The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-20

they talk of eXpelllng Tom Watson Tor ms
insult to the house, moment thought
Will show that the members of the house
who took part in this insult are in no better
position than is Watson. ] have all along
been an autI-CrSp man. | am now lor
Crisp and will be from this time forward.
M. ,-.s lt>u. na,,I"n.
Mr.. Dewitt Warner, who was delegated
by the Reform Club to see Mr. Crisp per-
sonally in addition to the written invitation,
to extend to him the honor of an invitation
to the banquet, SAID today: There is no
occasion for all this talk about the matter
of Mir. Crisp not being invited to speak at
the Reform Club banquet. lie was in
vited, as an evidence of good feeling, to the
honor of attending the dinner. lie was not
invited to speak. The club bad q perfect
right not to invite him TO speak. They had
q perfect right to make up their list of speak
ers and not include him among them. 1t
was perfectly proper for him to be prepared
Many men had speeches in their pockets
which were not used. There was no lack
of courtesy shown him
Amos 3In,tii, T. SuealIs Out.
Representative Amos Cummings, of New
York, speaking of it today said: The New
1ork Reform Club two years ago collected
money from Iammany men, myself among
the number. to a large amount for the pur-
pose of distributing tariff reform htera-
ture. remember | contributed SO. That
fab a member of that club accepted the
nomination for mayor of New York with
two-thirds of tn candidates on the ticket
with him republicans. The Club did It's
best to defeat the democratic party,
using the money which Tammany Hall had
contributed to this end. ="
In speaking of the treatment OF Speaker
Crisp Mr., Cummings continued, Il can
best express my opinion of the occurrence
in what a page boy said to me today
Walking up otme he said: Mr.. Cummings,
what kind of people have you In New orN:
What do you mean? ! asked l mean mean
the men who invite gentlemen 10 ulhher
and then sanding them.
4ne ..o~t says t.ditoriaiiy.
The Washington Post, in an editorial
on the subject, says: 49,. ,,,n viii,
Mr. Crisp was invited, to the dlnner WIZ, Win
the understanding that he would be expect
cd TO sneak. and had prepared himself nc.
cordingly. Upon reaching, the scene OF
To sneak. but was brought face to face Win
the germs of q conspiracy TO imperil ana II
possible defeat his chances for reelection
dom has a grosser insult, in the form OF a
''put-up job ever been offered TO- pq h;tlS
man, ami never to a man Of Mr. Crlsps hish
standing and honorable rCpute. ~,
Mr.. Crisp may regret that he accepted the
invitation at ali. he certainly has grounds
tended TO him: but he will lose no prestige,
lose no strength thereby. The reaction that
is sure to set in VIII DC in a +bn lis
and double dealing Of the conspirators who
seek to compass his destruction.
How Mr.. Anderson Talks.
In view of the statement given out this
afternoon by the Associated Press stating
that the Associated Press representative
had rotifed Mr.. Il. Ellery Anderson, the
president of the Reform Club, that Mr..
Crisp had given a speech to the Associated
Press which he expected to make, the fol
lowing interview with Mr. Anderson pub
lshed this morning, makes his conduct
rather strange to say the least of it,
II really know nothing about it, said