Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1894 — DECLINES THE HONOR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DECLINES THE HONOR.

Speaker <w Decline. Promotion to ■ Senatorship. Speaker Crisp has decided not to accept the offer of the Senator sb ip tendered to him by Gov. No.-then, of Georgia. This decision was reached la’e Friday night, and <he Speaker seti forth his rea ons for declining in a letter which he has written to the Governor. A Washington dispatch says: It is seldom in the history of the country that a public man has felt called upon to decline a position in the United States Senate, but the reasons which have impelled Speaker Crisp to do so are extraordinary. He does not ex-

press all of them in his letter of declination, for the reason, yerhaps, that it would not be politic to do so. It may be stated, first of all, that Speaker Crisp well lealizes the desperate situation of affairs in the Hcuse and the effect which his retirement at this time would perhaps have ucon the fortunes of the party. In his telegram Speaker Crisp says a very large majority of the Democratic members of the House have united in the request that he continue to serve as Speaker for the remainder of the session, and although deeply grateful to the Governor, and although sacrificing a cherished ambition, a sense of duty impels him to decline the appointment. The present senatorial term expires on the fourth of next March, ants the Senator for the long term elected by the Legislature which meets the cOpaing winter. Mr. Crisp will undoubtedly be a candidate at that election.

SPEAKER CRISP.