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Show l'ooit old Kchjek t! he resents the Ftiggestion of Speaker Crisp that he take second place on the ways and means comniitteo, with superb disdain. After having been made chairman of tliat comniitteo once, during which timo he fashioned a bill that hail gotten bis party into the worst pickle of any measure since the time it declared tiie war to bo a failure, it is beneath his dignity, aud wounding to his southern pride, to take any appointment of less rank than the chairmanship, liut after all, the tender of Speaker Crisp does seem to bu almost impertinent. Still, if lUr. 51 ills can ulTord to deny his country coun-try tho benefit of his valuable services on the ways and means committee, his poor country will have lo stand it, even though it is a cruel blow. - |