The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-12

Tho Reform Club Incident a. Viewed
by Both.

by Both.
WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 11.-Speaker
Crisp is back in Washington. lie IS not
inclined to freely discuss for publication
some incidents connected with the Reform
Club banquet. In reply to questions from
an Associated Press reporter he said:
To begin with. the press of the country rested
under Misrepresentation so far Us regards
the fact that Intended to speak at the banquet.
was not invited TO speak, but armed myself in
advance in case should be called upon. 1t is
true gave out to the press associations in ad-
vance the remarks I intended to make, should
be called upon TO say few words II is not
true that left the banquet in q disgraeeful
manner and dsgruntled condition and did not
return as published. left my seat temporarily
to look after my clothes in the CLOAK room.
This operation completed, I returned to the
banquet hall, and was one of the last TO leave it.
AS regards the implied snub to me, as has been
charged do not care 10 discuss the subject for
publication, nor do care at this time to discuss
the statements by some persons that Cleveland
inhis remarks fred the opening gun in the war
that is to be waged against my reelection to the
speakers chair should be a candidate before
congress.
On his attention being called to the fact
that some of his friends had expressed in
dignation at what they conceived to be in
of too delicate nature to discuss in the
public prints.
New York, Dec. 11.-Nothing in long
time created so much gossip among
New York politicians as the speech
Speaker Crisp did not deliver at
the Reform Club banquet last
night. f. EIlery Anderson. president of
the Reform Club, said: 81 am extremely
sorry that Speaker Crisp feels offended.
would like to find out how he got the
impression that he was to be one of the
speakers. I talked with the members
of the committee and they are also igno-
rant. Certainly no discourtesy was in
tended. Crisp's name was not on the
list of speakers, and there is
no reason why he should be asked
to speak at the Reform dinner.
1t is not unusual that Crisp, as speaker.
should not be asked for an address. The
Reform Club stands for certain things in
party policy which Crisp does not repre-
sent.
Speaker Crisp's friends who remained in
the city are furious at the incident at
which he figured and what they call the
"cold- blooded" way in which the members
of the Reform Club talked about it.
Just before Speaker Crisp left the
Hoffman house for the Madison Square
assembly rooms Saturday night he
was asked if copy of hi .
speech could be procured. The speaker
replied that he was not certain
he would be called upon, but if he was the
Associated Press would furnish a copy.
Mr.. Barrett. the speakers secretary,
was hunting for some one con-
nected with the dinner commit
tee earlier in the evening, anxious
to learn whether the speaker would be
asked to make an address. He found no one
who could tell him, and the speaker
had TO go to dinner ignorant of
whether he would be a speaker or
simply a listener. The whole subject
of the dinner greatly worked up the Re-
form Club. Rumors of dissatisfaction in
the Reform Club will make itself
manifest at the approaching club
election A quiet movement is on
foot TO prevent the reelection of
Anderson as president. The most Demo-
cratic representatives think the Crisp in
cident at the Reform Clubs dinner will
precipitate speakership contest and that
hostilities between the two wings of the
party will Immediately begin.