Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-01
ALL RIVALS. LAID ID SLEEP In Forgotten Political Graves by
 Heroic Democracy. THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS Meets and HOminates Officers for the Fifty
 Fourth Congress.
 Ex-SPEkKeR CRISP IS EULoGlzeD By Congressman Richardson and Unani- mously Named for speaker-Mr. Rich-
 ardson Tells Democrats to Get
 Together for Next Year.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
Ex-sPEkKeR CRISP IS EuLoGlzED

Washington, Nov. 30.-Thirty minutes sufiiced to complete the work of the den1- ocratic caucus, which was held today at o'clock, to nominate officers for the offices of clerk, doorkeeper, sergeant-at- arms, postmaster and chaplain of the Fifty-fourth congress- which will con vene on Monday next. The roll call dis closed the presence of seventy-five mem- bers, an unusually large number. when the perfunctory character of the proceed. ings is remembered.
 On motion of Mir. Catchings of Mis- sissippi MT. Savers was chosen tempor- ary chairman. MT. Lester of Georgia proposed the names of Messrs. Rusk of Maryland and Robinson of Louisiana as the permanent secretaries of the demo- cratic caucus. They were elected as unanimously as was MT. Culberson of Texas for permanent caucus chairman.
 MT. Richardson of Tennessee then nominated Ex-Speaker Crisp of Georgia for speaker and in putting him In nomi- nation he said:
 MT Chairman, the very pleasant task has been given me of placing in nomlna- tion for speaker of the house in the Fifty-fourth congress a gentleman who IS my warm personal and political friend. In doing so I will only give utterance to a few sentiments of which I alone am responsible. It goes without saying that this gentleman had already been named for the position in the hearts of all Of us here assembled. When the Fifty second congress was about to assemble, just four years ago. there appeared in this chamber 240 of the representatives of a hopeful and.triumphant democracy Then it was, after a sharp and brilliant contest the gentleman l am to name was ,11o in cnaakpr'G chair Two wears later when some 215 members of our party met here for similar purpose, with the experience of past congress to guide us, with full knowledge of his capacity and ability, he was by unani- nous action and by hearty exclamation again chosen our leader.
 We come now, small band or patr- ots, to say again that he is our choice for this elevated office, but we recognize the fact that this time our declaration is impotent. This is not the place nor the occasion to inquire why this is true. I will be pardoned, however for saying do not believe 1t is because those who have stood by the democratic principles in the past have deserted the faith and embraced the cause of republicanism. Today, without doubt, majority or the American voters are democrats, and if the white men of the country alone are estimated there is no question but that our party has majority or more than 100000 voters. No true democrat need then despair nor give up the ship. Our party in the past has laid to sleep in forgotten political graves every party that has contended against 1t. l have abiding faith that it will yet do the same thing for its present strongest and great est rival. To do this we must cause the strife to cease within our own family; choose for our leaders such fearless and patriotic democrats in all the states and districts as I am about to name; inscrlpe in our banners genuine and time-nonored democratic policies; lay aside all new fangled doctrines. and, in the language of the good book, Avoid foolish ques- tions and contentious. knowing that they do gender strife and are unprohtable and vain.' Continue the struggle for reduced taxation, for cheaper clothing and sup plies for our people; for broader and wider and better markets for the prod ucts of our fields and manufactures; for economy In our public expenditures; for simplicity in our governmental affairs; for real reforms in legislation; for an ample circulating medium for our com merce and trade, for sound money and the gold and silver coinage of the con- stitution, and democracy will be again triumphant and our country will stand forth redeemed and regenerated I name for speaker of the house of repre- sentatives in the Fifty-fourth congress Charles F. Crisp, a representative from the state of Georgia"
 MT. Richardson's speech was warmly applauded and MT. Crisp was unani- mously selected.
 Mir. Catchings of Mississippi then placed in nomination the following gen. tlemen: Clerk, James Kerr of Pennsyl- vania; doorkeeper, A. H. Hurt of Miss issippi; sergeant-at-arms, Herman w. Snow of Illinois; postmaster, John T. Ross of Maryland; chaplain, Edward B. . Bagby of Virginia, and they also were unanimously elected, whereupon the eau GUS adjourned.
 After the adjournment of the house on Monday the democrats will again cau- GUS and select the minor officers to which they are entitled as minority representa- tives