The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-14
as BE KNEW CRISP.
Dr. Charles 3. Colding's Recollections
of the New Speaker.

of the New Speaker.
The whims Of fortune are passing strange.
DR.. Charles II. Colding. physician in charge
I of the Savannah hospital. might have had
the nomination for congress from the Third
district which was received by Charles F.
Crisp in 1850.
Mr.. Crisp is now speaker Of the House Of
Representatives aud one Of the most promi-
Dent men before the country, while DIR.
Colding is quietly discharging his duties as
hospital physician.
DR.. Coldlng was a member Of the legis-
lature from Pulaski county ct the time, and
mated Crisp and voted for him.
DR.. Colding has known Mr. Crisp init
mRtely almost all his life and his remin-
iscences Of him are very interesting.
DR.. Colding says when he was a young
man the Crisp family lived in the house
behind the thsater, whioh was conducted by
Mr.. W. II. Crisp, and he often called upon
them there. Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Crisp, ST., were highly educated, and
very intelligent people. Both were noted
as elocutonlsts Strange to say Speaker
Crisp has very little Of the actor in him.
Neither did he have the advantage of receiv-
ing the high education possessed by both
his father and mother. He attended school
at the Chatham Academy with his brother,
duu p4ODabAl LuaN was hAAS OulI kCuOOilDR he
ever received His father, however. taught
him at home, and took much pains in his
instruction. Some time during the war
Mr.. Crisp, ST., bought place in Schley
county, to which he removed with his fam
lily. This, however, did not prevent him
from acting for the amusement and inter-
est Of the soldiers OF the confederacy.
DR.. Colding says that while with John
ston's army at Atlanta toward the latter
mar IF tho xra no affapdaA n
given by Mr.. Crisp's company in the theater
there. The theater was crowded to sufPoca-
ton and the soldiers enjoyed the play inn
mensely.
Young Crisp went Into the war at an
early age. He returned to his fathers home
In Schley county shortly after the war,
where be married while still quite young
and embarked In the profession of the law
In the little town Of Elaville.
Crisp certainly started at the bottom
rung of the ladder, said DR.. Colding.
To use his expression, he was "a ticky
little pine woods lawyer" He was
no orator aud nobody supposed
him TO have any great
ability. His forte was his cleverness Crisp
made himself strong with the people, and
when there was vacancy in the office of
the appointment. He had only practiced
law few years then. He filed the position
OF solicitor general acceptablY for several
years and added to his popularity. A va
cancy occurred in the judgeship by the
resignation or death of the incum-
bsat and Mr.. Crisp managed to secure
the appointment by the governor. It will
be seen that Mr.. Crisp was never asleeo
while there was anything good in sight He
served three years as judge and made fine
record. He was generally admired and
respected by both the bar and the people.
1t was while serving as judge that he was
nominated for congress. Judge Crisp's law
partner, Gen. Phil Cook, was
He was the first democratic representative
from the district after the war, the district
having been represented for two terms after
the war by a radical or scalawag. as a
southerner who turned republican was
called, named Whitely-a very smart
fellow. He is now located some where in the
west.
While his partner was attending to his
duties in Washington Judge Crisp cam
vassed the district against him, aud when
be returned TO look after his
political fences he found Crisp
already with majority of the
votes in the convention. al never thought
that was quite right in Crisp" said DR..
Coldlng. Still he voted for him. Mr.. Crisp
has represented his district in congress for
ten years and his strong hold, his popularity,
has deepened aud increased.
"Crisp will hardly be troubled with the
presidential bee, said DIR. Colding, "as he
was not born on American soil. His parents
bad resided in this country for some years
previous to his birth, but I don't know
whether or not his father was an American
citizen"