New-York tribune., 1894-04-07
WHAT Ais SPEAKER CRISP?
HIS TEMPER SEEMS TO BECOME WORSE
DAILY.
,.,,,-pv TIME MR.. REED CALLS ATTENTION TO
INCONSISTENT RULINGS THE SPEAKER
LOSES CONTROL OF HIMSELF.
by TELEGRAPH TO THE rmBuxE.l

by TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
Washington April 6.-"What ails Crisp?" Is
. ouestlon which persons in Washington who
are daily observers Of the proceedings Of the
House Of Representatives are asking one another
,.o,bcr often these days Hardly a sitting Of
chat body passes without an exhibition of surli-
rass or something else hardly better from the
cneaker's chair. To-days sitting was not one
Of the exceptions which are agreeable as they
or, rare This time. a good many other
occasions the object of the Speakers dsap-
nroval was MI Reed. The clerk was calling
the yeas and nays resolution offered by
Nr Hatch of Missouri and when the rollcall
WIS half completed the latter rose and asked
unanimous consent to make an explanation
which he thought was needed to make members
understand the purpose and necessity of the
resolution. This was an interruption of the
rollcall When the veto of the Vacuum bill
WIS before the House on Wednesday the
Speaker, after hur1edy directing the clerk to
call the roll when the House was in such
state Of disorder that mis- voice could not be
heard dozen feet away ruled that after the
frs; name had been called the rollcall could not
be interrupted for any purpose whatever Mr..
Reed therefore. as soon as Mr.. Hatch had pre-
ferred his request. rose and inquired if a roll
call was not in progress.
The Speaker-The roll has been called once
Mr. Reed-After the rather severe treatment
the other day, IL would seem rather strange TO
have the rollcall interrupted. even for request
for unanimous consent
The Speaker-The gentleman from Maine OBJ
jects. The clerk will call the roll.
II have not objected" retorted Mr. Reed. Il
merely drew attention to the Chairs mode of
dealing with these cases.
"The gentleman from Maine objects" reiter-
ated the Speaker.
Mr. Reed with emphasis)-The gentleman from
Maine does not object merely
The Speaker-The gentleman cannot place him
sell in that attitude and avoid the response
h;itv TIe did object.
Mr. Reed-My statement will go into THE
Record
Mr. Reed-And the public will be able to judge.
II Is a question of veracity.
The resolution vas agreed to-yeas. l61; nays.
oNE1LLs Personal EXPLANATION
IT DRAWS OUT AN UNEXPECTED REBUKE FROM
A DEMOCRATIC QUARTER.
wash,ngton April (SpeciaD.--John J. O'Neiil,
who was elected by the Democratic House OF
Representatives last Tuesday to represent the XIth
Missouri District INDUCED in the luxury Of per
sinai explanation" in that body to-day and was
sorry for it aftcrward. He complained that ore OF
his Democratic Colleagues, Nj Morgan. Of Missouri.
had made injurious and Incorrect statements re-
ear5ng the O'Nenl-Joy contested election case, and
that these had boen published in The St Louis
Republic" a Democratic newspaper. Mr. O'Neil
Rad ,beu TO the House Mr.. Morgan repored
as saving. in explanation of his vote against ousting
10y and against seating ONel. that there had been
an agreement between the parties 20 that contest
tha. IN every case wherein the ballot showed the
intent Of the voter 1t should be counted He was
further quofed as SAYING: III,
''llr O Nell could break that agreement with
out dishonor. and ne asks TOO much when he asks
us TO joln in disnonor'
Nj 0Neii stOutly denied that any such agreement
eTer existed and declared that Mr.. Morgan rad
deap,v wronged MIN. Nr Morgan was evidently
colleague and convict him from the printed record
in the case Mr.. Morgan began by s1yilS:
81 had hoped that We had had enough Of the
O'\eiil-Joy contested e.ecti0n case had hoped
that Mr. O'Nen would be content with devOting
himself 10 the duties Mr.. JOY elected TO dis
charge"
This declaration aroused a storm Of Republican
applause, in wAich considerable number of Demo
Gratis Joined Mr. Morgan then voucned for the
port OF his remarks. and said Il stand by every
word OF It," He read from the printed testimony
In the O'Neill-JOy case passages which clearly
proved that the agreement IN regard 10 the counting
Of al ballots which dsclcs d the intent OF the voters
who had cast them entered into between the
contestant and contestee and their respective at
torneys and that II not Only clearly under
stood by all the parties. but referred 10 re-
peatedy during the recounting Of the ballots.
even he must have WINGED as passage after passage
from the printed record read, showing that his
declaration 10 the House today directly con-
trsry 10 the facts When Mr.. Morgan sat down,
after saying that he hoped the House would hear
no more from the O'Ne.-JOy case, and that. we've
had too much OF 1. elready.' the member who now
occupies Mr.. joys seat had nothing more to say.