The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-07-01

his gown. displaying his colonels uniform
and, striding to the door, ordered thu
drums to beat for recruits. A priest o
TINS sort was sure to make good sol
dier and, by continuous hard fighting
Muhlenberg rose before the wars clost
TO the rank of major general.
Joseph b. Narnum. of Massachusetts, ~;
man Of uncommon talents and most bril-
iiant eloquence," hao been among the frs
IN his State to take the field when th'
revolution opened. john Davenport, fol
! eighteen years Trnuiber Of the House from
Connecticut had o. n a major in Ehe Con
| tinenta! army. Philip Van CortlaG.lt, as
colonel of the Second New York Regiment
had proved his bravery in score Of bat
ties. From Pennsylvania came James
| Smile, long Chairman of the Committee
on Foreign Relations. who had served dur
ing the war in both military and civil ca
pacities; and homespun Joseph Hester
one of the few surviving heroes of the
dreaded Jersey" prison ship, who as q
colonel in the Pennsylvania line, had
fought at Long Island and Germantown
with all the stubborn valor Of his Dutch
ancestors.
| Virginia was represented by Col. Levin
Powell. Washington's old confdde in arms,
| and by Benjamin Taiiaferro, grizzled
veteran of Morgans Rifle Corps. Robert
Williams. of North Carolina, the son OF i
redoubtable partisan leader. had served as
| Adjutant General of his State during the
war. Thomas Pinckney. OF South Caro-
| lima. had been aide de- camp to Lincoln and
d Estaing. And Robert GoOdloe Harper. OF
| the same State. the ardent and soon to be-
come the successful sutton of The
| daughter of Charles Carroll. of
Carroliton. could tell of much hard
| fighting and hard riding when tif-
| teen year-old trooper under Greene. Nor
were these the only men OF mark in the
Horse. Winning and County Harrison
| Gray Cts, gifted son of gifted sire, then
F., had few equals among living ocalors. Sam
uel w. Dana, Of Connecticut. had lately
| begun a period OF Congressional service.
| which first in the House and later in the
! Senate, was to cover round quarter ces'
| fury. Connecticut had not less capable
representatives in Roger Griswold. Fed
eralist Of the Federalists the peer In elo-
quence and political sagacity of the
strongest men Of his time and in John Cot
ton Smith : ia~var and orator OF no mean
| rank, beloved by his associates and re-
spected by his foes. From New York came
still youthful Edward Livingston, and frcn
New Jersey stout Aaron Kitchell. whose
broad shoulders and brawny arms were
wholesome reminders Of his early labor at
the forge and anvil.
Pennsylvania was represented by Robert
Vain, Philadelphia's Quaker merchant
prince; by sturdy Andrew Gregg, later to
become member Of the Senate, and
by Albert Gallatin. Swiss by birth,
but American by choice and adop-
tion. whose strength in debate and
wisdom in council were admitted by friend
and foe. Deiawarc's representative was
Tow pny oh "
him at the early age of thirty four the
leader OF the Federalists in the House.
South Carolina sent the son and namesake
Of patriot John Rutledge. and prominent
in the Virginia delegation was Littleton
Tazewell who. though still under thirty,
had already given proof of the impractical
bility and the extraordinary talent which
were to color every stage OF his pubic
career
Virginia also furnished one of the two
members Of the House most talked about
by their fellows. These were John Ran
doph and Matthew Lyon. Randolph. nov
in TIE first year cf his quarter century OF
Congressional service, had already. by his
poetic elouuence. his absolute honesty, and
his scathing wit. made himself the Repuh-
iican leader Of the House. title confirm
ed n few months later by his appointment
as Chairman of the Committee on Ways
and Means. To member and visitor he
presented an unmistahahle figure and one
not easily forgotten. Above six feet in
height. with long limbs, an ill-proportion-
ed body, and :. small, round head, his de-
scent from the Indian maiden, Pocahontas,
appeared in the shock Of coarse black
hair, which he wore long, parted in the
middle and combed down on either side
of his saIlow face. His small black eyes,
always expressive in their rapid giarces.
became doubly 80 in debate, and when
fully aroused, his thin, high toned voice
rang through the chamber of the House
like the shriIl scream of an ensry vixen.
Few men dared oppose Randolph in de-
bate. One of these was Matthew Lyon
the hero of career possible only in
eighteenth century America This excep-
tional man had arrived in Boston forty
years before. truant Irish lad. who had
agreed as the price Of his ocean passage,
to be sold as a redemptioner. His servi-
tude ended, he settled in Vermont. hecame
business man Of the true pioneer type.
and in 1897 was sent to Congress as anti
Federalist. serving four years. Lyon, who.
all his life love-, controversy for it's own
sake had not been long in the House be-
fore he had bred dozen quarrels; and.
when. under strong proTocation. he spat
III the face of Roger Criswoid. a motion
needed two-thirds vote. Afterward, he
having been jailed for violating the sedi-
ton laws, the Federalists tried again to
eXpel him. and again almost succeeded.
But, when in 1903. Lyon came to Congress
from Kentucky whence he had meanwhile
removed, he found his old enemies in
minority. and himself hero of the Re-
publican majority. Candid members of
both parties now perceived that he was
man of sense, open to conviction, and
well able to give his quota of sound ad-
vice. He served in the House until 1911 |
when he declined further reelection
Such were Washington and its people a
hundred years ago A rude river hamlet /
it was, and wretchea place it remained
for more than falf century, or until IT
had become endeared to the people of the |
whole country by the civil war and its |!
recreation afterw2rd. Tradition has II :
that Washington when as young man |
he camped with RraddOck on the hill whera !
stands the National Observatory. within |
the limits OF the present Capital. saw In !
the lowlands beneath him an ideal site
for great city. If this be true. and il .
ever the spirit of the great first President |
reyisits the earth it is safe 70 say there |
is no spot affording 1t more delight than |
the one on which in youth he set his
prophetic gaze; for now the city that bears
his name is magnificent. and the judgment
Of its founders and the genius of its de-
signer have been amply indicated
Trusting to Intuition
From the Atlanta Constitutional
James ~ Barrie. the Scotch novelist on
his last visit to the United States told a