Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-12-30

The gavel which Mr.. Reed used has
disappeared. Possibly there was moth
ing of it left. Maybe when worn down
to a mere semblance of it's former pol
ished self it was tossed through a win.
dow and found it's way to the ash bar.
rel. If wood were receptive and had
the power of articulation, it could tell
strange tales of the emotions OF the
man who graspcd it so firmly and
brought it down with so weighty an
arm. For long time the desk top was
also missing, although Mr.. Reed made
many efforts to secure it immediately
after congress adjourned. Because OF
his anxiety to obtain it, somebody
thought that it was intrinsically valu-
able, and secrcted it. Now that it has
been recovered. Mr.. Reed intends to
send it to his Maine home and hang 1t
up over the fireplace, just whore his
English ancestors many decades ago
used to hang their shields and boar
spears.
Speaker Crisp has arranged to send
to Georgia the desk top used by him
during his first term; and he also re-
tains the gavel in his possession. The
desk tops and gavels will be valuable
memorabilia for the postcrity of these
great men; and some day the govern
ment will want to purchase them as
relics for the Smithsonian institution,
and pay fabulous price for them.
The thin green cloth which covered
Mr.. Reeds desk, and which is almost
macerated as the result of its expert
ence, Is in the possession of Il yoRng
married woman, who was a pretty
belle two years ago, and when visit
ing the capitol the day after adjourn
mont stripped it from the desk. She
says that she intends to keep it for
ever, and bequeath it to her issue; for
she is an enthusiastic admircr of MIR.
Reed, and regards the shredded green
baize as priceless heirloom.
These things will all be lost or for
gotten in a short time" said Mr.. Reed
the other afternoon. "These relics of
political excitement ere we'll enough to
keep in families, but the general pub
lie never takes any interest in them
That which is likely to last forever is
the impetus which was given for ma
jority rule in the days when the old
desk was hammered so hard, and when
the gavel crumbled beneath the weight
of my arm and hand. The noisy scenes
are already almost forgotten, and the
wooden relics are valuable only to N.Y.
self and family; but the principle that
congress is elected to do business will
probably last forever"
The distinguished and aggressive
is NOT n man who so.,r,,u 10
have any personal pride or egotism.
He is as modest and approachable q
man as there is in either house of con-
gress; and he is possessed of fund of
good humor which often disarIns his
political enemies.
Speaker Crisp, who now holds power
second only to that of the president
of the United States, is also an ,1npre-
tentious man whom everybody likes;
and his door always has the latch
string out for his friends. He il the
last man whom ons would expect to
pound needlessly upon his desk to
maintain order; yet he was obliged to
do so, as His desk indicates He saws:
"a great deal of the speakers work, in |
securing order, is due to the careless- |
ness of representatives who disregard |
the call to order, and continue their |
conversations or puplic speaking, in |
voluntarily, feeling that they must |
continue until their ideas are fully set |
forth The house is not Intentionally |
a disorderly body. It's very size seems |
to encourage feeling of individual |
responsibility" SMITH ID. FGY.