Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-08

to Washington. In early manhood he
was assistant paymaster in the United
States navy, leaving the navy, how
ever. in 1864, returning to the city OF
! his birth portland. Me), where shortly
after he began practice of law. he en-
| tered public life four years later in be-
coming a member of the lower bfahch
of the Maine legislature. After two
| years service in that house he was
elected to the state senate. In seven
years of practice of the law he hau
| gained such widespread recognition OF
his legal ability that he was chosen AT :
torney general of the state. From 1919
| to 1877 he was solicitor for the city Oh
| Portland and in 1876 was elected 70
| congress, taking his seat in that oil 10 T.
| since which time, or until March ., 1877
a period of twenty-five years, ne Was
| without intermission MEMBER OIL the
house of representatives, and as
speaker, presided over eight sessions.
Early taking high rank in the house
| as a keen, subtitle and able depatef, MI.
Reed was regarded as formidable ioe
and a powerful and resourceful ally III
TALL the discussions taking possession ol
! the house, yet he was not consluereu
an orator. Such he was not then aha
| such he never was; nature had denied
| him some of the attributes OF the ora
/ and some of attributes of the oratorlcai
! temperament. Literary qualities he
| had. but not the fervid and glowing
| imagination that lifts to eloquent
| height. and his voice, drawliins in Its
/ accents and nasal in it's tones, was de-
cidedly against reputation Tor orators.
/ But, in marvellous clearness OF power Oh
argument, in that peculiar ACTIVITY Oh
| mind which enables him to keep abreast
with the shifting currents OF debate,
| in readiness in meeting unexpected at
| tack in a marvellous memory that en-
abled him to summon for instant use all
he had read or heard, or had seen oil the
| subject under debate, in Wonderfui Ia
| cility or retort and in extraordinary
Ingenuity in turning the trend TO the
/ advantage of his own contention, DUR
| ing the long term of service he was
without superior = indeed, without
equaL
| Physically, Mr.. Reed was large
man. big of frame, tall of stature, and
heavy in ay6irdupois His head was
large and round, with a towering fore
head. rising to conspicuous dome
where the phrenologist locates the NOR
| al organs. His face was in utter con-
! tradiction to the rest of his makeup.
and a contradiction in itself. His nose
was insignificant, denying from the
physiognomist's standpoint that pur-
pose which is unquestionably leading
characteristic of the man. But the eyes
above it in their blue lights flash with
power and control. The first impression
| is that the face was infantile, but IT
| quickly passed with study when under
the folds of flesh the square jaw was
observed. Altogether his was an m
pressive personality and with contin-
l. ed observation faith in the man grew
and, as we'll, the sense that he was far
/ from being a dangerous man in public
| life. however forceful he might be. In
his carriage there was dignity without
! arrogance and an affability which, how
ever, does not invite undue familiarity.
The cast of Mr.. Reeds mind was phi
| losophic The bigness and breadth OF
/ his body was reduced in his brain and
! the renose and deliberate movements oil