Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-16
=. DECEMBER l6. 1892.
The New York Incident.

The letter Of Hon. RoGER @. Mills
touching what is styled 1.-THE New York
incident" leaves nothing more to be said
by him in the way of explanation. He had
mo more connection with the slight put
upon Speaker CRISP than the man in the
moon" SO he says. and of course he tells
the truth. MIR. Mills did not know that
Speaker CRISP had been invited to speak.
or had q speech prepared or even that he
had been invited 10 the banquet. or was In
New York, until he (Mr. MILLs) had sat
down at the table. Moreover. Mr.. Mills
assisted the Speaker in finding the sea;
which had been assigned to him.
1t requires good deal of self-confdence,
or confidence in ones own opinion, 10 pre-
tend, as some of the Mugwump organs do,
that there was no reason whatever why the
Speaker should regard as a slight the fail
ure TO inYjte him to make speech on the
occasion. Mr.. CRISP would indeed be IN
an unenvIable and wholly iuexcusable pre-
dicament if he should undertake to reVerse
the Judgment of the House of Representa-
tives IN this matter. For 1t must be remem-
bered that he does not stand alone, Ike
Adams recollection Of his fall but is
backed up by the Republican as well as the
Democratic members of that body. They
pronounced an reversible judgment
when with wonderful unanimity they on
Monday last made that demonstration In
the hall of the House which caused the
Speakers eyes TO show suspicious
moisture" and told him in manner that
could not but be grateful TO his feelings
TINT the House Of Representatives OF the
American Congress and people resented
the slight which had been put upon On
able and faithful public servant. We re-
peat it, the verdict has been rendered and
1t cannot be reversed.
So also the letter of Nr. Chairman An
DERsoS must be set down as having "cOme
too late" He ought 20 have known in
tuitiyely that if. besides Mr. CLEVELAND,
anybody had been invited to the club din
ner who was expected by the people to
speak, and who had right to expect to be
called upon TO do 50, that man was Mr..
CRISP. He is the second officer of the gov
eminent a. this time. the President and
Vice-President being Republicans. How
anybody could be guilty of Mr.. ANDERsoN's
blunder is more than We can imagine. He
ought to DO known henceforth as "BUR-
cHARD" ANDERSON. TO say that he did
not inteud 10 slight the Speaker is to say
what is more disCredItable to him than the
failure to call upon him for q speech.
1t is hardly worth while TO reDeat what
wesaid the other day as to Mr.. CLEVELAND
rsmely. that 1t was absolutely impossible
for him to have been concerned IN tins
slight or to have had any precognizanoe of
it. HIS great. Good-sense forblds even the
suspicion that be could have countenanced
so unwlse an act. Just imagine Demo
cratic President breaking with the chosen
head OF the Democratic party under such
circumstances as now surround Nr. CLEvL-
LAND. Pshaw! The President-elect would
have prevented such blunder if he had
been favored with q hint that Mr.. CRISP
was to be sighted. Indeed. we have seen
it intimated that Mr.. CRISP had consulted
Mr.. CLEVELAND as to what he ought to say
in his New York speech in regard to tariff
reform. This report, however. lacks con-
frmation. But 1t needs no testimony to
convince anybody who knows him that
Mr.. CLEVELAND could not possibly have
been party TO "the New York incident"