The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-03-07
CHAS. R. CRISP HONORED BY CONGRESS

indispensable to its proceedings as
the speaker and the majority Ieader
or the minority leader, and they 40
not get into the limelight much, as
the rest of US do when we try rlght
hard. Among these employees IN
valuable to the speaker and the mem
bership of the house, IS the speaker ,
parliamentary clerk
Il recently stated in magazine
article if the Hon, Asher I. Hlnus'
who discharged the duties OF that
place with such distinguished sue
cess and ability under three speakers,
had not been elected to congress |
would have reappointed him to mat
place notwithstanding he is repub-
lican. And the truth is, when l got
to looking around for a parliament
airy clerk. for some democrat some
where who had had something to do
with the rules of this house, 1t was
extremely difficult to find one. Nhen
| first came to congress the present
parliamentary clerk was parliament
airy clerk for his father, one OF my
distinguished predecessors, the Hon
Charles Frederick Crisp. Twenty
years later | inquired how he had
developed mentally, about his char
acter, and | found that he was all
right in every regard and | appoint
ed him. The universal testimony OF
the members of this house is that he
has discharged the difficult and null
hilarious and delicate duties OF that
position with great success.
when General Lee heard that
StonewaH Jackson was dead he said,
I have lost my right arm And |
feel a good deal that way, knowing
that Mr.. Crisp becomes a congress
man tomorrow.
1T is a suggestive thing that Ash
er C. Kinds graduated from that
position into membership OF TINS
house. and Charley Crisp has done
the same thing. And now on behalf
of his fellow members, without re-
spect to politics, and in their name,
| present to him this magnificent
silver present. May its brightness
ever keep us bright in his memory,
and may his success in life be as dur
able and brilliant as the metal OF
which it is made"
Judge Crisp's Reply.
Judge Crisp in replying to this
tribute said:
1T rarely happens that at times
one is met with an unlocked for and
unexpected kindness that so com
pletely fills the soul with love and
gratitude that he cannot find words
to express the feeling. That IS my
condition tonight
"When | accepted the position OF
~, 10, no |
realized that I had been away from
Washington :; great manV years. l
entered into the discharge of the du-
ties with fear and trembling, 2nc me
membership of this house was uni
versally kind to me, and l have ott7n
said that some of the very best
friends I had in this house werz on
the republican side.
II have done my best, gentlemen.
| have made mistakes, but they were
honest ones. When l behold this
beautiful present, evidencing your
friendship and esteem, | shall have
nothing but the happiest recollec-
tions of my service as parliamenta-
rian during this congress.
Il believe, gentlemen, in divine
creator, and that when lifes short
career here is ended there is a HE
beyond, and 1 believe that all loved
ones know things that transpire here.
| have a beloved mother and an idol
lied father on the other shore, and
that father spent many years in this
hall. know if it is possible for
those in the other world to know
what is transpiring here your gener-
GUS act has given pleasure in heaven
as we'll as in this world. | have new
er had an heirloom, but I have now a
beautiful and priceless one that shall
be cherished as long as memory lasts.
Gentlemen, | thank you"