The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-27
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sneaker Reed.

MCCALL Houghton Mifllu,. Inc story |
" his he involves the record of Repub-
lean high tide; of party keeping the
country in the safe way Of hare money,
building up and keeping in repair the .
bulwarks Of protective tarin; organiz-
Ing and cherishlng big business' and .
opening an era OF imperialism" In all .
urG ,btns- but the last Mr.. Reed was
4 Republican OF tho Republicans. IL
was Expansion" after tho war" with .
spain that caused him to break with |
the Mckinley Administration and retire /
from the political cockpit.
Thomas BracEett Reed was born In |
Portland, Me, october Is 1899. lie was !
educated at Bowdoin; and that little |
Dirigo college has been a peculiarly pro- F!
1uctive laboratory a. useful American
citizenship. In 81 and 90 he was n
paymaster In tho navy; then began the
practice OF law In his home town. served
n both houses of she state Legislature,
was Attorney General of Maine solicl- !
tor Of the city 81 Portland. was In Con-
gress from 1876 to 1893. and wore the
Speakers harness az though born into
II. His last years were spent IN law
work In this city { was the typical.
marching career OF successful Ameri-
n,
or the work nor set unduly cXaltins
either Md "a a man ho grew with
The rugaclous wear kinder without be-
ing less Keen II was such life as the
Great American BOY can ponder hope
fully and not be crippled by too highly
ldealistic an aim. II It has a lesson"
for the plain citizen, g -: Hold your
head high but don't forget to keep your
-, 90 hnf
YOUR tor cue. Is that any part OF
Speakers business?
The newspapers OF Yesterday are the
books OF to-day. l. seems but yester-
day that Tom Feed lived In the news
papers, and e Is a rather startling re-
'minder o. tho flight Of time 70 find him
and his battles TOW 50 dlCnifedly vol
uned transferred into the pre;erte.
What manner " man was he? Mr.. Nc
Call sum hin up: Good company,
witty tab'e tall;er but nothing at all OF
The social autocra' or lion a mans man.
A hard hitter but fair fighter: willing
10 go around his Belgiums II he could,
hut ready 10 smash through and over
them II ne must. The finest, most ef-
,ecrive debater | have ever heard" Sem
ntor Lod % decorated him TOO magnia-
sharp williams called him with greater
graphic accuracy a cunning debater.
His more poudc-ed passages were apt
70 be pom ierous. His 'mpromptus were
sometime a hit bolnbastic, but always
pointed With effective sarcasm and gem
orally tirct with humor more or less
admirable Some ~ his acid turned 20
-urar ar he r.pened. In Congresses
81. 60 NJ ~ n
both gave and took tumbes. but prob
ably gave more than he took. He
draw1ed his sharpest thrusts in the
manner Of fat man whose obesity is
not cerebral. Keenly conscious OF the
human comedy, he was not cyn!c; he
took the world as he found &. and found
plenty Of room for Ms big bulk between
me devious path 81 the rascal and the
pltted WY ~ reform" Preeminentlv
practical he protested the claims OF
highly II te'lectuai Observation-Disclosures 70 q
superior right TO the public ear. A be-
lever In accommodation Of conflictins
Jews, NJ was not too daintily ethical tc
enjoy So ling the entire surplus sawed
from tho other fellows plank m make
things A..
Mr. eds bright particular achieve.
mont in Congress was his leadership y
the fight over the rules. Does the con,
stitutiordl requirement FOR a quorum
demand a quorum voting or merely (
quorum present though inactive? Sy
cophant meat. Nnori,icS plotting Il
block their opponents IN Legislation
maintained. naturally that II they cYul,
hold the vote down no act or resolution
could passed Majo"itles argued tina
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