River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-12-10


the dignity of a position second only
to that of the presidency. Mr.. Springer
ull.) commanded the situation at the
climax. II was Springer's vote to
Crisp which started the final break to
the Georgian. and il was the further
accession of four of Springer's forlorn
remnant that carried Crisp beyond the
winning point and made him speaker
The decisive lallot--the thirtieth-
tsood: Crisp, 119; Mills. los; Springer,
4; Stevens, /.
On motion of Mr.. J. ID. Brown lind.
the nomination of Mr.. Crisp was made
unanimous. Immediately there We're
/ loud calls of Crisp Crisp" md a
committee was appointed to notify the
successful candidate of his selection
and escort him to the chair
Applause and cheers greeted the APP
pearance of the gentleman from Geor-
gia, and after bowling his acknowledge
ments Mr.. Crisp spoke, in part, as fol-
lows:
Representatives: I am profoundly grateful
for this mark Of your confidence and esteem.
pledge myself here and now &c devote what
ever OF industry and ability possess TO the
advancement of the real interests Of the demo
cratic party [Great applause.l ! beg 10 say
10 you now ! speak TO you my first words
since am your selection for speaker that my
election means no step backward In tariff re-
form. prolonged applause and cheers |
beg to say TO you that there IS in our party to-
day no man who more earnestly believes in
the democratic doctrine Of tariff reform than
/ do"
The following nominations were
made for the minor offices: Mr.. Kerr,
of Pennsylvania for clerk, una 1imous-
ly; MIR. Yoder, of Ohio, for sergeant at
arms, unanimously, after il WAS seen
that he was far in the lead of Murphy,
of Iowa; Turner, of New York, for
doorkeeper by us votes to - for
Fields, of Virginia and for Colt, of
Connecticut; Dalton, of Indiana, for
postmaster by l22 to 30 for Wright of
North Carolina, SO for Barney, of Wis
consin, and SO for McClamany, of North
Carolina.
tCharles Frederick Crisp was born in Shelf
field, Eng, June 90 isio. his parents being On
"a European tour at the time. They returned
TO America the year Of his birth and went back
10 their old home in Georgia. He was edu'
Gated in the common schools OF Macon and
Savannah, and in May, 1861, he entered
the confederate army lieutenant in Com
pany K Tenth Virginia infantry. He was
taken prisoner Of war May l2, 1864 and con-
fined In Fort Delaware until June, 1865.
Then he was released and went to live with
his parents, who were residing at Ellaville,
Schley county, Ga. Soon after he moved TO
Americas and studied law, being admitted TO
the bar .here in 1886, and going back to Ella
vile to practice. He continued in private
practice ther until 1872, when he was APP
pointed solicitor general of the south
western judicial circuit and was reap
pointed in 1873 for a term Of four years. In
the same year he moved to Americas again
and nee then that town has been his home.
June 1877 Mr.. Crisp was appointed Judge OF
the superior court of the southwestern cir
cult and In 1878 elected to the same office by
the general assembly. He was reelected
Judge in 1880 for term Of four years. but
resigned in 1852 to accept the democratic
nomination for congress in the Third district.
He was also president Of the democratic state
convention OF 1888 He was elected to the
Forty-eighth congress and has been returned
10 that body continuously ever since,