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Show BATTLE OH MOW Contest about the Speakership in the House. THE RKFOUSI 1MJH IXl'IDKXT. Supposed to Be tho Opining of Hostilities against Crisp, the itiimir ivriMiovii- Tlie llnnsa tltatitla tlie lii.llinllr and Ula Ilia aiMnhar on llrnllnu. WAslltMirov, Dec. 12 Tho flrit gun In thoHpeakcrshlp contest of the rifty-thlrd Coogreis bas bosii fired ly tho Iteform club uf New York, and Ihebatllulsngw on. Whllu the He. lofn club doubtless was Iu enllro lj. uorsncoln ndtnnon of Iho plilllplo which ltopruteuta I to Johnsin uf Ohio pronounced against the Spoiker nkd Chairman Hirinjur ol tho wiys nnJ meal s eommlttee, tho disposition ot Iho tougrtasmeu H to outlier Jnliuson'a utterances und discourtesy iilIcrulHptaV'riJ'ltp by Ills hosts a, only part uf it plan which bas Its origin out lit Congress, and which Isau ill-timpt ill-timpt of tho club tu dictate the Speakership of tho I'.ftj -llilr I (Jon-gresj (Jon-gresj 1'or the first time there wis n uutlrocxreued rorlhollstof uiember ship ol the "Iteform ilub," and Cockran and others, who succoedel In examining such II, I, ntturt that ut nil tlmts MugwutD s ami Itoruhlltain aru oblu to control tho eliitlnlts and poll chaoftnu club, and that therefore It Is not niuuu of a Demo ratio clubufter ull. Tlieru It n generil ImpreMlon 111 coiigritslonnl circles Unit CluNcland and Crisp have n thorjuh uudel. standltignt totho tarlll reform course tu I u pursued In thu flfty.thlrd Uoti. gns, and tho I'resldeut elect was in entire Igtioianca of thu lntunded slight to lm plitcn! upon H taker Crisp. ripcakcr Cthp's sjieceh, had It been delivered Hilurday nlL,ht, woull havu shonu while In tliu present Congress with ii Itcj ubllcan rieuatu, ho favored a to illative plan of (eoiratu bill), his ojlulou of the coureu tu ho juibui! inter next Msrcb, whin the Dauij. cralscomrol not only both brauchesuf Conirtts, but tho l'reildumy as well, la that thu tarlll should buroviaod by general bills. lhonnrnlng papers to lay confirm thu previous lejairt of the slight lm kuj upm riealer Crisp, an J airuugtbuii Iho luiprrsalou that It was Intention, 1 and desltfuejfur loi-u lir ellect throughout theeountrj. The Houso Itself took early aud ultectuil means lo resent the Indignity which hal been otleroi tho presldiugolTl. cer, and ns thu apt aker entered li rap thu iloututoorler thero was a demon, stritluu amounting tu nu ovation. When sllencu was Dually restored nut alter thu chaplain's rayer the mtm bers mounted Ihu rjttrum, aud tr aping ap-ing the ipeaker by the hand, congratulated congratu-lated lilm upon theesteenilu which he ltuIdently held by the iiotite. ThU, duuhtleas, was a matter of great gratification grati-fication to ri caki r Crisp, that aiuon.t thote who moit etui hatloallj condemn tha luhosltallty of tho Iteform club aru many members who were never hlaauiporlrrslii thu least l'o lljurko Cotkran of "Jew York the Incident It thoeuljcot of considerable mcrrlmunt. "I told you all about thetu people," seld lie, "when we looked up the man. ngemtnt ot thu campaign Iu .New York, We refused to give them u single appointment or chance t? s eak. they would havu rulnuj uverytnlng. Yet, now, when uvurything is ovur aud wo have won the battle, thuie 000 mugwumps come, forward an I want tu read 0U),UUi regular Dcmucrats out of thojartj." |