. The Southern States. things on thefloor; Montgom-ery, the retiring butearnest, well-bal-anced, conservativeand wise memberof the Ways andMeans Committee;Breckinridge, o fArkansas, thelearned and ex-perienced workerand ready debater ;Oates, the one-armed veteran whohas carried offlaurels in scoresof partisan de-bates ; Allen, ofMississippi, a com-bination of wit andwisdom; Compton,one of the mentalathletes of thefloor; Catchings,the parliamentaryleader; Rayner, the eloquent orator,and a score of others distinquished forqualities of leadership in various capac-ities. The House of Representati\
. The Southern States. things on thefloor; Montgom-ery, the retiring butearnest, well-bal-anced, conservativeand wise memberof the Ways andMeans Committee;Breckinridge, o fArkansas, thelearned and ex-perienced workerand ready debater ;Oates, the one-armed veteran whohas carried offlaurels in scoresof partisan de-bates ; Allen, ofMississippi, a com-bination of wit andwisdom; Compton,one of the mentalathletes of thefloor; Catchings,the parliamentaryleader; Rayner, the eloquent orator,and a score of others distinquished forqualities of leadership in various capac-ities. The House of Representati\es of thepresent Congress is indeed the strongestbody of men that has sat in that hallfor many years. In it the South fur-nishes a large majority of the leaders. Speaker Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia,stands out pre-eminently the great manof the House. Mr. Crisp is serving hissixth term. In his second he came con-spicuously to the front as a man ofjudgment, ability and firmness. Duringhis third term Speaker Carlisle dis-. CHARLES F. CRISP, GEORGIA. covered his qualities of leadership andparliamentary knowledge and frequentlycalled him to the chair. The Housethen admired his firm and determinedbearing as a presiding officer. In theFifty-first Congress, when Mr. Reed wasSpeaker, there were many Democratswho aspired to the leadership of thethe minority. They took turns instriving for the honor but it remainedfor the Georgian, who came forwardamong the last, to demonstrate to theHouse that he possessed the truequalities of leadership and was the onlyman on the Democratic side who wasmore than an equalfor the autocraticSpeaker fromMaine. In thatCongress he wasthe acknowledgedleader of the Dem-ocratic minority,and in the next,when the Demo-crats again con-trolled the House,he was electedSpeaker. At thebeginning of thisCongress he wasunanimously re-elected. TheDemocrats of theHouse have thatconfidence in himwhich causes themto rally about himand stand solid onall party questions,admire
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