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found a mystery as attaches to the
Junius letters, but in the Kitchener case
there is no mystery as to the author
for he signs his name. The mystery Is
the why of the performance. All the
Republican politicians are on the qul
viye to ascertain the motive of the lei
ter and to discover whom he repre-
sents. A week ago it appeared that
Colonel Roosevelt would play a soil
taire game for the Republican presl-
Dental nomination. His action touch
ing the coal strike brought him such
eclat that most people concluded that
all obstacles had been removed from
his path, SO far as the nomination Is
concerned. bat suddenly. as bolt from
the l,iue aky. came the Kitchener epistle
to tue HOLSTERS, tAigtiT copies OF which
he sent out simultaneoasly, 70 Asess.
tain, apparently for his own informh'
tlsI. bow the presidential land lies in
Indiana.
Kitchener is an experiences gS lliis Y. p
spl his abnormal appetite for Informal or Il !:
ton Just A. this juncture has aroused
suspicion in certain aqisrtcrs-ffndeed
IN mos~ quarters. HIS letter seems i,9s IS
nloan sc. .'asaas A: Ha an!oa
P'"ee oehator >~~aidate
squarely in the field as a Co..
The junior senator from Ohio says no,
but probably subsequent events will
Show that the coy senator is in the
condition of the bashful maiden who.
rowing she would ne'er consent, con.
sented The chances are that General
Kitchener will not have to tender the
nomination to Senator Hanna as often
as Mark Antony protfercd the crown
to mighty julius. Whatever Michen-
er's intention and whatever the final
outcome, there is no question but what
the immediate effect is to start the
Hanna talk again. The astonishing
thing about 1t is that General Michen.
er claims that his Investigations show
that, counting Senator Fairbanks out
of the running, it would be nip and
tuck between Colonel Roosevelt and
the Buckeye boss in Indiana. 1t had
been grated around that Teddy was in
vincible ION the banks of the Wa
BASH" Now the chances are that Cen
eral Kitchener is not the only states
man out of job, to use the famous
phrase Of John James ingalls,. who Is
quietly feeling the public pulse.
Kitchener has been caught in the act.
that's all, and If many Of them are
feeling the public pulse, then it goes
without saying that Colonel Roosevelt
had better sleep with one eye open and
his hand on his gun from now till the
day when the nominating convention
meets. Otherwise his name is likely to
be Dennis. But here is the mysterious
Kitchener letter:
Washington, D. c., Nov. Z, 1902.
Hon. Ind:
Senator Hanna will try to get the presi.
Dental nomination in 1904 and that he ex.
poets the support of Indiana. Some of the
presidents friends are a little uneasy
about 1t. Do you think that Hanna could
take Indiana away from Roosevelt OF
Fairbanks? Kindly let me have your
views by next mail II at all convenient
With kindest regards. yours truly,
L. T. MICHENER.
Mr.. Sherman on Mr.. Reed.
When great man dies, usually TIE
world is flooded with fulsOme and un.
becoming eulogy. 1t would not be far
M f1,o xy,01 70 no11 In
gy. That the Hon. Thomas Bracket
Reed was a great man there can be NC
question; that the usual amount of full
some eulogy will be written about hin
is altogether probable. The house die
the unusual thing of adjourning out OF
respect to him. private citizen. II
was an honor worthily bestowed. The
Hon. James S. Sherman Of New Yorl
offered the resolutions, which are in thu
very best taste and the very best Eng
lish and which neither Overstate mol
understate Mr.. Reeds status, and liz
prefaced these resolutions with few
words which for good taste and truth
fulness of utterance have rarely beer
excelled. All in all, Mr.. Sherman's was
q literary performance Of which the
house may well be proud. Indeed, II
the spirits Of the mighty dead take any
cognizance of the affairs of this lower
world Mr.. Reed himself must have been
proud of the work of his friend. Mr.
Sherman said:
Mr.. Speaker the life Of ex.gpeake,
Reed ended yesterday. Its span measured
many years less than the allotted life Of
man, and yet there was within 1t so much
of moment that his fame became great
and will be lasting. He was a citizen Of
my state since his retirement from public
life. although 1t was as representative
from the state of Maine that he rendered
his service to the public. and It is in the
state Of Maine that he will have his final
resting place.
To have served with Mr.. Reed was an
honor; to have been in close touch with
him an inspiration: to have enjoyed his
confidence and his friendship delight
He was SO great, his service to his coun.
try SO valuable. that It seems to me we
may fifty depart from what IL the usual
custom of the house when one not in pub
lie life dies. therefore. Mr.. Speaker. Of
fer the resolutions which send to the
clerk.
Inc resolutions presented by MI
Sherman were as follows;
Resolved, That the following minute b,
spread upon the record Of the house Of
representatives:
Hon. Thomas Bracket Reed died Ii
Washington Dec. q 1902 For twenty-five
years he had been member of thi,
house. for SIX years Its speaker. HI,
service terminated with the Fifty-fiftt
congress-. Within this chamber the seen.
OF his LIES great activities was laid
Here he rendered. sArvfcaa IN h{a oou,,
which placed him in the front rank Of
American afafAsnna nshixa h.