The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-21
REED MILL RETIRE
q HIS ONN VO|N|N
Foolish Attempt to Prove
Him q Moral Coward.
HAS NO BASIS IN FACT.
Story That He Wan 10 Be Shorn
Of Power d Untrue.
HAS NO BASIS IN FACT.

sS~ &Ss~e A~Ss0 aSOWo ~ - 0wO0x
sUeaksr-Oalssn Declares rAas
Unasr the Present. rrsssAsrs sAe
Na3ertsH Caa Always Prevais-
Dses Net Anticipate rAas naAasAl
CAAAsss - MaAs ~ CsngsssA
WARRINGTON. June A--TAe mos& ~
~ story that has yet heea leA4ed thrc1sA
the sensational press ahput tho retireaneuf
Of Thomas b Rcd. of Maine. frum ths
immediate arena OF politics. his prcspsc-
tive resignation of the seat In the NEXT
congress. TO which he has recentiy osan
re-eaected by his admiring friends ana
constieuentA and the consequent end Of
hss so-cAiled csArship In tho house. 10 the
ono that trtes 70 make him ont = MORAL
coward. Rsed's record In pubic lsfo, Of
itself. ought 70 he sufficient 10 brand thts
story - sranikahoo''-coerespo
slang for story that not only has no
foundation IN fact. bat ono which every
body knows h ahsurd-an expressive word
coined to AZ the axs of yellow JOURNALISM.
The ''ranikahoo' has. however. rsAaon
OF being. prectssiy tho same ~ the far-
famed tales of the mArvelous Baron Nun-
chanaen In tho hanAs Of = skiliful writer
Il may b. made interesting and entertain
tng. This one viii hear outlining.
At1e9eA Fiat Againet Reed.
To starr. - single senfenca h that
Reed Fcttrss beeAMea he discovered that
the administration had laid scAesoe %
tAaes AWay tho powsr hA has hsre4oaoro
vtejdAd In the housA while sti1i parnl4t1ne
him to occupy the speakers cneir.
Asnpunsd ths aitseeA s'scAsnais vas
this: Rcd wae q y rsreaocta1 nnakM
without opposttina. The ruiAe ". - t1uno
were u - resaoed and sho ooGnDeeAe =
stiIsa oS which the speak1r r ~ No..
wat 10 - s1osa 0E ~ peabsf. Il r. f114kk
declared that II was the iuAentien e 10
this IN tho iast congress. bat Rcd pro-
vented II: thai Reed broke faith with
6fosvenor. Hepburn and othera, who
wanted the rules revised. that tho revision
could not be prevented next congress; that
the prcsident wanted Reed 10 stay In of.
nee and hold the Republicans In iino fof
his policies. 10 which Reed 10 nid 70 b
opposcd. and Reed had Quit. partly from
spite at the men who would not permit
him to continue to rule unirammelsd end
partly. because he naw IN oppostunity -
disohlige the president.
Ths impossihtiiiies. incougrulties ana
rank Inconsistencies In . story aso .
nothing 10 tho "ranikaboo'' writer. He
writes - fast he never notices them ~
less especially called 10 his attention, ana
49, "a e. A.
another column Of xlisfering ahsurditiea
Sessy R<fases itself.
Ignorance Of the payiiAmeniary methods
Of tho house Of representatives IL what q
relied upon 70 carry such a STORY MARI
how plain . tais shall pat Il down..
Tho Fsfty-nfth congress came into BE-
ing with lot Of SUPPRESSED Democrats
eiamortnG for ., revfsion of the r,siee. Each
congress 10 law unto itself. and until
II estahiishes its own rules IL would trans
act buanen under The Lax regime OF what
- known ~ parliamentary practice To
avoid this ccnfusion 4 motion was made
by Henderson. Of lows. 10 adopt the rules
of the F1f,y-fcursh congress for the guid-
ancc Of the Ftfty-sfth. until the COMMITTEES
on rules might md time TO submit new
set II was never intended to ssxymis I nesv
set Of rules. although some Of the nev
members probably thought %. But the
old leaders were well saiisnesi with The
cid rules and will almost 70 . certainty
continue 10 BE- satisfied with them In the
next congress-.
S~eessity for ReeA's nsDea.
Representative pnlxetf. al Pennsyt-
xania. before he left Washington for hts
Alaska trip. spoke very earnestly con-
eerniG9 the proposition which has been
widely discussed. 20 radically change the
rules cf the house Of Representatives In
the next congress.
There never was a time" said Mr..
DaiIeii. when the so-caiIed Reed rules
were ae necessary for the proper eonduet
Of the business Of the house ~ they viii
be In the Fffty-sfxth congress, with two
exceptions the rules are practically what
they have been for the past forty years.
Those exceptions are. FIRST. the quorum
ecanting rule, AMI. second. fhe rule re.
Iatinx IN order Of business. when tho
ftfty-hfth congress made It's radical de-
parsare frcm the preceding programme Of
the various congresses there was wide
spread protect against the possihie idea
Of permitting the presiding officer 70 uss
his eyes ~ well 40 his ears In defsYWiu.
tng whether or not quorum OF the house
Was present. But that oppcxIsion has
faded away. and I doubt II ~ven the
Demscrass woald care tn return 10 tho
cbsai~te custom cf compelling the speak
~ to depend sol~iy on the ysrba5 anAwers
TO the roIl-eali when dsfermining the
question of the presence ef . 4uorum.
In the F7ffy.s3xth congress the Re-
pvbltcans viii have majority of thir.
teen- This - very small for The safs car
rying out Of any lesfslastvs policy uhs<h
viii - outlined by ths party Leaders.
There viii BE . gyeat many Questtsns ~
the utmost importance - the future vet-
fare Of the eeuafSy. Sspectaify thoee
growing out ef shs was With Spain. 10 -
desermtned. and ru1ea WI - necessary
. 10 snabIe the MAJORITY 70 perfosm - da.
Tics for which they we're etoeeo1.
tsAff Af4n AA11R aho6za Ala sanmmA