The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-21
SCUDDHR ON RANDALL
An Eloquent Tribute to the
Honesty of the Dead
Democratic
81 Leader.
SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE.
Pastor Halleron Thinks the Cause
Of Christ Need Not Fear
Modern Inyesti-
cation.
AND THE BIBLE.

The Tabernacle was comfortably filed
last evening when the Rev. Mr.. Scudder
stepped upon the pulpit.
Mr.. Scudder, as a prelude to his ser
mon. paid q cordial tribute to the late
statesman, Samuel j. Randall. Last
Sabbath" said he, ''one of the strongest,
one Of the leading statesmen of this
country passed away, and this Sabbath |
thInk it would be appropriate to say
something OF this good man. This man
was a democrat. Now, / am not bigosed
enough to say that an ideal statesman
should be a republican. Not by any
means. There are rascals in both parties,
and l might truthfully say that the
majority of politicians of both parties ar Q
m~ercsnary; bat this man was not a
politician. no political trader, no log
roller. There are two or three important
ifHits or this mans character that l
would like especially to speak of tonight,
The first of which is that he was
q strictly honest man. During his
tWenty-seven years in Congress he had
endless opportunities to enrich himself il
ne would only lend himself to certain
schemes. But / believe ] am right when
4 say that during this long term of years
uoQ a dishonest dollar passed through
Samue j. Randall's hands. This state
Inent, which is a broad one, is practically
verified by the moderate house III which
re lived and died Il believe it is valued at
{s5,WV-and by the frugal life he led.
j A CONTRAST.
Now, what a contrast the life of this
great man is to that of the average Doliti-
clan. The politician of today is q pleasant
man. He always wears a smile, and will
heartily extend one hand to You in greet
ing while the other hand is also held out.
This class of men are in politics for
money. They admit it. Samuel j.. Ran
dali would not vote for q bill unless he
Thought it was q just one
u a man as Tom Scott could not
approach Mr.. Randall. He was a terror
TO all lobbyists, and strongly opposed to
all brazen jobs. In the first year which
he served as Chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations the appropriations
were reduced $50, 000, 900. He was a man
thoroughly believed in by both parties.
Another distinctive trait of Mr.. Ran
dali was his positive conviction. l think
Mr. Randall was n of the most indie
pendent and fearless mon of this cen
fury. 1t he thought he was right in any
undertaking it mattered not what he
lost politically. l believe that but for
this independence and fearlessness he
Y received the Democratic
nomination for the Presidency in 1867
Mr.. Scudder then referred to the CON
test for Speakership between Kerr and
Randall, Inc told how Mr.. Randall lost it
because OF his refusing to grant Jay
could the power of appointing the chair
man of the Railroad Committee.
"Iremember another incident which I
ethink demonstrates clearly the honesty of
purpose OF Mr.. Randall" said the pastor.
There was a bill introduced granting a
large tract OF Mayors Island to the Can
adam Pacific Railroad. A personal friend
OF Mr.. Randallhs was interested in the
bill, and approaching him one day, Just
before the bill came up, said:-sMr. Ran
dali, | want your vote in favor of this to
nelp me along. II this Dill passes it Will
enrich me by $40, O00.' Mr.. Randall, in
reply, said:-I would like to help you
along, but / think it is a steal, aud will
light its passage to the end.' That bill
was voted down by just one vote, and
that was the vote of Mr.. Randall.
A TERROR TO LOBBYISTS.
And he was q patriot. This, I think,
was never more clearly demonstrated
than during the turbulent scenes attend
ing the report of the Electoral Commits
sion in 1877. Though an intense partisan,
1 think his wisdom and GOODNESS during
that critical period were worthy of the
highest cOmmendation.n
In conclusion, Mr.. Scudder referred to
the fact that two months before he died
Mr.. Randall Joined the church.
II tell you," said he, that these are the
! Of men we want in our churches. /
do not believe that Mr.. Randall Joined
the church because he was afraid of
deeth. he knew not what IL was to be
afraid. | believe his political life was SO
busy that he had no time for church.
sometimes the church asks too much.
- wish every politician would study
closely Mr.. Randafrs life and profit by II.
His death is a national loss. Such men
are fexv ~