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NAUGHTY BIG TOM REED
He May Make Trouble For
President McKinley.
SO ONE OF HIS FRIENDS SAYS.
Interesting Gossip, but It May Not Be
True Will It Be Peace or War?—Con
test For a Hopeless Honor Among the
Democrats.
Washington, Deo. 30.—[Special.]—Dur-
ing thia glad holiday time tho gossip of the
capital runs to some extent to unpleasant
subjects. For instance, there are the rela
tions between the president elect and the
present speaker of the house of representa
tives, Mr. Heed. lam awnre that this is
a delicate topic, but I do not propose to
make any assertions. I preface the gossip
of the day with a statement of my opinion,
and I know both mon pretty well, that the
new president and tho speaker of the house
will get along very well together. Their
relations may not be cordial, but it is im
probable there will be any open break.
Still, the gossips will have it differently.
Only today 1 met one of Speaker Rood’s
most intimate friends, and he talked in an
exceedingly interesting way.
A Prophecy.
“Reed doesn't like McKinley at all," he
said, “and is in one of his reckless and bit
ter moods. You know that when he feels
that way there is no doing anything with
him. He likes nothing in the world so
much as wreaking his revenges, and, un
less I miss my guess, the speaker intends
to have a great deal of fun with the incom
ing administration. He is naturally keep
ing rather quiet about the matter at the
present time, as he does not care to have a
contest for the speakership on his hands.
But after the special session meets and Mr.
Reed has been re-elected speaker, as he
doubtless will be without opposition, then
the trouble will begin. I do not suppose
that Mr. Reed will care openly to oppose
the policy of the administration, but it
will not be long liefore President McKin
ley discovers that his wishes are not broad
ly and generously and promptly met in
the house of representatives. There will be
haggling and delay and mysterious oppo
sition and aside remarks and a general air
of discontent. You wait and see if lam
not right.”
“But what will Mr. Reed have to gain
by such a policy?”
“Intheflißt place, hedoesn’tcare wheth
er he gains anything or not. You should
know that Mr. Reed is nob much in love
with public life. If it were not for the
presidency and his old ambition to fill that
office, be would retire and go to New York
to practice law. Perhaps few people know
how near he came to doing that as it is.
If he had consulted his personal wishes,
he would not have come back to congress
after the failure of the St. Louis conven
tion to nominate him for the presidency.
But his friends interfered and said his po
litical prospects were too flattering for him
to think of abandoning the field. They
insisted that he should stay in the house
and in the speakership and trust to the
developments of the future to bring him
nearer to the presidency. Their pleas car
ried the day, somewhat against the big
man’s will. Now that he is back in har
ness he does not care much whether he
has peace or war. He wishes more than
anything else to have a little fun and to
make himself the center of public interest.
He knows how to do it, and, mark my
word, he will do it before many months
have passed. ’ ’
“Supposing” the Case.
“But if Mr. Reed is still ambitious to
be president he will want to make friends
rather than enemies, will he not?”
“Perhaps. You must remember that
there are two ways of looking at this
thing. If Mr. McKinley makes a popular
president, if his administration is a suc
cess, if the country enjoys a reasonable
share of prosperity under the new tariff
law which it is the McKinley programme
to pass next spring, then I suppose it goes
without saying that he will be renominat
ed by his party. That is as sure as fate.
But let us take the other view a moment.
Suppose the country is not prosperous.
Suppose Mr. McKinley disappoints a large
section of his party. Suppose factional
troubles start up and there is anything
but a united party when the end of the
four year term draws nigh. These are only
speculations, it is tree, but there is prece
dent for the supposition that such things
might happen. Then if Mr. Reed had been
actii'o in opposition to the McKinley pol
icy, if he had drawn about him all the dis
contented elements, would he not most
likely be their candidate against the presi
dent in the national convention of 1900?”
This is looking a long way ahead, sure
ly, but is interesting as throwing light
upon the possibilities of the next few
months. I repeat in this connection my
own conviction that while it may be true
Mr. Reed is not fond of Major McKinley,
and does not feel like going any great
length to contribute to the success of the
new administration, there is small llkeli
>.f any of these druidtul things which
t.,0 gossips talk about coming to pass.
A Democratic Contest.
wi,!> , r generally conceded there will
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Democrats for the honor of a hopeless nom
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of this is tl t the nomination for speaker
to be made in the Democratie caucus car
ries with it the leadership of the minority
on the floor. Already a number of aspir
ants for this honor have appeared, and
from their activity and that of their friends
one would suppose the victor was to win
the speakership itself. Prominent among
these aspirants is Mr. Richardson of Ten
nessee, who has been 12 years in congress
and who has won considerable distinction
as a debater. He is a very tall, dark man,
generally content to sit silent, but who has
something to say worth hearing when he
does take the floor. He is strongly pressed
by a large contingent of southern mem
bers. His chief rival appears to be Mr.
Bailey of Texas, who six year, ago was
the “baby of the house," but who now
looks upon himself as a veteran. Mr.
Bailey is an apt debater. Parliamentary
law and the constitution of the United
States are his strong points. He loves to
expound the constitution and has really
won considerable fame for his study of such
questions and for his general ability.
