The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-12-06
DEATH Of MANN. GIANT OF
HOUSE, SHOCKS CAPITAL
Illinois Representative Passes
Away After Brief Illness; In
Congress 26 Years.


Second Illinois District, long rated
as a giant of the House.
Returning here two weeks ago for
the opening of the special session of
Congress, Mr.. Mann, who had served
his people for upward of a quarter
of a century, took part in the parlia
mentary work of the House. A week
ago, however, he was forced to stay
at home because of cold, which he
failed to shake Off His condition at
first was not regarded as serious,
and it was not until yesterday after
noon, after pneumonia had develoved,
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 physicians at
his bedside, the veteran of many a
Congressional battle died peacefully.
Few Knew-of Illness
News of Mr.. Mann's death was a
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
a cold. On the eve of the House
vote Wednesday on the shipping bill,
Mr.. Mann wanted to get out of bed
and go there to be counted on its
side. He was told to stay at home.
and that, while his wise counsel
would be helpful, there were votes
enough in sight, and he would be
paired. But his thoughts were con-
stantly on the work of the House,
where his reord of service through
thirteen consecutive terms, or twen-
ty-slx years, had earned for him the
reputation among friends and foe of
the best-informed man on the details
of Government that ever sat in either
branch of Congress. He was sent
back for a fourteenth term by the
people of his district in the election
last month.
Minority leader in the House dur
ing the eight years of Democratic
control, Representative Mann saw
the speakership go to Gillett Of Mas
sachusetts, when his party again
came into power there, but il the
failure of his party in caucus to Sc
Iect him as Speaker left any tinge
of bitterness with the veteran mem
ber, his friends never saw any in
dication of it. Representative Mann
thereafter continued to exercise
power equal to if not greater than
that of the speaker himself as chair
man of the Committee of Commit
tees, which controls the makeup OF
the House Committees.
To BE Buried In Chicago !
Counting on his strength for
possible House upheaval when the
Republican majority was cut to less
than a score in the last election, his
friends again set to work quietly in
his behalf, but the Illinois member,
who, months before, had declared he
never would accept the speakership
or the leadership, quickly ended the I
move when he heard of it by reiterat- ;
ing what he said then. That 1t would
have required a powerful effort to
beat him II he had gone out for eth
er of these places, was the opinion
freely held in the House.
Funeral services will be held in
the House of Representatives cham
ber tomorrow afternoon, after which
the body will be taken to Chicago
for burial. The funeral party will
leave Washington at $3.50 p. m. to-
morrow, arriving in Chicago Sunday.
Langley to Attend Funeral
President Harding, the Supreme
Court, the Senate and other promi-
nent Government officials will be in
yited to attend the funeral services
in the House chamber.
News OF Mr.. Mann's death was a
shock to his friends at the Capitol,
and there were expressions Of regret
from Republican and Democratic
leaders in both the Senate and House
Former Speaker Cannon said Mr..
Mann was 1.-The most industrious.
faithful. intelligent and useful lexis-
lator" he had ever known.
On learning of the death President
Harding addressed note OF sympa-
thy to Mrs. Mann In which h ex-
pressed q sense Of personal loss In
Mr.. Mann's death and said tho ma
sion hal lost an able. fearless ard