The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-03

Philadelphia Letter in Cincinnati Commercial Ca
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Will Samuel ]. Randall r~ecoverl If he does,
will he take any position for or against Cleve-
land in THE presidential campaignl Whether
he takes any poslhon or not. will the threatened
movement il this city to defeat him
Tor Congress be made, and, if made, will it sue
ceed1"
These questions are being asksd in Pennsyl-
vania every day, and meantime the stricken
statesman Is steadily ge,rng back his health
and strength. Nothing could have been more
beneficial TO him than his removal from Wash
sneton 70 the fair and breezy country retreat
Mat was provided for him near Wayne Station,
fifteen miles outside of the city, on the Pennsyl-
ysnia railroads main line. The country seat
~~Castanea' has been just the place for Dir.
Randall Everybody IN Philadelphia knows that
"CastAnea' belongs to Mrs. j. Bsllsngee Cox;
That its name in English is chestnut and that
ir Is SO called because Of the numberless chest
hut trees that crown the elevation OF the ridRy
sountry roundabout.
This Is iust wnat [ need said the sick man,
when he rested himself back in an easy chair
after bis removal from Washington. He was
hight. Pure air, rural quiet and the compan-
Dnship Of bis family have wrought wonders
Mira. Racial, Mrs. Lancaster, his Oldest daugh-
her, Miss Susie Randall and Samuel j., jr., are
eth him. and only occasionally does bis doctor
trive over to see him.
II was only yesterday that Mr.. Randall wanted
10 get down stairs and knock around the place.
81 don't believe il would hurt you o bit" be was
told. "brt you can't do IT."
AZ know IL wouldn't hurt me- said Dir. Ran
Gall
swell, Just wait,' was the answer. until you
f5el strong enough to want TO run a footrace."
So Mr.. Randsll still remains in his room, and
he busies himself for certain hours of the day
Just as il he was in the hard workers harness he
has always worn. He reads all the newspapers,
writes all his letters-and they are maryland
does . deal of work besides. He takes the live
lest kind Of interest in the progress Of the cam
paign. His daughter, Mrs. Lancaster, was say
ing the other day that she thought her father
was looking better than he had for a year.
Anyone who knows Mr.. Randall knows what
q blow has been to him the steady drift of his
party, both national and State, away from him.
IL would have broken the spirit of many a man.
Yet he has not acknowledged himself beaten,
and does not think he is beaten even now. He
has borne it just as he bore his defeat for the
eosakership by Carlisle. A friend OF his tells
the story:
Randall was in q committee-room waiting
The result OF the CAUCUS Suddenly o genuine
fsbel yell rang through the Corridors. Il was
enc first time the rebel yell had ever been heard
ID the halls OF Congress. and we all knew what
y meant Then a friend came in and told him
If his overwhelming defeat Your supporters
want you TO 20 in and make a speech said his
friend; can you stand itP Randall gave a gulp,
his iron jaws came together with q snap. and
be sprang 10 bis feet. Yes said be, Il can
stand anything It was q hard blow, but he
met it like q man.
Few people even IN Philadelphia know any
Ming about the personal characteristics of this
man, who has been in Congress almost as lcne
~ has been Judge Kelley. They know him b. a
hall. gaunt figure, slightly stopped. clad in
elcthes that seldom 1T him well, for be pays
They have picked him out half a square away,
with his piercing black eyes 2eering from under
The slouchinR brim of a hat more or less old.
and many have said, Here comes Randall
Prnn his laD nHaau VAT M Rnr6on -A-a~
had q Law Office. and only q man here and there
knows that ne never studied law. In reality be
started life as al iron merchant aud did me-
make q success of it.
Mr. Randall Is one OF those men who beiisye
In doing his own work and In keeping his own
counsel as to what he does and intends doing.
Last March he and a man OF this CITY, one who
Is, perhaps. his most confidential friend, were
xlding down Pennsylvania auenue ia Washing
Ton. They were in Mr.. RandalIs barouche, that
has seen its best days, drawn by Mr.. Randalls
old and smbling horse that he calls 1.-THE Colo
nel' They were talking OF personal matters in
= eenhdential way. when suddenly the friend
said: + the way. what are ycu going to do
On the Mills bill" Mr.. Randall shut up like q
| clam His friend repeated the question, aud
Mr. Randall, looking hard at him, said, "Itis
blowing a gale outside, Tom"
To any other person it IL safe to say the an
swer would have been, "Mind your own busi.
ness for bluntness of speech is as much a char
Setsrlst site of the exSpeaksr as his habits of toll
S1o LIS utter disregard OF DIS personal appear
ance. IL Is related of him that Just after the IA
nous Oak View conference, whore the President
outlined his message. Mr.. Randall Was asked
what he had heard about It. 81 did hear" was
his laconie reply, that they got as far az free
whisky"
When the eunbost Yorktown and the dynamite
pcruiser Vesuvius were launched from Cramps,
Secretary Whitney brought a great crowd Of
Senator's snd Representatives over. Seeing Mr..
Randall standing aIoef. a great crowd Of re-
porters surrounded him and ssket him 10 tell
chem something about public affairs. ~ don't
like TO be interviewed by Wholesale" said the
Congressman, smiling down upon them. Shut
III say this; Any bill will go through Congress
that has enough money before it and behind it.
Mr.. Randall scorns a public man who appoints
his relatives to Office. His own brother wanted
, European censulship, and Us could have SCI
cured it for him. for he was close TO the admin
ls,ration then. but Mr.. Randall ssurdily refused.
de has done the same thing with other relatives.
At the saDe time, no man il more loyal to his
friends. did a man ever have such friendsr'
ms said after the Allentown State con-
%vention, where he had the entire al
ninistration arrayed against him and
where his liautenants. some of whom held Office,
worked hard for him, thus endsn gerine their
places He has stood by his friends when it
might have caused his political ruin. An in
stance was the securing OF the removal of Rutan,
the marshal of the Western district Of Pennsyl-
vania. and the appointment Of Miller. 1t might
have arrayed Senator Quay and the other lead
y <atA1o 1AA1t III kuO OOltlO q II
his district. The only reason for his course IN
the msrshslship seems TO have been that he and
Miller were schoolnates or old-time friends, or
Bomething of that kind
Il is not thought possible that MIR. Randall
will ee able to take part in this campaign. even
Il he should so desire and find that he could
consistently do SO. He may write a public let
Ter. or he may not That is purely conjectural.
That many Democrats would like 20 run a
candidate against him in his district, even it
they could not keep him from getting the nomi-
nation. 10 . matter Of notoriety all through the
downtown wards com prisine his district. Some
OF them discountenance the movement on the
ground that il is not fair to eight eick men,
Others claim that this IS q Cleveland Mills bill
esmpaign, and no man who is not in favor Of the
Presidents tariff ideas should have . Demo
cratic Endorsement this year. IL there is a fight
against him it will be about the liveliest Of it's
kind Philadelphia has known in asdscAde.
There IL one thing that could not be urged
against him in such q fight-tnat be has made
money out of his long service in CONGRESS-.
There is hardly another man in public life so
poor. A close friend says ''he hasn't a dollar"
and his salary as Congressman is his sole in
some. The unpretentious brick house in WASH
lneton is owned by Mrs. Randall. The Randall
estate does own a large tract Of Southern iron
and coal lands which he hopes some day will be
worth something to his children. The lands ars
not developed. When they are they may be
worth millione
Ben's Democratic Brother Goes for Him.
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