Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-14

services be held in the Metropolitan
Presbyterian church, of which Randall
was member, and not in the House of
Representatives After the ceremonies
the funeral party will take a special
train to Philadelphia, where the inter-
ment will take place in the Randall fam
lily vault i'll Laurel Hill cemetery.
Randa1l's Conversion.
A friend of Mr.. Randall said this
evening that when Randall joined the
church two months ago he thought he
had fully recovered, and had he lived he
would unquestionably have taken de-
cided stand in church matters. His
conversion was the result of his having
leisure time, and after the subject had
been thoroughly studied by him, he be-
came thoroughly convinced of his need
of religion. After that, his mind being
at rest, he became happier than he had
been at any other time. All the family
noticed it.
Major Mckinley said ''The death Of
Samuel j. Randall takes out of public
life one of the ablest and purest of our
statesmen. He was natural leader OF
men. No man could have been greater
one. As Speaker, he seemed fitted for
the post; always firm and resolute in
party contests, yet fair and courteous to
his opponents. In the great contest of
| 1876, no man can tell what might have
happened but for his strong and clear
head. l feel his death personal loss"
Representative Cannon said: "Mr.
Randall was one OF the people, he loved
them and believed in them. There are
few men in public life who more strongly
affected legislation and public sentiment
than he. He was the best of friends and
the best OF enemies"
A number of kilograms of coincidence
| from well-known gentlemen have been
received by Mrs. Randall.
Expressions of Regret.
Expressions of regret at Randall's
death are universal and sincere. None
paid him higher tribute of admiration
and respect than his Democratic COL
leagues in the House, who differed with
him vitally upon one of the most i'm
portant measures in Congress.
Representative Mills spoke feelingly
and earnestly: "He was a very great
man." said he, "a man of unimpeach-
able integrity and natural-born leader
of men. He had more elements of lead
ership than any man l have come in
contact with since l have been in public
life. Nothing but his views on the tariff
could have prevented him from being
the leader of the Democratic party. If
| it had not been for that he would have
been nominated for President in 1876.
He would have been elected and seated,
for he would have asserted his rights.
But when he believed his opinions were
right he would never change them, no
matter what might happen. When our
tariff bill was up l pleaded with him
and urged and begged him to make some
concessions and compromise, but he
believed he was right and could not be
moved. When all his party except
Sowden and one or two others had come
over, he still held out and would not
move. That was the only thing on
which we differed. There is nothing
good and great you cannot say about
Speaker Reed said. "My esteem for
and expressed, the highest admiration
for his steadfastness and courage He
was good friend, brave man and a
statesman beyond reproach."
| Ex-Speaker Carlisle said: ''Our re-
lations have been not only friendly, but
quite intimate, and l always regarded
him as an honest man in public life,
and he was undoubtedly man who had
convictions and the courage to stand by
them. l think his death is great loss
to his party and country, and he de-
serves to be remembered for a great and
important public service"
Biographical Sketch.
samuel Jackson Randall was born in
Philadelphia, October 10, 1928. His
foil 10 Il
Democratic politician of the Quaker
of being schooled for the law, was edu-
Gated as merchant, but he drifted into
politics at an early age After being
four times elected to the City Council
and once to the State Senate, he was
sent to Congress, taking his seat De-
cember 7, 1868. He has since repre-
sented without intermission the only
Democratic district in Philadelphia. So
popular was he among his constituents
that at his last election no candidate
was placed in the field against him. In
| Congress he served on the committees of
banking, rules and elections, dis tin
gushing himself by his speeches against
the Force bill in 1875, his efforts, more
than anything else, defeating
the measure. He was a can
didate for Speaker next year,
and was made chairman of the
committee ON appropriations. In this
capacity he gained credit by his success
in curtailing expenditures by enforcing
system of proportional reduction in
the appropriations, and, on the death of
Michael G. Kerr, he was elected Speaker
of the House, December 4, 1876. He
was reelected Speaker the two following
Congresses, serving in that capacity till
the 3rd of March, 1881, when Mr.. Car
lisle, the candidate of the free trade
wing of the Democratic party, succeeded
him. Mr.. Randall has borne con-
spicuous part in the debates on the tariff
as the leader of the protectionist wing
of his party. He had prepared SUBJ
stitute for the Mills bill, which aimed to
make sweeping reduction in the reve-
nues without impairing the protective
principle of the tariff laws. The bill,
however, died in committee, the Mills
bill being adopted as the party measure,
but Mr.. Randall opposed it to the last
and contributed to its ultimate defeat.
This was the last conspicuous part Mr..
Randall took in the active work of Con-
gress, as his ill-health the past few years
| co,1Sad him +o ha ohcant ,Ouob Of tho