There is another Richmond in the field,
or likely to be, in tho person of “Silver
Dick” Bland of Missouri. Mr. Bland him
self says be does not care for the honor,
but many of his friends insist lie shall
make a stand for it. There are many pre
dictions that if Mr. Bland permits the use
if his name he will carry off the prize.
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Liliuokalani Goes Sleigh Hiding.
Boston, Dec. 29.—Her majesty, ex-
Queen Liliuokalani passed a quiet, but,
as she said, exceedingly pleasant day.
She spent the forenoon in her rooms at
the Parker House. The ex-queen was
invited to go on a sleigh ride, and she
gladly accepted. Notwithstanding the
severity of the weather, the ex-queen,
though reared in a tropical climate, said
on her return that she had enjoyed the
ride very much.
Soutli t aroliniau In Trouble.
Los Angeles. Dec. 29.—Some weeks
ago the police and sheriff received no
tice to look out for J. P. Faulk, the son
of a prominent South Carolina tarmer,
who is wanted in Abileua, Tex , for al
leged forgery. The police have arrested
him at North Pomona qnd lodged him
in jail here.
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Reward Offered For Lynchers.
Frankfort, Ky.. Dec. 29.—Governor
Bradley has issued a proclamation offer
ing $250 for the arrest and couvictiou
of each, any and all the Oweusboro mob
that lynched the negro Holt.
A Sore on the Face.
Covington, Ga., November 23, 1896.
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A True Friend.
He—Maliel, last February you promised
to give me your answer on New Year’s day.
Since then I have generously refrained
from Hecking your company, and now, my
darling, I have Some to claim you.
She—Alas! I fear it Is too late. You
know I’ve been engaged to Charlie Smith
since March.
He—Oh, that’s all right. He’s a friend
of mine, and I asked him to become en
gaged to you as a favor, to keep the other
fellows off.
She—Yes, but we were married last
week.
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T, J. Blackmore, of Haller A Blackmorr
Pittsburg, Pa., says: “A short time since I
procured a bottle of “Mystic Cure." It got
me out of the house in twenty-four hours.
I took to my bed with Rheumatism nine
mouths ago and the "Mystic Cure" is the
only medicine thar,did any good. I had
live of the best physicians in the city, but
received very little relie, Torn them. I
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THE ROME TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1896.
NEW YEAR IN PARIS.
An Expeniive Occasion For Those With
Scant Purses.
If yon are ever in Paris on New Year’s
day, you will be besieged the first thing
iu the morning by a host of officials and
semiofficials—that Is, they deliberately
clamber up the stairs of the apartment
houses on their beats asd knock at each
door for their dues.
Among the first are two sets of post
men. One set Is for the letters and the
other for all journals and small packages.
Each gets *2 from you. They are an ill
paid but not a hard worked Jot. If you
have received a few telegrams or special
delivery letters within the three months,
the telegraph boy comes, too, for 3 francs.
As to the policemen on the beat, you hand
them what you please. In these days of
crime on the most frequented streets the
police come In for many kind attentions
from the trembling upper middle classes.
If you keep a dog, who may be always
taken up without his muzzle, or If you
come home drunk, you will be sure to
“gratify” the agent.
The concierge, or janitor, is next to
mount and wish you good and happy.
Some people, in what they call les bonnes
maisons, give up as much as 230 as a New
Year’s present to the concierge. The con
cierge is the servant of the proprietor or
owner of the apartment house. The wages
vary from S4O a year to S4OO a year. The
concierge has also room rent free as well
as light and heat. He or she counts on
SIOO in gifts from the various locataires
on New Year’s day, and they receive in
stray gifts through the year $l5O more
upon an average, so that their gifts are
greater than their salary.
Your servants in their turn make their
own rounds, collecting resolutely from
tho employers of all these delivery boys
cash presents of a great deal higher order.
The rule of the servant is that on New
Year’s she must have a substantial present
from every one she comes in contact with.
Where throughout the year she has been
contented with small but regular commis
sions on every purchase that she makes for
her employers, she now expects a solid
gift. Five dollars is a moderate recogni
tion from the butcher and the grocer to a
well placed bonus commanding a good
trade.
The kiss of peace on New Year’s day is
given to all female servants, the pretty and
the ugly and the just and the unjust. In
the Duval restaurants and the Bouillons,
where all the garcons are girls, one of the
most curious sights of the year is seen on
Jan. 1. There is a continual smacking of
kisses, varying in sound from the popping
of champagne corks to a cow pulling her
foot out of the mud. Every customer Is
hound to kiss the waiter girl. ’ If he neg
lects to do it, she will remind him frankly.
You do not kiss them on the mouth, but
on the cheek. Men have been known to
eat five meals at the Duvals on New Year’s
day for the mere sake of these embraces,
and to go and eat, against their custom, at
the Case Riche, where the waiters are but
men, in order to avoid the kisses.
All servant girls are not so happy as the
pretty chambermaid or cook well placed in
a good household, or the bustling Duval
waiter girl who saves the refuse wine, both
white and red, and wakes a kind of claret
of the mixture. The poor, plain, inexpe
rienced and gawky peasant girl who comes
to Paris must naturally gravitate to be a
maid of all work among the petty Paris
bourgeois, so close, so avaricious and so
greedy. They give little to any one. But
those mentioned are not a tithe of the
persons who expect to partake of your
bounty on tbe first day of the new year.
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