Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-17
s. PEAKER CHAS. F. CRISP
ers, irrespective of Party Affiliation,
Pay Tribute 10 His Memory.
WORD GIVEN WAS EVER KEPT,
Said the Eloquent Henderson, of Iowa
DeArmond, of Missouri, Spoke Out of
the Ordinary Beaten Path and
Considered the Future.

Washington, Jan. 16.-The house today,
in accordance with an order entered
some weeks ago, turned aside from the
consideration of public business and lis
tened to eulogies upon the life and serv-
ices of the late ex-Speaker Charles F.
Crisp, of Georgia. The occasion was
marked by an unusually large attend
ance of members while the galleries were
filled by auditors who listened with in
terest to the obituary eloquence. Trib-
utes were paid to the deceased by Repre-
sentatives Turner, Georgia; Henderson,
Qep) of Iowa; Catchings, dem.) of Mis-
sissippi; Dalzell, (rep) of Pennsylvania;
Richardson, (dem.) of Tennessee; o. Bart
lett (dem) of Florida; McMillin, (dem.)
of Tennessee; Cummings, (dem.) of New
York; Herman, 0rep) of Oregon; Dear
mond, (dem.) of Missouri; Dnsmore,
(dem.) of Arkansas; Buck, (dem.) of
louisiana; Cooper, (dem.) of Florida:
Swanson, (dem) of Virginia; Lacey,
rep) of Iowa. Bell, pop) of Colorado;
Wheeler, (dem.) of Alabama Woodward,
(dem) of North Carolina; Layton, dem)
of Ohio; McLaurin, (dem.) of South Caro-
lima; McCreary, (dem) of Kentucky; We'll
lington, Qep) of Maryland; Tate, (dem)
of Georgia; Livingston, (dem) of Geor-
dla; Lawson, (dem) of Georgia; and
While the eulogies were being deliv-
cred Speaker Reed called to the chair
temporarily Mr.. Richardson, of Tennes-
see, who was speaker pro tenn of the
house under the administration of Speak
er Crisp, the first instance in the present
congress that democrat had been ask
ed to preside over the deliberations of
the house. Before entering upon the
execution of the order of the day, the
house passed two or three private bills.
Mr. f1,CG ..s-4
briefly ske lched the principal events of
Judge Crisps life and closed by saying
that there were wide Emergencies of
opinion between himself and the late
speaker which made it fit that he should
not be his eulogist; but that service
should be performed by other members
of the state delegation.
The tribute of Mr.. Henderson, (rep.) of
Iowa, expressed the general esteem in
which the ex-speaker was held. Mr..
Henderson said:
MY relations with Judge Crisp were
somewhat singular. He was the first
member of congress with whom I held
heated debate, and l believe l was the
last with whom he had debated develop
ing some of the feeling, so often incident
to our legislative life, but leaving no scar.
Though never intimate with Judge Crisp
in the sense of comradship, we were al
ways good friends, enjoying thoroughly
cordial relations and mutual respect. L
Al
sacredly kept He was a man of high
honor, and self-respect, was a dominat-
ing element in his character. He was
truly strong, deep and earnest charac-
ter. He was never a trifer. He was
kind and gentle in his manner, so much
SO in ordinary relations that one often
wondered at the high and intense feeling
which at times he was capable of swiftly
reaching. He had in his nature the sun
light and the shadow, the tempest and the
calm.
Entering the confederate army as a
mere boy of 16, he soon learned how very
serious matter life was. 1t tempered
the good metal until it was capable of
great work, and the boy without a boy
hood was soon a powerful and agrees
sive man. His strength and ability in
vited the confidence of the people, who
soon elevated him step after step until,
in this body he reached position of
power second only to that of the chief
executive When death took him, he
had not yet attained the fullest stature of
his mind. The great Georgian sleeps
after a hard, active, tireless summers
work, and before the autunn's harvest
had come"
In concluding his remarks. Judge Dear
mond, of Missouri, departed somewhat
from the beaten path of such discourse,
and considering the future of the depart
ed, saying:
terminated with the existence of the
body? Whatever philosophers may say
man rebels at the thought The hope,
some times chung to in desperation, some
times chung to in brightest anticipations.
that there is hereafter and that men
live in that hereafter, none of us will
give up. The philosopher of ages or
calm reasoning cannot Danish 1t. 1t
springs as an inheritance of humanity, as
an instinct on the soul of every being
that breathes. We believe, our hopes,
our affections, all that we hold near and
dear in life admonish us to believe and
constrain us to believe, that our friend
has not persisted, but that higher and a
nobler sphere, this great intellect, this
great Toying spirit will flourish and ex-
pand and achieve new and perform new
acts of glory and of grace"
AT five minutes of g. the usual resolu-