Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-02-27
POLITICS IN THE HOUSE.
An Exciting Debate Yesterday After.
noon.

MR. xESSEDY's ATTACK ON SPEAKER CARLISLE
AND MR.. cRIsP-HIs REMARKS KISSED ~ TIL
DEMocRATs-MR. cRIsP's REPLY.
Mr.. Kennedy, member Of the House from
| Ohio, made very bitter attack upon Speake,
Carlisle and Mr.. Crisp in the House yesterday
his speech being upon the southern outrage
or contested-election question. Referring to
Speaker Carlisle he said: when $500 Kentuc-
kians stood at the door Of this House on con.
| tested-election case What did the Speaker OF
| this House, who was the contestee. do? He
remained as silent as the Sphinx, and the com.
mittee of this House, headed by Charles F.
Crisp, Of Georgia, reported back and denied
the contestant the right to a hearing on this
floor"
Mr.. Bland made point of order and tried to
keep him from proceeding, but he went on as
follows:
II say that only once before in the history o,
our government has there been such a case as
that. will not mention any names, but will
say that the press of my state, Ohio. secular
and religious. Independent, democratic. and
republican, demanded that that case should be
heard. Not only republicans, but democrats.
state officials and others, demanded that that
case should be heard
THE ATTACK ON THE SPEAKER
Here he was interrupted again, but he per-
sisted, saying: 81 refer again to the case which
1 have just mentioned. That gentleman will
go into private condemned by his politial asso-
c1ates and despised by his political enemies.
without society save that only which his ILL
gotten wealth can purchase, too low for pity
and beneath contempt. Misses on the demo-
cratic cratic side. 1 refer now to case in this
House, and I ask is it any wonder
that the contestee in that case which
was reported upon this floor on the
10th of January last, should, after that
report was made, be covered with humiliation
and shame? Was it any wonder that it required
the exhilarating and stimulating influences of
Washington and the balmier breezes of Old
Point Comfort to restore him to his mental and
moral equilibrium? Mr.. Chairman. leave the
question to him. to the country, and to the
people OF Kentucky Misses on the democratic
side.l The gentleman from Georgia (Mr.
Crisp asks whether have ever
BEEN IN GEORGIA.
desire to say to him that in 1868 and 1864, if
he had not been moving so swiftly to the SOUTH
he might have made my acquaintance in Geor-
gIa. Kisses and jeers on the democratic side
presume, sir, that my standing in Georgia
will not be as high as that of the gentleman
from Georgia
Mr.. McMillin-Or anywhere else.
MIR. continuing because he
49, VIC SoHieuSFhto gray ana wore the
Union blue in that great contest l have no
desire to compare records with the gentleman
from Georgia, but believe that in the estima-
ton OF every loyal man in this land my record
Is as high above his in that great contest as the
angels of light are above the angels of dark
ness. lDerlsive laughter and jeers on the DEM
Ocratic side.1
When he had concluded his remarks Mr.. Peel
asked unanimous consent that 30 minutes be
allowed the opposition to reply.
Mr. owens, of Indiana, objected, but it
brought such a storm about his ears he was
forced to withdraw it, and MIR. Crisp was recog-
nized.
MR.. cRIsP's REPLY.
Mr.. Crisp said he would expose to the House
the wiilful and deliberate inaccuracies of MIR.
Kennedy. He was careful to state that he cast
no odium upon Mr.. Kennedy's record as SOL
der He then reviewed the utterances of Mr..
Kennedy last summer charging that Mr.. Crisp
had come to Congress by suppressing the al
most entire vote of his district and Mr. Ken
nedy's structures upon Mr.. Crisp's appointment
to the craftsmanship of the committee on cleo
lions which reported the Carlisle-Thoebe con-
test.
Mr.. Crisp described the proceedings of the
House by which the elections committee was
elected, and said the criticisms of Mr.. Kennedy.
OF Ohio. did not proceed from ignorance but was
case OF malicious defamation against the
Speaker OF the House. Il use that expression in
its fullest definition" he added Mr.. Crisp
then alluded to Mr.. Kennedys record while
acknowledgements of Ohio and president of
the Ohio senate. in declaring that seventeen
senators out OF thirty-seven could adopt report
unseating -four democrats and seating four re-