Fergus County argus., 1890-05-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.


And IL shall he. when they say unto
iher wherefore slightest thou That thou
shalt answer for the tidings, because IT
com-th Aud every heart shall melt and all
hands shall he feeble aud every spirit shall
faint"
For these things | weep. mine eyes run
mel h down with water. hecaiisr the comfort
that should relieve my soul is lar from me
Ny children are desolate hecause the enemy
prevailed"
This is the text from which an eminent
Washington minister and intimate friend
Of the late samuel i Randall delivered a
very feeling discourse Friday evening. and
is true index of the hearts of the pcopl,
here with whom his sterling qualities and
nohl. manhond had endeared him.
Mr. Randall was regarded a> n Washing
tonian ~ murh ~ any resident H.. ltis
only pu,-,ssion, n modest Residence, was
located here. aud Washington has specia
cause to mourn for him.
Death H. So common an occnrrence that
even when lac strikes an ordinary m.mhei
=
the visionary rourtrsi-s in n rather per
iunctury way, bat u genuine air III -a'iner'
! prrNade.i both the house aud senate Mon
day AT the announcement oi Mr.. Randall
death. His was the most powerful person
aliiv in the house. lie was not partics
+ LARRY scholarly. nor VAS he a finished ora
+ tor. In this respect he was like cromwell
/ liz carried hi- point hy What hr sald an'
not u, h- -lo,,nruce. lie never made 1
statement without being ahs.utels certain
If the iacts aud this well known sincerit.
secuted fnr him the respect al All his col
league. aud the country at large.
lie i. one man VIM ha- gone through pub
lir hie h.ldins ~ important places as TIN
s", ernnent requires, aud the N"i'e "i cal
umuv Was nes-r raised against him. \
head al the approIu iations committee, a ~
possessing a wilrr knosle,ise of fiscal a
fairs than any other member IL the h"ns'
h-praciirally y cont rolled = he appropriation
of the entir government. There was II
man from whom lew words relating :
ti-cal nirnir- would have such influence %
the holI--. yet such was his single ,leNoti"
to the duties for which he had b-en chosel
aud such his rugged honesty, that this ma
Who yearly cont rallied the current of mil
ions aud millions ri dollars has ieIt b
family only one little house to shield the
from the storms.
His biography is briefly told in TIE 20
! gressional Directory:
Born in Philadelphia Oct. 10, ls2>. u
c.iyeh an academic education, and ensag'
in mercantile pursuits; was a member
the city council Of Philadelphia four year
was Il member of the state senate in ,
and -: was elected to the Thirty -sch
congress- and has been reelected to eve
congress since; was elected speaker 1T I
last session of the Forty fourth congre'
! and reelected for th. Forty-tifth h and Fort
, sixth. Randall's patriotism as n state
man was something. not common, ana I
same motives actuated him in the d
charge OF his duties as induced him I" {
list as "A private upon the fall of Fort Su
ter. and then when he had influence $
iicient with the secretary of war tohave
colonel, Thomas, promoted To the rank
briga,er general. lie was elected I" C
sress while serving under Col. Thomas, b
ON the opening of the,,ettysburgc cam mpaii
- as a congressman, he again enlisted as
private and served through that campaii
When Mr.. Randall put business aside
was "a most genial companion and fond
humor. Col. Ike Hill assistant ser.ea
H. ttx.t
of Mr.. Randalls. Ink cannot describe
: colonels nimitable style of telling IA sto
=. but it was something like this; AT
opening of congress several years ago b'
the families vi Randall and Hill had pc
pon.,i coming on to Washington. and in
meantime the gentlemen boarded at
same ho,flery aud as their hours "
early, usually ate together. At the sa
table generally sat another member of
house tho had a bad case of dyspepsia
!, fact he never grew Tired Of expatiating al
lnr the edilication oi his companions, b'
at meals aud everywhere else. lie was Y
it.urticular about the way his food WAS
y, patrd. aud wanted abundance oi oat-n
and unhaltrd tianr aud. like ui"st dy-I
tir-. generally wound up hy eating
times ~ much a. any one at the tit
He'd then ealk = duzrn tunes around
Smithsonian grounds I" >r'tle ti. lie
- . ,id,wrr from phio, aud II Was hir
that h- meant t.. try his luck again, "
aue sunday Rainfall and liill uet him tr
ing fpr the purpose II = : - .ai On hl-
trark. lie N4- a very GlHut aud uh
~ la~-t-siiiE man lu tpp-hrhiit =, ami lEr
NJ marked. / Wonder how old ~toulafh
al orl-r approached hi= Dulciana WITH
.itd question Randall replied. i
pa-r be ,,liei h-r ht- dearest. darling u
tirahani gem.