The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-09-24
ouAYoN RANDALL.
The Junior Senator's Eloquent
Tribute to the Dead States
man.

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man.
Senator Quay's speech in memory Of
Samuel ]. Randall in full is as follows
Mr.. PREsIDsNr My relations, social,
political and official, to the statesman
whom the Senate honors to-day were not
so intimate as those of other gentlemen,
on either side Of this chamber, who are
better fitted TO bear tribute to his worth.
Always he was my political opponent,
and come here to cast the myrtle on
his grave, not as q close associate aud
friend, but as a representative of the
great State he served so long and loved
so well, bearing to his memory what Is
lis due. Those of US in Pennsylvania
who met him in political hostility recog-
nized him as the heart and core Of the
opposition to US.
In the process of aftrition, which the
Democratic party Of Pennsylvania has
suffered. We found him always rs the
rock of our offense. Yet, SO true, 50 hon
est 50 courageous, so absolutely chival-
rous was he that there is not one Of us
who standing beside his coffin, did not
realize the thought Of the witch-bound
champion Of Seott's legend
Td give the lands OF Del oraines
Dark Musgrave were aliye again.
There Is not one of US who does not be-
iieve that if 1t IS given to our immortal
natures 10 revisit the scenes we love on
earth, his shade walks regal and distin-
guished among all the yiewless hosts of
the great that troop these halls and cor
ridors to-day.
He was the soul Of his party in Penn-
sylyania, and his passing was like the
passing of his party in that State All
his DAYS be was the leader Of a forlorn
hope. Yet 1t was decreed that after his
life had put on its funeral shade he was
first to encounter the experience which
is not uncommon TO public men of inde-
pendent thought In the collision Of
principal withi7 the lines of his own
party he differed with its prevailing SEN
timent and was abandoned unto himself.
He saw those whom he created turn. like
the creature of Frankenstein, to be his
torture. and the friends Of lifetime fell
away from him as leaves fall from the
I dying oak. Yet he swerved not from his
path and faltered not in his devotion to
his faith.
I His life was life Of struggle, toll and
battle. 1t was devoted TO his country ac-
cording to the light which God had
shown him. This seems the dispensa-
ton of nature, or natures God, that to
one whose mission is 70 serve bis fellow
men it is not given to wander in pleas
ant meadows and to lie down at the end
where roses bloom.
The record of Mr. Randali's life is a
record Of industry. Industry and firm
ness were his most prominent character
istics. They stand out in reliefin every
I line of the plain story Of his career,
His earlier years gave little indication Of
his later achievements. He first address
ed himself to business pursuits Thence
he was diverted into the calling Of a sol
dier, and it was while still bearing arms
for his country that he was called to Con-
gress, thus entering at last, many vicissi-
tudes, upon the public career to which
destiny led him, and in which his IN
dustry, his firmness, his political ssgacity
and his shining integrity won him such
distinction
/ His ancestry was distinctively Pennsyl
vanian. His grandfather, Matthew Ran
dali, was, nearly century ago, Prothono
tary of the Court Of Common Pleas il
| Philadelphia. His father, Josiah Ran
dali, was distinguished member Of thl
Philadelphia bar al time when its roi
included such men as Kinney, Sergear
Chauucey, and the Ingersolls- Although
:. Josiah Randall never held office, witt
the exception Of term in the begisla
ture, ne was extremely active in polite
and in such public affairs as the puhli
meeting which passed resolutions com
mending the French Revolutions and th
expulsion of the Bourbons another meet
ing where leaders Of public opiniol
pledged themselves to the cause of III
United States in the Mexican war, in ia
movement for the consolidation Of to
CITY Of Philadelphia and the surroundin
districts, and as president at the ban4ue
rendered TO James Buchanan in 1886 O.
his return from the Court of s. J James-
Samuel jackson Randall was borne ]
the shadow of Independenee Hall, oeto
her 10, 1923. He was educated at III
University academy on Fourth stree
There are traditions respecting his schoC
by days Of universal interest II is sal
, of him that he was even at this earl
period Of his life distinguished anon
: his fellows for the self-relianee and firm
! ness which were his prominent Cha
acteristies as man He had only tn
: academic education
After leaving this school be went int
the counting room OF a silk merchant o
| Market street, where he remained 50
eral wears. With the heads of many I
, the old firms on the street he became
: general favorite because Of his strict q
: tention to business, and il seemed to
settled that he was to be known only |
: business man. Impatient OF workir
: for Others. he left the silk business All
r established the firm of Randall & Mer
, dith, coal dealers At that time the your
d coal merchant began to take part IN ioc'
politics He lived in q part Of the cat
{ then known as the Locust ward an
{ Ia 1852 he became candidate for Con
mon Council, and was elected as " n
], When the Wig party perished, u
{ Randall family. father aad sons, wei
4 over to the Democracy. Joshua Rands