Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-14

MORNING., APRIJ4 IA,
| not in the House of Representatives.
| After the ceremonies the funeral party
| will take special train to Philadelphia
where the interment takes place in the
| Randall family vault in Laurel HUI Gene
| terry.
Expressions of regret at RandalI's death
| are universal and sincere. None paid him
| q higher tribute of admiration and respect
than his Democratic colleagues in the House
who differed with him vitality upon one Of
| the most important measures in Congress
| Representative Mills spoke feelipgly and
earnestly. He was a very great man, u
said he, "a man of unimpeachable integrity
| and a natural born leader of men. He had
more of the elements of leadership than
any man have come in contact with since
1 | have been in public life. Nothing but
| his views on the tariff could have prevented
4 him from being the leader of the Demo
cratic party. If 1t had not been for that he
| would have been nominated for President
in 1876, and 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 | pleaded with
him, urged and begged him to make some
| confession and compromise, buthe believed
! he was right and could not be moved; when
all his party. except Lowden 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 great that you cannot say about
Randall"
| Samuel Jackson Randall was born in Phila.
delphia october 10, 1928. His father was Josiah
Randall, a lawyer of high standing ia that city
HIS mother Ann Worrail, was u daughter OF
| General Joseph Worrall, a Democratic leader in
| the days OF Jefferson. Receiving an academic
education, he engaged iu mercantile pursuits.
| He married Fanny, a daughter of General
Aaron Ward of Sing Sing, New York. He
served four years in the City Councils of Phila.
delphia and one tern IN the State Senate OF
| Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Randall was a member of the First
Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry a volunteer
military company organized in IVA. 1t was
then known as the Light Horse of Philadel-
phia, and acted as a body-guard OF General
| Washington, crossing the Delaware with him
and participating in the battles of Trenton and
| Princeton.
I Immediately after the fall of Fort Sumter the
troop rendered its services to the Government,
Il
States May l3, 1851, for the term of 80 days, at
tached to the Second United States Cavalry,
commanded by Colonel, afterwards the dis
| tinguished General George H. Thomas and as
| signed to the command Of General Robert Pat
terson, who says of the troop: 'It was with me
| in the valley of the Shenandoah in the sum mer
of 1861. It was in the advance at the battle OF
Falling Waters, when for the first and only
| time, that gallant soldier, 'StonewalP Jack
son, was defeated and driven back" Sergeant
| S. j. Randall acted as Quartermaster to the
/ oyn1, ftnr, arl
| rank of a Captain in the regular army.
On the first intimation OF the advance of the
| Confederate army north of the Potomac, in
| June, 1863, Captain Randall proceeded to Har.
| risburg TO make arrangements by which the
troop could go into service If it was found nee
| essary. General Couch, on announcing to Cap
| tain Randall commanding, that Governor Cur
| tin would accept the troop without swearing its
i members into the service, said: Il know we
can trust to the honor of the corps without an
| OATH"
On June 24th Mr.. Randall with his command
| made an important reconnaissance. capturing
/ several of the enemy and establishing their
| presence in large force between Cham bersburg
| and Wiliiamsport. Retiring from Gettysburg
| the troop had a skirmish with an advancing
! force under General J. B. Gordon, near the
| Susquehanna. During the battle OF Gettysburg
| Mr.. Randall was Provost Marshal of Columbia.
| Being released from duty after the retreat OF
| the invading army, letters were received by
Captain Randall from the Governor of the State
| and from the War Department through General
1
! fective services
AT the convening of the Thirty-eighth Con
| gress, December 4, 1868, Mr.. Randall took his
seat in the House of Representatives, and has
| been re elected to every succeeding Congress
| covering period of twenty seven years. In the
| Thirty y-eighth Congress he served on the Com
| mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds; in the
| Thirty NINTH on the Committee on Banking and
Currency, Retrenchment aud Expenditures in
the State Department In the Fortieth, on
Banking and Currency and the assassination OF
| President Lincoln.
