The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15
SPEAKER CR1SP'S PROMISE OF
REFORM WITH SPEAKER
REEDS TACTICS.
One Works the Positive, and the Otherthe
Negative End of the Same Partisan
Battery--Resuit, Partisan
Electricity to Keep
Alive Section
alism.

allSTn.
REPRESENTATIVES, profoundly CRATE
| full for this mark of your confidence
and esteem, | pledge myself here and
now to devote whatever of industry and
ability I possess to the advancement Of
| the real interest of the Democratic
party"
These are the remarks of Mr.. Speaker
Crisp on taking his seat. He said moth
ing about the people. the country, or
even his own section Of it, which IS at
| present 70 needful of a friend in power.
| According to his own confession he IS
a partisan, elected IN the interests OF
p~artisaus, which he gives the broader
name of party. His is the same phlIos-
ophy that guided Speaker Reeds prac-
tee. According to his own confession
he will judge every question by It's
effect upon the interests of his party
the party which elected ham If any
great reform is advanced during his
reign, it will be because he and his
hackers believe partisan interest can
| not be hurt by it.
If ne thinks the great Democratic
majority IN the House is because the
people prefer set of partisans to
| another, he will learn better later. A
mere partisan is unpopular now
no matter what is his hobby. The PEG
pie now perfectly understand that mere
partisan agitation Will never accom-
plish any real reform no matter under
what banner Men will be partisan
| enOugh-tOo partisan when the name
and the interests Of their party Are
never mentioned, when only principles
and the interests of the people and the
country are discussed. But when a
speaker announces that he is going to
use his great judicial Office to further
the interests of his party, we see at
once that if he Is consistent with his
philosophy he will thrash over and
over the same Old straw of partisan
agitation with like results.
The same public sentiment that
would tolerate a partisan in the
Speakers chair, will tolerate him in the
Supreme Court of the United States.
The same Speaker that will leg" for
his party in making laws will leg and
lOg-rOll for it in interpreting them
will pack committees III partisan and
personal interests, and will use his high
judicial Office to do anything that
modern partisan warfare requires of it's
vOtaries, its victims, It's dupes and it's
tools.
Crisp may be better than his philos-
Ophy-better than he pretends to be,
though men seldom are; but under his
reign l shall be disappointed if I hear
of much else but Organization"
party" caucus" and the usual APP
pliances of machine politics. 1t is but
human nature to retaliate upon the
tyrannical majOrity-it is still more
the nature of party majOritIes. The
result of it all will be that after some
Oo,DfIr Df h,I1I-ior Tho L,,1lIO, ,-l,o
lately bullied them, they will SO disgust
the people with the triumphant party
that they will again vote the Republl-
cans into power. and the old party Sc
saw will go on as ever. Congress re
minds me of a gigantic bull fight. The
partisans are the bulls. The people, the
spectators at a cost of five million dol
lars a day. They paid a thousand
million dollars for the Reed Mckinley
shOw.) The capitalists are the man
ayers, and make money, no matter
which set of bulls win the fight. The
blOOdy-shirt is the red flag which is
used to make them mad. The libby
lists and newspapers are the gOaders
The grand Crisp combination company
promises a show to last at least six
months, which will rival the great
gladiatOriaI contests of tie latter
Caesars. Ali lovers of true partisan
sport will be entertained as never be
fore. Preparations of the most elabO
rate natur have been made. All tax
payers are invited to witness the per
fOrmance.
Last night I dreamed I saw in fam
ing red letters a bill poster of which the
following is a copy:
GRAND CRISP COMBINATION
COMPANY!
To show every day for at least six
months, except Sundays and holidays.
!
PERFORMANCES every day incLud-
ing Sundays!
Spartachus Crisp to fight with the
celebrated Maine robber, Reed. If
Reed is killed he is to be buried with
the Cars. (Force) Bill Lodge, a noted
African philanthrOpist, is to fight |
Free Trade Mills. Mills armOr IS made |
entirely out of Confederate buttons, |
while Lodge has a AGAR net made en- |
tirely from the sinews of Jno Browns
body and native African wool gathered
from the heads of negroes who have
been cheated out OF their votes. Mr.. |
Lodge will wear the bloody shirt worn
by a COmmissary officer within 80 miles |
of the battle of Gettysburg!
Many other single COmbats and some |
important committee battIesl The
wonderful process of strangling bills in
committee rooms will be elaborated /
but not explained!
THEGREATESPSHOW ONEARTH
IN TWO GREAT RINGS: The Senate
ring and the House ring and many
smaller ones!
Grand pension plunderers' procession
to cost $50 millions!
GRAND SHAM BATTLE between
the surviving brigadiers of the civil