Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-06-15
100000. with an amendment in the nature


House Of Representatives.
Tho Speaker announced the appointment
Of Messrs. T.. Il. Taylor of Ohio. Stewart
Of Vermont, and Bland OF Missouri ~
conferrees on the antitrust bill. Mr.. Bland
said that "a tho House had instructed ITS
conferrees TO recede from its amendment
he had no further interest in the matter.
He asked to be excused from serving on the
conference committee. There was no Cd
lection and Dir. Culberson, of Texas, was
appointed to fill the vacancy.
The House went into Committee OF the
Whole DIR Burrows, Of Michigan, in the
CHAIR on the sundry civil appropriation
bill. On motion Of Mr.. Browne, OF VIZ
Ginia,. tho amendment was adopted APP
propriating $4,000 for macadamizing
the road to the National cemetery
near Fredericksburg, Va. Pending final
action on the bill tho committee
rose. and public business being suspended,
the House proceeded to pay tribute to
the memory of the late Samuel j. Randall,
of Pennsylvania. =,
Mr.. O'Neill. OF Pennsylvania. reviewed
at length the public life of his deceased
colleague, alluded feelingly TO the tried'
strong friendship which had existed pc
tween them for many years, and IN conoiu-
sion said: :,
Those Of us whose melancholy duty 1t
was TO follow him TO his place oil burial
will never forget the faces of sadness we
saw upon Thousands of Philadelphia peo-
ple. whose affection for HIM took them 10
his grave. The poor. the rich, the Young,
tho old. were there TO shed tears over the
remains Of their deceased friend ana fel-
low-citizen. Men, women, and chlldren
in countless thrOngs looked upon his coun-
tenance, placid in death, for the lasttlme;
Eminent men of all political parties pad
homage TO him who, in life, though parti-
san. had won their friendship and esteem.
His simplicity of manner. his kindly greet
ings. his devotion TO individual friends,
his courage to do what no believed was
right. his fearlessness in asserting MS
opinions endeared him to all men. They
mourned his death as loss TO their city,
their State, and their country.
HIS wish that his funeral should be de-
void OF pomp and ceremony was Serelully
carried ont in Washington. In Phiiadel-
pbia there was no ostentation. but the
hearts Of tho people could not be restrain
ed. Their desire Of bearing testimony by
their presence to hrs virtues, his unsullled
life ~ representative and az man
brought multitudcs from all parts of the
CITY in Uniformed procession. but In the
quietness Of profound grief, to see their
deceased friend laid at rest IN Laurel-hill
cemetery. He was honored in death as IN
life as few men have been honored.
RANDALL DIED A CHRISTIAN.
Samuel Jackson Randall died profess
inc Christian. The solemnity OF his death
and the loving scenes at his lnterment Will
linger long IN our memories, ana WINE We
are pronOuncing our tribute upon INN let
our PRAYER be to the Lord that the dread
messenger in his mercy may not again
VISIT the Fiftv-6rst Congress.
Mr.. FOrney. of Alabama, who for many
years served with tho deceased upon the
Committee on Appropriations, bore testl-
mony 10 Mr. Randal's integrity of purpose
and indomitable will when battling for the
good Of the people. Heserved in Congress
through periods Of corruption and job
berry, and came out with his garments pure
and spOtless. His courage was shown IN
his adherence TO his convictions on the
tariff question. when a surrender Of those
convictions might have promoted him 10
the highest position in the gift OF tho peo-
pie. In political discussion and contro-
yersv "one blast upon his bugle-horn
would rally his party, and the two wings
would flap together. He would BIO missed
not only by Philadelphia and Pennsylya-
MIA. but by the people of the whole coun'
try.
Sir. Blount. of Georgia, sketched tho
legislative career of the dead statesman,
dwelling in detail upon Mr.. Randalrs sue
cessful effort to diminish the expenditures
of the Government
RANDALL AND THE FORCE ELL.
Referring to his fight against the force
bill he said that the name of Samuel j.
Randall was revered and loved at every
hearthstone III the South. Death had taken
from him (NIr. Blount) his friend. from the
country patriot and statesman. and from
a noble wife the unsullied affection OF O
model husband.
Mr.. Mills, of Texas. promised his remarks
bv reading an aiiectionately-eloqu lot
ter from Ex-Governor Crittenden, OF Mis-
souri,, expressing his heartfelt sorrow at
hearing of the death Of his old colleague.
Mr.. Mills then laid his wreath of praise
on the grave of tho dead statesman, re-
ferring especially 10 his sturdy integrity.
He lived and died Door, but always too
rich to be bought. No man had ever en-
tered this hall or departed from II with a
purer conscience than Samuel j. Randall.
The name of the force bill and the name OF
Samuel Randall were remembered and
often mentioned at the Preside of south
ern homes when the people recalled how
they had trembled with fear at the men,
ton Of the one and how their hope had re-
yived at the mention Of the other. The
people Of the South would cherish in their
memory and keep perpetually green ten,
der recollection of RandalPs faithful
friendship towards them when powerful
enemies were seeking their destruction.
v1RGNIAs LAUREL LEAP.
Mr.. O'Fe-rall, of Virginia, congratulated
himself that he had known Mr.. Randall
personally and was proud that he had been
able to call him friend. Virginia brought
her laurel leaf 10 adorn his name. The
walls of her homes would be decked with
his image.
Mr.. Breckenridge. of Kentucky. bore testi-
mony 10 the great good he had done the
South in connection with force bill, while
then leader of the minority. The great
war had just ended and many abstruse
questions were being discussed in Con-
gress. Taking advantage of the rules Of
the House, framed for iust such pur-
pose standing in the wav Of hasty legisla-
ton and meant TO give dignity TO the
House and power TO its deliberations, Dir.
Randall as leader of the minority. demon.
strated the value Of delay and the power
of obstacle. IL was not Samuel Randall
standing "a al individual, but IL wa
the uplifted hand of an oppressed people
that spoke through him. Standing in his
place, with sturdy courage and with the
power of the trained PARLIAMENTARY, h,
gave the people evidence that under tru,
system of parliamentary rules liberty was
safe. even in the hands Of small minoritf
bravely led.
Others who paid tributes of respect
and affection to the departed states
man were Messrs. Mulcheer of Pennsy-
vania, Butterworth of Ohio, Vaux of PenI-
svlvania, Caswell of Wisconsin, Dunnell #
Minnesota, Osborne of Pennsylvania, NJ
nj. IL &