The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-04-16
BIOGRAPHICAL.


BIOGRAPHICAL.
Incidents In the Life Of the Late Samuel J.
Randall
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE express
sion Of regret at Mr.. Randalrs death !.
was universal and sincere. None paid !;
him higher tributes of admiration and a
respect than did his Democratic coll -
leagues in the House who differed with
him vitality upon one important measures
in Congress. Many kilograms and let
tiers of coincidence have been received
BY the family. The funeral will take.
place Thursday morning from the.
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church.
which Mr.. Randall joined some two
months ago.
Samuel Jackson Randall was born In
| Philadelphia, October 10. Is 8. His father
Josiah Randall, was lawyer OF high stand
lag in that city. His mother was Ann Wor--
rail-, q daughter Of General Joseph worrall.
Democratic leader in tae days of Jefier-
| son. Young Randall received an academic
education and engaged in mercantile pur-
| SUITS. He married Fanny, a daughter Of
General Aaron Ward, OF Sing Sing n. Y. He
served four years in the c ty Council OF
Philads lphia and ons term in the State Sem
ate of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Randall was a member Of the "First :.
troop Philadelphia cavalry" a voluntary
military company organized In liza 1t was
thu n known as The Light Horse of Phila-
delphia." and acted "a body guard to Gem
erHl Washington, crossing the Delaware
with him and participating in the battles on
New Jersey soil The company was one OF
the frat to tender it@ services to the
Government when Fort Sumter fell
| and was attached to the Second
United States cavalry. commanded by
General George II. Thomas. Sergeant S. j.
Randall acted as Qusrtermaster Of the COM
pany and was speedily promoted to a rank
! corresponding with that of Captain in the
regular army. When the Confederate army
marched north Of the Potomac in June, 1854,
| Captain Randall hurried to Harrisburg to
make arrangements for the enlistment OF
troops. June "A. Captain Randall made an
| important reconnaissance capturing num-
Der Of COrfederates. Retiring from Gettys-
burg as the Confederate army entered. the
| troops engaged in a hot skirmish with the
| advancing forces under the command Of
! General j. II. Gordon. During the battle Of
| Getty sburg Captain Randall acted IA provost
marshal of Columbia. Released from duty
| after the retir- ment Of the invading armies
| he received letters highly complimentary
| from Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, from
General Cad wallader and from the War De-
| partment.
At the converting of the Thirty eighth
| Congress, December 4, 1853. Mr.. Randall took
| his seat IN the House OF Representatives.. q
seat which he held until his death and filled
with honor and credit He attracted un Iver-
| sal attention ty his untiring work upon
committees. as well a. by his briliiancy a
| leader on the floor Of the House. In the
| Thirty eighth Congress he served on the
Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds,
in the Thirty ninth on the Committee on
Banking and Currency, Retrenchment and
| Expenditui eS in the State Department and
the Assassination of President Lincoln. In
the Forty first Congress he was a member of
the Committee on Privi eyes and Elections.
| on Expenditure in the Treasury Depart
ment and of the Joint c. mmittee on Re.
trenchmeut. In his famous speech on repu-
| diation December Is. 1863, he exclaimed
amid the plaudits Of an admir- ng House.:
"Not only do I believe tina, we should
| pay the debt, but / believe what is
has the ability, the disposition and the
! resources to pay it, In the Forty second
| and Forty third Congresses he served on the
| Committees on Banking and Currency. Post
offices and Post roads and Rules, and was
| one of the most influential members of no
| minority. His triumphant lead rship in the
| two days and two nights contest to prevent.
| the Force" bill from going to the Senate in
| time for action upon il brought him Il rst
into great prominence. When the Demo-
Gratis came into power Mt the opening Of
| Congress in December, 1877, MIR Randall was
made chairman of the Committee on Appro-
| priatiOns. He devoted mself to the work of
| retrenchment and succe eded in cutting down
the appropriations many millions. Allud-
| ing to the c Ose connection between re-
irenchment and resumption Mr.. Randall
| August IA. 1876, used these words: ~ be-
| lieve The real, natural, safe and permanent
way to resumption OF specie payments Is In
the reduction of the expenditures Of the
g pvernment to what Is needed by an eco
| nomical adn inistration. Human foresight
in my judgment can not fix the exact hour
or day when { shall take place"
December 4. 1876, Mr.. ,ndull was electei
sp aker to NIL the vacancy Occasioned bv the
death of Michael o. Kerr. With these words
during the stormy days of the Hay es-1 ilden
election contest, Mr.. Randall mounted the
Speakers chair:
I'VE stand in the presence of events which
strain and test to the last degree our form Of
government BY an unceas nv vigilance let
US prevent even the slightest departure from
the Constitution and the laws, forgetting in
the moment of difficulty that we are adhe-
rent Of party and only remembering that VIC
are American citizens with q country to
save" 1t was greatly owing to his brave
and determined spirit in advocating such
sentiments that quiet was restored and the.
results of the Electoral Commission acqui-
esced in. As he expressed 1t in his vale die
tory at the close of this Congress: "the
Democratic party yielded temporary posses
sion of tn. administration rather than en-
tail, upon the people civil war with all of its
attendant horrors"
Mr.. Randall served as Speaker OF the
House OF Repre- sentstives until March 8,
1851, having been re. elected twice. He con-
tinued to serve his country faithfully AM
well, having been elected to Congress re-
peatedly from tn, only Democratic district
in Philadelphia Circumstances and sur
roundings made Mr.. Randall a leader in the
protectionist school. but in other respects
he was representative Of the most ad-
vanced Democracy. From the bedside OF
the dying man during the recent exc 'tement
over the quorum ruling of Speaker Reed
came words of counsel and advice.
By the death of Judge Kel ey, Sunset Co K
and Sam Randall, the country has st with
in one year three OF the OLDEST and abest
members OF the II use of Representatives
And Sam Randall is one OF the last of that
galaxy Of brilliant men who left the field to
guard their cOuntry's interest at a post
equally import tnt-the American Congress.
During his last illness Mr. Randall lay in the
front room If the second story OF h 8
modest houso IN e. street In this rom he.,