Telegram-herald., 1890-05-04


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saved Lhs gsysFn2sGt 80, 90 ~. =
sAs his pallsy ~ ~EstrsnslmsaE 81.
reform taas gave - hls party rs sAl5-
bolsGh and oroaghl it from its obseuTlty
% The brlllisney 0f sasesss His Ions
ssrvies sonascting him vita the DARK
sst days II Democracy ms1s hin ths
lsader IL years of York "a his ability
made hin tas eon1ARding otiesr q IA
party forces IN tias. u lsg!slaEiEs bal
Es
With az this. however, be ~ss not 81
orator IA ths higassS sense % lhs word
No silyery sentences riPp-sd from la
liIs - persuade ala s1vsrssriss -
l0Osen thslr grasg upon their weapons.
A. simss lis EstsrAacs sss hAlsing and
kis zzsttculstions awkward, baE u was
tie hsaltztlon of suPsFzh undant az u
neat and the asksaTdnsss q earnest
sOavietlon- as va PreetleAl, not theo-
rstical Hs ssns solid, statistical shot
al Ihs f0rtrssses % sloq1sncs and tasy
topped and tslL
When, in TIE Ash Congress. the lsat-
srshiP vas taksa from him oa . lsfId
reform question, it 49, said that hls
iaaasnes wa gone bat asYsr had 10
shown more brightly when the very
men Who lad opposed his continued
leadership we're forced 10 come 10 him
IN every eoatsst where the tariff was
not iavoIvsd. and it Is % the credit Of
his party IN the House that they never
failed 10 follow where Randall lead.
BIS great hght against what vas known
as The Force Bill. n 1873, his defect
oy Kerr for the SpsAkershiP Of the 44ih
Congress and his subsequent election as
Speaker In December. 1915 after Ksrr's
death, are well-relo EN- bered Incidents
in bis career.
InprlvAte life, Mr. Randall was always
modest, retiring and simple. lie was
never rich, although be had saved
the country millions OF dollars. When
The cancer became serious he was care
fully guarded from A. that woE.i tend
TO make him discouraged or dowpissr; i.
Although, when IL health. . 49, %
aacomPromisins opinions, sett.ES 81
nauzht al cavil or criticism, when con
hRsd 70 ais room. the sight cI any com
msnt upon his sickness o. criticism OF
himse1 invariably troubled him.
The conventional white-tTimmsd,
bgick house on Capitol Hill. about three
squares from his old seat IN Con gress,
Is the sum total Of his wealth, and one
OF long row OF similar buildings, any
OF which might be rented for s35 or so
per month. There with his wife, mis-
two daughters snd his son, Samuel J.
Randall, Jr. ths great Commoner
lived for years Mrs. Randall was a
Miss Ward, the daughter Of Aaron
Ward Of New York. who was a Member
OF Congress il 1889, and in 1877,
and who IL known as the author OF
Around the Pyramids" Miss Susie
Randall. the second child, is very much
like her mother. and IS quite q social
favorite She Is tall and s.ron gly
built She IA quite a famous pedestrian,
taking long walks, a habit contracted
during her fathers illness.
The home life Of the Randall's has al
ways been quiet, and they have never
entered much into society, fact dut
in great measure 70 Mrs. Randall'
preference TO domestic quiet and love
o. home. Last January Mr Randall
Joined the Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church Of Washington. That action was
due IL great measure 20 Mrs. Randall
desire and influence. Ths Rev. Dr.
Chester afterward csllei st the Randall
house. and, finding that the famous
Congressman had never been baptized,
th. sacrament was administered by
him, snd Mr Randall admitted "a
membership in the church OF which bis
wife has long been a member. The con
fession ot faith by Mr. Randall was the
result OF lengthy discussion with bis
wife. and during his long sickness the
statesman gave much thought to hi,
spiritual Affairs
In the sumner ot 1883, Mr.. Randall
left Washington sad spent several
months az the Lswis place, in Delaware
County. Pa While there be rapidly
gained strength, and OF his return was
considered on the fair road %
recovery BY al sxcep; the physi-
cians, who knew that the sb,.
cess vss really . cancer and that the
seeming improvement vas really but a
postponement ot the inevitable.
Daring the last few months he va,
an insstiabls reader ot the news
papers, and when bis colleagues in the
House called upon him. as they did very
often. thsy found 20 their sstonishmen
that ths sick man WAS as thoroughly
posted IN the political dOinzs OK "a.
dav "a they we're themselves and often
much bsttsr informed. When Thorn as
, Reed WAS elected speaker. the Demo
crafts ~ ths House found ths. The ms
from Maine would have no oompunctior
In arbitrarily using his power 20 defeat
any minority Measure Several % then
called On Nr Randall and stated thsil
visws After little though; TIE vet
srsn lesdsr sid
II think yon ars mistaken. Reed i
sghtsr snd a inPulsivs nan, but he q
sir-minisi aad u M opinion NOR
likely 20 favor than injuTs his opPon
snts - his decision from ths chair
Some enc told NJ Reed q this Al,
shsrs "a 10 doubt that e vss srstssa
for tSs somPiinsnt paid hin by Mr.
Rsadau, tor during ,hs l.asss Il n
latter 10 ons has ben move sttsntlv
IN csIiiaS or adn ninisterinx as far =