| Elected as a Democrat he constantly acted
| with his party in Congress. Without occupying
| the attention of Congress with long speeches
he indicated his interest in pending legislation
| by frequently participating briefly and point
edly i'll its discussions. In the Forty-first Con.
| gress he was member of the Committees on
Privileges and Elections and on Expenditures
in the Treasury Department, and OF the Joint
Committee on ketrenchment.
| He spoke against repudiation December l6
| 1869 in reply % Mr.. Munger, saying: "In the
time allowed me, it is hardly possible that ]
should follow the gentleman from Ohio in all
his sayings, or in what might mildly term his
| political heresies; but, for myself-and think
| can speak for my constituents am utterly
| opposed TO reputation. But the moment al
| lowed me gives me the opportunity 10 remon-
| strate against the enunciation of any scheme OF
legislation which l believe would place my
| country in a dishonest attitude before the world
Not only do believe that we should pay the
| debt, but believe, what is of vastly more i'm.
portance, that the country has the ability, the
| ulspOSlIlOu ana tle resources 10 pay IL.
| In the Forty-second and Forty-Third Con
crosses he served on the Committees on Bank.
ing and Currency, Postoffices and Post Roads
and Rules, and was one of the most influential
members Of the minority. His triumphant
leadership in the two days and all nights con-
test to prevent the Force bil'' from going to
the Senate in time for action on it, brought him
| first into great prominence.
| When the Democrats came into power at the
opening OF the Forty-Fourth Congress, in De-
cember, 1879, Mr.. Ransall was Chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations: He devoted
himself to the work of retrenchment and sue.
| ceeded in cutting down the appropriations
millions. In giving summary of what he had
| accomplished in the way of retrenching, Au.
gust IA. 1916, he closed with these words: 81
believe the real, natural, safe and permanent
| way to resumption of specie payments is in the
reduction of the expenditures of the Govern
ment to what is needed by an economical Ad-
ministration. Human foresight, in my iudg.
ment, cannot fix the exact hour or day when il
shall take place"
On December T. 1876, Mr.. Randall was elected
Speaker to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Michael o. Kerr. On taking the chair at that
critical time, he said I'VE sand in the pres
ence of events which strain and test to the last
degree our form of government. Our libelties
consecrated by so many sacrifices in the past
and preserved amid the rejolclngs OF an eX
ultant people at our centennial anniversary as
one among the nations of the earth must be
maintained at all hazards. The people look
confidently to our moderation, to our wisdom
| in this time fraught wi h so much peril. Let US
not, beSeech you, disappoint thelrjust expecta
tions and their keen sense of right; but by un
ceasing vigilance let us prevent even the slight
est departure from the Constitution and the
laws, forgetting in the moment of difficulty thai
we are the adherents of party, and only remem
bering that we are American citizens with {
country to save"
1t was greatly owing to his brave and deter
mined spirit in maintaining such sentiments
| that the turbulent factions in the House were
held in check and the results of the Electora
| Commission quietly acquesced in. As he ex
pressed 1t in his va edictoTy at the close of Con
gress: 'The Democratic party yielded tempo
rary possession of the administration rathe
than entail upon the people civil war with al
| its attendant horrors"
| Mr.. Randall was reelected Speaker servinI
IN that capacity until March 8, 1881 He ha
porGe conspicuous part in the debates on th
tariff as a leader of the Protectionist wing of th
Democratic party, and has several times been
prominent candidate for the Democratic nomi
nation Tor the Presidency.-EDs.l
Movements of Surgeons.
| WASHINGTON, April 13th.-The follow
ing changes of the station of officers of th
medical department are ordered: Msio
John w. Lauderdale, surgeon, from For
Davis. Tex, to Fort Ontario, N. Y; Cap
tain John o Skinner. assistant surgeon
from Fort Ontario, n Y. to Fort Davis