The Washington herald., 1910-08-13
HOW CARLISLE VIEWED REED.
Democratic Leader Called "Czar" a
Great Pilot In n Political Way.

Great Pilot I'm Political Way.
One day back in 1901 slender man OF
medium height walked along the corridor
on the third floor Of the Federal Building
and turned in az the room Of the clerk OF
the court. Commissioner Shields. Just as
he did so a tall. heavy man started 10
come out. and the two bumped. AS they
rebounded, they looked az each other
and stopped short with surprised ex-
Carnations. says the New York Post
How are you. Tom?" said the smaller
man.
"Howd'y do. John said the big man.
Il vas glad 10 hear that you had fol-
/ lowed my example" returned the first
speaker. "An OF us country lawyers
have to come TO New York 10 set up
sooner or later"
You've got several years the start OF
me- John" replied the tall man. dole
fully Tell ne how long do you think
It will take a youngster Ike myself 20
get started. I get discouraged now and
then. and several times I've made up my
mind TO give up the game and go back
home
"Oh. stick II out. Tom" was the re-
/ joinder You'll come out all right when
/ the people get 10 know you
/ The two men who engaged in this banter
were John G. Carlisle. Of Kentucky. and
Thomas B. Reed, Of Maine. Both for
mer Speakers Of the national House Of
! Representatives and candidates for the
! Presidential nomination at the hands OF
Z the parties 20 which they belonged, they
had retired from public lie and we're
praticing law in this city. A Jew min
utes later Mr.. Carlisle seated in Com
missioner Shields Office, commented thus
on his felIow-Speaker;
Tom Reed was one OF our greatest
! parliamentary leaders and one OF our
ereat Speakers We Democrats used 20
attack him fer his czar-like action, but
that was mostly mere partisan necessity.
We all knew from experience that his
rulings were in the main not only right
but necessary Filibustering had been
/ carried 10 such an extreme that the
whole legislative system was endangered.
Reed and I had many times talked over
together what steps could be taken 20
put a stop 20 the practice. We were in
| full agreement that something must be
! done. When was Speaker made him
/ a member Of the Rules Committee. and
we thrashed the whole thing out to-
gether.
! I entered the Senate when he became
! Speaker, or I should doubtless have been
on his Rules Committee. At the height
| OF the discussion about his arbitrary
| rulings. when Democratic orators were
making imprisoned protests daily. We
met one day and walked down from the
Capitol together.
See here. John. he said. I don't
think you fellows are treating me just
right Last year We talked this matter
Of the rules over. and You and agreed
that a course virtually the same as that
have adopted must be pursued IL our
whole legislative system wasn't 20 90
10 rack and ruin. Now these followers
/ OF yours are making me no end OF trOu.
bic. and incidentally giving me the repu-
tatIon of being an arbitrary old tyrant'
Don't you worry about your reputa-
tion,' I told him. These friends OF mine
are going to send your name down
through all history as one Of the great
est Of the Speakers And was right
We really Endorsed his stand few years
later by virtually adopting the Reed
rules when our man Crisp became the
Speaker