Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-12-13


Reelected Observation-Disclosures. 1884
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Reelected Observation-Disclosures.
Elected speaker Of the house 1889
regretted to congress. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1891
ReelecteU 1917
Reelected Observation-Disclosures. 1884
Reelected speaker of the use........1S95
6eelecteC TO congress lS9o
Reelected speaker ........................1S9 1887
Reelected to congress. .................lS9s
Resigned from congress-. :.....: ..lSS9
Prominent candidate for president ....1S96
In 1896 Mr.. Reed was candidate
for the republican nomination for
president. He was defeated by Nc
Kinley, but did not become disaf-
fected toward the party by his il!
success, and he went vigorously to
work for the ticket, making speeches
in ten different states; from Maine
to Kansas.
He resigned from congress Septen-
Der 4, 1899, in order to associate him
self with New York law firm and
accumulate for himself modest
wealth.
His Greatest Reputation.
1t was as speaker of the Fifty-tirst
congress, which body assembled De-
cember 2, 1889, that Mr.. Reed made
his greatest reputation and per-
formed his most important work
thus far. During all the years that
he had been in congress he had OBJ
served the growing disposition of the
minority to defeat those constitu-
tional provisions by which the ma
iority is to rule the land. He found
that habit had grown upon con-
gress by which members of the NIL
nority party by sitting silent in their
seats and refusing to vote could block
legislation. 1t was apparent to his
clear, logical mind that there was in.
consistency in this. Clearly, he ar
gued, it was not the Intention, and
should not be permitted, that a mi
nority should have the power to block
the wheels of Legislation and even
suspend the operations of the gov
eminent. His study of this question
tional grounds and broad parliament.
airy law, it was not only the right but
the duty of the speaker to determine
whether there was or there was not
really quorum present in consider
ing a measure, even though the call
of the roll failed to show quorum
answering to the demand for votes
upon the measure in question.
Earns Title of Gear"
The scene in the house of repre-
sentatives when Mr.. Reed announced
this principle of parliamentary law,
that member physically present
cannot be constructively absent, will
messed it. He had thoroughly digest.
ed the question, which he was about
to announce as his determination,
and was entirely calm and judicial in
his attitude. Few, if any, of the
: members knew: his intention when, on
January 20, 1890, after days of fill
clustering, in which the democrats
had refused to make quorum by
voting, he directed the clerk to re-
cord the names. of those present and
refusing to vote storm of rage
burst. Yells, misses and shouts OF
".Tyrant,"' "Usurper" and "Czar'
arose from the democratic side, while
republicans applauded.! In the midst
#of it all Mr.. Reed stood calm, self
3 poised, confident. Not only did his
party sustain him, but the highest
tribunal of the land, the supreme
court, supported him with judicial
decision, and finally the very men
who were denouncing him TOR that
action themselves, two congresses,
later, adopted those. principles.
5.If # Il barry Johnstone Dies.
# Philadelphia, Dec. s.-After inger-
ing for nearly week Barry john
stone, the actor, who !, last Monday
night shot himself after: killing Kate
] Hassett, member of Keith's' Bijou
theater stock company, died Sunday
4 at the Hahnemann hospital. Death
resulted from peritonitis. At John
stones bedside when he died were
his two sisters and two brothers, his
mother having returned to her home
IN Syracuse, N. u, Saturday. The
actors body was sent to Syracuse
Sunday afternoon for burial.
To Visit Egypt. sl u 5 ...S$
35sH 1LoInd on, Dec. 81 m bassador Choate,
accompanied by his wife and daughter,
and his secretary William Woodward,
left Friday night for a holiday in
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