The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-12-30
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER so. $50,


The election OK Crisp as Speaker OF
the House of Representatives has
stirred up the iire-eating journals of
the South to make more independent
utterings than anything that has been
heard from that quarter since the war.
The st. Louis Republican, the leading
Democratic paper of that State is out
spoken in its condemnation of the
election of Crisp. 1t says:
''At present, In the chair or out of 1t,
Crisp Is a mere cipher which has no
value except as 1t stands by the side of
units which give 1t value, and the units
In his case are the three Senators whose
intrigue for the control of the House
put him in the chair. Until they took
him up us u tool he had never been
heard of by more than live Democrats
in the hundred throughout the coun-
try
This Is plain, bold language for a
Democratic paper and equally signif-
cant Is the threat that follows that II
he attempts TO play the part of an OBJ
structionist he must be thrust aside
whether he is in the chair or on the
floor, and no matter what, his name is
or what he processes to represent"
Equally expressive is the Democratic
Memphis Commercial in denunclatlon
of the influence Of Tammany as the
backer and supporter Of Crisp. 1t not
only says it is full OF corruption, but
says:
ut is organized by corrupt means,
and Ia upheld by the corruption of
every office it can reach, including the
Judges OF the courts, on whom it.levied
at the recent election more than $40, 600
each for the support Of its corruption
and corruptlng fund. Controlled
largely by illlterate and constituencies
thugs and thieves, as has many times
been proven by trials In the New York
courts and by Legislative Investiga-
ting Committees, 1t was felt in The
House OF Representatives to be the
forerunner of the contention, division
and dissatisfaction which almost Ger
tainly precede disaster to political
parties"
The Republican papers have said a
:, great many bad things about New
Work. but nothing that quite equals
this, ana yet every word OF it is true.
The leading Democratic paper in
South Carolina and indeed in the whole
South is the Charleston News anC
Courier, but it too is kicking in the
traces like wild Comanche pony. A
suggestive article is that under thu
caption OF "a brace OF blunders.r
''Blunder No. 1.-The election OF tbs
Hon. Charles Il, Crisp rs Speaker OF
the House OF Representatives.
Blunder No. 2.-Speaker Crisp's np
pointment OF Mr.. Springer as chairman
OF the Committee on Ways and Means
The Democratic party has made {
bad start. The outlook Is not encour
aging for 1892 and we fear that the
Presidency has been sacrificed for tht
Speakership. Mr.. Reed has gone int
history as the Speaker who was biggel
placein the portrait gallery of TIN
House as the Speaker who used hi!
oi1lee To pay his political debts.
The Republicans ought to be verl
happy They are never SO lucky a
when the Democrats have a big ma
jority."
In another article this same pape
uses the significant words: "Perhap
1t will turn out that although tn
South could not destroy the Union tn
South Will DO able TO destroy tn
Democratic party No matter villa
may have caused these expression.
they are indications of change Q
sentiment in the South that will per
NIT free action and free speech, an
when this comes people may. in til