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Show 1)1; A 1 11 OF SPLAKLR kCI.O ItiaTIM.I lalirtt IKTHS tf CI Milt till II alllllir II I.M aa. roreo-r Hh-n.f lit IL.ttar t.f tteeret SalKra Haa l ot " Hxtl Hal Sx'tt IK WI.'M ha l'ard -.. ,r..l.. itl,.l.r.. tty 1. Thomsn Itrakeit Iteed. forma speaker of the houae of repreatwli lives, and for ninny years one of tjd moat prominent character In pulji" life, 1 dead. Ill" d.ath occurring n Wanhlngton, I). C. at 12:10 o'clori Bun. lay morning, nftt-r a short lllian. the llnlne.lliite intian of death bul ursemla. At the bedside when he 1111 were Mrs. Heed mid Mls Katherio Iteed, iHa-toin (Inrtltier. Mrllon.lJ I It hIj up and (liio.lnow, and the nurae. Mr, Fteott ptiMtetl away peacefully fid apparently without pain. j Thoinaa llraehett Iteetl was born fe-loher fe-loher IS. l3fi. In Portland. Me ,, gid received hla early education In i romnion aebooln of that city. In sV'l he was grailiiated from llowdolii '1 lege, winning one of the highest h.n-l.ra h.n-l.ra the prlre for n. client e In K g Hah roniiaialtion. 'i'he next fttiir r4ira were spent by Mr. Iteed In teii.atm and the study of law. Ilefore bit nl nilptlon to the bar be waa apii'iluvd acting nttlHlnut piiymiiHter In fio United Htatea navy. After hla illmliniKe In 1 m.r. Mr. Iteed returned to Portland, pnaaej llio bar and enteretl on the prnctlrn of his profession. Three yearn lntr he wss elected as a Itepubllcan il the Uglnlnture of the state of Maltil. In 1S(. he waa reelected to tho immi and In It'll maile state senator. ms Ing from the latter position to t lot or attorney general of the state tbosauie year. Retiring from thla office alter effective service In I HID. ho w ni.ihen made solicitor of the city of Port I lend. In September. 1K76. be waa sleeted to the Forty fifth congress of ths I'nll-ed I'nll-ed Htnten. which aaaelnbled II He-remher. He-remher. 1S77. lie Immeillatelt lie rsme priiiuliifint through a speech, one of the few formal ones ever dclhred by him. In which he argued uulii"! tho paylniottt of damages bx ths I'nlt-ed I'nlt-ed Htatea for lulnrlen reenlvetl hy William nutl Mary college at ttic hsntla of I'iiIIimI Htates tnatps ilurtnit the war. I'he ntlhncqilcnt poll iy ol the government In relation lo wat rlnlnin wns largely iltttriiilned by the defeat of tltla nieaaure. to whfiii Mr. Iteed nlgnnlly eoiitiilniteil. lie wan alao one of the niliiorltv memlierf appointed ap-pointed to Invontlgale Hie elertim of Prenltlent Haven In the fnnioun lliyea-Tllden lliyea-Tllden rnntroverny. Ills skill is i debater de-bater waa at once recognised, a in! his Influence becoming more straigly marked each year, the leailemliti of hla paity was Anally conceded t'tlitm, and In the Korty-ntnth arm -frrlelh rongresacn the romiillmeiKary nonV nation to the aiHtakernhin was tendered ten-dered him by the Republicans. In the Fifty-first congress, thst party par-ty having obtained the ascendancy, ho was elected nienker on the flrat ballot. bal-lot. In the Hint days of his stlmlnls tratlen of the ofllee much opnonhinn wns made hy the minority to the enforcement en-forcement of w'mt Mr. Iteed believed his constitutional itttwer, to count members prenettt In the house si par tliipntlng In a vote, despite their refusal re-fusal to nan their privilege. TliequcK tlon of alienee on such iM-cnninn constituting con-stituting legal nl H.-iiee, and 1 tie destruction de-struction therotiy of a quorum, was, however, set at rent by the ailnptlon of new rules by the houae, Feiiruary 14. I K"ii. in September of the tains year Mr. Iteed was reelected Is ths Fifty second c una by a lams ma Jorlty Mr, Heed proved himself an Inderal Ignhln worker, even while In eoniiaa.B, ami aable from his duilrs as rongieaninnn nuil speaker he found time to contribute to aeveral naga-allien naga-allien of the day artielea pertinent to Hie vaiioua political and eronmlc nueatloiin which were from Hint to time agltntlng the country. |