Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Story
March 8, 1892
Wheeling Register
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Illnesses of Democratic leaders Speaker Crisp and Chairman Springer cripple the congressional majority as tariff bill discussions begin, despite Springer's long service and debating prowess.
Clipping
OCR Quality
95%
Excellent
Full Text
UNFORTUNATE ILLNESS.
The Democratic majority in Congress has been for a long time crippled by the illness of its leaders to an unusual extent. Even if the majority had started on the well defined lines of Wilson and of Mr. Mills' canvass for the Speakership, the same obstruction would have been met, but the new policy has made the presence of the leaders especially important. Yet Speaker Crisp has been seriously ill for most of the session and the probably more serious illness of Mr. Springer, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, just as the discussion of the tariff bills is to begin, will leave the majority, for the time being, almost helpless.
Mr. Springer has served sixteen years in the House of Representatives, and has proved himself an exceptionally ready and brilliant debater. His knowledge of parliamentary law is unequalled in the House. He presided in the committee of the whole during the consideration of the entire Mills bill in the Fiftieth Congress, and his speech on free wool, at the close, was one of the ablest of the series of able speeches made during that discussion.
The Democratic majority in Congress has been for a long time crippled by the illness of its leaders to an unusual extent. Even if the majority had started on the well defined lines of Wilson and of Mr. Mills' canvass for the Speakership, the same obstruction would have been met, but the new policy has made the presence of the leaders especially important. Yet Speaker Crisp has been seriously ill for most of the session and the probably more serious illness of Mr. Springer, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, just as the discussion of the tariff bills is to begin, will leave the majority, for the time being, almost helpless.
Mr. Springer has served sixteen years in the House of Representatives, and has proved himself an exceptionally ready and brilliant debater. His knowledge of parliamentary law is unequalled in the House. He presided in the committee of the whole during the consideration of the entire Mills bill in the Fiftieth Congress, and his speech on free wool, at the close, was one of the ablest of the series of able speeches made during that discussion.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Democratic Majority
Congressional Illness
Speaker Crisp
Mr Springer
Tariff Bills
Parliamentary Debate
Mills Bill
What entities or persons were involved?
Speaker Crisp
Mr. Springer
Wilson
Mr. Mills
Where did it happen?
Congress, House Of Representatives
Story Details
Key Persons
Speaker Crisp
Mr. Springer
Wilson
Mr. Mills
Location
Congress, House Of Representatives
Story Details
Democratic majority in Congress crippled by illnesses of leaders Speaker Crisp and Mr. Springer, especially as tariff bill discussions begin; background on Springer's 16 years of service, debating skills, and role in Fiftieth Congress.