The state chronicle., 1892-12-13
AN UNFORTUNAT DINNER.

preclatlon.
ANUNFO DINNER.
The dinner given by the Reform
club in New York city on Saturday
evening last appears to have been un-
fortunate in some respects as to its ar
rangement
Speaker Crisp was one of the guest,
but his name was not among those Sc
lected by the managers to speak. This
omission was not only remarked be-
cause Of the high official position oc.
eupied by Mr.. Crisp, but it was made
more marked because Mr.. Mills, also a
guest, and the rival of Mr.. Crisp for
the speakership, was invited to speak
and did speak. go
The mana gers should have had more
consideration for Mr.. Cleveland than
to have invited him to dinner and
then embarrassed him by passing by
the third officer of the government in
rank, and in many regards more infu.
entail than the President himself, to
give precedence to distinguished rival
AS we'll as so ne who were neither his
equal in rank nor ability, and to one
who has not been consistently loyal
to the democratic party. And even
this was not the only feature Of that
dinner to be regretted, for Congress.
man Johnson, another speaker, 80 far
forgot the proprieties of the occasion
as to harshly criticise the organization
of the House Representatives of the
ffty.second Congress-the House that
elected Mr.. Crisp Speaker and over
which he now presides.
1t appears from the proceeding
that Mr.. Carl Schurz Immediately
followed Mr.. Cleveland, who was th,
first speaker. No one will question
Mr.. Schurz's great ability, but no on
can say that he is representative
democrat, and why this noted mug
wump was selected above all others
and even next to the President.elec
is quite suggestive.
If it was meant to strengthen MI
Schurz as candidate for the Unite
States Senate from New York, then
was unfair to Mr.. Cleveland seemingl
to attempt to boom the ex-member O
ex-President Hayes cabinet on sue
an occasion. The time and the sui
roundings were alike unfortunate I
begin the boom.
If there ever was fraudulent il
auguration Of an official in this cour
try it was when Mr.. Hayes was inau.
urated President. This is the verdi
of contemporary as it will be theeye
dict of future history, and Mr.. Schu,
was not averse to-, but did accept
cabinet position under the fraudule1
administration OF Rutherford B. HAY,
a fraud which defeated the leg
right Of Samuel J. Tilden to the Pre-
idency of the United States, and viii,
Mr.. Schurz approved by receiving
part OF the stolen honors and profit
The sentiment which sent David
Hill to the United States Senate fro
New York has indeed undergone
radical change in that State if, with
few years, Carl Schurz can be ele
ted as his colleague. Mr.. w. C. Wh
ney declined the invitation to the +
form club dinner, and, as it has turn
ou;, Mr.. Cleveland's true friends "
wish that he too had declined and th
avoided the connection of his ma,
with an occasion which must have be
rendered embarrassing to him by t
stupidity or absence OF courtesy on t
part OF its managers. 1t would be W
enough for some who are attempting
take charge of Mr.. Cleveland and
shape his policy to understand that
was nominated and elected to
Presidency by the democratic par
The applause which greeted Speal
Crisp when he entered the House J
terday shows that the representa-
of the democratic party know how
rebuke the discourtesy offered this tt
democratic leader by few mugwur
and gold bugs in New York city.