The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-07-06
Wisconsin vsrmonter.

long, lean, stocp.,houliersd, sallow
yefmopter, with something OF the fanatic
10 hiu, died 10 Wisconsin the other day,
and the Lssislsturs and S.a!e cfiis sers sent
to his fuGefal = f5ial uioute Inscribed,
"Eyery act Of bic life was In accord with
the motto OF our State, and bis work for
the public good has permanent place In
our history The motto of wiscon,in 10
"Forwsrd." The man thus henored used
TO be the most unpopular Legislator at Mad
son. His name Was Albert II. Hall, and
bis chief distinction was that he had an
anti pass Law placed upon the statute book.
Hall entered the Assembly In 1890. He
had tciv d ,eAen terms In the Minnesota
Legislature before settling In Wiz rconsin,
and va, an able parlismentariAn. A man
Of one idea At . time, self.rellant. public
'pli,ed and persistant; quick and clear In
debate, combat End incorupitblc, Hall
made himself felt at oroe when be b gan TO
asht he railroad pass abuse. He was re-
gard,d AZ an eccentric for rot accepting
free transportation and frank, because II
WAS the regular thing. With rare excep-
tions members Of the Legislature travelled
free and paid no express nor telegraph
charges. One Senator Who WAS country
grocer undersold bis competitors and made
a fortune because be franked almost every
thing he sold, Hall brought In his anti
pass bill every reason, only, to see 1t shel-
we'd Or voted down. His was voice cry
Ing 10 the wilderness, but he always said
the same thing; that the pass and the frank
and similar flyors were breeders of cor
ruption, and no .self.respecting legislator
would accept them. ln nine years he gain
ed only corporal's guard Of recruits In
the Legislature. Butpublic sentiment was
rising behind the man who was unafraid
and unl itldlng. At last there came ses.
sion when he WAS able to bring public SEN
timent to bear like food upon the agents
Of the lobby on the n)or OF the House and
Senate. Before introducing his bill he had
obtained from every town meeting In the
safe An expression Of opinion upon the
pass abuse. Petitions In favor OF bis bill
poured In on the Legislature. The rtcal.
citrsnts wavcred, took fright and stamped
cd the anti.pass bill went through both
houses by an overwhelming majority and
WAS signed by tne Governor.
Hall was . model legislator, alwas 10 bis
seat ard icrutipizibg' doubtful bills, =
watchdog Of the Treasury, fearless criic,
but zane and practical. Often he cut the
gordian knot parliamentary tangles when
repealed to by tho Speaker. Hall had pre-
sided over the lower House In Minnesota
during three sessions. He was q self-edu'
Gated man, and "by dnt Of thrift had &C.
cumulsted several hundred thousand dol
lars, every cent Of which he had made him
self.' Service 10 the army during the Civil
War and thirteen legislative terms 10 the
two States proved Albert r. Hall q patrlo-
tic man and uuseful citizen. Living, he
had no enemy who did not respect him
he was generally mourned. Pesti-
mists who fear for American institutions
and decry our public men should take heart
from the career OF Albert X. Hal!-lnd per-
form thtir own duties as citizens.--N. Y.
Evening Sum-