The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-02
REPUBLICANS OPEN IN A ROW.
MANY MEMBERS SORE OVER THE
Caucus COMBINE.

take No Inc 0MADAmG SuDDOStu
TO Have Been Organized and Ma
nipuIated by Senator Quay-speaI-
err Reeds Closest Friends Conspie-
uous Among the Opponents of the
Combine.
Washington, Dec. when ex-Speaker
crisp was asked few days ago whether
he thought the incoming republican con-
cress would be able to work harmoniously
and present a plan of currency reform
and other necessary general legislation,
he replied that il seemed to him impOs-
sible He added that all that he could
see in the immediate future for Speaker
Reed and his big republican majority in
the House was trouble. He predicted that
they would split at the first attempt to
come together, and the result of last
nights caucus seems to indicate that Mr..
Crisp was correct.
The mutterings Of the coming storm are
already heard. When the republicans left
the capitol at an early hour this morn
ing. from the all night caucus, whose
work was cut out for it more than nine
months ago, by combine generally sup
posed to have been organized and mani
pulated by Senator Matthew Stanley Quay,
there were many remarks made not alto
Kether complimentary to those whose votes
made the combine success.
This is mistake No - remarked Rep
resentative Grout of Vermont, one of the
oldest and most conservative members
of the House as he left the capitol when
It was evident that the blind preacher
from Michigan would be selected to look
after the spiritual welfare of the Fifty
fourth congress. Mr. Grotu, With many
f,F
majority of whom are closely associated
with Speaker Reed, anta6 onlzed the com
hne because they believed that u vas
unWise from a political 81 ahdpolnt 10 pe-
stow upon the eastern states the SPEAK
.rship clerkship and doorkeepershlp.
They claimed that il would be wisdom to
give some substantial recognition 10 the
southern states, in making up Speaker
Reeds official staff. In ali seriousness;
continued Mr.. GrOut, Il think II would
have been better for us if we had given
one of the offices in question to the south'
for they need and expected some encour-
agement in return 1or the Sdllahl n7nt
they have been making IN that section
during the past few years. by lhuS IL
noring them we give tbe democrats an
opportunity to taunt them ana say 10
them, when the democrats are IN power
the democrats of the south receive recoS-
milton at the hands Of the party leaders,
and are permitted to enjoy some OF me
fruits of the victory, but when me repup-
leans return 70 power oH5b,icd tney fre iUI
in the south and push, them aside win
the remark that practical results and not
sentiment and sympathy control inelr dc-
tons This is all very discouraglng 10 a
large class of southern men, VINO recent
" came into the republican party, hoping
10 receive the right hand OF fellowship
Such proceedings as we have JUST witness
ed justihes the taunts the southern DEM
ocats level at their brethren, VINO are
wavering on the threshhold OF the repup-
lean household"
The views of Mr.. Grout were shared by
many of the members who are known 10
oil fri
Reed, and for that reason there is more
than ordinary significance IN the run
away" action of the caucus.
Conspicuous among the opponents OF
the combine were Representative Hit OF
Illinois. who is MIR. Reeds personal
friend and constant companion. Messrs.
Dingley and Boutelle, his colleagues from
Maine; Mr.. Baker of New Hampshire, Mr.:
Bowers of California, Mr.. Cannon OF
Illinois, Messrs. Deliver. and Henderson
of Iowa, who are always found IN the
same political company with Mr.: Reed;
Mr.. Fletcher of Minnesota, Mr.. Hepburn
of Iowa, Mr.. Hermann Of oregon, Mr..
Hopkins of Illinois, Mr.. Morse of Mas
sachusetts, Mr.. Loud of California, ana
number of other members, who are
ever ready to follow the leadership OF Mr..
The fact that nearly all of the intimate
friends of Mr.. Reed were against the com
hine occasioned much comment and 1t is
freely predicted that Mr., Reed Will have
more trouble with his big majority in the
present congress than he had six years
ago when his majority was so narrow
that democrats had to be turned out of
their seats TO constitute a Quorum TO do
the business cut out by Mr.. Reed.
One of the campaign pleas made by the
combine which had good effect upon
many of the new members was that the
old members would gobble up all of the
desirable committee places and there
would be nothing but the patronage con-
nected with the House offices lett 10 con-
tend for That was a seductive argument
and it won many votes for the combine.
one of the most pathetic incidents Of
hnf
the adjournment. The final ballot for the
chaplain was being taken when old Gen.
Henderson, the defeated candidate 1or the
clerkship, entered the lobby back OF the
speakers desk accompanied by Col. Tip
ton of Tennessee, who was the unsuccess-
full candidate for the doorkeepership,
and several faithful friends. Gen. Hen
derson showed that he felt his defeat
keenly and as he pressed forward to take
a peep into the House where the members
We're assembled the crowd around the
glass doors involuntarily fell back and
allowed the old gentleman to come close
to the door, All present realized that he
was filled with emotion as he peered into
the chamber through the glass door and
recalled the fact that for twenty years
he had sat in that hall as an honored
member of the republican forces, and for
many years was the presiding officer of
apparently forgotten and alone, like any
other outsider whose expectations had
been blasted by the turn in the political
tide Those about him be-
sympathy, but they were too consider
ate to mention a subject that had for him
but few pleasant recollections. He silently
passed out of the lobby and goes to join
the constantly increasing army of eX-
congressman out of job"
Representative Crisp was chatting pleas
antly last evening about the personnel
of the new House, when his eye fell
upon the name of Edward Sauerhering
(sour herring), who represents the second
Wisconsin district. There" said Mr..
Crisp, rs a name worthy of being elassed
with the Suns list of political celebrities,
including Dink Bolts, Pod Dismuke and
other famous men from Georgia. | sug
gest the name of Mr.. Sauerhering, in jus
tice to Senator Villas of Wisconsin, for 1
not selfish enough to claim all of the
men with distinguished names for Geor-
OF