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Show PhuIt tarilM and ( ol C'tU. Col Crtsp, when In tho Missouri legislature, leg-islature, was one of the central figures In a seene which promised bloodshed, which tnded In a hearty laugh, and which was the cause of an astounding remsrk from Hon John . 1'srris, the then speaker Crisp ami another belligerent bel-ligerent son of Ansk got lata a debata wlilih grew Into a quarrel They shook tkilr fists at euch oilier and roured like a pair of Numldlan linns. ISvery-I ISvery-I body expected and many hoped to see n regular old-fashioned knock-down and drsg-out fight, whlih expectations ' nnd hopes were frustrated and dashed I to the ground by Speaker harries remarking re-marking 'If you gentlemen do not quit fussing and take to your aeota 1 will order the chaplain to take you Into custody'" which so omssed the bellicose legislators that they stood In a state of lingual paralysis, whllo the spectators Unfiled till they were red In the face Humor saved tho day Champ Clark, In Denver Ktpubllean. |
