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Show MR. REED DRESSED IN A HURRY j An Amusing Incident of the Speak- ' er's Campaign For Re-election. In 1S90 when Mr. Reed was a candidate for re-election to the house of representatives, repre-sentatives, says the Portland (Me.) LX-press. LX-press. some of his friends were really concerned con-cerned about his chances. Reed had never been r managing or manipulating politician politi-cian in Maine or in his district. He had always gone in and got what he wanted bv means of sledge hammer blows. It was thought that the Democrats were putting in a particularly strong campaign against him, and so, late in August, 1X90, Reed left Washington for his home in I ort-land. ort-land. A speaker pro tern was chosen for the house, which was still in session. Maine elected her congressmen in September Sep-tember instead of November, as was the custom in other states. It was arranged that his return to Maine should be a triumphal progress. There was a meeting meet-ing in Kanueil hall. Boston, at which Reed and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, then a member of the house of representatives, repre-sentatives, and one of Reed's principal lieutenants, were the speakers. The next morning Reed was to take the train for Portland, and it had been arranged that he should speak to the people at several places along the route. A big delegation of Republicans from Portland was to go un to Dover to meet Reed and escort htm to Portland. The nisht of the big Fanuell hall meeting meet-ing Reed retired to the Hotel Vendome to rest and prepare himself for the next day. It was arranged that he should take the train leaving Boston at 8 o'clock in the morning. Reed left word to be called at-7:30. at-7:30. He Intended to be awakened at 6:30, but made a mistake in the time. The re- waq that at 7:15 in the morning the , Secretary of the Republican state committee com-mittee who had charge of the arrange-Sent arrange-Sent f'o? Reed's trip to Maine, was In a miandrv Reed had not appeared. . Tner Sas a hurried consultation, and it was discovered that Reed had made -a mis-, tike in the hour at which he should be awakened6 hotel porter was soon knocking at his door, but as he occupied the presidential suite, and as "at consisted con-sisted of a large parlor, beyond which was th- Sleeping room, the knocking was not effective in arousing the sleeper, so the porter climbed over the transom o. the outer door and. knocking at the Inner door, awakened him. -ntane.d The situation was hurriedly explained to Mr. Reed. He was informed that the train left the old Boston & Maine station in thirtv-five minutes, and that it would probably take twenty-five minutes to drive there. He was told that he must not wait for breakfast at tne hotel, and that hU breakfast had been put in a basket bas-ket and would be taken to the station, and that he might eat it on the train. A carriage was waiting at the door of tne hotel, and as soon as Reed emerged no was bundled into it, with the Injunction to the driver to "go like the devil to the Boston & Maine. He got to the station iust in time to catch the train, and upon being congratulated upon the fact, he drawled out: "Yes, I dressed myself in three minutes. I do like four. You can do it a shade better." There was always a class of Democrats in Portland who voted for Reed, and in the election of 1SSH) a story is told of an old Democrat who came Into the voting place looking as if he were out of his element, and. depositing In the ballot box a little slip of paper all rolled up, which, upon being opened later by the officials of the pooling booth, was found to contain con-tain simply these words, evidently written bv the old fellow himself: "For Congress, Tom Reed." |