Show AUrit CRIP dr ini trouble evaded a astry Illie ful career atlanta ga oct 23 charles F crisp fx cx speaker of the house ot of representatives died here this afternoon the end came at a quarter to two crisp has ileen been an inmate ol of the sanitarium of dr holmes this city several everal weeks ills his condition candll ion had been re pored very low but no fatal conclusion of his illness ill nets had been expected to so soon anen tile the rumor got abroad several sty eral days ago that he was sinking linking it was denied at t the sanitarium his Is untimely death makes the choice of senator uncertain whoever is named will be an advocate of tree free silver crisp lias has been it at tile the sanitarium rive ave weeks week from malarial fever the immediate cause of death was heart failure speaker crisps death was not altogether a surprise in political circles as it had been known for or come months that lie he had not long to live and never again could be an active figure in public affairs the speake r had several spells of illness in washington washingto ile he suffered tufT ered front from asthma and later front from heart trouble ills IHs ill III health however did not become a matter of public notoriety until the past spring when he was compelled to abandon a series of jol joint nt debates with wl h ex secretary hoke smith by reason 0 of advice from his physician that it would impell his life for him to continue the debate u which aich had attracted great interest inte iest kest as it involved the position of the democratic party of the state of the silver question and tic the sen ator ship of georgia Gt orgia for or which the ex speaker was an active candidate the silver men won tile the feht and crisp cr i t sp I 1 ad lie he lived would have been the I 1 next ext i senator front from georgia lie he was a forceful speaker and a man of great tact and possessed of qualities that fitted him film for the he leadership of a assemblage prominence in national affairs came from the skill with which he led his pary parly I 1 in n several warm election contests lie ile was elected to the after one of the most memorable can to the history of the house his chief opponent was senator roger Q mills of texas whom he defeated after a struggle so prolonged that the house of representatives contrary to customs custom assembled on the opening day with the next speaker in doubt |