The times., 1899-08-26
SATURDAY. AUGUST IS. 1898.
Mr.. Reed.

To one about 10 embark upon a new lie.
some friendly suggestions. the results o,
long experience and superior opportunities
for observation. may not be amiss. We
offer them In the k1ndliest and most cheer
ful spirit 10 the Hon. Thomas B. Reed, o.
whom. like Elijah Pogram. it can be SAID
that. formerly, he was a member or the
Congress OF our common coGntTy. and vas
aciyve in Cthe interests of his trust"
As most people in Washington are
aware, Mr.. Reed has not only deserted the
House OF Representatives, but also the
constituency which had been wont TO send
him to it time and again with the regu-
lsrity Of q gas bill. Incidentally. we may
remark that he has also abandoned the
State OF Maine, transferring his lares and
penatez-which include his trunk and his
booni-and hts ponderous personality, 70
the great metropolis OF America, there to
tackle anew the problems OF life and am
bition.
We are quite able TO enter into the
spirit Of his high hopes, expectations and
feelings on SO interesting an occasion. With
a blush OF conscious but modest worth he
thinks that he, the late legislative auto
crat. whose very look was terror to in
fuentiaI statesmen from Texas Oklahoma,
and Utah, viii be the same commanding
figure in Wall Street, on Broadway, along
the Riverside Drive, and in the Tenderloin
that he recently was in the eyes of Machias,
Kennebunkport, and Holmeses Holel We
Eympathize with such a mental attitude;
il is natural.
But Thomas B. Reed viii unquestionably
be surprised TO find that it will need more
revision than he gave TO the rules OF the
Fifty-frst Congress. He may be aston
ished and perhaps panied when he comes to
realize the truth that a huge number OF
respectable and intelligent people in his
new enyironment-eyen men eminent in
financial and social circles-if they are
aware Of him at all, regard him as the mah
who succeeded Horace Greeley as editor
Of the Tribune" and went in knee
breeches as special envoy 10 the Queens
Jubilee. Thus. the ingratitude OF repub-
lies,
AS he himself would express il, our illus
trious emigrant does not fare TO New York
Cor the purpose OF restoring his health.
He goes there for business and politics.
The arst is provided for through the liber-
ality OF interests under extreme obliga-
tons 10 him for things done in Washing
ton As TO the second, visions cross the
horizon Of his powerful mind-of a time
when Presidential lightning shall fash,
tear, and zigzag all over the Republican
sky, and hunt him out and strike him in
Up IN the Maine woods,
In the case Of even so good and big a
man the realization Of these dreams is open
to doubt. The vast city is cross between
a giant octopus and the whale that sWal-
lowed Jonah, in its ability 10 clutch. claw,
masticaie. absorb. engulph, and hide the
great ones Of the provinces. Where is the
onee-famous John G. Carlisle7 In New
York, presumably. though he might as well
be in Hohokus for anything known of him
since his disappearance into the metropoli-
tan nav. What has become OF the pol
ished, alFabIe. and able Eus;is, some time
a Senator. later Ambassador to France, and
always a parsonage OF colossal proportions
ali the way from Spanish Fort to Canal
Street, and thence TO the leyee? He, too,
no doubt is somewhere around. and pos
sibly could be found il patiently watched
for in the neighborhood affected By Jeffer-
zon N. Levy and John c. Calhoun; but the
point is that he would have to be hunted
for. supposing him still to be where he
was latest ard from, and assuming that
he has nor !. gtd 10 Flatbush or Perth Am
boy Tbs j. things for Mr.. Reed to pom
der How long will it be before ne. too
must be added TO the list Of editions out
cf print?
II viii take more than a few weeks for
T. b. Reed. attorney al law and life in
surance ad3uster. to become conscious Of
and reeonctsd 10 tha conditions OF his new
career. and, OF .l4et account, we may be
pardoned for Offering a word OF fraternal
caution. IL coGasotien with his first ap-
pearance al the bar OF the Empire State
There viii always be his private office chai.
10 fall hack upon for greatness. Within
its espacious accommodation. with the
door shut and no one else present, he can
always be the most important person II
the room; but he should avoid carrying
that idea with him. into the Supreme Court
for example. Whatever he does, we beg
him 20 sacrifice enough OF his dignity 10
recognise the Judges. and not endeavor 70
bully them. until they set used to his merry