The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1869-11-19
Obituary..

DEATH OF HON. ROBERT j. WALKER.
Hon. Robert j. Walker died at his
residence in Washington city on Thurs
day morning, the 11th of November,
1869, at a quarter before II o'clock after
a protracted illness. He was aged sixty
eight years and four months. For some
weeks he had been in Philadelphia for
the purpose of obtaining the best medi-
cal advice, but all efforts having proved
fruitless he was removed to Washing
ton few weeks since.
Mr.. Walker was born in Northum-
bcrland, Pa, in 1901, and spent the
early part of his life in Centre county
his father being president judge of the
Centre and Northumberland district.
Hegraduated at heUniversity of Penn
sylvania in 1919 and studied law and
commenced practice inPittsburg in 1921.
He became an active Democratic poll
tician, and is credited with having been
the first to propose General Jackson
for the presidency; the party nominat-
ing him at the Harrisburg convention
in 1924. In 1926 Mr.. Walker removed
to Natchez, Mississippi, where he be-
came prominent as both lawyer and
politician. In 1885 he was elected
United States senator, and continued
in that post until 1915, when President
Polk appointed him secretary of the
treasury, the uties of which position
he discharged with distinguished abili-
ty. Through all the Democratic admin
istrations, from Jackson's to Buchanan's
Mr.. Walker sustained the great meas
ures of the party, especially the anneXa-
ton of Texas and the war with Mexico.
But after President Folks retirement,
he devoted himselfto the practice of the
law in the Supreme Court Of theUnited
States. When the Kansas troubles were
at their height, on the resignation ofthe
territorial governorship by Geary,
President Buchanan appointed Walker
to succeed him. His short administra-
ton was a fair one, but he opposed the
Lee ompton constitution, and because it
was adopted by Congress, with the APP
proval of the president, he resigned.
This was his last service in public office
In 1861, when the rebellion broke out,
he took decided position in behalf of
the government, and his speeches at the
monster union meetings in New York
and Brooklyn were among the most ef-
fective that were delivered.
Mr.. Walker possessed q high order
of alents and many rare virtues. His
knowledge of public affairs was pro-
found and thorough, which, added to
his untiring industry and research, en-
abled him to produce many of the best
political papers ever laid before the
American public.
HON. AMOS KENDALL.
Following the announcements Of the
deaths of Admiral Stewart, General
Wool and Hon. Robert j. Walker,
comes that of Hon. Amos Kendall, a
man who filled wide space in the his
tory of this country. Mr.. Kendall was
born in Massachusetts, in 1889, he COM
menced his college career, and graduat-
cd with distinguished honors in 1911.
Immediately after leaving college he
entered upon the study of the law with
w. b. Richardson, prominent lawyer
of Groton, Massachusetts, who subse-
quently became Chief Justice of New
Ha ampshire, and was admitted to the
bar in the spring of 1911. lie then en-
igrated to Kentucky, and engaged in
the practice of his professions; but re-
moving to Georgetown subsequently,
he received the appointment of Post
master, the only office over held by him,
with the exception of position in the
Cabinets Of Jackson and Van Buren.
Having edited newspaper with mark
ed success in tLe intervals of his other
occupations, he was, in 1916, received
upon the stal'of The Argus Of Western
America, the leading Democratic jour-
nal of Kentucky, published al Frank
fort, the capital of the State. In this
position he rapidly acquired high rep
utatiOn as political writer, and soon
came into the exercise of a wide intlu-
ence in political affairs. In 1920 Geuer-
al Jackson appointed Mr.. Kendall
Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, and in
1885, promoted him to the post of Post
master, General. Mr.. Kendall was con-
tinued in the position by Martin Van
Buren until the last year OF the latter's
administration, holding the Office lit
tie over five years, and during that
time introduced many important re-
forms in that department. When
James X. Polk was elected President,
Mr. Kendall was offered a foreign miss
ion, which he refused, and devoted his
entire time henceforth to the practice OF
his profession in Washington, where
he continued TO reside from the time of
his withdrawal from the Cabinet to his
last illness. Asa political leader Mr..
Kendall was matchless. He had clear
ness of perception, readiness of action,
and in addition the rare faculty of Sc.
lecting the right men for the right
places, and securing their services al
all times. His death sewers another
link between the past aud the present
A few moro parted, and the nation will
, be in the hands Of entirely new men
with none Of tho old statesmen to coun
ell or advise.
y The PRINTER.-The master of al
! trades. He beats the carpenter with
j. his rale, and the mason in setting tall
5 columns; he surpasses the lawyer in at
h tending to his case, and beats the par