Milford chronicle., 1922-02-10
|. IRVING HANDY
DIED in WILMINGTON
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Samuel Bancroft, Jr. He became edi-
torial writer for the Every Evening
and continued that work until Janu-
airy l, 1896.
In 1896 he was nominated for Con-
gress by the Democrats and elected
He served in Congress one term only,
being re-nominated in 1913 by his par
ty, being defeated at the polls by John
H. Hoffecker, first cousin of Mrs. Han
dy. In this election both factions OF
the Republican party united on Hot-
fecker, who won by 2513 majority.
At the May term of the Superior
Court of New Castle county, in 1899,
he was admitted to the practice OF
law, and opened a law office in Will
mington. where he pursued his pro-
fession until last October. In this year
he was one of the Democratic candl-
dates opposed to ]. Edward Addicks'
for United States Senator.
In 1900 he was a delegate from Dela-
ware to the Democratic National Con-
vention at Kansas City, where he ser
we'd on the committee on platform and
supported the views of William Jen-
nings Bryan, who was nominated Tor
the presidency.
In 1904 he was a delegate to the
Democratic national convention at 81.
Louis and presented the name of
Judge George Gray as presidential
candidate. The same year Mr.. Handy
was nominated by the Democrats for
the Office of Attorney, General of Della
ware, but was defeated by Robert Fl.
Richards.
In 1905 he was made grand master
of the Masons in Delaware, and dur
ing his term the grand lodge A. +. ana
A. NJ. celebrated the centennial OF lts
existence as a separate jurisdiction.
Mr.. Handy was probably the best
known after dinner speaker in Della
ware and he was always in demand,
especially was this true when the or
ganizatiOn which was giving the affair
was one connected with Delaware or
the Eastern Shore of Maryland for Mr.
Handy was born in Maryland but be-
came a Delawarean when a compare
lively young man.
Mr.. Handy never missed an oppor-
tunity to laud either his native state
or his adopted state and he boosted
Delaware whenever he got the oppor-
tunity. Masons in Delaware often
laugh over the speech of Mr.. Handy
before a meeting of grand masters Of
various states in New York when he
was master of the Grand Lodge Of
Masons in Delaware. The grand mas
ters from various places boosted their
own jurisdictions and they had lot
of fun with Handy about the size of
his state.
Finally it came the turn of Handy
to speak. As usual he was eloquent.
He always was and then he told a
story. According to the story New
York man dreamed that he died and
went to heaven. He was furnished
with a guide who took him about and
showed him the glories of paradise
and the happy people. At one point
they came to a crowd of people fasten-
ed to alabaster pillars with golden
chains.
"Why are those people chained?"-
asked the man.
''Well," replied the guide, you see
those people are from Delaware and
if we did not keep them chained they
would go back"
For the remainder of the evening no
one attempted to joke with Mr. Handy
about the little state from which he
came.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Presbyterian Church, Smyrna,
Del. Interment in Glenwood cemetery,
Smyrna.