The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-17
CRISP LAUDED IN CONGRESS.
MORE THAN A SCORE OF MEMBERS
EULOGIzE THE LATE SPEAKER.

The Occasion Marked by an Unusu-
ally Large Attendance of Con-
gressmen and the Galleries Filled
by Interested AuditOrs-Mr. fur
ner Opens the speech-Making and
.esaacs - the Wide Divergencies
~ Opinion Between the ex-
Speaker and Himself.
Washington, Jan. 16-The House, to-
day, in accordance with an order entered
some weeks ago, turned aside from the
consideration of public business and list
ened to eulogies upon the life and SER
vices of the late ex-Speaker Charles +.
Crisp of Georgia The occasion was
marked by an unusually large attendance
Of members. while the galleries were filled
by auditors, who listened with interest to
the obituary eloquence. Tributes were
paid TO the deceased by Representatives
Turner of Georgia, Henderson of Iowa,
Catchings Of Mississippi, Dalzell, rep, Of
Pennsylvania; Richardson. dem, Of Ten
nessee; Bartlett, dem. of Georgia; McMI-
Ian, dem, of Tennessee; Cummings DEM,
of New York; Hermann, rep. OF oregon;
DEM, of Arkansas; Buck, dem, of Louisl-
ana; Cooper, dem, of Florida Swanson,
dem, of Virginia; Lacey, rep, of Iowa;
Bell, pop, of Colorado; Wheeler. dem, Of
Alabama; Woodward, dem, of North Car
DINA; Layton, dem, of Ohio; McLaurin.
dem. of South Carolina; McCreary. dem.
of Kentucky; Wellington, rep, of Mary
land; Tate, dem, of Georgia; Livingston,
dem, of Georgia; Lawson, dem, of Geor-
gia, and Morse, rep, OF Massachusetts,.
While the eulogies were being delivered
Speaker Reed called to the chair, tempo
rarily, Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee, who
was speaker pro TEN. of the House I'M
der the administration of Speaker Crisp
the first instance in the present congress
that a democrat had been asked to pre-
side 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.. Turner was the first speaker. He
briefly sketched the principal events of
Judge Crisp's life, and closed by saying
that there were wide Emergencies of opin-
ion between himself and the late speaker
which made it fit that he should not be
his eulogst, but that the 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.. Hen
derson said: My relations with Judge
Crisp were somewhat singular He was
the first member of congress with whom l
held a heated debate, and I believe ] was
the last with whom he had debate deVel-
oping some of the feeling so often Incl
dent to our legislative life. but leaving no
scar. Though never intimate with Judge
Crisp. in the sense of comradeship, we
Frfr
oughly cordial relations and mutual re-
spect. l soon learned that his word once
given was sacredly kept. He was a man
Of high honor and self respect was a
dominating element in his character He
was truly a strong, deep and earnest
character. He was never a trif1er. He
was kind and gentle in his manner, so
much so in ordinary relations that one Of
ten wondered at the high and intense feel
ing which. at times, he was capable of
swiftly reaching. He had in his nature
the sunlight and the shadow. the tempest
and the calm
Entering the confederate army as a
mere boy of sixteen, he soon learned how
very serious a matter life was. 1t tenn
pered the good metal until it was capable
of great work. and the boy without a
boyhood was soon powerful and aggres-
sive man. His strength and ability in
vited the confidence of the people, who
IL
in this body, he reached a position of
power second only to that of the chief ex-
ecutive. 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 autumn'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: His spirit, where? Has its
existence terminated with the existence of
the body? Whatever philosophers may
say, man rebels at the thought. The hope,
sometimes chung to in desperation some
times chung to in brightest anticipations
that there is a hereafter and that men
live in that hereafter none of us will
give up. The philosophy of ages, of calm
reasoning, cannot Danish it. 1t springs
as an inheritance of humanity, as in
stinct on the soul of every being that
breathes. We believe-our hopes our af-
fections, all that we hold near and dear
in life, admonish US to believe and con-
strain US to believe-that our friend has
not persisted, but that a higher and a
nobler sphere. this great intellect, this
great loving spirit, will flourish and ex-
pand and achieve and perform acts Of
glory and grace"
AT 500 the resolutions were adopted, and
then the House adjourned until Monday
at noon.