The Irish standard., 1905-02-18
In This Hall Some of the Most Illustrious
Men in Parliamentary History
Engaged in Debate.
Carroll Represents Maryland, Kearney New
Jersey, Shields Illinois, and Mar
quetts Wisconsin.

On the 2lst of January the two
houses of congress passed resolutions
accepting from the state of Kansas n
statue of John James Ingalls,, and as
signing it Il place in the old hall of
the house of representatives, which by
act of congress, approved more than 40
years ago. was set apart as Il recepta-
Gle for contributions from the various
states I" the National Nalhalln, says
the Cincinnati Enquirer. The late
Senator Justin $. Morrill,, of Vermont
was the author of the law. and by it's
terms each state is invited "to fur
! niSll statues in marble or bronze, not
exceeding two in number for each
| state, of deceased persons. who have
been citizens thereof ana illustrious
for their historic renOwn or for dis
ting,lisllcl civic or military services
such as each state may deem to he
| worthy of this national cOmmrnloru-
ton"
This hall is the famous echo cham
ber according to Captain Kennedy,
the chief Of the national cnpitol
guides. the most perfect in the world.
Ii was in this hall that some of the
most illustrio,,S men in all parliament
tnry history engaged in forensic COM
bat. Here Clay was five times chosen
speaker. Here was debated the issues
represented by Jefferson and the elder
Adams, Jackson and the Younger
Adams, alien nnd sclitiOn, embargo
and war. the tariff of 1898. the force
bill of 1881. and the compromise of
1 S:s2. The Mexican war and the Will
mot proviSo. the compromise of 1850,
ana til" Kansas Nebraska hill, the
bred Scott decision, ana IHcompton
secession. and the war of 1Si1-all
these were here debated, and number
less other kindred political issues
that necessarily arise in II free
country where parties have their
germ in the inlivilunlism of the citi-
zen, or the lmternalism of the govern
mcnt.
Volumes might be written of the
men who made this old hall historic
and illnStrious-hcre Randolph lOrdcl
| 1t as has no other man, and here the
younger Adams earned the title "Old
| Man Eloquent" Here he nssailcd
Webster ana was assailcd by Evans
Ii was here that Marshall ana Wise
encountered the old statesman i'm tho
hclnltes on the twenty-first rule and
flew at each others tllroats in discus
Sions of the vctOcs of President Tyler.
And here DorglaS flashed his nearly
maiden blade in Il discussion of the
Texas boundary with the veteran who
as secretary Of state in MOnrOe'S cab
met had cInimcd all Texas. 1t was
here that $. S. Prcntiss made the most
eloquent speech congress ever heard,
if we are to believe tradition.
Not many Of the states have respond
"l to the invitation of the act of 1864.
New Hampshire sent Stark, the hero
of Bennington, and Daniel Webster,
who was born within her limits and
once represented her in congress. Yer
mont sent Ethan Allen, who is a re-
mindcr of the Vermont that was an
independent and sovereign nation that
coined money and established Il postal
system. and his companion in Valhalla
is Jacob cOlHmcr. who was great
SrlmtOr when there were giants in the
Srn;ltr From Massachusetts came
Winthrop. of the Puritan regime, and
Samuel Adams. the latter the very best
statue in the hall. There he stands,
foot advanced. arms folded, under lip
protrmdrd. his face like flint, his eyes
like fire. his heart of oak and we
imagine we hear the echo. George of
Brunswick, defy you!" Rhode
Island sent Roger Williams. the ban
iShrd baptist. ana Nathaniel Greene,
the Quaker warrior. Connecticut is
represented by that grand old man,
Roger Sherman. as great Il stickler for
states rights as John G. Calhoun or
William l.. Yanccy. and Jonathan
Trunnhull. the war governor of the