THOMAS B. REED. Pffif IB The great soul has finished its work here. In ipmlH malice and meanness his enemies dubbed him w& it'' H "Czar," but in real truth he was a king among all HImI the men who surrounded him. He had a clearer iLiflfl brain than the best of them, more firmness of lr jHbI purpose than any of them, and courage which was Skifflfl superb. When assailed by all the invective of a WmlH furious House of Representatives, his calm: "Tho IfflJMHMHl gentleman is out of order," was so impressive that IIliHSfl those who assailed him knew instinctively that MklBBB while they might kill Thomas B. Reed they could KHBH never cow him. His measureless mental power, HfflU the strength of his high purpose, his all-embracing BIHiH patriotism all shown out clear through his sombre IHIh9 eyes, all found expression in his resolute mouth. il He was the foremost of parliamentarians, the tH ablest, clearest and most incisive debater in HB Blji fl America, and that means that he was foremost Blji U among the great men surrounding him. Hl 1 But there was not one trace of the demagogue Hlll f about him. That is why his highest hopes were Hliji I 'never realized. He would have no moro stooped Hljjf i to cajole or flatter, or give his confidence to un- Bif ! worthy men to seek their support than would ir j Coriolanus. Then ho was the most loyal of Ijl I friends. While Mr. Blaine lived ho held himself 1 jj: , J as one not to he counted when a favor to him Hk I would have looked liko trenching on Mr. Blaine's 11 I; f preserves. iPj U He would have made a magnificent President. 11 J' I Absolute justice would have been insisted upon, 1! 11 which would have included faithful service every- jfj I! where, and to every Bection of the country. iiil Strangers from other lands who might have ff T v beon given audience would have gone away with a Hii k, feeling that the instincts of the people made no K i j mistake in electing him, for he was a massive man H 1 and looked as great as he was. M J , ' Thousands of people who never met him think m h l that in life he was haughty and cold. "In truth M 3! ' M he had one of tlie sunniest natures in the world. B W hi He could bo stern enough when duty required it, B I'p but in social lifo and to his friends he gave a m iljfcj merriness and goodfellowship which was exquisite i" (flit ! and contagious. He was at once the most mas- 1 1 1 1) erf ul and most genial of men. His sense of hu- 1 1 h mor was as fine as his sense of justice. If he 1 1 t i among his fellow men had the bearing of a king, H i there was no citizen of the Republic that he would B Hi k) 1 not have grasped the hand of in sincerity. A M mi f sense of irreparable loss comes with the knowl- M ij ! edge of his death, a mighty regret fills millions H ll of hearts that ho, when his career was but half B m ; ' i completed, was cut down. H I fj Men remember that he was equal to any posi- H j , jj ( tion he ever essayed, they believe there is no po- H ill sition so high or trying that he would not have IMJIj been equal to all requirements; that the higher -HE ' r - j r . and more trying the place might have been tho more splendidly would his genius have shown out, the moro sovereign would have seemed his mind. Maine has one more spot of hallowed ground and as the youths of Maine visit that grave, they may take this thought to their hearts: No higher example of perfect, gifted, ennobled American manhood has ever lived or ever will live than was incarnated in tho frame of Thomas Braokett Reed.