Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-12-15
klNDWORnS F0a CRISP
:ONG7EssMsN ExaREss THEIR
SYMPATHY ron, Jim, G,F
The Friends Of the sreakss NssterlS'
Resent the anroat rut lpon Inc y
lhs Sew XorG Reform club sthes>Sd
ms Ito Entered tho House. W.

WAsnINGroN, Dec. ~ The slighS
pat upon Speaker Crisp by T. ElNyy
Anderson. The president OF the Now
York Reform elubi Nas the one loplq
Of COMPENSATION at The capitol yestcr.
day TIC feeling found draniatis eX;
preston when Mr. Crisp entered The
hall of the House and walked to his
chair. A spontaneous outburst OF ap-
plause immediately followed his ap.
hcarnnc6 !, was noticcahs that this
applause tams front tho Republican,
side Of the House as we'll as the Demo.
cratic, The party enemies OF Mr.. Crisp
joined with his own political associ-
ptes IN showing him most cmphatically
their personal esteem and their wish
TO rebuke the ihdignity which the
mugwumps had heaped upon them.
Ex-Speakcr Reed, who has always been
n personal friend of his successor In
the chair, was conspicuous in leading
the hand-clapping on the Republican
side. Mr. Burrows OF Michigan WAS
equally vehement in HE applause. and
rushed forward to the speakers dnis
and shook Mr. Crisp warmly by the
hand
Members OF the House Il both par
ties have been outspolSen in their de-
nunciation OF What they consider the
jnhospita Bile and dscourteous conduct
OF the managers Of the Reform club
banquet While ihe slight offered the
Speaker hF his hosts in New York NAV
tend somewhat 20 prejudice the Spenl;-
er's interests throughout The country,
there is no doubt the affront has caused
reaction In his bah'lf among the
mcmbcrs IN this city. As II
Is tho trngressmed themselves
who, IN the end. must select
the Speaker of the Fifty-third Com
gresS, the incident appears, therefore,
10 haze really strengthened the candi.
pacy of Mr.. Crisp While the Reform club
was doubtless in entire ignorance in
advance Of the philippe which "Tom''
Johnson of Ohio pronounced against
Che Speaker and Chairman Springer
IF the WAYS and Means committee.
the disposition OF congressman is To
consider Mr.. Johnson's utterarices and
the discourtesy offered Speaker Crisp
oy his hosts as only parts of plan
which has its origin out of Congress,
and which is the attempt OF New
York dining club to dictate the Speak,
,rship OF the Lid Congress. For the
first time there is 4 desire expressed
for list OF the membership .of the
"Reform club" and Mr.. Cochran and
others who have succeeded in examin.
Ing such a list assert that at all tines
the mugwumps and Republicans are
ible TO control the destinies and poll.
lies of the Reform club, and that,
therefore, it is not much Of Demo-
ratic club after all
There lisa general impression in Con-
gressional circles that Mr. Cleveland
md Speaker Crisp have thorough
understanding as to the tariff-reform
course to be pursued In the fifty-third
Congress, and that the President ELECT
WAS in entire ignorance of the intended
slight to be placed upon Speaker Crisp,
and, in his position as guest, power
less to prevent it even had he sus.
pected it after looking over the pro.
gram vi Iuc evening. Mcnn DclS
are to-day comparing the speech
of Mr.. Cleveland and the one in.
Tended to be delivered by Mr.. Crisp,
and find therein remarkable accord on
the methods to be pursued in the re-
form of the tariff Mr. Crisps speech,
had it been delivered Saturday night,
would have shown that while in the
present Congress, with Republican
Sen 3, he favored tentative plan OF
separate bills, his opinion of the course
to be pursued after next March, when
the Democrats viii control not only
both branches of Congress but the
presidency as well, is that the tariff
should be revised by general bill.
1t is doubtless u matter of great
gratificatio to Speaker Crisp that
among those who most emphaticaIly
condemn the inhospitality of the Re.
form club are many members who
were not even his supporters in the
famous Speakership contest.