Evening star., 1905-02-24
HE WON HIGH PRAISE
Mr.. McGann Commended by
House of Representatives.
HE GAVE UP HIS CLAIM
ACKNOWLEDGED JUSTICE OF oP-
PoNENT's CASE.
DR.. Wiley to Inquire Into the Relation
Between Meat and Uric
Acid.
HE GAVE UP HIS CLAIM
BY VIM. E. CURTIS.

Written for The Evening Star and the Chicago
Record Herald
Robert W. Tayler of Youngstown, Ohio. is
a good man. He was Mckinley's successor
In Congress. For several sessions he was
chairman OF the committee on elections IN
the House of Representatives. and handed
many contested seats with great ability ana
judicial fairness. He always reported IN
favor of republican contestant whenever
he could do so conscientiously, but he never
did mean thing TO claimants on the other
side. He found way to fire ROBERTS, tne
Mormon. from the House. the Constitution
of the United States to the contrary not
withstanding and showed so much ability
and energy in that case that the Womens 8
Christian Temperance Union. the Social
Purity League and various other organiza-
tions retained him to keep Congress clear
of Mormons He is now engaged in the
difficult job of turning Reed Smoot out Of
the Senate, in violation of the Constitu-
tion. and is likely to succeed because he
has about three or four million Christian
women for his clients. for whom the MEM
bers of the Senate have more regard than
they have for the Constitution Of the
United States. The President. recognizing
Mr. Tayler'S abilities and judicial tempera-
ment, has appointed him district judge for
northern Ohio, and he will take his seat
on the bench at Cleveland to try Mrs.
Chadwick and her friends. the bankers, as
soon as he has disposed of Smoot
AS l have intimated, Mr.. Tayler is fair
and just man, and, as such has called me
to account for a paragraph printed some
time ago, in which l said that the act of
Representative Shaffroth of Colorado in
Withdrawing from an election contest when
he found that the evidence was against
him was unprecedented. Mr.. Tayler,
speaking from his experience as chairman
of the committee on elections. declares that
Lawrence McGann. stalwart democrat of
Chicago. is entitled to greater credit for
similar act and that his name should be
placed near the top of the list Of honorable
and brave men 1t was in 1895 that Hugh
Beiknap contested the election of Law
renee McGann, who had been given a cer-
tificate to seat in the House of Represen-
tatives from the third district of Illinois.
on the south side of Chicago, and on De-
cember q of that year, having become con-
vinced that he had not been fairly elected.
Mr. McGann voluntarily withdrew and in
formed the committee that, in his opinion,
his opponent was entitled to the sert. The
committee. upon reporting the matter to
the House of Representa- tives, declared that
they unanimously add their commenda-
ton of the fairness and justice of the ac-
ton of the contestee. and recommend that
1t shall be cordially approved by the action
OF the House as very high evidence of his
character and standing and fairness"
Upon the same day Mr.. Daniels of Buff
faio, a republican. reported the matter to
the House, and after a brief statement of
the circumstances under which Mr. Nc
Gam had withdrawn from the contest from
conscientious scruples, offered resolutions,
which were adopted without division. con-
tanning the remarkable and unprecedented
compliment to Mr.. McGann, whose con-
duct and character are hereby approved
and commended as eminently just and
proper"