New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-13
ter to the vanquished. Both factions thoroughly
understand this and gladly accept the issue.
1T WAS A DELIBERATE SNUB.
THE REFORM CLUB DID NOT LIKE MIR. CRISP
AND SHOWED IT.


| Speaker Crisp at the Reform Club dinner on
Saturday night was not only deliberate, but pre-
| mediacd The Speakers affiliations with the
| Hill and Tammany machine of New-York State
and city made him shining mark for Mugwump
dislike and his victory in reaching the chair which
he now occupies with the aid of the Hill lam
| many forces. over the pet and confederate OF the
tarilT-reformers Roger G. Mills, crystalllzed the
hostility, not to say envy and hatred, with whlch
the whole Free Trade element in this part OF the
country regarded him. The guiding spirits OF tne
Reform Club therefore seized with avidity the OPP
portunity to humiliate him. and circumstances
show that they succeeded to their entire satls-
faction. and are now happy in gloating over Mr'
Crisp's discontinue. . ,
Senator Mills was himself so pleased win the
situation that he could not keep 1t to himself
Some one. il seems, had previously informed the
Senator of what would happen to Speaker crisp
at the dinner for on Saturday he was rubbing MS
hands together gleefully in anticipation OF the
! expected incident.
"Crisp has got speech ready to deliver at the
Reform Club dinner tonight" he is reported 10
have said. with chuckle, to a friend, and mas
| given it out to the press, but he won't ge'
chance TO fire it off. He will find that TINS Sil
| his show"
| One of the points made by the Democrats VINO
dcnounce the trea amcnt which the Speaker receiVe'
at tho hands Of his host is that Mr.. Cleveland was
| made \ party to the insult. lie sat beside T..
Ellery Anderson, the chairman and toasInaster Vi
| the dinner, and a word from him would nav" rus
tratcd the scheme. The ex-Presdent might easily
have hinted to Mr. Anderson that his an 10 ignore
the Speaker WAS ill-advised and have suggested
that common courtesy would indicate that MT
Crisp be called upon to deliver the speech which
! L nroH nd H,vlli iph
| most Of the newspaper offices of New-iork,
| and in n great many throughout the country.
| Mr. Anderson would most undoubtedly have ac-
| ceded 10 such suggestion from the chlei
guest OF the evening, in whose honor the entertain
mcnt WAS giyen. But the Presdcnt-elect sat
silently by and saw the highest Democratic oiiicai
in the land aiTronted, making not the feebleSt at-
| tempt 10 prevent il. Thousands OF Democrats Ne
Ievc that he sympathzcd with the scheme.
In the first replies which the chief men OF the
| Reform Club made to the charge Of deliberately
! snubbng Mr.. Crisp they assured in1ulrers Win
one accord that there was not the least intention
Of sighting the Speaker. Both eX-Secrctary fair-
| child and Mr. Anderson were emphatic on thlS
| point, and Mr.. Farchd said If any one can
| show that we have been discourteous we are only
TOO willing to make ample apologies l do not
see how any rules have been violated. If either
mvsclf or L. Ellerv Anderson had understood that
sneaker Crisp had speech in his pocket we shouid
| only have been too happy to have relieved MN
| of his embarrassment
| In thn face of this disclaimer statement was
published Yesterday which positively asserted thaV
| both Mr. Anderson and Mr. Fairchld knew In ad-
vance that Speaker Crisp expected 10 DO c"neu
upon and had a speech prepared.
| Mr. Anderson saw this statement at his office,
No 10 Wall-st ycsteriny and admitted Its correct
ness
A reporter called here Saturday. he said
." and asked me if / could give him copy OF MI
| Mills speech for that evening. lie said that
Speaker Crisp had given out the speech he expected
70 deliver. but Mr. Mills's speech had not been
obtained expressed surprise at hearing that Alr.
Crisp had prepared and sent out his speech, for
was not aware that he had been asked to make
a spccch. sent at once for Colonel Robert Grier
Nonro. and asked him TO inquire of the members
of the committee on speakers and find ont for me
if any such invitation had been sent To Mr. Crisp
which could lead him To suppose that a speech
at th, dinner was expected from him. Colonel
Monroe did 20 and reported To me that nothing
| had been said or written TO Mr.. Crisp from WHICH
he could draw such conclusion
with the information in your possession that
the SNEAKER supposed that he had been invited
to make an address, and had his speech ready,
did YOU take any means TO find out from hilh-
.elr whether he expected to be called upon?
| Mr.. Anderson was asked.
Il did not" was the reply. Mr.. Crisp has
not been i'm accord witt. the views OF the lFlOrh
| club on the tariff reform question. lie mas ID
! our opponent in contests on when Democrats
| have divided on the tariff, and 1t was not our
purpose TO ask HIM for speech on an ". i "siGu
Of the kind. We wanted 10 near lloih oui "iN"''
Was not the same kind of an invitation which
was sent to Speaker Crisp sent to senator OarIlSc,
who made one OF the speeches at the dinner oS
! your request. , -: .s .l,
| MIR Anderson admitted $50 that this was the
| fact But he said Mr. Carlisle was one OF
our friends and has done valiant service III 'ic
| cause Of tariff reform c. ,t;i,
~ in a pleasant mood over the arrangement 70
prevent Speaker Crisp from delivering ms speech,
| was related To Mr.. Anderson, ana lie was asheu IL
| ne had any knowledge of 1t.
| Il don't believe it" he answered. V had sole
charge of the matter of calling upon the speakers
| and | never told senator Mills that MI trlsp was
rot +, hn called UPON | take the responsibility.
| added the POSTMASTER cXcltdiy, oi denying
| that Mr. Mills ever said anything Of the kid
Mr. Clcyeland was busy Yesterday at ms ms o,Te 5ni
in the Mills Building trying to adjust the dii-
! cultcs which have broken out between prominent
| Democrats of Missouri over tie question 9i VINO
| is 10 be Secretary Of The Interior: Colonel
| and eX-Goycrnor Francis, of that State, are both
applicants for the place. Dr. Cleveland listened
| raticntly for several hours to explanations from
| Govcrnor-clcct Stone and other Missouri politicians
on the subject. Colonel Jones, who is in the city,
was a good deal disturbed last evening by report
| that Governorclect Stone was PLAYING double
came and had given a stronger Endorsement to the
| claims of Governor Francis than 10 his own. The
trouble II is said. is likely to mbroil all Missouri
| i'm "A free fight before IL is settled