Evening star., 1922-12-01
representative MANN
DIES; IN CONGRESS FOR
TWENTY-SlX YEARS
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Of strength has fallen and lies pros
trate. and In this place affection has
its way. Dry the tears that no other
hand can touch and give comfort and
hope to those who suffer. Bestow
that peace that brings light when
night would distress US. that nils the
void Of the grave and conquers death.
At the last for US. may the Jordan be
dry. the wilderness carpeted and the
way made as beautiful as the gardens
Amen"
Committee Named.
Speaker Gillett announced the fol-
lowing committee to represent the
House at the funeral services in Chi
Rodenberg. Copley. Britten. Sproul.
Chindbloom. Mckenzie. SABBATH. Gra-
ham. Moore. Ireland, Funk, King. all
Of Illinois; Cooper. Wisconsin: Staf-
ford. Wisconsin: Knutson. Minnesota:
sippi: Mondell, Wyoming; Montague.
Virginia: Byrne. Tennessee: Garner.
Texas: Pou. North Carolina; Langley,
Kentucky: Oldfield, Arkansas: Ford
nry. Michigan. and Crisp. Georgia.
Rev. Dr. James e. Freeman. rector
OF the Church Of the Epiphany. Will
conduct simple service tomorrow
afternoon. There will be requiem
hymns by quartet. but no speeches
OF eulogtes. Arrangements are being
MADE for the funeral in Chicago on
Monday. The funeral party is to leave
here at $3.50 pm. tomorrow
President Expresses Sympathy,
President Harding today addressed
a note OF deep sympathy to Mrs
Mann. In which he not only expressed
sense OF personal loss In Mr.. Mann's
untimely death, but in which he said
the nation had lost an able. fearless
and devoted public servant
In the Senate Senator Mckinley of
illinois. In presenting a resolution
for adjournment. declared the death
OF the Illinois representative was a
shock to legion Of his friends and
ator Underwood of Alabama, the
democratic leader. also paid tribute
to him as a man loved and admired
by ALL"
Returning here two weeks ago for
the opening of the special session of
Congress. Mr.. Mann. who had served
his people for upwards Of a quarter
OF century. took part in the pre-
liminary work Of the House. A week
ago. however. he was forced to stay
at home because Of a cold. which he
failed to shake OFF. His condition at
first was not regarded as serious and
it was not until yesterday afternoon
after pneumonia had developed. that
it became alarming. Early in the
evening he rallied. but there was a
change for the worse as the night
wore on. Shortly before midnight.
with his wife and his physician at
his bedside. the veteran OF many a
congressional battle died peacefully.
Death Comes ~ shock.
shock to the House. for few of his
most intimate friends knew of his
illness beyond the statement that he
had been confined to his home by
cold
During the thick OF the fight last
week over the shipping bill in the
House Mr.. Mann, then confined to his
home, sent word to Representative
Mondell, the republican leader. that
II he was needed he would go to the
Capitol at any cost. Mr.. Mondell re-
piled that while he was needed. espe-
cially because Of his ability to dea!
with any situation likely to arise In
bitter partisan contest. he ought
not leave homo unless he fet
AS he watched the battle from
distance, Mr. Mann on the eve of the
House vote. Wednesday. again COM
municated with Mr.. Mondell and ex-
pressed a desire to get back TO his
old Job. hut he was dissuaded. Mean
to have Mr.. Mann's vote for the ship
ping measure count. so they obtained
a pair for him with Representative
SABBATH Of Illinois.
Regarded Best Informed.
But Mann's thoughts were constant
ly on the work of the House. where
his record Of service through thirteen
consecutive terms. or tWenty-six
years, had earned for him the reputa-
ton among friends and foes Of the best
informed man on the details Of gov
ernment that ever sat in either branch
of Congress.
The outstanding features Of his
long career as a member OF the
House of Representatives
over a period OF more than quarter
of a rentury-Were absolute courage
and independence and knowledge OF
legislation. pending and past. Ihere
was nothing too little to escape his
eye; there was no man or measure ne
feared to attack.
Yet by his own direction the record
of his distinguished service was sum
med up in less than a line ana a half
of the Congressional Record:
in 1855: was elected to the Fifty-fifth
and each succeeding Congress"
Reelected I'm Fall
That meant thirteen continuous
terms. or twenty-six years. He was
reelected this fall. and. indeed. 1t has
been said that the people of his dis
trict were determined to keep him in
the House as long as he lived.
Minority leader In the House during
the eight years of democratic control.
Representative Mann saw the speaker
ship go to Gillett of Massachusetts
when his party again came into power
there, but II the failure of his party In
caucus to select him as speaker left
any tinse of bitterness with the vet
eran member his friends never saw
any sign of 1t.
When Gillett was named speaker
Mann was offered the place as leader
of the party, then in power, but he
declined. Thereafter he held sway
as the free lance OF the House and
committees which assigned members
to committee seats. His power was
equal, if not greater, than that of the
Speaker himself.
Did Not Want Speakership.
When the republican majority in
the Sixty-eighth Congress was cut
in the 1922 election from les to less
than a score, the silent power OF
Mann was counted on for possible
House >upheaval. Months before he
had declared he never would accept