The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-08-06
INe Nert Speaker Of Congress.


vania will be honOred in the choice OF ont
of her most distinguished sons as speaker
of the next House of Representatives, a
Washington. independent OF the gIauiy
ing fact that for the first time III two de
cadcs. an overw helmiug Den0cratic iua
iuritv will control tie 18th Congress, 1t Is
Il matter of pleasurable pride that a rem
svlvanian. by virtue of his genius superb
tactics. and acknowledge craftsmanship, Is
almost universailv accorded the position
of leader in the new House. 1t is unneces
sary TO say that we allude to the Hon.
Samuel j. Randall, of the first district,
man, who when the evil powers OF haui-
calism marshaiied their cohorts IN iast
desperate onslaught upon the cohsttutlo"
or what is left OF it, and the rights Oh tl'e
actual citizen in ten sovereign states-wlth
the heroic faith of the spartan ieaoer at
ThermonyI;e. threw himself into the breach
and turned back the black tide of ruin
ready To surge in a deluge of hate and dc
.vastalion over all the land. lie was the
man for the emergency, and right royalty
did he grasp the occasion. Good men ana
true were his hcnchmen, but, to sam
Randall of PENNSYLVANIA, belongs the hou-
ors aud trophies of the fray. One whole
section of the Union, grateful Tor his 81 shal
skill and services, III the most trying hour
of all. profters it's uubroken support. hls
delegation backed 10y many others OF the
North. Notwithstanding the croakings OF
n few whose fingers are not i'll this pie, ana
the Gallant cOmmOncr, who pluckeu Iebl-
sylvania from the slough OF medlocilty,
will bc Speaker of the EeXt Congres.
There has been an interregnum IN
the business of Randall and the Speak
ership for some time, and now just IN
the dog days it is Extensively again
forced on public attention by certain
Democratic editors who ought to be
ashamed Of such scurvy tricks. The
above article from the Columbia Her.
aH is one of the latest and boldest
manifestations in this line. We VIII
say nothing against its bad grammar,
as that is not an indictable otfense, nor
of its jargon when it speaks of Sam
Randalls ''genius superb tactic To
talk about his acknowledged states
manship'' is equally puerile and absurd,
unless the editor means that his thick
and thin support Of the back-pay swln-
die entities him to that distinction.
The fulsome and abject adulation OF
Randall which pervades the entire ar
ticle, and others of like character
which have appeared i'll other localities,
is sickenin2 and disgusting, and is one
of the political marvels of this age of
political humbug and brazcn pretcn-
sion. One would suppose from read
inc all this g,,Sh, that without Randall
in the last Congress the Democratic
party throughout the entire country
would have become n thing of the past.
What lame and impOtent conclusion!
That Congress contained many Dem
ocratic members to whom Randall is
as Hyperion to a Satyr. That his
Rahdall's) native State Will respond
with an unbrokcu delegation" in favor
of his election is as unlikely as it is
prcpostcrOus. The Ucrdld's wish is
simply father to its thought and is
without any authority. If a Demo.
( clatic House of Representative can sc
stultify itself as to elect Samuel j
Randall its presiding officer, in the face
of his public record thenits subsequent
proceedings will interest that party nc
more, and the fatal handwriting on the
wall Will Indicate its deserved fate
/ Before Congress meets the true history
. of Randall and the tricksters who arc
attempting to force him in c the Speak
crship will be 50 plainly written that he
who runs may read, and the way farine
man though a fool cannot err therein
The gallant commoner,' as the Herald
dignifics him, will yet findhis propeI
level.