New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-17
CRISP,S FRIENDS CHUCKLING.
TIE CHIP HAS VANISHED FROM E. ELLERY
ANDERSON'S SHOULDER.
SINCE THE .PEAKER ANSWERED HIS LETTER
TIDAL,wAvE OF RETLCENCE HAS IN
GULrED THE REFORMERs.
fDY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUSE.l

[BY TELEGRAPH TO The TRIBUSE.l
Washington, Dec. 16.-Speaker Crisps party
tricn..s here-and they number at least 1our-
ffths Of all the Democrats in Washington-are
chJckling to-day over the discontinue OF f.
Elery Anderson and the Reform Club. One of
thcm in conversation with Tribune corre-
spondcnt, said
Anderson docs not seem TO be either so fluent
or 80 suggestive as he was before he received
Judge Crisp's answer his apology: the chlp
appears mysterously 10 have vanished from Ills
shoulder; there are no more threats or ntlma-
tons that if Crisp does not give Andersons Ietter
70 the newspapers he Anderson VIII do 50. Why'
Anderson even SAYS that he is satisfied which
reminds me of the admission OF the under boy IN
the fight thai he has had enough. Indeed, An
derSon goes so faI az to say that poth ne anu
Jndrc Crisp ore satisfied which clinches the
admission. Anderson's touching expression OF
horo ,hat he will now be allowed a respite
from tho continual roand o. inquiries IS also most
significant; h, means that lie wants a rest III
order TO recuperate from the enects oi 'uuso
Crsps reply TO his lctter
shcll not be at all surprised if, after Mr.
Anderson and his associates have enjoyed their
wcll-carned respite garbled versions OF the let'rIS
shall be allowed to filter into the columns OF ccr
n Mugwump attempt at revenge TO take, and IN
tbis as r all other like cases, it is neither Unfair
nor unnatural to assume that the afront Will be
followed by an equally unjustifable attempt 10
iniurc."
There are men in Washington who think they
bove GOOD reason TO believe that the contents Oh
Mr. Anderson's letter to Judge Crisp consisted'
first. Of n denial and disavowal Of an lntenIoh
10 humiliate tire Speaker of the ltouse elUhcr oS
the failure to invite him to speak In the hrso ln'
stance. or afterward when he was callea LOT "
members and guests of the Reform CLUB; secohd'
Of an explanation Of tho reasons why ne war noV
asked to speak, which, in substance, was 'haO
hi, views were not in harmony with those OF lhe
poform CIub and large majority Of its invited
guests: third that the criticisms upon the speaker
and thc organization of tire House of Representa-
tiycs which were made by one of the guests ana
npplauded by majority of the clhb were uneA-
pected and tho uttcrance of them at thai time
and place was regretted; and, fourth, the eA-
rrc. sion of a hope that Speaker Crisp would con-
sent 10 exoncrate tho officers and committees oi
the Reform Club from all blame.
There is not the slightest reason to doubt, say
Jud.c Crisp's friends, that after Mr.. Anderson
had framed his letter, and polished us phra'es'
and had il approved by his coadjutors, he was
nvtremclv anxious To zee it in the newspapers,
and was extremely disappointed and chagrined be-
cause Judge Crisp chose not TO be responsible ior
the publication II was whispered among the
members of the anybody dy-to-Deat-Crisp comol-
nation in the House, who modestly regard them
s.lyc1 as d" the Cleveland crowd that the Speaker
dared not make the letter pubhc DecauS IL, ~
made him ridiculous bat that was before ms
reply was written and the tidal wave of retlcence
ingulfcd Mr. Anderson and his advisers
The same wave has swept over the antl-Crisp
men in Washington, and they are az anxious as
+ Elery Anderson himself to have the Speakers
friends and supporters forgive and forget the re-
cent extraordinary performance OF the Reform
Club II they entertain hope OF that sort,
they are doomed TO disappointment. The Reform
Club Incident simply made wider and deeper
rulf which they had been striving for more-than
\ wear. and with a considerable degree Of sue
ccr. t. ma Ike impossible.