New-York tribune., 1894-04-06
CPISP's UINTON DISORDERS.

| Sneaker Crisp has gone TO extremes OF ulSoi-
| derlv conduct and OF personal outrage upon
members of the Republican minority at WISH
| ;ngtop which should not be tolerated asaln'
rho conntrv will sustain the Republicans III re-
frsinc IN nroceed with the public business ut
all ,,nless II can be done decently and without
~,,l,,, ,;o1onco from the chair as Is equivalent
| 60 . narsonol assault by the majority upon the
| minority There. is no attempt to defend CriSp
! oxcont nv the charge that things were done III
a biob.honded way by the Republicans When
thov wore In power and that they now OBJECT
| tn tal,inp their own medicine. This Is not true
Nor ,vou,d II merit consideration II IT were true
No mans vroncdoing can be made TO Jusuiy
anothers. -
Mr. Reeds course in the List congress
WAS neither violent nor unfair. III WAS
rora service TO the cause or free eoNerh'Ii'h"
II brought back and secured the right OF 'he
| majority TO rule; and the methods he ehlpio!'"
| In tho maintenance of that principle' however
6rm were uniformly courteous and becoming
IIa navcr forgot what was due TO the hlsh
| nloce he occupied and to himself rs an Aineii-
| can gentleman The trouble with MT 'risp
and his party is that they can DISTINGUISH no
hottor now than they could then the difference
| botween creating and subdulng disorder MI
| Crisn's conduct even when be banged HIS S"''i
| hardest and shouted Order! loudest' WIS i'll
| dolihorote contempt Of the rules. He rushed
rollcall upon the House when the SclghioraSe
veto came up on Wednesday. notWl'hS'd"u'"e
y nerfectlv understood arrangement pc'N'c"
! Nnssrs Bland and Stone for Il debate. Nopou'
noticed what he was doing because eVer!pou!
| ovnnctnd the agreement 10 he periOrn"u' bu'
| hn sneoker substituted himself for the House
| IIa was opposcl to debate. and that s"tueu IT,
H.. wanted two things first, TO get all the N"'eS
! ho couId for the resolution 10 pass III" plii "N'i
,lo vc,o. second to avoid Il controversy WHICH
uould inform the country how deep ana "'"'
WIS tha split within his party For TWO "''AS
with an army of scrgeantS alarms he had De''h
securing the country 10 get together quorum
| of his Marty bad enough to commit the STahu
! lorcenv Of n Republican's seat. lie had JuSt at
| toined this noble ambition lie Knew 'h' ''"
doncv of his party 70 run away from lis du'y'
| ond bn knew he had at least forty more votes
| f,r oiIv.r initiation then than lie was likely 10
h.v. an Saturday. Consequently he said thal
oil ,hiucs were out Of order except rollcall'
and when Mr. Reed. Governor Dinglcy. MI
PAYNE and other Republican leaders protested
u,n,. vorn roared nj. banged at and inSuted
Nr Rood acted. as he uniformly does. with
dignity and moderation. and the dcfeat ol '"''
Seignjorage bill. which was the mann purpose
If tbe opposition. was successfully accomplished
Put the time is at hand when the attention oi
thc country should be fastened hrmly upou .n'
revolutionary conduct of Speaker Crisp ana lis
n.rtisons If there must be Il struggle In Con
GROSS ON the part Of the minority to secure the
riohts which the rules of the House guarantee
ia tbem they might as well begin 1t now ana
keen if ND until the questions involved are De
tcrmncd. If the Speaker can stand up III h'S
uloca and rule that motions are out or order
| vbich any child knows to be plainly i'll order'
! If he can refuse to put appeals from such ue
1 cisions. and can then be permitted TO suppress
all nrotest bv an actual display or force, we
have come to the place where free government
needs the assistance OF a strong right arm ~
q tvrant Mr. Crisp Is as little edifying as Il
| ceorgia slayedrivcr. Indeed, their methods ahd
manners are the same He must ma some
other way of impressing his will on the House
than by sharp practice sustained by the gave
and the mace The Republicans have the rlght
not only TO protect the country against 'he re-
suits of such outrages, but themselves asallS'
humiliation and personal injury.