting
the Speakers negative to become as ia
nous as those of the President Mr.. Nc
kinney has not many Of the qualities that
distinguished Mr.. Blaine, but he can say
NO" quite as sympathetically as the
Pfumed knight could. Like him, Mr.. Nc
Kinley always explains his declination 10
accede 70 any given proposition in such
way that the man Offering the PROPOSE
ton goes away feeling good. Reeds mega
tives were never or rarely accompanied by
explanations, and he some times said Yes
so CURLY as to cause bewilderment and
surprise.
II was Characteristic of Mr.. Reed that.
once having decided a point, he rarely
or never changed his mind, and was ex-
ceedingly unwilling to hear reasons why
he should do so. While Henderson is by
no means likely to reverse himself with
frequency, he is generally understood to
be open TO conviction" at all times and
not averse to change if convinced of mis-
taken judgment
Col. HendersOn's Closest Adviser
No man in Washington or anywhere else
stands as close to Col. Henderson as Sen
ator Allison.
Together they have maintained absolute
control over the Iowa district of which
Dubuque is the chief city, for more than.
the third part of a century each unques-
tbOnably proving of great strength to the
other In the admirable political team
composed of these two men, Henderson
has always furnished the dash and the
enthusiasm, while Allison has been the
cautious, conservative force. Since 1866
they have consulted each other constant
BY regarding the wisdom of every import
ant move, and undoubtedly their consul
tations Will continue throughout Hender-
sons speakership. 1t is no disparagment
to the Colonel to say that the counsel of
50 competent a political captain as ALI
son will be Of inestimable value TO him
and likewise to the party to which both
belong. Ii is certain from remarks re-
Gently made by the Colonel to some of his
inumates that he views the situation in
this light
Those who understand the political
status in Iowa, where there has never
been an anti-Allison- Henderson faction
within the party lines, say that the influ-
ence of the two men upon the party at
large at this juncture cannot fail to be of
a thoroughly unifying nature Allison's
harmonizing tendencies are well known,
and despite his Sheridan-like dash in cam
paigns Henderson Is credited with hav-
ing played the role of peacemaker a sur
prisingly large number of times between
members of the party who have fallen
out temporarily. And of course the i'm
portance of Iowa as a state in Republican
politics is not likely to decrease during
Henderson's occupation of the Speaker s
chair.
KILLED BY A MULE.