St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-13

cial capacity. He would never have
been invited il he had not been speaker
of the house. He was there as speaker
of the house. The insult was to his
office and to the house. have all along
been an anti-Crisp man. | am now for
Crisp. and will be from this time for
ward"
Representative Bailey, of Texas, and
many of the representatives from the
Southern states, where the
ChiValrOus Conception
of hospitality amounts almost to re-
ligion, are also indignant at the treat
ment accorded the speaker, and severe
in their insinuations against the gentle
manly instincts of those who control
the Reform club. To Hon. Bourke
Cochran, of New York. the incident is a
subject Of considerable merriment
Il have told you all about those peo-
pie at Chicago and other places many
times" said he, 10 some of the Southern
congressman, "but you would never be-
lieve me. Why. during the campaign
we kept all those people locked up IL
the cellar from beginning to end. When
we took up the management of the cam
paign in the state Of New York we
refused to give them a single appoint
ment Or chance to speak. They would
have ruined everything if they had had
any voice in the management of the
campaign. Yet, now, when everything
is over and we have won the battle, these
600 mugwumps come forward and want
to read the 100000 thousand regular
Democrats out OF the party"
Up to this time about the only men
mentioned as possible opponents to Mr..
Crisp in the speakership contest are
Representatives Wilson, of West Fir-
gInia. and Breckenridge, OF Kentucky.
Bynum, Of Indiana, would doubtless
be much discussed but for the inn
preston that the speaker must come
from the South, the president and
vice president both being Northern
men. Neither Wilson nor Breckenridge
acknowledges himself actively IN the
fight for the Speakership, and the events
of today have hardly been such as to
foster hopes in the breast of any aspir-
ant for the h0n0rS now borne by the
gentleman from Georgia.
Aware Et Was Prepared.
New YORK, Dec. 12.-ln connection
with the failure Of the toastmaster. E.
Ellery Anderson, at the Reform CLUB
dinner on Saturday night to call on
Speaker Crisp for Il speech, it might be
added that Mr.. Anderson. Charles S.
Fairchild and Mr.. Mcfarland. of the
Reform club. knew in advance that
Speaker Crisp expected to be called
upon and had a speech prepared. Mr..
Anderson was so Informed by an ASSO-
ciated Press reporter. He expressed
some surprise, but said that he was
very glad to hear 1T, as MI. Crisp was
sure to make an interesting
speech. Mr.. Mcfarland, who had
the distribution of tickets in charge,
was seen at the office of the Reform
club Oh Saturday before noon and was
told by the Associated Press reporter
that typewriter copies of Mf. Crisp's
speech had already been sent out to the
papers. He remarked that he supposed
that Mr.. Crisp would take the place on
the programme of Mr.. Morrison, who
was unable to be present. Shortly after,
ward Mr.. Fairchild was seen by the re-
porter and was told that Mr.. Crlsp's
speech to be delivered at the Reform
club dinner had been received by the
Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, o.. Dec. 12.-Congress-
man Tom l.. Johnson, who is in the
city, had little to say today about the
sensation stirred up by his criticism of
Speaker Crisp's course. 81 am glad if
some persons don't like it," he said
terSely.