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appointed such committee and then the
Senate adjourned to Monday at noon.
In the House,

The House met, after recess, at 1890
o'clock. A committee of three was ap-
pointed to inform the President that
Congress was ready to adjourn.
Mr.. Hatch then took the chair, and
Mr.. Reed Of Maine said in substance:
Mr.. Reeds Resolution.
'Mr. Speaker: The Speaker of this
House holds an office of dignity and
honor, of vast power and influence. The
extent of that power and influence can
not be described, even by one who has
been honored by it's possession. AL this
dignity, honor, power and influence,
were created, not to adorn or glorify any
individual, but to uphold, support and
maintain the well being Of the people of
the United States. Whoever, at any
time, whether for purposes of censure or
rebuke, or from any other motive, at
tempts to lower the prestige of that of
flee, by just SO much lowers the prestige
Of the House itself, whose servant and
exponent the Speaker is. No attack,
whether open OF covert, can be made up
Ou llldU &ICdL OlJCG W1UuOut tC6NAAS3 w
the future legacy of disorder and of
bad government. This is not because
the Speaker is himself sacred creation.
1t is because he is the embodiment of
the House, it's power and dignity.
While therefore, my associates and I have
not forgotten the past, | am sure speak
the sentiment of them all when say
that the Republican party without re-
gard to what any other party may do,
or what any other party has done, will
butress, by the respectful behavior of
each and every one of it's members, this
high office. Therefore, placing patriot
ism above partisanship, placing duty
above even just resentment, nOtwith-
standing we do not approve of the parlia-
mentary law of the Speaker and his as
sociates, and deem that system as re-
established is undemocratic and lunwise,
nevertheless by offering the customary
resolution, we tender to the Speaker of
this house the expression of our belief
that he, like all his predecessors, has per-
performed the trying duties OF his office
with upright intention and honorable
purpose.
A resolution to the above effect was
unanimously adopted and Speaker Crisp
responded. Said he:
Speaker Crisp's Response.
In a body like this, whose members
represent constituencies with interests
which often seem to be and perhaps are
conflicting, there are necessarily heated
contests upon the floor and naturally at
times we all are somewhat hasty in ex-
preston, and say things and do things
which we afterwards regret. If there
fingers in tie bosom of any one any af-
Fiction, fancied or real, from any ruling
or expression of mine. I beg to say
aow and here regret it, and if
have done that which I ought not
to have done, it has been an
unintentional error, because have en-
deavored only to discharge my duties
and enforce the rules as the House has
adopted them, with courtesy, frmness
and iInpartiality. / thank you again for
this kindly expression and beg to say
there is no incident in my career from
which I shall and do derive more gratifi-
cation than the incident which has just
transpired in this house in the presence
of all it's members.
Then after consideration of few pri-
vate measures, the Speaker, when the
hands of the clock pointed to the hour of
noon, declared the House adjourned
sine die.