Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1891 — CAPTURED BY CRISP. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAPTURED BY CRISP.

THE GEORCI AN CHOSEN FOR THE SPEAKERSHIP. Springer Decided It—He Openly Displayed Hl* Pique Against Mr. Mills—Thirty Ballots Required—End ot the Hottest Flgbt Known to History. How It Was Done. Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia Speaker James Kerb, of Pennsylvania Clerk P, H Yoder, of Ohio Sergeant-at-arms C. H. Turner, of New York Doorkeeper L. G. Dalton, of Indiana Postmaster Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia, will bo Speaker of the House of Representatives in tho Fifty-second Congress. William

M. Springer, of Illinois, brought about his nomination. Crisp was nominated on the thirtieth ballot of the caucus, tho ro-ult being reached after tho following fashion: o' 5 m eo 3 „• a BALLOTS. 0, to C g o ® * z£ £i ~ P, o a! © O ,2 | Cfl 2 W cc First Bl| 78 1 211 18 14| 1 Second 89 80! 28 18 11 I Third. Ml 82 24| 18 11 1 Fourth 931 b 7 231 18 8 1 Fifth 931 Hi ‘iii 18 4 1 Sixth 951 89! 201 18 4 1 t-eventh...... 94 (lit 181 18j 5 1 Right h .*( 94; 91 17 10} 5 1 Ninth.., 95! <ji 18 19 s l Tenth 94 9 1 17 191 5 « Rleventh 93| B>j 20 3Ui 5 1 Twelfth 92! B!t| 19; 19| A 1 Thirteenth 94 91[ 10! ‘2O . 5 1 fourteenth 93| 8■! 17| iu 5 1 Fifteenth 9d 80 39 17 5 1 Sixtemth 0-4, HI 17! 39 5 1 Seventeenth 94 91 39l 17 A 1 Eighteenth | 04| 9 17) 19 5| 1 Nineteenth 04i 91; 1/ 19 5 1 Twentieth 92 00: 171 17 G 1 Twenty-first 94 ! 91 j 17: 19 5 1 Twenty-second OSi 93 17 19 4 1 Twenty-third 100 l 94| 13 37 0 1 Twenty-fourth lulj 941 32; 19 0 1 Twenty-fifth 101: 951 12 19, 0 1 Twenty sixth lot 95 12 19 0 1 Twenty-seventh 1 1 MG 12; 19 0 1 Twenty-eighth 108 !G 8 1 19 0 1 Twenty-ninth 1041 9J 6j 18 tt 1 Thirtieth 119| m| 4| 1 0| 0

Necessary to choice, 114. The nomination of Crisp was mado unanimous on motion of J. .1. Urown of Indiana. Immediately t'ore were hud cries of “Crisp! Cr.sp!” ond a committee was appointed to notify the successful candidate of his so ection and escort him to the t hair. Applause and t heers greeted the gentleman film Georgia, and aft r bowing his acknowledgments Mr. Crisp spoke as follows: “Representatives, I am profoundly grateful for tiiis mark of your confidence and esteem. I p edge my seif here and now to devote whatever of industry and ability I possess to tho advancement of the real int rests of tho Democratic par y. I beg to say to yon now as I speak to you my first words since I am your selection for Speaker, that n.y election means no step backward in tariff reform.

“I beg to sdy t> you that there is in our party to-day no man who more earnestly believes in the Democratic doctrine of tariff reform than I do. After the long struggle through which we have passed, wh“n Representatives are fatigued. when other officers avo to bo nom Rated, it dees not become me to consume your time. I beg to say, however, that during tho progress of this canvass i have said no word respecting any individual which would at ail justify him in having any harsh feeling of any kind against me. 1 have felt that it was a friendly struggle. I have felt that we were all Democrats, and I havo lelt that whoever might be chosen Speaker, whenever this Douse meets and organizes wo stand usi ne body, working and laboring for a common cause—tho prlncip es of the Democratic party. “I thank you again for your confidence and your kindness, and assure you that this whole contest has left in my bosom no unkind feeling toward any member of the House.”

BIOGRAPHY OP THE SPEAKER. Charles Frederick Cr sp was born In Sheffield, England, Ji no 29, 1845, his parents being on a European tour at the time They returned to America tho year of his birth, and went back to their old homo in t eorgia. He was educated in the common schools of Macon and Savannah, and in May, 18(51, he entered the Confederate army as Lieutenant in Company K, Tenth Virginia Infantry. He was taken prisoner of war May 12, 18(54, and confined in Fort Delaware until June, 18(55. Then he was re eased and went to live with his parents, who were residing at Ellaviilo, Schley County, Ga. Soon after he removed to Americus and studied law, being admitted to the bar there in and going back to Ellaville to practice. He continued in private practice there until 185.2, when he was appointed Solicitor General of the Southwestern Judicial Ci cuit, and was reappointed in 1873 for a term of four years. Ir. the same year he moved to Americus again and siuco then that town lias been his home. June, 1877. Mr. Crisp was appointed Judge of tie Superior Court of tho Southwestern Cit cuit, and in 185 8 electe 1 to the same office by the General Assembly. He was re elected Judge in 18S0 for a term of four \ears, but resigned in 1882 to accept the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Third District. He was also President of tho Democratic State Convention of 1883. He was elected to the Foity-eighth Congress and lias leen returned to that body continuously ever since.

SPEAKER CRISP.