The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1891-12-17
THE PRESS ON ORIsP's ELEC-
TON.

OF the old Democratic party the
new strength show by the great
majority in the House can be re-
tanned if the forces that have
dominated the Dem ,cratic cau-
Gus are to control the action Of
the party in Congress and out of
it is, OF course, Impossible. The
election of Mr.. Crisp by the coali-
ton OF the demagogy of Hill, the
spoilsmongering of Tammany,
the protectionism of G,rman
and Brice, the half-corrupt, half
fanati.al free-silver movement
and the old South must inevit.,-
tably give pause to the men
who have believed that the DEM
ocratic party would be a fit in
strumentality for the accomp-
lishment of tariff reform and fo-
the clean and honest administra-
ton of the government.
New Yo,k Herald, ind: All
this balloting has been worse
than useless. The object of the
Representatives has not been to
elect a fitting and well-equipped
chairman simply, but to push the
claims of Mr.. Cleveland or Mr..
Hill in. the coming presidential
campaign. The fight was wag-
ed in the interest of a favorite
candidate, who stood in the
background. but who hopes to
come to the front next year. In
other words, the sole purpose in
view has been to tell the people
of this country that they shall
vote on this and that issue, for
this man or that man, in 1892,
aud for no other issue and no
other man.
New York World, DEM: OBJ
stinate as the contest has been,
it has inv olved no vital question,
NO question whatever of broad
party policy. All the candidates
have been men who are of one
mind as to the great issue of
present politics. All are tariff
rsformers. infexibly opposed to
the monstrous system of protec-
tive legislation embodied in law
by the billion-dollar Congress.
All clealy understand the com
mission given 0 the Democratic
party by the people in the extra
ordinary v tie of 1890. None is
clearer in this understanding or
more faithfully devoted to the
of that commission
than Mr.. Crisp, whose first words
to his party in Congress in ac-
cepting this nomination were a
pledge to "take no step back
ward in tariff reform"
The Richmond Times, dem.:
The nomination of Mr.. Crisp for
Speaker of the House of Repre-
tatives was a tribute to the ster-
ing Democracy of that gentle
man, and to his great personal
popularity, and it was victory
Of which his friends may well be
proud. The Democracy of Mr..
Crisp cannot be doubted. His
and able fight against
the force bill in the Fifty-first |
Congress entities him to- the last
ng gratitude of his party, while |
lis acknowledged ability is a
that he will admins
;er his high Office with honor to
his party and his coun-
ry.
The Washington Post, rep:
n the nomination of Mr.. Crisp
he Democrats have made selec-
ion of {. Speaker who will do
lonor to the position and dis
barge it's duties to the entire &C
eptation of both majority and
He has served upon
he bench and is a man Of emf
emily judicial temperament. He
IA been eight yearsin Congress,
me of the foremost members OF
hat body in usefulness, ability
nd leadership, and is an excel
mt parliamentarian.
Philadelphia Press, rep: But
he anti Cleveland end ofthe par
y has won a great victory. It
} due partly to the fear of tie
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